Wyatt Langford made history in the ninth inning of Florida’s comeback victory against Virginia on the opening night at the 2023 Men’s College World Series.
Langford crushed a game-tying home run tracked at 456 feet, according to the official NCAA 2023 College World Series media notes. That distance surpassed Arkansas’ Brady Slavens by 20 feet for the longest-tracked homer in Men’s College World Series ballpark history at Charles Schwab Field Omaha (previously called TD Ameritrade Park) — unofficially. The stadium has hosted the tournament since opening in 2011. In 2024, Tennessee’s Christian Moore joined the list at No. 3 all-time with a home run to center that went 440 feet.
Why is this record unofficial? We reached out to Jeff Williams, NCAA associate director of media coordination and statistics, back in 2019 to find out if the NCAA keeps historical records of the longest home runs hit at the College World Series. It turns out they don’t. But thanks to ESPN, television home to the CWS since 2003, we have a pretty good idea of some of the other longest bombs.
ESPN has been tracking home run distance since the tournament’s move from Rosenblatt Stadium to Charles Schwab Field Omaha in 2011. According to ESPN Stats & Information, here are the longest homers hit in the Men’s College World Series since 2011:
| DATE | HITTER | SCHOOL | HR DISTANCE | OPPONENT | INNING | HR DIRECTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/16/23 | Wyatt Langford | Florida | 456 ft. | Virginia | 9th | Left |
| 6/25/23 | Wyatt Langford | Florida | 449 ft. | LSU | 6th | Left |
| 6/14/24 | Christian Moore | Tennessee | 440 ft. | Florida State | 6th | Center |
| 6/22/22 | Brady Slavens | Arkansas | 436 ft. | Ole Miss | 5th | Center |
| 6/25/23 | BT Riopelle | Florida | 435 ft. | LSU | 9th | Center |
| 6/16/19 | Edouard Julien | Auburn | 429 ft. | Mississippi State | 2nd | Right |
| 6/20/15 | Pete Alonso | Florida | 429 ft. | Virginia | 2nd | Center |
| 6/22/17 | Brendan McKay | Louisville | 428 ft. | TCU | 4th | Right-center |
| 6/21/16 | Pete Alonso | Florida | 425 ft. | Texas Tech | 9th | Left |
| 6/25/23 | Ty Evans | Florida | 423 ft. | LSU | 2nd | Left |
| 6/17/15 | Pete Alonso | Florida | 421 ft. | Miami (Fla.) | 7th | Center |
| 6/17/17 | Dylan Busby | Florida State | 421 ft. | LSU | 1st | Center |
| 6/17/19 | Cameron Warren | Texas Tech | 421 ft. | Arkansas | 4th | Left |
Nine days after his record-setting blast, Langford went deep…
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