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Florida Gators Track and Field cleaned up at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, recording over 30 top 10 finishes, seven school top 10 marks and several personal bests. Many Gator greats also returned to Percy Beard Track, competing professionally at their old stomping grounds. Top Performances All-American 100 meter hurdles …

Florida Gator Kai Chang marched his way to a school record at Triton Invitational. Chang, a senior, became the second Gator to make his mark in the record books. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1776595016569258182 Triton Invitational The Gators had a total of six participants during their second day of action at the Triton Invitational …

Florida track and field hosts the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational beginning Friday. This is the Gators’ second home meet of the season. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1777836128134996407 History of the Invitational UF created this meet in 2008 to honor the late Gators track and field coach Tom Jones. Jones led Florida’s women’s track and …

The Florida Gators opened up Day 1 of the relays with a total of 10 personal records during the inaugural NCAA Pepsi relay. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1773488801500819614 Florida hosted the event for the first time in 2024. The Gators were off and running with success, as the team collected 17 top-10 finishes. Top …

Seven Gators made the trip to San Diego, California, this past weekend for the Triton Invitational, bringing home school records and a national No. 1 ranking. They also recorded personal bests and other impressive marks. Gators Set School Records Sophomore Alida van Daalen continued to one-up herself, resetting her school …

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 …

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 …

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. …