Gators Track and Field

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 …

This afternoon, the Pepsi Florida Relays will begin at Percy Beard Track inside the James G. Pressly Stadium. This event has been going on since 1939 and features athletes at all different stages in their careers including high school, college, and professional club teams. There will be eight men’s college teams …

After their first official outdoor meet last week at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge, the majority of the Florida track and field squad will open up this weekend at either the Power Conference Cardinal & Gold Challenge at the University of Southern California or the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina …

The University of Florida’s Cross Country teams are looking forward to the upcoming University of South Florida Invitational held in Tampa this Friday, October 16th. After a 12th place overall finish in their last meet, Florida coach Paul Spangler expects this team to move up in the rankings. One of Florida’s top runners, Becky …

The Florida men’s and women’s indoor track teams will hit the road this weekend for the SEC Indoor Championships in Lexington, Kentucky. The Gators currently hold 14 SEC Indoor titles and the women’s team is hoping to defend its title from last year. The men’s team was runner-up at last year’s event.  …

The Gator track teams are still number one in the country following record-breaking performances at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invite last weekend in Kentucky. Florida had over 20 personal best performances and eight changes to the all-time record book on just the second day. After the meet, Gator coach Mike Holloway said …

The University of Florida’s women’s track and field team is in the throws of preparing for its 2015 season. After finishing last season at the 2014 SEC Indoor Championship, the Gators are hungry for January to come and for what this next season will bring them. This is especially true for …

When you love something so much, sometimes you have to give it up, even if it’s not your choice. That’s the story of Trish Leger, a former University of Florida triple jumper who can no longer participate due to patellar tendonitis in her right knee. Leger says the hardest part …

University of Florida’s 4×400 meter track runner Loreal Curtis wasn’t always in blue and orange, but her heart was. Curtis was born and raised in Houston, Texas where she attended Lutheran South Academy. During her senior year she signed a full scholarship to DePaul University in Chicago. “I signed to …