Gators Swimming and Diving

The No.4/3-ranked Gators men’s and women’s swim and dive teams concluded day one of the Florida Invitational with top times against the Nova Southeastern Sharks at the O’Connell Center on Thursday. https://twitter.com/GatorsSwimDv/status/1753018995970597217 Personal Bests and B-Cuts Of the 11 Gators who competed in three individual events against the in-state opponent, …

Thursday, the Gators Swim and Dive teams are set to host Nova Southeastern in the Florida Invitational. The meet goes through Saturday, with prelims starting each day at 9:2o a.m. and finals at 4 p.m. Going into the invite, the Gators men (7-0, 4-0 SEC) are ranked 4th in the …

The Florida women’s swimming team took down Florida State in the last dual meet of the season Friday. The Gators defeated the Seminoles 181-119 to improve to 7-1. The women’s team earned 12 first-place finishes and eight recorded 12 b-cut times in Ocala. Winning mood. Emma Weyant with the impressive …

To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. Some kids find a sport they are good at quickly. Melissa Cowen learned early on she was not just good at swimming, she excelled at it. By high school, she was breaking national records and creating …

Tomorrow kicks off a big weekend for Florida sports with both Cross Country and Swimming and Diving in action tomorrow. Men’s basketball is also one step closer to beginning the season with its SEC TV schedule having been announced. They also began preseason practice Monday. Cross Country Travels to FSU …

Anthony Nesty has added a major bullet to his resume. USA Swimming announced him as head coach for the United States men’s swim team ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Nesty, 55, is currently serving as the head coach for the Florida Gators men’s and women’s swimming and …

The Gators swim and football team see new additions to their staff and roster after landing a new assistant coach and two new commitments respectively. Annie Lazor, a 2020 Olympic bronze medalist, joins Gators swimming and diving as a new assistant coach. And Gators football lands two new athletes in …

On Friday, nine Florida Gators student-athletes signed NIL deals with OpenLocker. The nine student-athletes include Trevor Etienne and Shemar James in Football; Trinity Thomas, Morgan Hurd and Victoria Nguyen in gymnastics; Aliyah Matharu, Zippy Broughton, and Alex Klatsky in basketball; and Elisha Dees in diving. In addition, the student-athletes would …

The University of Florida 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame class was announced on Wednesday. Nine former Gators will be inducted. UF Athletic Hall of Fame is based on three categories: Distinguished Letterwinners, Honorary Letterwinners and Gator Greats. https://twitter.com/FloridaGators/status/1641093729586151424?s=20 Eight Gator Greats UF’s 2023 class will include eight Gator Greats. Kelsey …

Three NCAA records were broken this week. The Florida men’s swimming and diving team smashed three NCAA records and stole four National Championship titles to finish sixth at this year’s NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship. For the first time since the 2014-2015 season, both the men’s and women’s teams …