Gators Cross Country

Selecting Florida’s Parker Valby as the SEC Female Athlete of the Year had to have been an easy vote by the league’s athletics directors. All they had to do was look at her resume for the 2023-24 season. Congratulations to the 2023-24 @SEC Roy F. Kramer Athletes of the Year! …

On the strength of 11 teams placing in the top five in their respective sports, Florida finished fourth in the 2023-24 LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup standings, the National Association of College Directors of Athletics announced Wednesday. Gators earns 4th in the Nation 🐊 🔸 Florida is the only program to finish …

The Gators compete in the NCAA Track and Field East Preliminaries, which begin May 22 in Lexington, Kentucky. After finishing fourth at the SEC Outdoor Championship, No. 2 Florida starts their journey to capture a third straight Outdoor Men’s Championships. The Gator women, who took third at the SEC Outdoor …

Before Saturday, no woman had ever ran sub-15 minutes in the 5,000m race during collegiate competition. That was until Florida’s Parker Valby came along. https://twitter.com/FloTrack/status/1731079517727330686 In her first ever indoor 5,000m race, Valby broke the collegiate record for the event, finishing in a time of 14:56.11. This time breaks the …

Two and a half hours northwest of Gainesville, you don’t see much orange and blue. That’s because in Tallahassee, they bleed garnet and gold. But on Friday, the Gators cross country team dominated in the FSU Invitational, showing whose colors reign superior. The men’s team claimed first place in an …

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 …

Alabama transfer Allison Wilson made a splash in her Florida debut, winning the women’s race at the Mountain Dew Invitational. Her effort, along with that of her teammates, led the women’s team to a first-place finish. The men’s team placed third overall behind North Florida and Georgia Tech. Aidan O’Gorman …

To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. If someone cannot catch up to her on the track, they can for sure catch her sipping a vanilla latte at Pascal’s Coffee House or working at Southwest Recreation on the University of Florida campus. “Her” …

Gators Cross Country star Parker Valby was named 2022 SEC Women’s Runner of the Year. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1592610524600360960?s=20&t=_4qmbK_vYu7I3b9yRqZxww Valby Breaks Records The redshirt sophomore has broken records this season including running the fastest 6k in school history. Valby ran in three races this season. At the Arturo Barrios Invite she received first place …