The Gators swimming and diving teams will kick off the spring by competing in their home pool for the first time since October.
They train with championship finishes in mind. For some of the younger UF swimmers and divers, this weekend was their first taste of why they put in those long hours.
Consider it a test run in the freeze of the season. Today, a portion of the Gators will travel to Princeton to unveil what a few days of rest can translate to in the water.
Dumisane Hlaselo’s first weeks at the University of Florida can be best described as a culture shock.
November weather usually doesn’t bode well for outdoor swimming. But with Tallahassee temperatures in the low 70s, the Seminoles hosted the Gators roof-less.
Usually the Gators compete in the confines of an echoing, indoor natatorium. But today’s meet will be a little twisted.
For the past two races of Florida’s season, everything seemed to go right.
This weekend the Gators treaded in the waters of the 1996 Olympics, rising to place in the top five of the Georgia Tech Invitational’s 13 competing teams. The men’s team finished in second while the women secured the third-place spot.
Heading into today’s national championship race, Genevieve LaCaze knows the Gators will have to lean on more than a strong performance from their top-three runners to capture their first NCAA title.
Beads of sweat trickle down their faces as their pummeling fists crash against each other’s stiff palms. Jump ropes graze the ground — a clacking that permeates the O’Connell Center — forming a beat that could be counted with a metronome.
Sekou Bangoura Jr. finished a strong weekend by winning the singles draw of the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic in Bradenton on Sunday.
Florida’s cross country teams kept two streaks alive Saturday morning at the NCAA South Region Championships: one the program will celebrate on the bus ride home from Hoover, Ala., and one to think about until next year.
Sekou Bangoura Jr. advanced to the finals of the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic in Bradenton after picking up two wins on Saturday.
Florida’s cross country teams kept two streaks alive Saturday morning at the NCAA South Region Championships. One the program will celebrate on the bus ride home from Hoover, Ala., and one to think about until next year.
The Gators had their share of ups and downs on the first day of competition at the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic in Bradenton.
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The Gators wrap up the fall season this weekend as they head to Bradenton to take part in the Lakewood Ranch Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic.
Sunday was a successful one for Gators tennis as sophomore Bob van Overbeek won the singles title at the Texas Invitational and the team of Allie Will and Sofie Oyen won the doubles title at the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships.
When the Gators enter a pool with the Stanford women, it’s always a toss-up. This weekend, it was the Cardinal who came out on top.
Coach Jan Dowling wanted her team to finish the fall season on the right foot.
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