Garcia possibly to redshirt due to cross country team depth
By GRAHAM HALL | Sep. 24, 2014If it were their decision, Mark Parrish, Eddie Garcia and Jimmy Clark would be competing for the Gators cross country team this season.
If it were their decision, Mark Parrish, Eddie Garcia and Jimmy Clark would be competing for the Gators cross country team this season.
Coach Paul Spangler has seen countless freshmen runners through the years, but maybe none quite as mature and impressive as Lauren Brasure and Thomas Howell.
Lauren Embree fell short of advancing to the main draw in the Red Rock Pro Open 50k on Tuesday, dropping her third and final qualifying match to Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.
The Florida women’s swimming and diving team returns to the pool this weekend as it sets to start its season at home against Arkansas on Saturday at 11 a.m.
In just one week, freshman Ryan Celano has gone from an unknown commodity to winning the qualifying for the Wolf Run Intercollegiate to having the best tournament of any player on the Florida men’s golf team in Zionsville, Ind.
Lauren Embree is one step away from advancing to the main draw at the Red Rock Pro Open 50k.
Elliott Orkin ended Florida’s first home tournament of the fall unscathed.
The Wolf Run Intercollegiate is in the books and the Florida men’s golf team was able to have a complete turnaround from their first tournament, as they finished in second place after posting a score of 37-over-par. After finishing in 13th place in the first tournament, UF had three rounds of steady play and finished ahead of 13 teams.
Though she hasn’t been on campus more than a month, freshman Lauren Brasure is leaving her mark on Florida’s cross country program early.
Rain delayed the first day of the SEC Fall Classic and forced play indoors during the early afternoon, but the weather did anything but dampen Florida’s performance.
When the women’s cross country team lines up for the Mountain Dew Invitational on Saturday, they’ll be fielding a nearly unrecognizable team than the one that finished third at the event in 2013.
After ending last season on a bittersweet note, the Florida men’s tennis team is motivated to come back even stronger for this year’s campaign.
After not performing up to the standards of a nationally successful program, the Florida men’s golf team looks to bounce back after a discouraging 13th-place finish in its first tournament of the year as it heads to Zionsville, Ind., for the two-day Wolf Run Intercollegiate.
David Kilgore is the oldest athlete on Florida’s cross country team, but he must feel like the youngest.
Despite having success in their first tournament of the season, freshman Brooke Austin and her Florida teammates are just concerned about getting better and growing as a team.
One year after repeating as champions of the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C., the Florida women’s golf team finished in 12th place after the final round with a team score of 294.
After having a week off to improve after a disappointing 13th place finish in its first tournament, the Florida men’s golf team is coming off its qualifying rounds for the Wolf Run Intercollegiate in Zionsville, Ind.
While he will not run as part of Florida’s cross country team on Saturday, senior Mark Parrish looks to continue the success he saw at UF when he competes independently at the 26th Mountain Dew Invitational in Gainesville.
The second day of the Cougar Classic in Charleston, S.C., at the Yeamans Hall Course has been completed, and the Florida women’s golf team did not make up any ground on the leaderboard, as they continue to sit in 14th place. The No. 17 Gators finished the second round at 10-over-par and are 19-over-par overall for the tournament. UF is 29 shots behind leader and Southeastern Conference foe, No. 7 Arkansas, who sit at 9-under-par. Coach Emily Glaser said the team did not capitalize on opportunities.
Florida concluded its first tournament of the season Sunday by bringing home two singles titles while still leaving room for improvement in doubles play.