UF sweeps season-opening meet
By GORDON STREISAND< | Sep. 2, 2013After winning last year’s Southeastern Conference title, Florida’s women have not wavered.
After winning last year’s Southeastern Conference title, Florida’s women have not wavered.
As the 2013 cross country season began, the Gators looked to start off with their best foot forward.
With the start of the 2013 season on tap, the Gators cross country team is hitting the ground running.
She must have shed a tear for every mile away she was from home.
The Gators hoped to crack the top 20 at the NCAA Championships. But they barely finished in the top 30.
The Gators’ sixth top-two finish this season would be a miracle.
It took a push from the bottom to get the Gators to the top.
After five years of up-and-down performances, the Gators have finally found a place in the NCAA Championship.
Gone are the hopes of Florida’s women accompanying the men to the national championship meet. Gone are the women’s chances to appear in six straight championships. Gone is their season.
The UF men’s cross country team has clinched a trip to the NCAA Championships, but the women will have to play the waiting game.
Don’t call it
Legs win races for
Losing a race to your little brother sucks, and Florida is the Southeastern Conference’s little brother.
The Gators left Maryville, Tenn., with pride, contentment and hope.
Three Gators crossed the finish line of the Wisconsin adidas Invitational on Oct. 14 with new personal records. Although the men's and women's teams finished in 32nd and 19th, respectively, Florida’s runners clocked some of their best times collegiately.
This year for Halloween, the Gators want to be champions.
Blood trickled down his face. Gravel dug into his wounds. His swollen ankle seemed to be hiding a baseball.
The best football is found in the Southeastern Conference, but thankfully for the Gators, the same cannot be said for cross country.
The Gators left the warm, humid Florida weather and got the cold shoulder in Wisconsin by some of the top competition in the country on Friday.
Trapped. Three miles in, with another two to go, but still trapped.