Florida couldn’t spoil Auburn’s Senior Day celebration on Friday afternoon, even after notching a season-high 24 NCAA qualifying times and swimming one of their fastest meets of the year.
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Practice is over. It’s 16 hours until the Gators jump on a bus for their dual meet in Auburn, Ala., and the pool is empty except for one swimmer still taking in extra time to perfect his backstroke start.
All week long, the Gators dealt with multiple obstacles. The No. 6 women’s team struggled with sickness, while the No. 5 men’s team lacked depth as coach Gregg Troy and nine of team’s best left for the SMU Classic.
For the second straight week the Gators crushed an unranked opponent at home, but this time around, they did it much slower.
Before the Florida Atlantic meet a year ago, Sebastien Rousseau knew he would have his chance.
The Gators’ celebration over their dual-meet victory at home against Georgia Tech was cut short by an injury scare from a UF swimmer who had to be pulled from the water during a race and checked on by paramedics.
The Gators’ celebration over their dual-meet victory at home against Georgia Tech was cut short by an injury scare from a UF swimmer that had to be pulled from the water during a race and checked on by paramedics.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The UF men’s swimming and diving team remains undefeated on away turf this season.
If history is any indication, the Florida women’s swimming and diving team’s matchup with Stanford will be a tight one.
The UF men’s swimming team kicked off its Southeastern Conference opener with a victory Friday against Georgia.
The UF men’s swimming team kicked off its Southeastern Conference opener with a victory Friday against Georgia. The Gators men’s squad defeated the Bulldogs in a 170-130 win.
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