Gymnasts try to increase scores with smiles
Mar. 3, 2009You know the feeling you get when you're trying to impress somebody, and you're hoping more than anything else you don't mess up?
You know the feeling you get when you're trying to impress somebody, and you're hoping more than anything else you don't mess up?
For someone who was projected to be the closer, Jeff Barfield turned in an impressive start.
March is finally here, and that means three wonderful things have arrived: Spring Break, March Madness and Spring Training.
Some lessons don't need to be stressed over and over again by a coach.
The UF men's tennis team will attempt to avenge two losses when it hits the Scott Speicher courts against FSU today.
UF came up short again.
After two first-place finishes to start the season, the Gators could not continue their dominance against some of the best teams in the country.
UF's women's tennis team managed to win its last two matches with only five scholarship players, but was unable to pull out a third, as the Gators lost to Florida State, 5-2, on a windy Saturday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
Recruiting analysts have said the Gators' 2010 recruiting class would need to have a heavy dose of defensive backs. UF coaches must feel the same way.
It was a weekend full of wins for the UF softball team, but the Gators also suffered one very costly loss.
Over the past few days, UF received verbal commitments from Charlotte (N.C.) Independence High's Victor Hampton and Bradenton Southeast High's Jonathan Dowling, two promising defensive backs.
The Gators had a good meet. The Bulldogs had an exceptional one.
Any momentum UF had built up after a 5-0 start was swept away by Miami on Sunday afternoon.
This weekend, many Gators took advantage of their final opportunities to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
For a girl who never really knew if swimming was for her, senior Laurabeth Guenthner has left her mark on the UF swimming and diving team.
The Gators picked up their fifth oral commitment for the 2010 recruiting class Thursday when cornerback Victor Hampton of Charlotte (N.C.) Independence High told UF coaches he was Gainesville-bound.
The UF baseball team is in a familiar place.
UF and Georgia. Two schools that just don't like each other. A textbook example of rivals. Be it on the gridiron, in the pool, on the hardwood, even in a spitting contest.
When UF heads to Athens, Ga., on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. to face Georgia in the regular-season finale for both teams, there will be a lot on the line.