Tag Archives: Mike Holloway

Whether you’ve heard this stat or not, the fact that if the University of Florida was its own country  they would be ninth in the world in gold medals during the 2016 Summer Olympics. Eight golds were won with 30 Gator letter-winners competing spanning four sports, with a total of 13 …

The 2016 Track and Field Olympic Trials are complete which means the Rio Olympic games are just around the corner.  At the event several Gators (current and alumni) qualified for  the Olympics in Rio. Florida Gators Track and Field Head Coach Mike Holloway was in attendance for the trails. Those not aware (which you should be) …

In a shocking announcement made today, University of Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley has announced his retirement. Foley told his staff and coaches in a meeting this morning about his decision; there is a press conference scheduled for Tuesday at 5 p.m.  He will continue to be Florida’s AD until October …

The Florida Gator Men’s Track and Field won the NCAA Outdoor Championship Saturday. The Gators had a rocky road to earn its third Outdoor Championship which featured one of the lowest team performance to one of the highest, but at the end, the team was able to accumulate 62 points to …

The Gators conclude their home schedule with the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational Friday April 22.  Florida track and field Coach Mike Holloway approaches each meet with the same focus.  However, this event is sentimental for Holloway, his team and Gator fans. The meet honors longtime Women’s Track and Field coach Tom Jones.  Jones lost …

The Gator track teams shined through on Day Three of the 72nd Pepsi Florida Relays, despite the rainy start in Gainesville. Florida’s women’s 4 x 100 medley relay team of Robin Reynolds, Shayla Sanders, Skylar Ross-Ransom and Kyra Jefferson claimed the Walter Welsch Award with an NCAA-leading time and second best …

This afternoon, the Pepsi Florida Relays will begin at Percy Beard Track inside the James G. Pressly Stadium. This event has been going on since 1939 and features athletes at all different stages in their careers including high school, college, and professional club teams. There will be eight men’s college teams …

After their first official outdoor meet last week at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge, the majority of the Florida track and field squad will open up this weekend at either the Power Conference Cardinal & Gold Challenge at the University of Southern California or the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina …

The Florida men’s and women’s indoor track teams will hit the road this weekend for the SEC Indoor Championships in Lexington, Kentucky. The Gators currently hold 14 SEC Indoor titles and the women’s team is hoping to defend its title from last year. The men’s team was runner-up at last year’s event.  …

The University of Florida’s track and field teams finished up their indoor season, and will now turn to the second event of the outdoor season, the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, in Austin on Wednesday.  Both the men’s and women’s teams finished third in the NCAA Indoor Championship, and set records along …