Florida cross country takes first place at Mountain Dew Invitational
By Sara Kate Dyson | Sep. 11, 2021Gators cross country earns two first-place team finishes in Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday.
Gators cross country earns two first-place team finishes in Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday.
The Gators cross country team begins their season with the Mountain Dew Invitational in Gainesville on Saturday.
Florida cross country releases its five-meet 2021 schedule.
Incoming freshman Michael Fiore signed with UF, the Gators announced Wednesday.
What most would consider a difficult season came to an end for Florida as the SEC Championships, the fourth and final meet of the season, took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Friday.
The Florida men’s and women’s cross country teams will travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to compete in the SEC Championships at the LSU Cross Country Course Friday morning. This is the fourth time that LSU will host the championship meet.
Both Gators cross country teams finished in the bottom half of their respective races at the Blazer Classic Friday, with the men finishing sixth and the women finishing ninth.
Florida will travel to Alabama to compete in the Blazer Classic for its last meet of the regular season Friday. This is the first time in program history that Florida will run in this meet hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Florida traveled to Tallahassee for their second meet of the season, the FSU Invitational. The men’s squad finished fourth, while the women’s team finished seventh.
Friday brings the second meet for the Florida cross country team, as they travel to Tallahassee to compete in the FSU Invitational at Apalachee Regional Park. Both the men’s and women’s teams look to finish as they did last year: first.
The opening meet of the season for Florida took place Friday morning as the Mountain Dew Invitational took place at Mark Bostick Golf. The Gators took third as they welcomed three ACC schools to the Swamp in Florida State University, University of Miami, and Georgia Tech.
Every sport has dealt with challenges presented by COVID-19 this year. As a new season begins on Friday for UF, it too has had to change.
University of Florida distance runner Maria Fernandez announced on Instagram Friday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Editor’s Note: Quotes from assistant coach Chris Solinsky were received via text message from the team’s SID Carroll Rich on Saturday after the meet.
And then there was one.
Editor’s Note: Quotes from assistant coach Chris Solinsky were received via text message from the team’s SID Carroll Rich on Friday after the meet.
Florida will compete in what may be its final meet of the season in Tallahassee on Friday at 8:30 a.m. when Florida State hosts the NCAA South Regional Championships.
Editor’s Note: Quotes from Jessica Pascoe and assistant coach Chris Solinsky were received via text message from the team's SID Carroll Rich on Friday after the meet.
“I kind of just dropped the bomb on them one night at dinner, and I was like, ‘I want to go to America.’”
The regular season is over for the Florida cross country team. Nobody may be happier than Jessica Pascoe, who quite frankly, might be getting bored of the competition.