Commentary on Florida’s track season by Swiss…

UF has to have the worse luck of any school. Every time they are favorites, something happens. To lose the championship by 2 lousy points is painful. The killer was Jeremy Hall being disqualified in the semi-finals of the 100 for a false start. He would have probably finished somewhere between 3rd and 5th. He also placed a disappointing 9th in the 200, when his time in the semis would have been good for 3rd or 4th. Then you have late season injuries to William Wynne and Christian Taylor, thus Wynne did not qualify for the 400IH, where he would have been among the favorites, and Taylor did not qualify for the long jump, in which he placed 3rd at the national indoors. Plus, he had one of the top times in the nation in the 400, but he was unable to run on the relay, which was the deciding event. And that does not even take into account the loss of Demps, who healthy would have been the favorite to win the 100 (although Trindon Holliday is great). If healthy, UF wins this meet by 20 points.

They lose only 1 athlete who scored this year (high hurdler Pitt, who placed 7th, thus he contributed only 2 points to the team). Plus, they return Adam Montague, a javelin thrower who is redshirting; the prior 2 seasons he placed 2nd and 3rd at the NCAA meets, so he will be expected to compete for the title next season; and decathlete Mike Morrison is redshirting, and he probably will place in the top 8. And that does not even take into consideration incoming athletes they could add. No question, UF is going to be huge, huge favorites next season.

But, they should have won handily this year. And who knows what will happen next year. It just seems that something always happens to the Gators in track.

I guess 2nd is nothing to sneeze at, but they should have won the damn thing.