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[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

At stake in 2023-24: 40 straight years of being in the top 10 of Division I.

[Florida Gators @FloridaGators]

Top-5 finish in the Learfield Directors' Cup 🐊

🔸Florida is the only program to finish among the nation's top 10 in each of the last 39 national all-sports standings.

🗞 https://t.co/JErSjOCrGy
#GoGators

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Of course, the distance between Ledecky at her best in the 800 and every other woman in history is considerably longer in seconds than the distance between Secretariat and Twice a Prince at the Belmont in 1973.

So.

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Imagine that the list of swimmers able to approach world-record form they had at 19 seven years later is not long.

Phelps, for example, only got three individual WRs after Beijing — all in fly, which he ruled for a decade. And he was younger then than Ledecky is now.

[Pat Forde @ByPatForde]

That was Ledecky’s fastest time in the 800 since 2016. Pretty electrifying swim.

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

This has to be a smarter, safer road for upwards of 90 percent of track athletes with pro aspirations than just jumping. And if Nike, Adidas, etc. are committed to this, it could be a sea change for the sport.

[CITIUS MAG @CitiusMag]

✍🏻 NCAA 5000m champion @parker_valby has signed an NIL deal with @Nike and will continue running for @GatorsTF next year.

She joins Charles Hicks as the top NCAA distance runners with Nike NIL deals.

📸 @xaviergalllo

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Go Gators.

[Nick Zaccardi @nzaccardi]

Katie Ledecky wins the 800m freestyle at swimming nationals by more than 13 seconds in 8:07.07, the third-fastest time in history. She now has the 30 fastest times in history.

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Rest in peace to Ryan Mallett.

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I say this only to help make a point: A two-way player with 97 Ks in 85.2 IP and 13 homers against Wichita State’s schedule is a legit “massive get.”

Jac Caglianone had 87 Ks in 74.2 IP against Florida’s schedule. He also hit a bit.

[Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers]

TRANSFER NEWS: @TCU_Baseball has landed a massive get out of the portal as former Wichita State two-way standout Payton Tolle is headed to Fort Worth play for the #Frogs, @d1baseball has learned. Tolle struck out 97 in 85.2 IP and hit .311 w/ 13 HRs, 50 RBIs in '23.

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

When the hair is basically levitating >

[Jerrae “Tank” Hawkins Jr 💫 @Tankk_1k]

Here’s proof for y’all 😂😂😂

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Thinking about last night for the first time this morning, and: The SEC not making sure Florida-LSU is as close to an annual baseball series as possible would be a mistake.

It’s a rivalry. It’s been played for the highest stakes. Make it happen in the regular season. Often.

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As a fan of two of these teams who was also pulling for FAU: Nope! It wasn’t!

[CBS Sports @CBSSports]

It's been a tough few months to be a sports fan in Florida

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@MattBrownEP @anchorofgold Right on unforgettable, wrong on stupid.

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

Resilient, riotous, relentless, remarkable.

Keep ya snouts up. And thanks for everything.

[Florida Gators Baseball @GatorsBB]

Thank you for a historic season and all the memories, squad. 🧡💙

#GoGators

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

Now, was this statistic made technically possible by women’s golf concluding its season in May and Florida not playing softball games in June this year? Yes. Also hush.

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Florida competed in four NCAA Championships in June 2023.

The worst it finished in any of them was second.

[Jonathan Arnholz @JArnholz]

Me remembering the University of Florida already won two NCAA national championships this month

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Do not delete this tweet. That score is accurate.

[Gatorsports.com @Gator_sports]

The Florida Gators were routed ??-? by the LSU Tigers on Monday night in Game 3 of the College World Series. Here are three takeaways. https://t.co/qmoB379p6r

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

Six different teams have won those titles. Two other SEC programs have one to their name.

And two of the 15 Division I programs with multiple titles join the league next year.

[Cole Cubelic @colecubelic]

The @SEC has won 9 of the past 14 CWS championships.

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

Pretty sure no Division I program has ever won women’s basketball and baseball titles in the same year, either.

Kind of wild that USC, Stanford, and South Carolina all did the ships passing in the night thing on that.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

The most recent examples of one school winning titles in two of the four major sports in the same athletic year, I think, is UConn men & women basketball teams in 2013-14 (they also did it in 2003-04) and Florida football & men’s basketball in 2006-07.

[Alligator Army @AlligatorArmy]

Did not get a 14-run rally.

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Just need a 14-run rally.

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Over seven innings on Sunday, Florida outscored LSU 23-1 — and the 23 runs were consecutive.

Over the other 22 innings of this championship series, LSU outscored Florida 25-8. And that mattered more — it earned two wins.

Hat’s off to the Tigers. That machine is whirring again.

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Ibid.

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Now THAT was a cool moment for Jordan Thompson.