Gators swimmer involved in scooter accident
By ALLISON BANKO | Oct. 14, 2010There was a certain air of somberness on the Gators’ side during Monday’s swim meet.
There was a certain air of somberness on the Gators’ side during Monday’s swim meet.
Cross country running is not Dumisane Hlaselo’s typical style of race. But the South African track star still competes in it for the Gators for one reason: to make his country’s Olympic team.
The Gators headed into the Jerry Pate Invitational knowing they had to go low.
Florida showed why it entered play this week ranked No. 1 in the country.
While the UF women’s swimming team emerged victorious against Virginia, the men’s squad sank, staining the Gators with their first blemish of the season.
UF’s cross country teams traveled to Tallahassee on Friday to compete in a race. FSU turned it into a training session.
Play concluded Sunday at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., with the UF women’s golf team coming in 15th place, 45 shots behind tournament champions Alabama.
Behind the slick edges of the pool today, it’ll be a family affair.
One Gator left with a championship on Sunday as Allie Will won the consolation singles draw of the 2010 ITA Women's All-American Championships.
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Today the UF women’s golf team begins the three-day Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., boasting a field of 13 teams ranked in the top-25, including No. 1 LSU, No. 3 Alabama and No. 5 Georgia.
When the UF men’s and women’s cross country teams compete at the FSU Invitational today they will do so without top talent.
Senior Alexandre Lacroix went right to work Thursday, winning his first two matches of the main draw in the ITA All-American in Tulsa, Okla.
After a solid showing Tuesday, Florida’s duo of Sekou Bangoura Jr. and Billy Federhofer lost in the final round of doubles qualifying at the ITA All-American in Tulsa, Okla.
The Gators went undefeated in the first round of qualifying at the ITA All-American in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Tuesday.
In the first round of qualifying, junior Nassim Slilam did something that no UF player had done in more than a year — post a straight-sets 6-0, 6-0 win.
Freshman Andrew Butz earned a win in the third round of the ITA All-American Championships on Sunday, but lost in the fourth and final round of pre-qualifying action.