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The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni and its sports fans are often collectively referred to as the "Gator Nation." The Gators compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and are consistently ranked among the top college sports programs in the United States. The University of Florida currently fields teams in nine men's sports and twelve women's sports.

All Florida Gators sports teams compete in NCAA Division I, and 20 of the 21 Gators teams compete in the SEC. The sole University of Florida sports team that does not play in the SEC is the women's lacrosse team, which joined the American Athletic Conference beginning in the 2019 lacrosse season because the SEC does not sponsor competition in the sport. The University of Florida was one of the thirteen charter members who joined together to form the new Southeastern Conference in 1932.  Previously, the university was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1912 to 1921 and the Southern Conference from 1922 until the SEC began play in the fall of 1933.

All Florida Gators sports teams have on-campus facilities, and most are located on or near Stadium Road on the north side of campus, including Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for football; the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center for basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving,  indoor track and field, and volleyball; and James G. Pressly Stadium for soccer and outdoor track and field.  The Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium, the Florida Ballpark, and the Donald R. Dizney Stadium for lacrosse are located on Hull Road on the southwestern side of the campus.  The Mark Bostick Golf Course and Scott Linder Stadium for tennis are located on S.W. Second Avenue on the northwestern side of the campus.

The Florida Gators athletic program is administered by the University Athletic Association, Inc. (UAA), a private non-profit corporation that reports to the president of the university and its board of trustees.  For the 2014–15 school year, the UAA had an operating budget of $103,310,001, projected revenues of $104,064,487, and made a $3.5 million contribution to the university's general fund. Scott Stricklin has been Florida's athletic director since 2016.

Awards and records

Beginning in the early 1990s, the Florida Gators has been recognized as one of the premier athletic programs in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and one of the best in the nation. The SEC has awarded an All-Sports Trophy to the best overall sports program in the conference since 1984, and Florida has won the award 27 times as of 2017.  Florida is the only school in the SEC and one of four schools nationally to have won a national championship in the football, men's basketball, and baseball. Every year since 1993, the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has recognized the Gators athletic program as one of the ten best overall Division I athletic programs in the country in its annual NACDA Directors' Cup standings, including as runners-up on four occasions.  The men's athletic program was also the winner of the 2010–11 and 2011–12 Capital One Cup; the women's athletic program won the Capital One Cup in 2013–14, and both programs have placed in the top five in the standings on several other occasions.

Among the Gators' recent national championships, the Florida Gators men's basketball team won the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments, and the Florida Gators football team won 2007 BCS National Championship Game in football, all in the span of 366 days.  Florida is the only school in NCAA Division I history to hold the outright men's basketball and football championships during the same school year. In January 2009, the Gators football team won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game with a 24–14 victory over the Oklahoma Sooners.  The Florida Gators baseball team took home its first championship at the 2017 NCAA championship, defeating rival SEC foe the LSU Tigers in two games. The Gators won the NCAA men's indoor track and field championship in three consecutive seasons in 2010, 2011 and 2012, the NCAA women's swimming and diving team national championship in 2010, the NCAA women's tennis championship in 2011, 2012 and 2017, the NCAA men's outdoor track and field championship in 2012, 2013 and 2016, the NCAA women's gymnastics championship in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and the NCAA softball championships in 2014 and 2015.  Individual Gator athletes have won 279 individual NCAA championships in boxing, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field. In 2017, Florida won the baseball national championship for the first time. The Gators swept LSU in the best of three national title series. This earned the university a total of 39 national team championships. Additionally, this put the University of Florida in exclusive company. With the 2017 baseball national championship, Florida became only the fourth school in history to win national championships in football, men's basketball, and baseball. Florida, along with Michigan, Ohio State, and UCLA are the only schools to ever achieve triple crown status. This also put Florida in a category by itself. Florida is the only Southeastern Conference school to accomplish this feat, as well, Florida is the only school in history to have achieved triple crown status in such a short span of time. Florida's first national championships in each of the big three sports (football, men's basketball, and baseball) were won in the span of just 21 years.

NCAA all-sports rankings

The University of Florida has been ranked among the nation's top ten NCAA Division I athletic programs every year since 1983–84, an overall ranking that includes both men's and women's sports – the only college sports program ranked in the top ten in the United States for the last thirty-two consecutive years.  The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has recognized the University of Florida as ranking among the top seven Division I programs in its NACDA Directors' Cup standings every year since the NACDA and USA Today began awarding the cup in 1993–94.  The 2014–15 academic year marked the Gators' thirty-second consecutive year ranked among the nation's top ten best overall collegiate athletic programs, and the twenty-second consecutive year ranked among the top seven Division I programs in the NACDA Directors' Cup standings.  Only one other Division I athletic program has matched that feat, and Florida has achieved this record while fielding fewer sports teams than many of the other perennially top-ranked collegiate athletic programs.  In the twenty-two years of the NACDA Directors' Cup, the Gators have finished fifth or better in fifteen years, and have never finished lower than seventh; the only other program ranked among the top ten Division I programs every year since 1993–94 is the Stanford Cardinal sports program of Stanford University.

NCAA Division I all-sports rankings

SEC All-Sports Trophy
Through the end of the 2017–18 school year, the Florida Gators have won 240 Southeastern Conference (SEC) team championships, the most in conference history.

The SEC All-Sports Trophy began in 1973 as the Bernie Moore Trophy and tabulated the league's best men's sports program.  In 1983, the SEC also began recognizing the best women's sports program in the conference, as well as the best overall SEC sports program.  In 1994, the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group assumed responsibility for awarding the trophies.  In the 39-year history of the awards, Florida has won nineteen Women's Trophies, sixteen Men's Trophies, and twenty-five Overall SEC All-Sports Trophies (including twenty-five of the last twenty-seven).

SEC rival Georgia won the overall 2005–06 All-Sports Trophy to snap Florida's record streak at fourteen straight (1990–91 through 2004–05).  Florida reclaimed the SEC All-Sports Trophy for the 2006–07 school year, and the Gators again swept the overall, men's, and women's all-sports trophies in every year since.  The Gators are the only SEC sports program to earn all three SEC all-sports trophies in a single year, and have swept all three trophies twelve times.

Championships

NCAA team championships

In their history of intercollegiate competition, the University of Florida's varsity athletic teams have won 45 national championships (including 40 sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), two by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), two by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS), and one by the Bowl Alliance).  Florida is one of only two Division I schools to hold both major men's championships (football and men's basketball) at the same time (as the 2006 BCS football champions and the 2006 and 2007 NCAA men's basketball champions), and was the first to do so.

Men's national championships (23)
Baseball (1): 2017
Basketball (2): 2006 • 2007
Football (3): 1996 • 2006 • 2008
Golf (4): 1968 • 1973 • 1993 • 2001
Indoor track and field (5): 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2018 • 2019
Outdoor track and field (5): 2012 • 2013 • 2016 • 2017 • 2022
Swimming and diving (2): 1983 • 1984
Tennis (1): 2021

Women's national championships (22)
Golf (2): 1985 • 1986
Gymnastics (4): 1982 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015
Indoor track and field (2): 1992 • 2022
Outdoor track and field (1): 2022
Soccer (1): 1998
Softball (2): 2014 • 2015
Swimming and diving (3): 1979 • 1982 • 2010
Tennis (7): 1992 • 1996 • 1998 • 2003 • 2011 • 2012 • 2017

All of the national championships listed above were sponsored by the NCAA other than football in 1996 (Bowl Alliance), football in 2006 and 2008 (BCS), women's gymnastics in 1982 (AIAW), and women's swimming and diving in 1979 (AIAW).

NCAA individual and relay championships
Athletes at UF have won 341 individual and relay NCAA national championships.

Men's individual and relay championships (150)

 Boxing: 1
 Golf: 2
 Swimming and diving: 61
 Tennis: 5
 Track and field: 81

Women's individual and relay championships (191)

 Golf: 1
 Gymnastics: 27
 Swimming and diving: 104
 Tennis: 9
 Track and field: 50

Conference championships

The University of Florida is a founding member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports conferences, and 20 of the 21 Gators sports teams compete in the SEC.  Since the SEC began play in 1933, Florida's varsity athletic teams have won 255 SEC team championships, more than any other conference member.  The women's lacrosse team played its first four seasons in the now-defunct American Lacrosse Conference (ALC), followed by four seasons in the Big East Conference, and joined the American Athletic Conference for the 2019 season (2018–19 school year) and beyond. All of Florida's conference championships are from the SEC unless otherwise stated.

Men's conference championships
Baseball (15): 1952 • 1956 • 1962 • 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1988 • 1996 • 1998 • 2005 • 2010 • 2011 • 2014 • 2017 • 2018 • Tournament (7): 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1988 • 1991 • 2011  • 2015
Basketball (7): 1989 • 2000 • 2001 • 2007 • 2011 • 2013 • 2014 • Tournament (4): 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2014
Cross country (3) 1955 • 1986 • 1987
Football (8): 1991 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 2000 • 2006 • 2008
Golf (15): 1955 • 1956 • 1968 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1985 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1999 • 2003 • 2011
Swimming and diving (44): 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1953 • 1954 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1970 • 1971 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023
Tennis (12): 1950 • 1961 • 1968 • 1969 • 1975 • 1994 • 2000 • 2003 • 2005 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • Tournament (6): 1994 • 2000 • 2005 • 2011 • 2016  • 2022
Indoor track and field (8): 1975 • 1976 • 1987 • 1988 • 2004 • 2011 • 2015 • 2019
Outdoor track and field (6): 1953 • 1956 • 1987 • 2010 • 2015 • 2018
Wrestling† (1): 1975

Women's conference championships
Cross country (6) 1984 • 1996 • 1997 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012
Golf (9): 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 • 1991 • 1995 • 2008 • 2017
Gymnastics (15): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1989 • 2007 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2016 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023
Lacrosse (11): 2011 (ALC) • 2012 (ALC) • 2013 (ALC) • 2014 (ALC) • 2015 (Big East) • 2016 (Big East) • 2017 (Big East) • 2018 (Big East) • 2019 (American) • 2021 (American) • 2022 (American) • Tournament (9): 2012 (ALC) • 2014 (ALC) • 2015 (Big East) • 2016 (Big East) • 2017 (Big East) • 2018 (Big East) • 2019 (American) • 2021 (American) • 2022 (American)
Soccer (14): 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2012 • 2013 • 2015 • Tournament (12): 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2004 • 2007 • 2010 • 2012 • 2015 • 2016
Softball (9): 1998 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2021 • Tournament (5): 2008 • 2009 • 2013 • 2018 • 2019
Swimming and diving (18): 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 2002 • 2009 • 2023
Tennis (29): 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2001 • 2003 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 • Tournament (20): 1982 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2016
Indoor track and field (8): 1990 • 1992 • 1997 • 2002 • 2004 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014
Outdoor track and field (7): 1992 • 1997 • 1998 • 2003 • 2009 • 2018 • 2022
Volleyball (24): 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 • 2012 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • Tournament (12): 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2005

† Wrestling is no longer offered at the varsity level at UF since 1979.

For purposes of counting "official" SEC team championships in baseball, men's and women's basketball, soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, and volleyball, the SEC currently only includes regular season team championships, not tournament championships.  The Gators have won an additional 66 SEC tournament titles in these sports which are not included in Florida's total of 255 SEC team championships.

Baseball

Coach Andy Lopez took over the Gators baseball program in 1994, one season after leading the Pepperdine Waves to their first College World Series championship.  In 1996, he coached the Gators to a fifty-win season and a College World Series bid.  By 2000, the program had seemingly hit a plateau and Lopez was replaced.

Pat McMahon became the Gators' head coach in 2001 after coaching the Mississippi State Bulldogs.  The Gators' 2005 baseball season was the most successful to date, with the team winning the SEC title, and earning a place in the College World Series for the fifth time in school history.  The team advanced to the championship round against the Texas Longhorns, ultimately losing two games to none.

Following their 2005 College World Series run, the Gators opened the 2006 season ranked number one in the polls, but struggled to finish 28–28 record (10–20 SEC), and failed to qualify for the NCAA Regionals.  After missing the NCAA Regionals again in 2007, McMahon was dismissed.

Former Clemson Tigers associate head coach Kevin O'Sullivan became the Gators' new head baseball coach on June 13, 2007.  O'Sullivan's Gator teams showed immediate improvement and the Gators finished the 2008 regular season with a 30–24 record (17–13 SEC), and received an invitation to the NCAA Regional in Tallahassee.  The 2009 squad finished the regular season with a 38–18 record (19–11 SEC), won the NCAA Regional in Gainesville, and advanced to the Super Regional before losing to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.

O'Sullivan's 2010 and 2011 Gators finished their SEC regular season play with identical 22–8 records, won the program's eleventh and twelfth SEC championships, earned a berth in the College World Series in both years, and advanced to the College World Series final in 2011 before getting swept by SEC foe South Carolina in two games.

The Gators returned to the College World Series in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. In June 2017, Florida won their first College World Series championship, sweeping fellow SEC rival LSU in two games in the best-of-three finals.

Since 2021, the Gators baseball team plays its home games at Condron Ballpark at Alfred A. McKethan Field.

Men's basketball

Florida enjoyed limited success in men's basketball before the mid-1980s.  Coach Norm Sloan's Gators were invited to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT)—only the second time the team had been invited to a post-season tournament.  They returned to the NIT in 1985 and 1986, and made their first appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament in 1987, when guard Vernon Maxwell led the team to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen.  The Gators received invitations to the NCAA tournament in 1988 and 1989, but Sloan was forced to resign at the outset of the 1989–90 season as a result of NCAA infractions.

Coach Lon Kruger brought renewed success, and his Gators reached the NIT final four in 1991–92.  During the 1993–94 season, Andrew DeClercq and Dametri Hill led the Gators to their first NCAA Tournament Final Four following a dramatic overtime victory over the Connecticut Huskies in the NCAA regional semifinal, and a 74-66 win over Boston College in the NCAA Regional Final.

Athletic Director Jeremy Foley hired Billy Donovan as Kruger's replacement in 1996.  Donovan's recruiting prowess was evident early, as he landed recruiting classes with future NBA players Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem and Matt Bonner.  Donovan's Gators advanced to the NCAA tournament final before losing to the Michigan State Spartans in 2000, and demonstrated a consistency previously unknown to the program as they received invitations to the NCAA tournament every year from 1999 through 2007, a team-record eight-year streak.

Under Donovan, Florida won its first SEC men's basketball tournament in 2005, when they beat the Kentucky Wildcats in the SEC title game.

The 2005–06 team's 17–0 start was the best in team history, surprising many with a young, selfless squad led by four sophomores.  The team began the season unranked, but won its second consecutive SEC Tournament championship.  On April 3, 2006, the Gators defeated the UCLA Bruins 73–57 in the NCAA tournament championship game to win Florida's first men's national basketball championship.  Within days, all five starters announced they would return for another season to try to win back-to-back championships.

At the outset of the 2006–07 season, the Gators were ranked No. 1 in both major polls for the first time.  The Gators won their second consecutive NCAA national men's basketball championship on April 2, 2007, defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 84–75.  They became the first team since Duke in 1991–92 to win back-to-back tournaments and the first in NCAA history to do so with the same starting line-up.  Afterward, Florida's four star juniors announced they would enter the NBA draft.

Donovan's Gators returned to championship form in 2010–11, winning the program's fifth regular season SEC championship and fighting their way to the NCAA regional semifinals (the "Elite Eight") before losing 74–71 to the Butler Bulldogs in overtime.  In 2011–12, the Gators received a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament, exceeded expectations, and advanced to the Elite Eight, headlined by the play of star freshman Bradley Beal and point guard Erving Walker, before falling to Louisville.  During the 2013–14 season, the Gators were ranked No. 1 in the nation, won the SEC championship with 36 straight wins during the regular season and tournament games, went on a school-record 30 game winning streak, and advanced to the NCAA Final Four, headlined by the play of four senior veterans: Patric Young, Scottie Wilbekin, Will Yeguete and Casey Prather.

The Gators men's basketball team is currently led by coach Todd Golden and plays its home games in the O'Connell Center.

Women's basketball

Women's basketball was approved as a new women's varsity sport by Florida in March 1972, but began play in 1973 as a club team.  In 1975, the Lady Gators debuted as a varsity program under head coach Dr. Paula Welch.  The Gators made local headlines in 1976 by winning the "state championship", beating the other three women's college teams located in the state at that time.

While traditionally being overshadowed by conference and national basketball powers Tennessee and Georgia, the Lady Gators have made several NCAA tournament appearances and sent players to the WNBA, including DeLisha Milton-Jones.  Carol Ross compiled more wins than any other women's basketball coach in Florida's history, and guided the team for twelve seasons from 1991 to 2003, but left to accept the head coaching job at her alma mater, Ole Miss.

From 2002 through 2006, the women's basketball team was coached by Carolyn Peck, a former WNBA coach who won a national title with Purdue.  Peck was fired midway through the 2006 season (though allowed to finish the season) after enduring the worst losing streak of any Gator sport.

Former Gator player and previous Charlotte coach Amanda Butler was named the new women's basketball coach on April 13, 2007.  During the 2008–09 season, the Lady Gators received an NCAA tournament bid, and won a first-round game before being defeated by eventual tournament champion Connecticut in the second round.  Butler resigned after the 2016–17 season.

The Gators women's basketball team is currently coached by Kelly Rae Finley, and plays its home games in the O'Connell Center.

Cross country

The Florida Gators men's cross country team has won three Southeastern Conference championships (SEC), and has competed in eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournaments.  The women's cross country team has also won five SEC Championships (including the most recent), and competed in ten NCAA tournaments.  In 2009, the Lady Gators placed seventh at the NCAA cross country championship; in 2010, they won the SEC championship for the second consecutive year.

Coach Mike Holloway is the head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams.

Football

The University of Florida fielded an official varsity football team for the first time in 1906, defeating the Gainesville Athletic Club 6–0 in its first game.  Since then, the Gators have played in thirty-seven bowl games, won three national championships (1996, 2006, 2008) and eight Southeastern Conference championships, and produced 138 All-Americans, forty-two National Football League (NFL) first-round draft choices and three Heisman Trophy winners.

The Gators' most prominent current football rivals are SEC Eastern Division foes Georgia and Tennessee, annual SEC Western Division opponent LSU, and in-state rival Florida State from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).  Florida has historically shared rivalries with Auburn and Miami, too, but those games are no longer played annually and have lessened in intensity.

The Gator football team has obtained more victories than any other program in the NCAA's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) since 1990, the year Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Steve Spurrier returned to his alma mater as head coach.  The 1996 team, coached by Spurrier and led by another Gator Heisman-winner, Danny Wuerffel, finished with a 12–1 record and won the national championship in the Sugar Bowl, beating rival Florida State 52–20. This win was not without controversy from FSU fans who thought they should not have had to play Florida again. FSU won in the regular season match up 24–21.

Urban Meyer became Florida's head football coach in December 2004, and his six teams had great success from 2005 to 2010.  The 2006 team won the school's second national championship on January 8, 2007, defeating the number one-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 41–14.  Quarterback Tim Tebow won the Heisman Trophy in 2007, and Florida's Tebow-led 2008 team won the 2009 BCS National Championship Game on January 8, 2009, beating the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners 24–14, for the Gators' third national championship.

The Gators have won the SEC Championship Game seven times in eleven appearances since the SEC instituted the championship game in 1992.  The Gators won their first official conference title in 1991, the year before the first SEC conference championship game was played, for a total of eight SEC championships in the last twenty-four seasons.

The Gators football team plays its home games in Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, more popularly known as The Swamp, the team's home field since 1930. Billy Napier is the current head coach of the Florida Gators football.

Men's golf

The men's golf team has won four NCAA Championships (1968, 1973, 1993, 2001), and has produced two individual NCAA champions, Bob Murphy in 1966 and Nick Gilliam in 2001.  The men's golf team has also won fifteen Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships: 1955–56, 1968, 1973–75, 1985, 1989, 1991–94, 1999, 2003, 2011.

Numerous former Gator golfers have represented the University of Florida on the PGA Tour, and the program has produced over thirty male athletes who have competed professionally.

Buddy Alexander, the long-time head coach for the men's golf team, retired after the 2013–14 season. J. C. Deacon was hired in June 2014, and the 2014–15 season will be his first.  The Gators men's golf team plays its home matches at the Mark Bostick Golf Course (formerly known as the "University Golf Course").

Women's golf

The women's golf team has won two NCAA team championships (1985, 1986), and has produced one individual NCAA champion, Page Dunlap.  The women's golf team has also won eight Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships.

Former Lady Gator golfers have regularly represented the University of Florida on the LPGA Tour, and the program has produced over twenty female athletes who have competed in the professional ranks.

Emily Glaser is the head coach for the women's team.  The Gators women's golf team plays its home matches at the Mark Bostick Golf Course (formerly known as the "University Golf Course").

Women's gymnastics

Gymnastics was one of the first women's sports added at the University of Florida and achieved early success by winning the 1982 AIAW national championship.  Since the NCAA assumed sponsorship of the national gymnastics championships in 1982, Florida has typically earned invitations to the NCAA national championships (top twelve teams nationally), and advanced to the NCAA "Super Six" eighteen times.  Florida won the 2013, 2014 and 2015 NCAA national championships, finished in second-place in 1998 and 2012, and the team has only failed to qualify for the NCAA championships once in the past thirty-three seasons.

The Gators have won a total of nine SEC gymnastics championships since 1982.  The team's biggest SEC rivals are Alabama and Georgia, both of which are also perennial national contenders.  Coach Rhonda Faehn's Gator gymnasts were the SEC champions in both 2012 and 2013, and won the NCAA national team championships in 2013, 2014 and 2015 (the 2014 was as co-champions with Oklahoma).

Faehn coached the Gators gymnastics team from 2003 to 2015.  Under Faehn, the Gator gymnasts have been nationally competitive and remarkably consistent—finishing in the top seven every year and winning three NCAA national championships.

The Gators gymnastics team is now coached by Jenny Rowland.  The Gators hold their home meets at the O'Connell Center.

Women's lacrosse

In June 2006, the University Athletic Association announced the creation of the new Gators women's lacrosse program, citing the growth of high school lacrosse across the country and the increased availability of Division I competition.  Florida became the second Southeastern Conference member university to offer lacrosse as a varsity sport, following Vanderbilt University, and played its inaugural 2010 season in the American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) together with the Commodores.  The Gators and Commodores continued to play in the ALC until conference realignment led to the demise of the ALC following the 2014 season, after which both programs became single-sport members of the Big East Conference.  The Gators and Commodores played in the Big East through the 2018 season, after which they became charter members of the new women's lacrosse league of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The lacrosse team is the only Gators team that does not compete in the SEC.

The Gators lacrosse team has had success over its first nine seasons, including four ALC regular-season championships (2011–2014); two ALC tournament titles (2012, 2014); both regular-season and tournament titles in all of its four Big East seasons (2015–2018); the regular-season and tournament championships in three of its first four seasons as a member of the AAC (2019, 2021, 2022); seven appearances in the NCAA tournament national quarterfinals ("Elite Eight"); and one appearance in the NCAA tournament national semifinals ("Final Four") in 2012.  The Gators have been ranked among the top ten women's lacrosse teams in the country each of the last five seasons, and have been ranked as high as No. 1.

Amanda O'Leary is the Gators' head coach.  Before she was named to jump-start Florida's new program, O'Leary was the head coach at Yale University for 14 seasons, and was honored as a two-time All-American midfielder at Temple University, where she led her team to an NCAA championship in 1988.

In only the second season of the Gators lacrosse program, the mostly-sophomores team defeated the defending ALC champion Northwestern Wildcats to win their first regular season conference championship.  The Gators completed a perfect 5–0 season three days later by defeating the Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville.

The Gators women's lacrosse team plays its home games in the 1,500-seat Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

Women's soccer

Becky Burleigh was hired to be the first head coach since the women's soccer team began play a varsity sport in 1995.  Under Burleigh's leadership, the team quickly became a national contender.  In 1998, in the program's fourth season, the Gators won the NCAA national championship by defeating the defending national champion North Carolina Tar Heels 1–0 in the national finals of the NCAA tournament.  The women's soccer team has also won thirteen Southeastern Conference regular season championships and ten SEC tournament titles in its eighteen seasons of play. In 2021, Burleigh retired as women's soccer coach.

Notable former Gator soccer players include Abby Wambach, who was a member of the U.S. women's national team and scored the game-winning goal in the final game of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece; Heather Mitts, who played for the gold medal U.S. national team in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China; Melanie Booth, who currently plays for the Canadian women's national soccer team; and Danielle Fotopoulos, who played professionally with the Carolina Courage. Savannah Jordan plays for the Portland Thorns and ranks second in Gators history behind Wambach for goals scored.

The Gators women's soccer team is coached by Samantha Bohon and rotates most of its home games between James G. Pressly Stadium and Donald R. Dizney Stadium.

Softball

The University Athletic Association decided to create the women's varsity softball program in 1995, and the Florida Gators softball team officially started competing in the Southeastern Conference in 1997 under former head coach Larry Ray.  Since the beginning of the program, the Florida Gators have had several notable successes, including four SEC championships, eight appearances in the Women's College World Series (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, & 2017), and back-to-back WCWS national championships (2014 & 2015).

The Gators won nine SEC regular season championships (1998, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2021), as well as five SEC tournament titles (2008, 2009, 2013, 2018, and 2019).  In 2009, they played for the NCAA softball championship in the Women's College World Series, losing to the Washington Huskies in the final round.  The Gators again advanced to the finals of the 2011 Women's College World Series before falling to the Arizona State Sun Devils.  In 2014, the Gators defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in the first two games of the three-game Women's College World Series to win their first NCAA national championship.  In 2015, the Gators repeated as national champions by defeating the Michigan Wolverines in the full three games. The Gators would return to the WCWS finals in 2017 before losing to the Oklahoma Sooners in two games.

The current head coach is Tim Walton; the 2015–2016 season will be his tenth as the Gators' coach.  He was previously the head coach at Wichita State University and he played baseball for the University of Oklahoma and a minor league team affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies.  Through the end of the 2018 season, Tim Walton has acquired a 722–149 record, while at Florida. Following the conclusion of the 2018 season, Tim Walton was given a 10-year contract extension.

The Gators softball team plays its home games at the Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium.

Swimming and diving

The Florida Gators men's swimming and diving teams have won NCAA national championships in 1983 and 1984, and has also won 41 Southeastern Conference team championships – including a stretch of 13 straight from 1956 to 1968.  The women's swimming and diving team has won AIAW and NCAA national championships in 1979, 1982 and 2010, and has also won seventeen SEC team championships.

The Florida Gators' notable female swimmers include three-time Olympic gold medalist Tracy Caulkins, three-time Olympic gold medalist Nicole Haislett, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Dara Torres, who is also the first American swimmer to compete in five Olympic Games.  The Gators' notable male swimmers include Olympic gold medalists Matt Cetlinski, Mike Heath, David Larson, Ryan Lochte, Caeleb Dressel, Anthony Nesty and Martin Zubero.

The Gators have had an international flavor since the 1980s, when the Olympic success of Gator swimmers began to attract Canadian, European and Latin American swimmers to train under coach Randy Reese.  That tradition continues in the present day under Gregg Troy, the head coach of the Gators men's and women's swimming teams.  Troy served as the head coach of the U.S. Olympic men's swim team in 2012.  Dale Schultz is the new head coach of the men's and women's diving teams, succeeding long-time coach Donnie Craine in 2014.

The Gators swimming and diving teams hold their home meets at the O'Connell Center Natatorium and train in the Carse Swimming Complex.

Tennis

The Florida Gators have one of the strongest and most storied women's tennis programs in NCAA history, and the women's tennis team has won seven NCAA team championships (1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2017).  The team has also produced three individual Gators who have won four NCAA singles championships: Shaun Stafford (1988), Lisa Raymond (1992, 1993), and Jill Craybas (1996).  In NCAA championship doubles play, four Gators doubles pairs have won five NCAA doubles championships: Jillian Alexander and Nicole Arendt (1991); Dawn Buth and Stephanie Nickitas (1996, 1997); Whitney Laiho and Jessica Lehnhoff (2001); and Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan (2016).  The Gator women have also won seven Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national indoor championships (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2017), and twenty-seven SEC team championships. The Gators have also claimed five SEC Tournament titles (1994, 2000, 2005, 2011, and 2016) in Men's Tennis and 20 in Women's Tennis (1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016).

The Gators men's tennis team has a winning tradition and has won 11 Southeastern Conference team championships as of 2021.  In 2021, the men's tennis program won its first-ever NCAA team championship. The Gator men have also produced four NCAA singles champions: Mark Merklein (1993), Jeff Morrison (1999), Sam Riffice (2021), and Ben Shelton (2022).  Merklein and partner David Blair combined to win an NCAA doubles championship (1994).

Bryan Shelton is the head coach of the men's tennis team, and coach Roland Thornqvist leads the women's tennis team.  The Florida Gators tennis teams play their home matches at Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex on the university's campus.

Track and field

The Florida Gators men's track and field team has won six Southeastern Conference indoor championships, and four SEC outdoor championships.  After finishing as the runner-up in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor meets in 2009, the men's team went on to win three consecutive NCAA indoor titles (2010-2012) and its first NCAA outdoor title (2012) over the next three years.

The women's track and field team won the NCAA indoor championships in 1992 and 2022.  The women's team won its first NCAA outdoor title in 2022. In addition, the women's team has won six SEC indoor championships, and four SEC outdoor championships.

The head coach for the track and field program is Mike Holloway, and he is responsible for both the men's and women's teams.  The assistant coaches are Steve Lemke, Adrain Mann, Nic Petersen, Chris Solinsky, & Mellanee Welty.

The Gators men's and women's track and field teams hold their outdoor home meets at Percy Beard Track, which is part of James G. Pressly Stadium.

Volleyball

The Gators began competing in women's volleyball in 1984 under coach Marilyn McReavy, but did not become nationally competitive until coach Mary Wise assumed control of Florida's program in 1991.  During her 30 seasons as Florida's head coach, Wise has compiled a 979–168 win–loss record (.854), and her Gators teams have won nineteen SEC regular season titles and twelve SEC Tournament titles in her twenty seasons.  The Gators have made nineteen trips to the NCAA tournament, including eight NCAA Final Four appearances (1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2017).  In 2003 and 2017, they advanced to the NCAA national championship final, where they lost to the USC Trojans and Nebraska Cornhuskers, respectively.

Florida landed the nation's top 2008 recruiting class, as ranked by Prepvolleyball.com and Volleyball Magazine, and signed the nation's top recruit and Gatorade National Player of the Year, Kelly Murphy, as well as four other recruits ranked among the top fifty.  Murphy garnered First-Team All SEC and a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team with fellow Gators Colleen Ward and Kristy Jaeckel.  Murphy would also gain the SEC Freshman of the Year, AVCA All-South Region Freshman of the Year, the AVCA National Freshman of the Year, and Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year.  She was also honored as an AVCA Third-Team All-American and a Volleyball Magazine Second-Team All-American.

The Gators volleyball team plays its home matches in the O'Connell Center.

Former varsity sports
In the past, the Florida Gators fielded varsity teams in men's boxing and men's wrestling.  Gator boxer John Joca, a "Gator Great" member of the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame, won the NCAA national boxing championship in the 135-pound weight class in 1940.  The Gators boxing team, however, was discontinued in 1943 during World War II, and was never revived after the war.  The Gators men's wrestling team was an SEC-sponsored sport from 1970 to 1979; the team won the 1975 SEC championship tournament and placed second during four other seasons.  The wrestling team was eliminated as a result of cost-cutting and Title IX compliance issues in 1979.  The University Athletic Association, under athletic director Ray Graves and associate director Ruth Alexander, desired to take a proactive role in Title IX compliance by balancing the number of available men's and women's athletic scholarships, and the resulting tight athletic budgets ultimately resulted in the elimination of men's wrestling program.

Athletic facilities

The University of Florida has invested significant capital and effort in the construction, expansion and betterment of its major sports facilities, including the following outdoor stadiums, indoor arenas, and training and practice facilities:

Condron Ballpark at Alfred A. McKethan Field
Completed in 2020, Condron Ballpark plays host to the Gators baseball team's home games. Seating 7,000 spectators (with an expandable capacity of 10,000), Condron Ballpark replaced McKethan Stadium at Perry Field.

Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
The Gators football team plays its home games in Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.  The stadium was originally constructed in 1930, and was known simply as "Florida Field."  In 1989, it was renamed in honor of Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., an alumnus and generous donor to the university and its athletic programs.  Since the arrival of coach Steve Spurrier in 1990, the stadium has become nationally known as the "Swamp."  The Swamp has been renovated and expanded several times, and has included a natural grass surface since 1990.  With the latest expansions, the stadium has an official capacity of 88,548 people, but routinely accommodates more than 90,000 fans for the Gators' home football games.  The Swamp is the 12th largest college football stadium in America as measured by official seating capacity.

Carse Swimming Complex
Built in 1998 at a cost of $2 million, Carse Swimming Complex is a two-story,  facility that includes locker rooms, offices, and direct access to the UAA training pool.  The swimming complex is located adjacent to the O'Connell Center.

Florida Basketball Practice Complex
Completed in 2001, the Basketball Practice Complex is a two-story,  structure that includes multiple practice gyms, a training room, and a  weight room.

Donald R. Dizney Stadium
Completed during the summer of 2009, the Florida Lacrosse Facility began hosting the women's lacrosse team with its first season in 2010.  The 1,500-seat stadium runs the length of the game field, and the facility includes a second practice field.  The facility also includes concessions, ticket offices, locker rooms and a training room.

James G. Pressly Stadium and Percy Beard Track
Pressly Stadium is a combined soccer and track and field facility that includes Percy Beard Track.  The facility was renovated in 1995, when 2,500 bench seats were added to the existing 2,000-seat concrete grandstand, increasing the total seating capacity to more than 4,500 spectators.  The stadium is located on campus, between the Heavener Complex and Linder Stadium, and was renamed in honor of James G. Pressly, Jr., a University of Florida alumnus and benefactor.  The women's soccer team plays its home games in Pressly Stadium.
Percy Beard Track was renovated in 1995 at a cost of $750,000, and the pole vault and long jump pits were moved from the infield to an area outside the track to accommodate the new soccer field.  The men's and women's track and field teams host their home meets and the annual Florida Relays on Percy Beard Track during the outdoor track season.

Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium
Constructed in 1996 at a cost of $2.6 million, Pressly Softball Stadium is the home field of the Gators women's softball team.  The facility is located on campus, seats approximately 1,200 fans, includes a clay infield and a grass outfield, and complies with NCAA and Olympic specifications.  The stadium is named for benefactor Katie Pressly.  The Gators played their first game in the stadium against Stetson University on February 8, 1997.

Lemerand Center
Built in 1995 and named in honor of donor Gale Lemerand, the Lemerand Center is a  all-sports facility that includes locker rooms, storage, and training equipment, and is used by all varsity athletes at the University of Florida.

Mark Bostick Golf Course and Guy Bostick Clubhouse
Designed by golf course architect Donald Ross and originally developed in 1963, the eighteen-hole Mark Bostick Golf Course is the official golf course of the University of Florida.  The men's and women's golf teams play their home matches on the course, and the course also hosts the Gator and Lady Gator Golf Day Pro-Am.  The course is 6,701 yards in length, and is rated as a par 70.  In 2001, Bobby Weed renovated the course with a $4 million donation from benefactor Mark Bostick.
The Guy Bostick Clubhouse is equipped with numerous amenities and includes over  of interior space.

Steinbrenner Band Hall
Finished in 2008, Steinbrenner Band Hall is The Pride of the Sunshine's rehearsal hall, and also houses offices, instrument storage, the band library and an instrument issue room.  Construction of the band hall was made possible by a generous gift from George Steinbrenner and his wife Joan in 2002.

Scott Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex
Originally constructed in 1987, Linder Stadium serves as the home court of the men's and women's tennis teams.  The facility was renovated at a cost of $1.7 million in 1999, when the building interior space was expanded to , and includes coaches' offices, a training room, locker rooms, and a  exterior courtyard.  The stadium includes a 1,000-seat grandstand overlooking the six lighted main courts, and also includes a second row of nine practice courts.  The complex is located on campus, adjacent to the College of Law and James G. Pressly Stadium.

Stephen C. O'Connell Center
Constructed from 1977 to 1980, the O'Connell Center is a multi-purpose arena that is home to the men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, men's and women's indoor track and field, and women's volleyball teams.  It is commonly known as the "O'Dome."  In its major interior space, the O'Connell Center can accommodate over 12,000 sports fans, and the university also uses the facility for graduation ceremonies and a variety of concerts, lectures and shows.  The O'Dome also includes the Natatorium, where the Gators swimming and diving teams compete.  The O'Dome underwent a major renovation 2016 with upgraded luxury suites, concession stands, locker rooms, and a new main entrance facing Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but the seating capacity was reduced to over 10,000 fans.

Athletic program culture and traditions

Colors and mascot

The University of Florida began its sports program soon after it was established in Gainesville in 1906, and its teams adopted orange and blue as their official colors soon thereafter. These colors are a probably a combination of the colors of the two primary institutions that merged to form the university, as the East Florida Seminary used orange and black and the Florida Agricultural College used blue and white.

As with the school colors, the exact origin of the alligator (almost always shortened to "gator") as the school mascot is not well documented. It likely originated in 1908, when Gainesville merchant Phillip Miller chose the animal to adorn pennants he designed for sale to students. The school did not yet have a mascot, and Miller chose the alligator because it is native to Florida and was not claimed by any other school. The football team subsequently adopted the "Gators" nickname in 1911. There are two theories as how the name become synonymous with the university's athletic programs. One theory is that the 1911 football squad began calling themselves the Gators in honor of team captain Neal "Bo Gator" Storter. Storter himself refuted this explanation, saying that it originated when a sportswriter in South Carolina described Florida's 1911 road upset of Clemson as an "invasion of alligators from Florida" and the players adopted the name. Whatever its origins, the nickname "Gators" (and for a time, "Lady Gators" for women's sports) has been used by the University of Florida's athletic program for over a century.

Albert and Alberta

Albert and Alberta are the official costumed mascots of the Florida Gators. Many variations of Albert have been present at sporting events over the decades, and a live alligator was used for many years. The current version of Albert was introduced in the early 1980s, and Alberta joined him in 1984. They are unique among the SEC's mascots as the only male-and-female pair, and are featured together in a life-sized statue outside of UF's Alumni Affairs Building.

Other traditions

The University of Florida's marching band is known as "The Pride of the Sunshine", and plays at every home football game, and also performs at various events such as Gator Growl and parades. Florida's fight song is The Orange and Blue. The Gatorettes are the baton-twirlers, or majorettes, for the marching band. The University of Florida dance team that performs at home basketball games and other sports events is known as the Dazzlers.

The "Gator Chomp" is a gesture made by Florida Gators fans and players to show their support of the Florida Gators sports teams. The UF band originated in 1981 and is performed by fully extending one's arms, one over the other, in front of the body with the palms facing each other, and then moved apart and together to symbolize an alligator's mouth.  When performed by fans at home football or basketball games, the chomp is often accompanied by Florida's marching band or pep band playing the two-note shark motif from the film Jaws. Another football fan tradition, both for home and road games, is playing and singing of "We Are the Boys from Old Florida" at the end of every third quarter. Following the death of Gainesville native Tom Petty in October 2017, his song "I Won't Back Down" is also played right after "We Are the Boys" while the entire stadium sings along.

"Orange and blue" is a fan cheer that is popular at home sports events, with alternate stadium sections yelling "Orange!", and answering back with their loudest "Blue!"  This can go back and forth for several minutes, with both sections competing to be the louder.

The football team had a long-time tradition of having George Edmondson Jr. — better known as "Mr. Two Bits"— wandering through the stands with a sign and a whistle to pump up the crowd to the "Two Bits" cheer.  Edmondson officially retired in 2008, and was made an honorary alumnus in 2005.  His final appearance as Mr. Two Bits was at the last home game of the 2008 season against The Citadel.

In June 2020, university president Kent Fuchs announced that the University Athletic Association and the Gator Band would cease the use of the "Gator Bait" cheer at UF sporting events. While the university found no direct link between its usage of the phrase at sporting events and historical depictions of black children being used as alligator bait, it decided to end the chant due to "horrific racist imagery" associated with the phrase. The decision was reached amid a growing demand for social justice in the United States following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and the ensuing protests.

Notable Gator athletes and benefactors

University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

Over 250 notable former Gators athletes and coaches have been inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame.  Hall of Fame inductees fall into three categories: "Gator Greats"; "Distinguished Letterwinners"; and "Honorary Letterwinners."  Gator Greats are those former athletes who distinguished themselves during their undergraduate sports careers, and include former All-Americans, all-conference selections, winners of major national awards, individual national champions, and those who significantly contributed to national team championships.  Distinguished Letterwinners are those former Gators athletes who achieved distinction after graduation, as athletic coaches or administrators, professional athletes, or in public service or other career activities.  Honorary Letterwinners are those persons who are not University of Florida alumni and former undergraduate athletes, but have distinguished themselves by their significant contributions to the success of Florida Gators sports teams, including former championship Gators coaches.

Gator Greats include Heisman Trophy winners Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel, and Tim Tebow; Pro Football Hall of Fame members Jack Youngblood and Emmitt Smith; Olympic gold medal swimmers Tracy Caulkins, Nicole Haislett and Dara Torres; individual NCAA golf champions Page Dunlap, Nick Gilliam and Bob Murphy; Olympic gold medal soccer players Heather Mitts and Abby Wambach; and individual NCAA tennis champions Jill Craybas, Jeff Morrison and Lisa Raymond.

Distinguished Letterwinners include head coaches Doug Dickey, Lindy Infante and Dutch Stanley, as well as U.S. Senator George Smathers.

Honorary Letterwinners include former Gators national championship coaches Buster Bishop, Andy Brandi, Randy Reese and Mimi Ryan, former football coach and four-star general James Van Fleet, as well as medical professor Robert Cade, who invented the sports drink Gatorade at UF in the mid-1960s as a rehydration aid to assist Gators athletes.

Gators in the Olympic Games

The University of Florida has a reputation and long history of producing athletes who compete in the Olympic Games. Over 160 university alumni, including Florida Gators athletes from over 35 countries, have competed in the Games, winning fifty Olympic gold medals, twenty-nine silver medals and thirty bronze medals (through the end of the 2012 Summer Olympics).

The list of notable Gator Olympians and gold medalists includes sprinters Kerron Clement, Dennis Mitchell, and Bernard Williams; marathon runner Frank Shorter; baseball outfielder Brad Wilkerson; basketball forward DeLisha Milton-Jones; soccer forward Abby Wambach; and swimmers Tracy Caulkins, Nicole Haislett and Ryan Lochte.

Former Gator Dara Torres is the only American swimmer to compete in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2008). At the age of 41, Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal when she won a silver medal in her inclusion in three events in 2008, finishing her career with a total of twelve Olympic medals (including four gold).

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Academic journal article The Australian Journal of Politics and History
No Just War: Political Reflections on Australian Churches' Condemnation of the Iraq War
By Porter, Elizabeth
Potentially, there are positive roles churches can play in public debates about foreign policy and especially on defence and security matters involving the threat or use of armed force. Churches can bring considered moral reasoning to these matters as part of their larger societal responsibilities. This paper critically examines the political significance and strength of Australian Christian churches' condemnation of the Iraq war in the light of concepts and counter-arguments on just war theory. Despite holding differing theological positions on justified military action, member churches of the ecumenical National Council of Churches in Australia all expressed deep disquiet with the US-led attack on Iraq and Australia's involvement in the "coalition of the willing" and urged the Australian government to make diplomatic efforts to reach a United Nations resolution. Worldwide, all regional ecumenical organisations signed a declaration opposing war that was delivered to the UN Security Council on 13 March 2003. In this paper, I use select examples of strong, politically significant religious voices to highlight common themes that are couched in legal, religious, moral and political reasoning. I position these types of reasoning primarily within theories on the just resort to war (jus ad bellum) and, to a lesser degree, on the rules of justice in war (jus in bello). The purpose of the paper is not to defend just war theory but to consider how Australian Christian churches used its language in their condemnation of the Iraq war. **
Part of my interest in this condemnation stems from the fact that the war in Iraq is unique in that powerful western countries went to war without the moral authority of the churches' support. As Jonathan Glover writes, "the evils of religious intolerance, religious persecution and religious wars are well-known, but it is striking how many protests against and acts of resistance to the atrocity have also come from principled religious commitment". (1) Across the globe, churches took a high profile in anti-war peace actions. (2) The Vatican became a major focal point of diplomatic activity to prevent war with a succession of world leaders visiting the Pope and officials. (3) In the USA, leaders of churches and organisations from Catholic, United Methodist Church, Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church and the United Church of Christ sent a joint letter to President Bush opposing military action on moral grounds. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops, led by Bishop Gregory, stated their difficulty in justifying the resort to war against Iraq. (4) In the UK, the Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, and the Archbishop of York, David Hope, strongly criticised Prime Minister Blair's policies on Iraq, as did the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who made a joint statement with Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor. (5)
In Australia, few church members are pacifists or indifferent to the threat of terrorism. But many were affronted at the willingness of the Australian government to work outside of the UN's legal framework and to support the pre-emptive military strike against Iraq with only minimal political debate as to whether war was in Australia's national interest. This disquiet was influenced by the profound shame many Australians felt over the government's mandatory detention of asylum-seekers, it is noteworthy that past prime ministers Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser and Bob Hawke, the former Opposition Leader John Hewson, retired military leaders (including all service chiefs who had held key command positions during the first Gulf War) and members of the Returned Services League all questioned the Australian government's commitment to the Iraq war. More significantly, religious leaders from all the major Christian denominations condemned it.
The Anglican Dean of Sydney, Philip Jensen, stated "that the war in Iraq did not have the church's blessing, let alone God's"; the National President of the Uniting Church James Haire, stated that "this war is wrong. …
Publication: The Australian Journal of Politics and History
Porter, Elizabeth
Iraq War, 2003-
Church--Political Activity
Church--Research
Ecumenical Councils--Political Activity
Australian Foreign Relations--Research
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I'm really good at starting lists, but not so good at finishing them. Or referencing them. Or not losing them. But this year, all that's going to change, at least for wildlife – there's no need to set the bar too high... I'm trying to "finish" my UK list of damselflies and dragonflies after being inspired by a spectacular set of four-spotted chaser shots taken by Bex Cartwright at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset, and to make sure it happens this year I'm writing it down for all to see.
The U-boat-come-Apache Gunship jewels of summer are fascinating creatures. Spending most of their lives in a larval state underwater terrorising anything smaller than them sets the tone for the comparatively fleeting airborne state they morph into during summer. It is during this last flurry of life and activity that most people notice them or yearn to tick them. For me, they are the species that deliver the strongest hit of collecting nostalgia – up there with pogs and build your own dinosaur mags.
I've seen some beauts already, but there are still lots to see. My highlights so far are seeing a golden-ringed dragonfly storming up and down a stream in the new forest, and swimming amongst dozens of banded demoiselles in the river close to my home. What I'm left with now are the scarce, the rare, and the regionally endemic. I might actually have to do some legwork.
If you're like me and want to enjoy finding and watching some of the world's most adept predators, you need a list. A "where to see what and when" list of RSPB reserves!
RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes in Cambridgeshire. A very good friend of mine lives nearby, and some recent sightings of scarce chasers will get me inviting myself over to his gaff soon before the end of July to catch its flight time. It's a small reserve with limited facilities, but some of the villages nearby by are very attractive and well worth a visit. It's great in winter for flocks of wildfowl, too.
Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve near RSPB Snettisham on the Norfolk coast. I'm hoping to see a black darter here, as there's been a recent sighting. They fly from June to October, and have national distribution – I've just never managed to see one! Snettisham is an annual outing for me, as the wader flocks in winter are simply unmissable. A little way east along the coast at Stiffkey is a winter hen harrier roost, so it's well worth the trek to what I think is some of the UK's most beautiful coastline.
RSPB Rainham Marshes in North London is well equipped for visitors and offers a good mix of dragonfly and damselfly species, including the rare migratory species I'm keen to see: southern migrant hawker. There are some great activities run at the reserve, and of course, water voles! If I'm going to see one of these rarities, I'll have to get to Rainham between July and August.
I adore RSPB Dungeness. I spent a couple of months volunteering there in winter, and am ashamed to say I've never visited the reserve in summer. It's a hotspot of invertebrate species, and just such a magical place to be in my opinion.
I'm sure many of you reading this have heard of RSPB Loch Garten for its ospreys, but probably not for its dragonflies and damselflies. With some Scottish rarities such as northern damselfly and white-faced darter, I'm hoping to get up to Scotland in July to catch the end of their flight time.
RSPB Newport Wetlands is another reserve equipped for visitors, and being just on the edge of Newport itself, offers the essential connection to nature people living in urban environments need and seek out. I'm quite often in Bristol, so hanging around for an extra day on an upcoming weekend is firmly in the diary.
After visiting RSPB Bempton Cliffs and seeing glorious Yorkshire for the first time, I hardly feel I need an excuse to visit RSPB Fairburn Ings in West Yorkshire. It's a big reserve that's very well kitted out for visitors, and I'm dead keen to get up there and see what species I can find quartering the waterways.


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By Ryan Satin
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Shake off that New Year's Eve hangover with our newest franchise – tracking where each Superstar stands among their peers.
I'm an avid reader of wrestling content on Reddit, and years back, a series of images called the "Kayfabe Tier List" were my favorite posts to keep up with on the site.
Here's an example of one from 2016:
The Kayfabe Tier List served as a great reference point and triggered intense debate, since, as we all know, wrestling fans never agree on anything.
The purpose of the list was to group WWE Superstars in separate categories and track whether they moved up or down the card as storylines progressed.
Unfortunately, the list stopped being regularly updated a long time ago, and for years, I've been hoping someone would take up the mantle in the creator's absence.
Therefore, with the original poster's blessing, I'm resurrecting the concept (with my own spin on it) for a new series of articles that will run after the biggest pay-per-view events.
As Damien Sandow would say … you're welcome.
The Superstar categories are as follows:
A+: Biggest stars in the company
A: Main eventers
B+: Could be booked in main events
B: Midcard title holder/contenders
C+: Regularly appearing on TV
C: Appearing sporadically on shows
D: Falling out of interest
F: 24/7 Title Chaser
Seeing as how Raw and SmackDown are both so loaded with talent, I'll do each show separately – and since the first SmackDown of 2021 takes place tonight on FOX, I'll start with Team Blue! The Raw Tier List will go up on Monday.
Before we break down each category separately, here's where everyone stands as a whole.
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Roman Reigns and Sasha Banks are the two biggest stars on Friday Night SmackDown at the moment, and for good reason.
In my opinion, there was no one more captivating in wrestling in 2020 than "The Head of the Table" Roman Reigns. This is the character we've all wanted to see from him for years.
Plus, his storylines all make logical sense now, his matches have a big-fight feel, his challengers get a boost from being in the ring with him – and all of this makes the show better as a whole.
You may think I'm slightly biased since I work for FOX Sports, but I believe Roman Reigns has helped SmackDown become the most popular WWE show among wrestling fans.
Of course, Sasha Banks helped with this, too.
Banks' current run as SmackDown Women's champion has made her character look the strongest it's ever been in WWE.
Overcoming the obstacles that have previously gotten in her way while conveying a newfound confidence on-screen allowed the character to truly feel like "The Boss" she always claimed to be.
Let's also not forget about the fact that the 28-year-old is breaking into the mainstream. Sasha's standout performance this season in "The Mandalorian" has most likely gotten the attention of Hollywood, and it feels like only a matter of time before she's offered more significant roles.
The acting from Reigns on SmackDown over the past few months could land him a role or two as well.
Right now, it's more evident than ever that these two are stars, and the people in WWE clearly understand this based on how they're being presented each week.
Outside of Roman and Sasha, these three are SmackDown's go-to main event performers.
2020 may have been a really crappy year for everyone personally, but professionally, it was the best 365 days of Bayley's career. Here are some of her accomplishments:
- Became longest reigning SmackDown Women's Champion
- Held Women's Tag Team titles
- Had an epic program with Sasha Banks
- Competed in a standout Hell in a Cell match
As the new year begins, I hope Bayley is able to stay at the top of the card going into WrestleMania season. She's earned the right to perform there in a marquee match.
Meanwhile, the creative team has done a fantastic job of slowly building to Daniel Bryan's inevitable program with Roman Reigns.
To me, these two have the most potential for a Universal title match this year at WrestleMania. WWE is wisely putting Daniel in the perfect spot by playing up his underdog status in the upcoming Royal Rumble while also reinforcing his tenacity.
Bryan is one of WWE's most beloved performers, no matter what he does, but too often he's used to get others over instead of the focus being on him. This is frequently due to his own unselfish behavior as a performer, but sometimes it's on the booking team as well.
Lately, however, the way he's being used on TV allows him to do both, which has helped him feel like a worthy competitor to "The Tribal Chief" when they're ready to pull the trigger on it.
Seth Rollins may have been entangled in a dramatic storyline over the past year, as opposed to main-event feuds, but it hasn't diminished his status whatsoever.
When Seth returns, it should be interesting to see how they follow up or explain his self-imposed Survivor Series exit.
Hopefully, he's able to start something fresh as opposed to diving back into the Mysterio family drama.
Putting Kevin Owens here instead of the A tier might not be a popular decision – and this is coming from someone who is a huge fan of his – but I believe it's the most accurate placement.
KO even said himself in his recent episode of Chronicle (filmed before TLC) that he was pumped to show people where he belongs again, because it had been years since he had that opportunity.
His recent work opposite Roman Reigns has been proof that he deserves to be considered one of WWE's top stars, but Owens still has a bit more work to do in order to make that happen.
Rey Mysterio and The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins) don't need as much of an explanation for their placement here.
All three performers are super over with the fans and can be relied upon to put on a good match whenever it's needed.
This has put them in multiple big matches over the past year, as well as prominent storylines, making them fixtures of WWE programming.
Big E is on the cusp of B+ after winning the IC title, but whether he moves up a tier all depends on the level of importance with which his singles run is handled.
Without letting his title reign play out a few weeks first, though, it's tough to predict.
Bianca Belair is another Superstar on the rise. "The EST of WWE" has potential to breakout as a huge star for the company if they play their cards right.
If WWE can avoid the mindset of Bianca needing to "pay her dues" first by losing to veteran talent early in her SmackDown run, they'll likely have a major player on their hands for years to come.
Sami Zayn and Jey Uso have both been at the top of their game these past few months. With WrestleMania on the horizon, hopefully they'll be factored into matches.
Zayn could go in a number of directions after losing the Intercontinental Championship.
Unlike the others in this category, Otis had been rapidly losing steam over the past few months.
His recent pairing with Chad Gable halted that, however, and things are now looking a lot less bleak for both performers.
Dolph Ziggler and King Corbin are consistently used on WWE TV, and both do a great job in their respective roles.
Ziggler has become the veteran talent who can be trusted to perform well in any scenario.
Corbin is an effective heel who has actual heat with the fans. His "King" gimmick was starting to feel stale, though, so the addition of two disciples by his side was a good way to switch things up a little.
Hopefully it can help him move up a tier after WrestleMania season.
Carmella's return and subsequent feud with Sasha Banks increased her status from where it had been. She also stood out at WWE TLC in their match, which earned her some newfound respect from both die-hard and casual fans alike.
Following the conclusion of Murphy's storyline involving Seth Rollins and Rey Mysterio, he hasn't really been used much. This doesn't bode well for his position going forward.
Unless things with Rollins pick back up again, it's possible he'll fall down a tier in the near future.
These performers are all used semi-regularly on TV, and each one is super talented, but it's not wrong to say they're all currently on the lower rung compared to their peers.
Thankfully, Billie Kay and Chad Gable are being given opportunities to climb out of this right now.
Gable's pairing with Otis has been exactly what both performers needed, as I previously stated, and Billie's comedic strengths being maximized on SmackDown has been a joy to watch.
Hopefully they both move up a level by the time I write my next tier list article after WrestleMania.
Aleister Black and Lars Sullivan have been MIA.
Apollo Crews has barely been used since moving to SmackDown.
Mojo Rawley hasn't wrestled a match since June.
Mickie James suffered a broken nose in September, but should be cleared by now. Beyond that, it's unclear why she's been absent from TV.
Kalisto has had trouble finding his footing since splitting from Lucha House Party and the powers-that-be don't seem to have any plans for him that would change that.
Hopefully, this was as fun and helpful for you as the Kayfabe Tier List used to be for me. Feel free to share the images on social media and tag @WWEonFOX or @RyanSatin with your opinions.
I know you have some hot takes, so don't be shy with them.
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Grindley has recently completed the construction of Stage 1 Sir David Martin Nursing Home, Easton Park Glenfield. This time lapse video covers the 18 month construction period. Stage 2 is now underway and is our third project with The Whiddon Group. Please click here to view this clip.
The Whiddon Group's Easton Park Aged Care Community in Sydney's South West,includes residential aged care homes, retirement living units and a range of onsite services and amenities.
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