After coming to UF a year ago as the No. 6 overall recruit, Sekou Bangoura Jr. has had to live up to high expectations. Now, in his second season as a Gator, he is showing why he was so highly regarded.
Florida’s track and field teams won 10 events and posted three meet records in their season-opening performances at the Nittany Lion Challenge, and the national rankings reflected the Gators’ strong showing.
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After a strong fall season, Olivia Janowicz entered the spring season ranked No. 22 in the country. On Saturday, she proved why she is regarded as one of the top freshman in the country as she won two matches to advance to the singles final at the Freeman Memorial Championships in Las Vegas.
For the second straight week the Gators crushed an unranked opponent at home, but this time around, they did it much slower.
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Before the Florida Atlantic meet a year ago, Sebastien Rousseau knew he would have his chance.
Coming off the school’s first national indoor title, an indoor coach of the year award for Mike Holloway and a preseason No. 1 ranking, it might be easy for the Florida men’s track and field team to focus on its recent success.
Ranked No. 9 in the country, the men’s tennis team heads into the spring season with one goal in mind: winning an NCAA Championship.
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.
Dumisane Hlaselo’s first weeks at the University of Florida can be best described as a culture shock.
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.
For the past two races of Florida’s season, everything seemed to go right.
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.
Heading into today’s national championship race, Genevieve LaCaze knows the Gators will have to lean on more than a strong performance from their top-three runners to capture their first NCAA title.
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