Over the weekend, several UF swimmers competed in the Last Chance Meet in Gainesville for a chance to earn qualifying times for the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis.
After winning its fifth-straight SEC title, No. 6 Florida is using the experience from its conference championship to get ready for the NCAA Championships, which start March 22 in Indianapolis.
With enough medals to fill a trophy case, Caeleb Dressel has grown accustomed to winning throughout his young swimming career.
At last year’s SEC swimming and diving championship meet, Caeleb Dressel was the star.
At this point, SEC championships have become routine for the Gators men’s swimming and diving team.
For the first time in over a year, Florida’s swimming and diving teams had a home meet at the O’Connell Center.
In last week’s victory against No. 6 Auburn, the Gators men’s swimming and diving team — which won 10 out of 16 events — improved its dual-meet win streak to three.
Florida’s men’s swimming and diving team extended its win streak to three by beating Auburn 163-137 on Saturday, while the women’s team fell 197-103.
Florida’s men’s swimming and diving team fell nine points short against Auburn a season ago. At the time, coach Gregg Troy said that “too many little mistakes” accumulated, costing his men’s team the victory.
The Texas Longhorns are the team to beat in college swimming.
The Florida swimming team will take on FSU on Thursday in Tallahassee, but a rivalry meet isn’t the only thing UF has to be excited about.
The Gators dominated the competition this past weekend at the All-Florida Invitational, but they weren’t just competing against the opposition.
Florida swimming and diving coach Gregg Troy gushed over Maxime Rooney ahead of UF’s fall season. He said he was excited to see what Rooney would do in his first meet.
The last time the Gators didn’t win the All-Florida Invitational, the majority of their current team was probably in middle school.
The word freshman has a natural tendency to plague the minds of coaches and fans with thoughts of inexperience and poor performance.
Florida coach Gregg Troy met with reporters Monday morning with a smile on his face.
Much of UF’s men’s swimming and diving team’s potential success this season will likely be due to Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel.
For Caeleb Dressel, 0.03 seconds was the difference between competing individually in the Olympics or watching from the bench.
Two Florida swimmers and one incoming UF swimmer competed in the 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday for a chance to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Rio.
Two former Florida swimmers have made the U.S. Olympic roster so far, and Ryan Lochte isn’t one of them.
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