The final meet of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship starts Wednesday night. This four-day championship spans from June 5th to June 8th. The Gators are sending 20 individuals to compete in this event in Eugene, Oregon. At the NCAA East Preliminaries, Florida had 8 women and 12 men …
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Florida coach Mike Holloway and his Gators plan to use being the host school for the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at James G. Pressly Stadium on Percy Beard Track to their advantage over the next three days. Welcome to The Swamp#GoGators 🐊 | #SECTF pic.twitter.com/Yc6I2q34Q9 — Gators Track …
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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 …
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Gators track and field distance runners competed against the best-of-the-best at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California. Redshirt junior Parker Valby broke the NCAA record in the 10,000-meter run, senior Elise Thorner set a NCAA season-best mark in the 3,000 steeplechase and multiple other Gators etched their name in …
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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 …
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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 …
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Gators Track and Field is hosting their first of three outdoor home meets this season in the 2024 Pepsi Florida Relays. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1773682817647419882 Relay History The Pepsi Florida Relays have been an annual tradition in Gainesville since 1939. The two-day meet features high school, collegiate and professional athletes competing. The University …
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The Florida Gators Track and Field team turned heads over the weekend. In their last live action before the indoor postseason, the Gators claimed top national marks, earned SEC awards, and set school records and personal bests. The team sent five runners to the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston, …
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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 🙌 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 …
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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 …
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