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! …
Read More »Florida Athletics Program 4th In Learfield Directors’ Cup for 2023-24
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 …
Read More »Gators Begin NCAA Track and Field East Preliminaries
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 …
Read More »Florida Cross-Country Star Parker Valby Breaks NCAA 5,000m Record
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. PARKER VALBY š a NEW collegiate record with a 14:56.11 in the 5000M pic.twitter.com/vAHsDOMQxz — FloTrack (@FloTrack) December 2, 2023 In her first ever indoor 5,000m …
Read More »Parker Valby Wins NCAA South Regional, Women’s XC Team Places Second
On Friday, Parker Valby kept her winning streak alive by taking home first place in the NCAA South Regional. This victory is her third straight as she recently won both the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational and the SEC Championship races. Valby’s victory propelled the Gators to a second-place finish and punched …
Read More »Gators Men’s Cross Country Team First at FSU Invitational, Women Second
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 …
Read More »Florida Fall Sports Beginning to Heat Up
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 …
Read More »Florida Women’s Cross Country Wins Mountain Dew Invitational, Men’s Team Places Third
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 …
Read More »FEATURE: Imogen Barrettās Final Lap as a Gator
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 Pascalās Coffee House or working at Southwest Recreation on the University of Florida campus. āHerā …
Read More »Parker Valby named 2022 SEC Women’s Runner of the Year
Gators Cross Country star Parker Valby was named 2022 SEC Women’s Runner of the Year. Presenting your 2022 SEC Women's Runner of the Year š°: https://t.co/RXZNegfLPk #GoGators š pic.twitter.com/MA6x1wj0Ob — Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) November 15, 2022 Valby Breaks Records The redshirt sophomore has broken records …
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