Hello everyone! I switched from doing to gymnastics to doing track in January. I REALLY want to keep doing track in college because I enjoy the sport a lot, but it seems like UF doe snot have a lot of options for people who cannot meet their Division 1 standards. It looks like they have a club team, but it sounds as if they only do running and not field events. I pole vault, high jump, and long jump, so that does not work for me. I tried looking up intramural, but stats were from a while ago and were really low. I do not mind being on a team with low stats, I just want something more serious. The Division 1 standards are super high and I am not anywhere near them right now. I work really hard and am athletic and strong from gymnastics, but I just have not had enough time to develop my skills to that level. I do not think that they will just let me train with the team because I could see how that would cause problems, but I really do want to train hard and try to get to that level.
On the bright side, it seems like they have some good options for club gymnastics, which I would definitely be interested in doing. I just really love track and want to rep doing it. That is the only thing that makes me sad about UF 