During two easy weekend victories for the Florida swimming and diving teams in the O’Connell Center Natatorium, the women’s squad made headlines on the diving boards.
Gemma Spofforth is undoubtedly a champion. She owns seven UF school records, four Southeastern Conference records, an NCAA record, a U.S. Open record, a world record and an Olympic appearance for her native Great Britain.
With the more experienced swimmers back in Gainesville, Florida concluded the fall season with weak showings at the Georgia Invitational.
After suffering an injury early this season, Florida sophomore Brian Howell returned to competition in November and has made the best of his opportunity since.
An air of sweet revenge engulfed the O’Connell Center on Tuesday night after Florida and Florida State met for a rematch of the top two teams last weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
This past weekend, Florida battled seven teams in the three-day Georgia Tech Invitational. The Gators left Atlanta with a bitter taste in their mouths when both men’s and women’s teams came up short behind Florida State.
From the first day of competition in the Georgia Tech Invitational, Florida’s women were in contention.
A slow start on Thursday at the South Carolina Gamecock Invitational may have set Florida’s men back in their quest to challenge some of the top competitors in collegiate swimming.
It is never too late to make your dream a reality, and so Florida junior Conor Dwyer has proven.
From the scene at the center of the pool Saturday morning, it was hard to tell Florida had just lost to Stanford, yet again.
Coming to the University of Florida was always a dream for Corinne Showalter.
For the second consecutive year, Florida's women had trouble defending their home natatorium against the Georgia Bulldogs.
UF's men swimming and diving team will open its Southeastern Conference schedule with a matchup against Georgia in the O'Connell Center on Friday.
Florida's women's swimming and diving teams had an outstanding weekend all around, dominating two separate meets and defeating seven opponents.
After spending countless hours of practice in the pool and accumulating their share of goggle-lines, a group of young athletes will get the opportunity to show just what they can do.
The UF men's and women's swimming teams began the season in fine fashion with road wins over Virginia. Both teams improved to 8-0 all-time against the Cavaliers.
When UF travels to Virginia for its season opener this weekend, the Gators will have two experienced seniors leading the way.
Junior swimmer Shaune Fraser ended the season strong.
A national title, NCAA, NCAA Meet and UF record from senior Bradley Ally in the 200-yard individual medley and five broken UF records highlighted day one of the 2009 NCAA Championships for the Gators. UF resides in fourth place (107 points) following the first day of competition from the Student Rec Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. Texas (171), Auburn (141), Stanford (130), UF (107) and California (103) round out the top five teams after day one.
Senior swimmer Rex Tullius has a positive mindset for the next three days.
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