The All Florida Invitational ended on Sunday afternoon at the O’Connell Center’s Natatorium in Gainesville after three days of competition for swimming and diving teams from across the state of Florida.
Saturday’s Mountain Dew Invitational proved to be exciting for both the men and women, with the men losing by the narrowest of margins and the women’s race coming down to a sprint to the finish.
Florida’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams kicked off their 2015 season with the first day of the All Florida Invitational in Gainesville. The Gators host five teams: Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami, Nova Southeastern, and Towson University during the three-day meet. After the first day, the Gators had won 15 of the 17 preliminary races.
Last weekend, the Florida men’s golf team took a young core of underclassmen to the Carpet Capital Collegiate, where the Gators placed 7th in the Fall season’s opening tournament.
Like any pair of best friends, UF cross country runners Jimmy Clark and Eddie Garcia can trace their friendship’s origin to a single moment.
Coming off an Elite Eight finish last season, the Florida women’s tennis team will have its first opportunity to break through in the 2015-16 season on Friday.
UF cross country holds its lone home meet of the season Saturday, and the first Gators to cross the finish line are shaping up to be different from last year.
After posting the best three-round score of her college career, sophomore Taylor Tomlinson tied for first place to take home her first collegiate individual title at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, South Carolina on Tuesday.
With their seasons starting on Friday at the All Florida Invitational in Gainesville, expectations are high for Florida’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, led by head swimming coach Gregg Troy and diving coach Dale Schultz.
Heading into the third and final round of the Cougar Classic, the UF women’s golf team is in a tie for third place out of 20 teams.
If anyone is excited for Florida’s first and only home meet of the season, it’s freshman Maria Larsen.
Since 2011, the Florida cross country team has started the season by sweeping the Western Carolina Invitational. This season, however, the team opted for the Covered Bridge Open hosted by Appalachian State instead.
For the fifth year in a row, the Florida men’s and women’s cross country team will travel to North Carolina to open up the season.
Underclassmen runners played a big part in Florida’s women’s cross country team last season, and it appears this year that very well may be the case again.
For the first time in nearly a decade, Midnight Madness will make its return to the O’Connell Center -- albeit with a name change.
Following his first season as the head coach of the Gators men’s golf team, a season in which he saw his squad reach the NCAA Championship, J.C. Deacon enters his second season with a number of key contributors returning from last year’s squad.
While last year the Gators fielded a squad lacking in veteran runners, this year’s women’s cross country team will feature both youth and experience.
After the UF women’s tennis team saw its 2014-2015 season in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament on May 24 in Waco, Texas, the Gators are ready to take the level up a notch.
Tiger Woods needs to take some time away from golf and get his mind right if he ever hopes to compete in the sport he once dominated.
Florida track and field has made its mark in recent years in the triple jump circuit.
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