Continuing their solid start to the season, the Gators earned a win in Columbus, Mo., in their first Southeastern Conference meet this fall.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Gators were victorious at the All-Florida Invitational and remain the lone team to win the invitational since Florida began hosting it in 2009.
Florida opened its swim season strong with both the men’s and women’s teams leading the seven-team field of the Pinch A Penny All-Florida Invitational after Day 1 in the O’Connell Center on Friday.
Florida will begin its swimming and diving season today in the O’Connell Center at 10 a.m. at the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational.
Florida, the defending Southeastern Conference champion, will open its season at the three-day Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational on Friday in the O’Connell Center.
Entering the 2013-14 season, coach Gregg Troy has one of the most impressive Florida teams to date.
Coming off a successful 2012-13 season, the Florida swim team is built for a repeat performance this year.
Former Gator Ryan Lochte recorded three of his 15 World Championships titles in Barcelona, Spain, over the past week, bringing his career medal count to 23 at Worlds. Two of his gold medals came in a two-hour span where he swam in three different events on Friday.
Former Gator All-American swimmers Ryan Lochte and Melani Costa-Schmid both earned silver medals on Sunday during the first day of competition at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona.
UF will be well-represented at this year’s U.S. Open Championships, which begin on July 30.
Marcin Cieslak swam at a new level on the first night of the NCAA finals on Thursday.
Marcin Cieslak paced Florida at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
After Florida’s men were crowned as kings of swimming and diving in the Southeastern Conference last week, the Gators will now head to Georgia for the Bulldog Last Chance Meet. The meet will be a final opportunity for swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Championships toward the end of March.
On the fifth and final day of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, the men started the day in the lead while the women sat in third.
Florida’s men began day for of the Southeastern Conference championships ahead of Auburn for the fist time in the five-day event. The women, after surpassing Texas A&M on day three, set out to overtake Georgia for first place.
The Gators are trying to get over the hump.
Sometimes the good has to come with the bad. And that was the case for the Florida swimming and diving teams Saturday afternoon.
One of Sarra Lajnef’s most challenging obstacles was herself.
Elizabeth Beisel tried to swim her way into history against FAU.
The Gators capped off the SMU Classic in Dallas with a third-place showing. Florida tallied 289 points, which trailed first place USC’s 366 and North Carolina’s 292.5.
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