After a week off, the UF track and field teams continued their successful outdoor season in the War Eagle Invitational at Auburn over the weekend.
Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
Home sweet home.
The rain and wind couldn't completely stop UF this weekend in Tallahassee.
This weekend, when the UF men's track and field team competes for the first time since its second-place finish in the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14, there will be a new yet familiar face looking to contribute on the track for UF: Jeff Demps.
Whether it is in a low-key competition or on a large stage against the top competitors in a sport, success is a major confidence booster for athletes, and this especially stands true for the younger athletes on the UF women's track and field team.
In sports, there will always be room for improvement.
Lately for Terrell Wilks, another week means another school record.
In a way, UF was victorious in the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships. The team didn't win the championship trophy in Lexington, Ky., but it got the next best thing - experience.
UF came up short again.
The last time UF's men and women won Southeastern Conference Indoor titles was 2004 in Lexington, Ky. This weekend, UF track and field returns to this familiar site, hoping for the same result.
UF is peaking just in time for the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships.
Leaders come in two forms: those who are vocal - the Tim Tebows of the world - and those who choose to lead only by their examples.
The Southeastern Conference was dominated this weekend in the SEC/Big 12 Conference Showdown in College Station, Texas.
The O'Connell Center resembled The Swamp during the men's 4x400-meter relays: You could not hear yourself breathe, if you even had time to breathe, and you definitely could not hear a pin drop.
There's no place like home - not for Dorothy or UF's track and field teams.
As a team, UF didn't blow the competition away, but Mariam Kevkhishvili single-handedly did while securing her place in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
As the UF track and field teams prepare for their first meet of the season, the Kentucky Invitational in Lexington, expectations are high for the freshman class.
Calvin Smith has always wanted to be just like his father.
Sometimes even when the first and second times are charms, it still holds true the third time around.
Solutions by The State News
