Caeleb Dressel became the first of the thirty current and former Florida Gators participating in the 2016 Rio Olympics to earn a medal.  Dressel, a UF junior, was apart of the USA men’s 4X100M freestyle relay team with Michael Phelps, Ryan Held, and Nathan Adrian. The USA team finished in 3:09.92, more than a half-second…

Today several former and current Gators will be competing in the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. The following is when you can catch them.  12:19PM 200M Free M Swimming: Mitch D’Arrigo- Italy (Heat 3) Connor Dwyer- USA (Heat 6) 12:56PM 100M Breast W Smimming: Hilda Luthersdottir- Iceland (Heat 4) 1:16PM 100M Back M Swimming: Corey…

Elizabeth Beisel has qualified for the 400 meter individual medley at the 2016 Rio Olympics.  Beisel, a 2014 UF graduate and Team USA swimmer, had the sixth fastest time in the preliminary with a time of 4:34.38.  The start time for the final is expected to be at 9:49 EST. 

Connor Dwyer has completed the preliminary heat of the 400 meter freestyle swim at the Rio Olympics in first place, and advancee to the finals (and a chance to earn a medal) later tonight.  Dwyer, a 2011 UF graduate and representing the USA, swam in the final heat of the preliminary and managed to pull…

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Gainesville-  The Florida Gators are well represented at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. In all, thirty Gators will represent sixteen different countries in four different sports: golf, indoor volleyball, swimming, and track and field.  Ryan Lochte will become the second oldest Olympic swimmer from the United States, at age 32, and…