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Former University of Florida standout swimmer Bobby Finke won Team USA’s only individual men’s gold medal in world record fashion at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Finke, 24, won the 1,500-meter freestyle final by leading from the start and finished with a record time of 14:30.67, besting the world mark …

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend of having Olympic Fever. It sure beats COVID. 10. After watching the opening ceremony Friday, I was less than enthusiastic for the Summer Olympics. It was very French (oh yeah, they are in France) and I was not a fan of …

Five Florida Gators baseball players were selected in the three-day Major League Baseball Draft this week. At least four Gators were selected for the 15th time in the last 16 MLB Drafts. 📈#GatorMade // #GoGators pic.twitter.com/e5Q6NwVQh0 — Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) July 16, 2024 First baseman/pitcher Jac Caglianone was the …

Florida two-way star Jac Caglianone was the No. 6 overall pick Sunday in the Major League Baseball Draft by the Kansas City Royals. The moment our guy found out.#GoGators pic.twitter.com/Td0YAAeDVj — Florida Gators Baseball (@GatorsBB) July 15, 2024 Caglianone ties former pitchers John Burke (1991) and A.J. Puk (2016) as …

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! …

The Florida Gators now have six athletes on the U.S. Track and Field team which will compete at the Paris Summer Olympics starting later this month. Distance runner Parker Valby learned Saturday her times in last month’s U.S. Olympic Trials in the 5,000m and 10,000m were good enough to qualify …

Florida softball coach Tim Walton has been busy adding talent to a roster that lost six players after finishing in the national semifinals. The Gators announced this week the signing of Washington graduate transfer infielder Rylee Holtorf and Alabama transfer infielder Kenleigh Cahalan, who will have two years of eligibility …

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 …

After the 6-0 loss to Texas A&M in the College World Series semifinal in Omaha, Neb., on Wednesday night, Florida returned to Gainesville on Thursday with a season for the record books. Let’s look back at the Gators’ unexpected season. Fought ‘til the end. Thanks for sharing this season with …

Former Florida standout swimmer Caeleb Dressel qualified for his third consecutive Olympic Games. The seven-time Olympic gold medalist secured his spot on the 4x100m Freestyle Relay team Wednesday. Dressel qualified on day five of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium, in Indianapolis, Indiana. There were 22,209 …