Overcoming hurdles: Junior excels despite tragedy, injury
By GORDON STREISAND< | June 5, 2013From baseball in Miami to football in West Palm Beach and track in Gainesville, junior Eddie Lovett has stayed busy his entire life.
From baseball in Miami to football in West Palm Beach and track in Gainesville, junior Eddie Lovett has stayed busy his entire life.
The 2012-13 campaign yielded positive results for Florida, but it ended with a disappointing final act on May 30. The Gators placed 25th at the NCAA championships in Woodstock, Ga.
The first day of the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., had some ups and downs for the Gators.
Tim Walton is a man of the present, not the future.
The season started well.
So you need to get to class fast. Or work. Walking is just not going to be quick enough.
The Florida men’s golf team had a week to forget at the NCAA Championships in Woodstock, Ga., and Alabama had one it will remember forever.
For the first time since 2010, the Gators are finishing their season at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
After a five-and-a-half-hour, 15-inning win against Nebraska on Saturday night, Florida had little left to give in its next contest.
It took nearly five and a half hours, but UF survived Nebraska in 15 innings Saturday night to preserve its season.
For Florida, the 2012-2013 season came to a close quite unceremoniously in Woodstock Ga. as the Gators finished with a team total of 857 (+17) to finish 25th at the NCAA Championships on Thursday.
After Florida took a 3-1 lead in the top of the sixth on a three-RBI homer, Austin Peay responded in the eighth with one of its own.
After a disastrous start against Tennessee in the Women’s College World Series, Florida could not recoup.
Last season, Jonathon Crawford made his NCAA Tournament debut in historic fashion.
It took sophomore Marquis Dendy three jumps instead of one to get to Eugene, Ore., for the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Sophomore J.D. Tomlinson – the first round’s weak link – became Florida’s firm foundation on Day 2 of the NCAA Championships in Woodstock, Ga.
With two outs remaining in the bottom of the seventh Sunday against UAB, freshman Kelsey Stewart made one of Florida’s biggest defensive plays of the year.
At the turn, the Florida men’s golf team was two over par. But after a subpar performance on the back nine, the Gators finished Tuesday at 291 (+11) – six spots from the bottom of the leaderboard.
Robbie Rogers is an openly gay athlete who plays soccer. In European countries, this would mean he’d get a few chants dedicated to him from fans of opposing teams. In America, it means he’s making history.