Gators Track and Field

To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. Alida van Daalen arrived at the University of Florida in January 2023, ready for a new chapter of her life. Within the next six months, she became an SEC champion, earned multiple awards and etched her …

The United States Track and Field Outdoor Championships are set to kick off Thursday in Eugene, Oregon. The four day contest will determine who will compete in the 2023 World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary scheduled for Aug. 19-27. The top three athletes in each event will advance to the …

The Florida Gators track and field programs are no strangers to coming in first place. For the last 21 years, head coach Mike Holloway has lead the program to multiple championships and has developed some of the best track athletes in the country. Tuesday, Holloway was presented with the USTFCCCA …

Back-to-back Champions. After a poor performance at the SEC Championship, earning sixth place, there was doubt about the Gators track and field team’s season and championship run. But that wasn’t enough to stop the Gators and head coach Mike Holloway from stealing the win from Arkansas in the 4×400 meter …

Friday, the Florida Gators track and field team will continue the NCAA National Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas. Day 1 Grace Stark, who placed fourth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.76, became the first Gator to advance to the Saturday finals. Her time was the sixth-fastest in …

The Florida Gators men’s and women’s track and field teams begin their quest to repeat as NCAA Outdoor Champions on Wednesday. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1665851158236127234?s=20 The Gators are looking to take home the program’s 14th national championship in Austin, Texas. Florida has 23 athletes, 14 women and nine men, competing in a total …

The Gators track and field team dominated competition at the SEC Outdoor Championships over the weekend. The men’s team finished sixth and the women’s team finished second, collecting 15 medals. The team took home seven gold, two silver and six bronze medals. New Record in the 4×400 The highlight of …

Florida Gators track and field brought its outdoor regular season to a close last weekend at the Louisiana State Relays in Baton Rouge and the East Coast Relays at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Florida came away with five gold, four silver and six bronze medals. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1651944227285405696 LSU …

Florida Gators track and field concluded its home schedule with an impressive performance at the Tom Jones Memorial. The Gators won two gold, seven silver and four bronze medals across Friday and Saturday at James G. Pressly Stadium. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1646937353208954881 Day One Florida showed out early in the men’s and women’s …

Forty teams, including the Gators, will compete in the Tom Jones Invitational starting Friday, April 13, and finishing April 14. This is the last home meet of the season, and the Gators will be honoring 26 seniors. Florida will have 66 athletes competing in 35 events throughout the two-day meet. …