Men's track team reaching full potential for postseason
By TONI-ANN MILLER | May 6, 2009It appears UF is peaking just in time for the championship stretch of the season.
It appears UF is peaking just in time for the championship stretch of the season.
Let the countdown begin.
The pressure is off, for now, which makes running more fun for freshman distance runner Genevieve LaCaze.
Most average people wish for the skill and talent to excel in one sport, maybe two if they're lucky. But for others, the possibilities are endless. When a person is blessed with the innate talents that Christian Taylor is, the sky is the limit.
Next spring, women's lacrosse will make its debut at UF, giving the Gators the first Division I program in the state and the second in the Southeastern Conference.
After a week off, the UF track and field teams continued their successful outdoor season in the War Eagle Invitational at Auburn over the weekend.
The South Carolina women's tennis team has not defeated UF since before Cal Ripken Jr. began his record streak of 2,632 consecutive games. That was in 1982, the same year Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was released and the computer was named Time Magazine's "Man of the Year."
Entering the postseason fresh off its worst performance of the year, the UF men's golf team needed to regain the swagger it once had as a top-five team.
The UF men's golf team has been preparing for the 2009 postseason all year.
The No. 16 UF women's tennis team closes a turbulent regular season against No. 20 South Carolina at 10 a.m. On Saturday.
After Tyson Alexander beat his dad for the first time, he rushed inside the house and turned the monkey.
How fitting for Sunday's dual match to have been decided in a third set on Court 1 between two of the best players in the nation.
Alabama knows how difficult it is to defeat the No. 21 UF women's tennis team. After all, the No. 26 Red Tide has lost all 34 meetings between the two, including Friday's 4-1 victory in favor of the Gators.
With everything it has endured this spring, there is one constant: The No. 21 UF women's tennis team wins at home. Every time.
Any remaining hope for the Gators to notch their first tournament victory was blown away on Tuesday.
It looks like winning could become a habit for the Gators.
This isn't exactly what the Gators envisioned when they took the course in Atlanta on Sunday to play in their last tournament before the postseason.
Jeff Demps got the baton to start the anchor leg of the 4x100-meter relay - with UF already in the lead - and the race was over.
In its final home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team put on a clinic in its 7-0 sweep of Arkansas on Sunday.
In its second-to-last home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team defeated LSU 5-2.