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With the NCAA outdoor championships on the horizon, senior hurdler Denzel Villaman has the same goals as any other athlete on coach Mike Holloway’s Gators Track and Field Team: always keep improving and compete for an NCAA Championship.  Even though his collegiate career is coming to an end, Villaman’s life …

Florida Gators baseball (30-13) took the series with a 5-3 win over No. 2 Vanderbilt on Sunday evening. A 11-8 win on Saturday evened the series, setting up an all-or-nothing game 3. Freshman Hunter Barco had an impressive start on the mound. The left hander finished the day with seven …

If Vanderbilt’s starting pitcher Jack Leiter is asked about the game later, he may admit it didn’t go as planned. After all, he entered the game with a 7-1 record and a 1.49 ERA. The night called for a dominant performance on the bump in Gainesville. Instead, the dominant performance …

The story of Kyle Trask stays in Florida. Trask sat with his family watching the second round of the NFL Draft when he received a phone call. Sixty-three picks have gone by, and the phone call he receives had an 813 area code. For those who don’t know, 813 is …

The No. 14 Florida Gators (28-13) fell to the No. 2 Vanderbilt Commodores (32-7) in their series opener on Friday night 11-7. Commodores Take Early Lead After a rain delay pushed back the initial 7 p.m start time, Vanderbilt made quick work in the first two innings. By the end …

The Front Nine comes at you after an interesting night watching the NFL Draft and getting ready for a big baseball weekend. 1. One thing that was interesting about that first round where Alabama dominated is that it feeds into the notion that things are never going to change as …

The NFL draft is only two weeks away, and several Gators’ players are expecting to hear their names called. Among the players is quarterback Kyle Trask. His numbers speak for themselves, but if not for another player’s injury, would he be in this position? Franks goes down, Trask leads comeback …

Ever since the NCAA announced that the 2021 season would not count against winter-sport athletes’ years of eligibility, the question of if the three Gator Gymnastics seniors would return has loomed large. When senior Megan Skaggs stuck the landing on her uneven bars routine at the National Final, the final …

The Florida women’s tennis team consists of just seven players from around the world. One would assume most players originate from large countries like the United States or Canada. Yet nearly half of the Gators team emanates from a country with less than 10 and a half million people – …

The average daily routine of a student-athlete usually consists of school, practice and competition without room for variance. But Gators gymnastics junior Leah Clapper has developed several hobbies like posting on her food blog and podcast. She achieved these goals while she starred for the best gymnastics team in the …