McQuay, UF track looking for outdoor success
By KATIE AGOSTIN< | Mar. 20, 2012Close, but no cigar.
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.
While Hunter Joyer might be the Florida football team’s future at the fullback position, on Sunday the freshman put his throwing skills on display.
When his throw landed, and the distance was measured, another entry was added under Kemal Mesic’s name in the Florida track and field record books.
A former UF track and field athlete accused of sexually assaulting a woman in June has moved one step closer to resolving his case after the State Attorney’s Office filed formal charges against him last week.
Each UF athlete named on the All-alligatorSports team has pushed the boundaries and flirted with the limitations of what a collegian can do in competition.
Three weeks after his arrest on a sexual assault charge and subsequent dismissal from Florida, former track and field athlete Dumisane Hlaselo has employed an attorney familiar to most Gators football players embroiled in legal troubles.
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Over the weekend, three Florida track and field athletes were selected onto Team USA after strong performances at the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.