Triassi started the day off strong for the Gator men at Walker Pavilion, claiming the SEC men’s weight throw title with a personal-best mark of 21.59m/70-10, just one centimeter off the school record of teammate Jeremy Postin (Andover, Kan.), who turned in a runner-up finish Saturday with his throw of 21.48m/70-5.75.

“Very, very pleased with the weight throwers today. David has been looking very good in practice and Coach (Steve) Lemke mentioned in practice the other day that he thought David was capable of winning it,” Holloway said. “When your teammate is the school record holder and the NCAA runner-up in the hammer throw outdoors, that’s a big statement. But true to Coach Lemke’s prediction, David was on fire today. To Jeremy’s credit, he didn’t let him get it easily either. For both of them to throw over 70 feet was a great start for us today.”

“I came into today really relaxed,” Triassi said. “I wanted my last one (SEC Indoors) to be my best one. I knew that if I didn’t throw a PR on my first throw, there was no way that I could beat Jeremy and that’s what I did.

“The great thing about this group of guys is that all four of us (Triassi, Postin, David Levin [Altamonte Springs, Fla.] and Kyle Strawn [Temecula, Calif.]) are a brotherhood and we’re there for each other in our successes,” Triassi finished. “We’re so pumped to get 18 points for Florida to start the meet.”