Florida adds top recruit
By Logan McGuire | Nov. 19, 2013Caeleb Dressel is being hailed as one of the best sprint prospects ever despite having never suited up for a college team.
Caeleb Dressel is being hailed as one of the best sprint prospects ever despite having never suited up for a college team.
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.
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.
Sebastien Rousseau is a two-time NCAA champion, 10-time All-American and two-time South African Olympian.
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.
One of the NCAA’s best female swimmers was on display in Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday.
Continuing their solid start to the season, the Gators earned a win in Columbus, Mo., in their first Southeastern Conference meet this fall.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Gators were victorious at the All-Florida Invitational and remain the lone team to win the invitational since Florida began hosting it in 2009.
Florida opened its swim season strong with both the men’s and women’s teams leading the seven-team field of the Pinch A Penny All-Florida Invitational after Day 1 in the O’Connell Center on Friday.
Florida will begin its swimming and diving season today in the O’Connell Center at 10 a.m. at the Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational.
Florida, the defending Southeastern Conference champion, will open its season at the three-day Pinch A Penny All Florida Invitational on Friday in the O’Connell Center.
Entering the 2013-14 season, coach Gregg Troy has one of the most impressive Florida teams to date.
Coming off a successful 2012-13 season, the Florida swim team is built for a repeat performance this year.
Former Gator Ryan Lochte recorded three of his 15 World Championships titles in Barcelona, Spain, over the past week, bringing his career medal count to 23 at Worlds. Two of his gold medals came in a two-hour span where he swam in three different events on Friday.
Former Gator All-American swimmers Ryan Lochte and Melani Costa-Schmid both earned silver medals on Sunday during the first day of competition at the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona.
UF will be well-represented at this year’s U.S. Open Championships, which begin on July 30.
Marcin Cieslak swam at a new level on the first night of the NCAA finals on Thursday.
Marcin Cieslak paced Florida at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
After Florida’s men were crowned as kings of swimming and diving in the Southeastern Conference last week, the Gators will now head to Georgia for the Bulldog Last Chance Meet. The meet will be a final opportunity for swimmers to qualify for the NCAA Championships toward the end of March.
On the fifth and final day of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Swimming and Diving Championships, the men started the day in the lead while the women sat in third.