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Georgia may have its answer for Tim Tebow. Grace Taylor, the Gym Dogs' three-event dynamo and all-around good person, is the consummate Christian and the epitome of both parts of the word "student-athlete." A health promotion major and aspiring missionary, last year's NCAA beam champ is so much more. … 3 Comments
It's hard to imagine where the Georgia football team would have been this season without the contributions of freshmen All-SEC players A.J. Green and Ben Jones. The same goes for the No. 2-ranked Georgia women's tennis team, which boasts a freshman who has quietly strung together a solid first year. … 0 Comments
The numbers don't agree with the Georgia men's basketball team going into Fayetteville and swiping a win from Arkansas Sunday. The Bulldogs are 0-6 on the road in the Southeastern Conference and 1-10 for the season in games played in gyms not named Stegeman Coliseum. … 0 Comments
Whew. That was the collective sigh of relief from the Georgia women's basketball program. Mired in the worst slump of the Hall-of-Fame coach's career, the Lady Bulldogs (16-12, 6-7 SEC) topped the Kentucky Wildcats (14-14, 4-9 SEC) 61-57 Thursday night in Lexington, Ky. … 0 Comments
The Georgia club women's lacrosse team isn't afraid of a little rain. But that may not matter if the Georgia Athletic Department won't let them use the football team's turf practice field this weekend as the lacrosse team tries to host its A-Town Throwdown tournament this weekend. … 4 Comments
After regrouping from a strenuous SEC championship meet, both Georgia men's and women's swimming and diving teams will have one final shot at qualifying swimmers for the NCAA championships this weekend in the Bulldog Last Chance meet. Rather than racing top swimmers from the SEC, the Bulldogs must rely on each other in pushing themselves to faster times. … 0 Comments
The Georgia track and field team will compete this weekend in the 2009 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Kentucky. The men's side is ranked No. 13 heading into the weekend, while the women enter the tournament unranked. "So far it has been a pretty uneventful indoor season, but this weekend is the one where you put all of your eggs in one basket and try to do the best you can," head coach Wayne Norton said. … 0 Comments
Ax throwing, log burling, crosscut sawing and pole climbing are a few of the events University students will compete in at the upcoming intercollegiate Association of Southern Forestry Clubs Conclave event. The University's Forestry Club took second place in the competition last year, and in two weeks, it will travel to Alabama A&M University to compete again. … 1 Comment
A season ago, the Arizona baseball team waltzed into Foley Field as the No. 1 team in the country with Georgia sitting as No. 24, and took two of three games. This season, the roles will be reversed, as the No. 12 Diamond Dogs travel to Tucson for a three-game weekend series beginning tonight against an unranked but hungry Wildcat squad. … 0 Comments
The Georgia softball team will travel to Columbus, Ga., this weekend to take part in the sixth-annual NFCA Leadoff Classic. The 14th-ranked Bulldogs (12-1) head to Columbus following consecutive tournament victories in Athens over the past two weekends. "Our hard work is starting to pay off," said head coach Lu Harris-Champer. … 1 Comment