Because of the offseason layoff, a team’s opening meet of the indoor track and field season typically doesn’t foster record-setting performances. But UF shot putter Mariam Kevkhishvilli is far from a typical athlete.
The men’s squad of eight swimmers and one diver representing the Gators at the 2010 SMU Classic returned home today with a fourth-place finish following the two-day meet in Dallas, Texas.
After a rocky start to the Southeastern Conference season, Florida finally got the win it needed.
The men’s swim and dive team came into the FAU dual meet at the O’Connell Center Natatorium today missing eight of its best swimmers and its best diver.
It took Angie Bjorklund nearly 40 minutes to score eight points, half her season average.
Maybe some home cooking was all the Gators needed to get their season headed in the right direction.
Several Haitian students at UF discuss their reactions to the quake which shook their nation late Tuesday.
This weekend could prove to be more than just a chance for Florida to get its first Southeastern Conference win after a shaky start.
After hitting the road for its season-opener last week in Oklahoma, No. 8 Florida (0-1, 0-0 Southeastern Conference) will perform in the friendly confines of the O’Connell Center for its SEC-opener against No. 7 Arkansas (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Friday night.
During the offseason, Christian Taylor improved his squat from 225 pounds to 365. Now, the UF jumper is looking for similar improvement when competing.
After coming back from winter break last weekend with a host of individual awards, the UF men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will try to keep the momentum going as they take on Florida Atlantic on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the O’Connell Center.
Patrick Wanninkhof, a UF sophomore known today as the "Water Balloon Fight Man," performs jumping jacks at Turlington Plaza on Thursday afternoon.
A Gainesville man turned himself in to authorities Thursday after Gainesville Police Department and SWAT members coaxed him out of a trailer they thought he was hiding in.
Borer graduated UF with a business degree in 2004. His song “That’s the Way” is preloaded on Google’s Nexus One, the latest Android smartphone.
Susan Johnson is writing on behalf of the Better Business Bureau of Northeast Florida whether the Bureau wants her to or not.
After two days filled with uncertainty in earthquake-shattered Haiti, one UF student has returned home and another is on his way.
Santa Fe College students could have access to Gainesville's Regional Transit System for free in the fall.
An ice sculpture shaped like a tree and radishes cut into flowers adorned tables behind the Kirby Smith Center Thursday.
People of UF: In my first official column as the Friday columnist for the largest student-run newspaper in the country, I want to touch on a very important issue on campus — the provoking and condemning preachers. This isn’t a blanket statement for all preachers on campus, but only those who are hatefully insulting for the purpose of garnering attention.
As classes start to heat up and that first test of the semester is looming on the horizon, the Department of Darts & Laurels is thankful Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream.
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