Horn wins decathlon with personal-record score
By JESSE SIMONTON | May 15, 2010The Florida track and field team came to Knoxville, Tenn., on a mission to win championships, decathlete Gray Horn was the first Gator to deliver.
The Florida track and field team came to Knoxville, Tenn., on a mission to win championships, decathlete Gray Horn was the first Gator to deliver.
The UF track and field teams head to Knoxville, Tenn., today to compete in the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships on a mission: bring home championships.
It may have just been a tune-up meet, but the Florida track and field team look to be running smoother than a ’67 Shelby.
The stars may not have been present, but several Florida track and field athletes shined at the first day of competition at the Seminole Twilight Invitational hosted by FSU.
Of the dozens of events at the prestigious Penn Relays, only one leaves footprints.
The Tom Jones Memorial Classic was created to commemorate the former Florida track and field coach. The current Gators used the meet to make some memories of their own.
Former UF track and field coach Percy Beard helped create and build one of the best men’s teams in the country. This Saturday’s meet on Percy Beard Track will commemorate one of the most important figures in the women’s team’s history.
UF ended the Florida Relays in a deserving fashion — with a standing ovation from a near-capacity crowd.
As a running back on the Florida football team, Jeff Demps is used to playing in front of 90,000 people, but this weekend, a crowd of 5,000 will be something special.
Different setting, same results for the UF men’s and women’s track teams.
The UF men’s and women’s track and field teams return to Orlando this weekend for the UCF Invitational. After several younger members of the team competed at UCF last weekend, many of the participants from the NCAA Indoor Championships will compete for the first time in the outdoor season.
The UF men’s and women’s track and field teams showed their depth over the weekend by combining to win seven events at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge.
After finishing the indoor season Sunday, the Florida men’s and women’s track and field teams will take their competitions outside.
Behind seven individual All-American performances, the UF men’s track team won the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend.
After several men’s and women’s track and field athletes put up career-best marks at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships, others will look to do the same this weekend.
Anchored by a strong showing from its distance runners, the UF women’s track and field team won the three-day Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship Meet in Fayetteville, Ark., beating the hosts, Arkansas, by 28 points and capturing its first SEC title since 2004.
Charlotte Browning hasn’t had many chances to impress during the indoor track and field season. She has a big opportunity this weekend.
Members of the UF men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in three different meets over the weekend but they came home with similar results.
Freshman sprinter Tony McQuay is hoping to avoid more tears this weekend.
One of the UF men’s and women’s track and field teams’ greatest strengths are their depth, and they showed that to some of the elite teams in the Southeastern and Atlantic Coast Conferences this weekend.