Gators Track and Field

Head coach of the Florida men’s and women’s track and field team, Michael Holloway, is entering his 15th season as head coach. The last ten has seen him as the head man of both the men’s and women’s teams. Over that span, the Gators have six national championships, nine SEC championships, …

University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley has unveiled a new plan for a $100 million facilities upgrade for the school’s football, baseball and softball programs. Foley said that football, baseball and softball were the school’s main priorities at the moment for renovation and addition. The plan to pay for …

Whether you’ve heard this stat or not, the fact that if the University of Florida was its own country  they would be ninth in the world in gold medals during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Eight golds were won with 30 Gator letter-winners competing spanning four sports, with a total of 13 …

Today is the official start date of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 207 countries will be represented at this year’s Olympiad in 28 different sports. Sports taking the center stage this weekend are gymnastics and swimming. The USA women’s gymnastics team are defending Olympic champions and the London …

The 2016 Track and Field Olympic Trials are complete which means the Rio Olympic games are just around the corner.  At the event several Gators (current and alumni) qualified for  the Olympics in Rio. Florida Gators Track and Field Head Coach Mike Holloway was in attendance for the trails. Those not aware (which you should be) …

The University of Florida’s Track and Field program will send 27 former, past, and future Gators to the United States Olympic Trials, which runs from July 1 to July 10. How will the 2016 Olympics, in Rio De Janiero, be similar to every Olympic Games since the year 1992? Every U.S. Olympic team since then, has featured at least one athlete coached …

The Florida Gator Men’s Track and Field won the NCAA Outdoor Championship Saturday. The Gators had a rocky road to earn its third Outdoor Championship which featured one of the lowest team performance to one of the highest, but at the end, the team was able to accumulate 62 points to …

The Gators conclude their home schedule with the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational Friday April 22.  Florida track and field Coach Mike Holloway approaches each meet with the same focus.  However, this event is sentimental for Holloway, his team and Gator fans. The meet honors longtime Women’s Track and Field coach Tom Jones.  Jones lost …

The Gator track teams shined through on Day Three of the 72nd Pepsi Florida Relays, despite the rainy start in Gainesville. Florida’s women’s 4 x 100 medley relay team of Robin Reynolds, Shayla Sanders, Skylar Ross-Ransom and Kyra Jefferson claimed the Walter Welsch Award with an NCAA-leading time and second best …

Although the second day of the Florida Relays was on April Fool’s Day, the Gators did not play around. Several collegiate, personal best and even world leading times were made by current and former Gators on Saturday. In the women’s 100 meter hurdles Florida sophomore Skylar Ross-Ransom placed seventh overall and ran …