After winning the Southeastern Conference Championship two weeks ago, the No. 3 women’s team is focused on something else: the NCAA Championship.
With a Southeastern Conference title back in Gainesville for the first time since 1997, the No. 5 women's team will now focus on the NCAA Regional Championship and NCAA Championship meets in the upcoming weeks.
It has been 12 years since the women's cross country team has won a Southeastern Conference title.
Before the Pre-NCAA Invitational began Saturday, UF coach Todd Morgan knew the women's team had a chance to do something never done before at the event: finish in the top four.
The men's team wanted to bounce back from a disappointing finish at the Notre Dame Invitational and it did.
The UF runners are hoping to secure spots later in the season with a strong performance at the FSU Invitational on Saturday morning.
With both teams having wins under their belts, UF's men's and women's cross country squads are hoping to finish strong against nationally ranked teams at the Notre Dame Invitational, which begins today at 4:15 p.m.
The men's and women's cross country teams began the season on the right foot as both placed first in the Mountain Dew Invitational on Friday night.
For the past four years, the men's and women's cross country teams have won their first meet, and this year looks to be no different.
As the women's cross country team exited its plane in Indianapolis two days before the NCAA Championship, Genevieve LaCaze dashed to the front of the crowd.
Jeremy Criscione never thought he'd be a distance runner.
Jeremy Criscione never thought he'd be a distance runner.
Jeremy Criscione saved his best effort for his last cross country race as a Gator.
The 34th Street Wall says it all for the UF women's cross country team: "We made it. UF XC to NCAAs 2008."
The UF cross country teams have one more step to take before the NCAA Championships.
There's a lot to be said about preseason rankings. Today, you can say they were right.
As the end of the season approaches, the UF cross country teams have momentum on their side, but the Gators aren't ready to pat themselves on the back just yet.
If Saturday's Pre-NCAA Invitational was a preview of the NCAA Championship, the UF women's cross country team looks like it could be competing for a national title in late November.
It would be something of an understatement to say this Saturday's Pre-NCAA Invitational is important to coach Todd Morgan.
With many of the UF cross country team's top runners sitting out of the Walt Disney World Classic Saturday morning, Anthony Morales took advantage of the opportunity to prove himself.
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