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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 …

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. …

With the SEC Indoor Championships in the rearview mirror, the Florida Gator track and field program turns its attention to the NCAA Indoor National Championships. The championships begin on Friday and continue until Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Florida head coach Mike Holloway joined Sportscene …

Florida Gator track and field competed in the 2023 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday and Saturday. The Arkansas Razorbacks swept both titles for the fourth year in a row. Florida’s men’s and women’s teams finished runner-up while the program recorded 10 medals. https://twitter.com/GatorsTF/status/1629120471839961093 Four Friday Medals …