Freshman making unexpected contributions
By JORDAN MCPHERSON | Nov. 19, 2013When the season started, Carlos Miranda did not expect to be a contributor on Florida’s cross country team.
When the season started, Carlos Miranda did not expect to be a contributor on Florida’s cross country team.
Caeleb Dressel is being hailed as one of the best sprint prospects ever despite having never suited up for a college team.
Two more Florida runners will make the trip to Terre Haute, Ind.
Mark Parrish and Jimmy Clark have rewritten Florida’s record books again.
After mixed results at the Southeastern Conference Championships on Nov. 1, Florida’s cross country teams are hoping to boast a strong showing today starting at 11 a.m. at the NCAA South Regional Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
For the past three days, Gators Olivia Janowicz, Kourtney Keegan, Brianna Morgan, Stefani Stojic, and Belinda Woolcock have been participating in the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic in Lakewood Ranch, Fla. On Sunday, Florida swept the boards and took home both the singles and doubles titles.
Despite Alex Cercone and Sofie Oyen falling out of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, there are still four Gators in action at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic after two days of play.
It was another win for Florida swimming and diving on Thursday night in the O’Connell Center against visiting Alabama as the No. 2 men improved to 4-0 and the No. 5 women drew even at 2-2.
Thursday began the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, a four-day tournament held at Flushing, N.Y., at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
A little more than a month into the swimming and diving season, the No. 2 Gators men’s team (3-0) and No. 5 women’s team (1-2) will continue their tour of ranked opponents when they face the Crimson Tide tonight.
Beginning today, the Florida women’s tennis team will be splitting up to participate in two separate events.
Sebastien Rousseau is a two-time NCAA champion, 10-time All-American and two-time South African Olympian.
Agata Strausa’s consistent improvement during 2013 was one of the reasons the Gators looked poised to live up to their predicted second-place finish at the Southeastern Conference Championships on Friday.
For the first time since 2002, the Gators were able to race the Southeastern Conference Championships at home.
With the Southeastern Conference Championships taking place on the Mark Bostick Golf Course today, the Gators are working to make sure the trophies stay in Gainesville.
Two of the Southeastern Conference’s best swimming and diving programs will face off in the O’Connell Center today when Florida takes on Georgia at noon.
Jimmy Clark does not let anything slow him down.
Before Florida and Georgia square off on the football field on Saturday in Jacksonville, the two programs’ swimming teams will compete in the pool Friday.
Incapable of improving its play, the Florida men’s golf team didn’t make any progress in the third-round of the Invitational at The Ocean Course on Tuesday, concluding their fall season with an eighth-place finish.
Second-round woes continued for the Florida men’s golf team on Monday at the Invitational at The Ocean Course.