For Jeff Demps, just winning a race isn’t enough. He needs to make a national impression as well.
On Tuesday, Alishea Usery talked about how excited she was to perform in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays with her teammates and how well she thought they were going to perform.
When coach Mike Holloway tells freshman sprinter Hugh Graham that he will be competing against the defending national champion, Graham doesn’t flinch.
The women have not competed in the 4x100m since last June’s NCAA Outdoor Championships. Florida placed 18th in the semifinals, running a 44.68 to finish more than a second slower than the last team to qualify for the finals.
There were 15 runners competing for Florida on Saturday at the UCF Invitational, however it was a thrower who led the pack.
The outdoor season has official begun for the Gators. At the UCF Invitational, the Florida men’s weight throwers were quick to make an impression.
After traveling more than 2,094 miles to Boise, Idaho, to wrap up the indoor season, the Gators will have a short trip this weekend as they travel to Orlando for their first meet of the outdoor season.
Close, but no cigar.
During Omar Craddock’s freshman year, he earned All-America honors after the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. He also finished third at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship, along with placing second at the SEC Outdoor Championship for the triple jump.
When it came to the heptathlon, senior Gray Horn spent his 2012 indoor season in first place. In both the Texas A&M Challenge and the Southeastern Conference Championship, Horn not only led the field after the first day of competition, but went on to win both meets.
The first day of NCAA Indoor Championship wrapped up on a bittersweet note for the Gators.
As the Gators wrap up their final day at their last-chance meets, they come away qualifying for another event at the NCAA Indoor Championship.
Winning and breaking records is something the women’s track and field team is starting to get used to.
When junior Jeremy Postin released the 35-pound weight last Saturday at the Indoor Southeastern Conference Championships, he knew it was a good throw.
After two days of competition, 1,000 meters is all that stood between senior Gray Horn and winning the 2012 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship for the heptathlon. He entered the last event only 97 points ahead of Kevin Lazas from Arkansas, but 2:51.25 later, Horn was able to claim his second SEC heptathlon title.
On Monday, coach Mike Holloway talked about his disappointment with the women’s track and field team last season. This year, the Gators have been working to improve their image.
Last year, the men’s track and field team won its first Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship since 2004. The women and men combined to win 10 SEC individual event titles and set four school records.
It is finally Omar Craddock's time to shine.
Florida is looking to regain some of the program’s lost swagger this week.
Athletes at the collegiate level devote much of their time to the athletic events they compete in — Florida freshman Taylor Burke is no different, except she has it twice as hard.
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