Battled-tested UF to face off with FSU
By RYAN LEVICK | Nov. 23, 2008As this season has been progressing, the UF swim teams have always been looking to the spring season, but they also focused on the competition that stood in their way this fall.
As this season has been progressing, the UF swim teams have always been looking to the spring season, but they also focused on the competition that stood in their way this fall.
Jeremy Criscione saved his best effort for his last cross country race as a Gator.
The 34th Street Wall says it all for the UF women's cross country team: "We made it. UF XC to NCAAs 2008."
The UF cross country teams have one more step to take before the NCAA Championships.
Coach Gregg Troy didn't want to see his team rest on their laurels.
Joanna Mather finished her first fall at UF with a win against Carolina Escamilla of Kentucky 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the finals of the SEC Fall Coaches Classic.
Marrit Boonstra is new to the ITA Grand Slam, but she's made herself right at home.
Coming off a split decision against Southeastern Conference rival Georgia, the UF swim teams remain focused toward their ultimate goal, the NCAA finals, at the end of the season.
She was on a new campus, in a new country, surrounded by strangers and not allowed to play the sport she's been playing since her early teens.
At least there's a spring season.
Sometimes, you're just one hole short.
Carlos Cueto won his first collegiate tournament Monday at the Seminole Invitational in Tallahassee, but it was eerily similar to a typical practice in Gainesville.
There's a lot to be said about preseason rankings. Today, you can say they were right.
As the end of the season approaches, the UF cross country teams have momentum on their side, but the Gators aren't ready to pat themselves on the back just yet.
Carlos Cueto and Tyler Hochwalt are looking forward to matches against familiar faces today. Their opponents? Each other.
The UF women's golf team qualified for a No. 14 seed at the Hooters Match Play Championship in Orlando and will take on Texas A&M today.
With a roar of laughter, the swim programs of two schools that have rivalries in more than just swim congratulated each other on a meet well-swum.
With a roar of laughter, the swim programs of two schools that have rivalries in more than just swim congratulated each other on a meet well-swum.
This weekend's Match Play in Orlando not only ends the fall season, but for the UF women's golf team it will be the last tournament the team plays until Feb. 9. So this weekend will be something to dwell on for the next couple of months.
Through the wins and losses, the Gators have remained collected going into the depths of the Southeastern Conference season. When asked whether he would be upset if the Gators lost every meet of the season but still swam their best and improved, senior Rex Tullius answered quickly and without hesitation.