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UF track and field athlete Alissa Braxton competing in Eugene, Oregon, June 11. Photo taken by Isabel Marley.
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Gators win NCAA Men’s Outdoor Championships for third-consecutive year

The No. 3 men’s and No. 5 women’s teams traveled to Eugene, Oregon, for the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. On June 8, the men’s team became triple consecutive NCAA DI Outdoor Champions for the first time in Florida’s track and field history. The next day, the women’s team kept Florida’s momentum flowing to place runner-up.  


Florida redshirt freshman Matthew Kress swings his club during the Southeastern Conference Championships Thursday, April 20, 2023. / Photo by Leslie White
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Florida men’s golf’s season ends in fourth round of NCAA championship

Texas, the host of the 2023-24 NCAA championships, decided to hold the event at a course no team in the country had seen this season: the Omni La Costa Resort north course. It presented a challenge to all golfers. The course was unfamiliar and contained grasses that Florida hadn’t seen much of in collegiate competition.  Florida advanced to the fourth and final round of stroke play but failed to place in the top eight to secure a spot in the match play finals


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