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Only SEC athlete in attendance wins Gold in 500 m speed skating
Posted on 2/14/22 at 4:29 am
Posted on 2/14/22 at 4:29 am
Florida alumnus erin Jackson won gold in speed skating by .08 of a second. She is also the first woman of color to do so. Congratulations erin
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Posted on 2/14/22 at 6:22 am to OliverQueen81
Just watched the video of her win. She is very pretty too. Man, what a great athlete. 
Posted on 2/14/22 at 7:53 am to kywildcatfanone
Apparently speed skating is big in ocala.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 8:35 am to OliverQueen81
She didn't start skating until 2016.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 8:38 am to OliverQueen81
Good for her.
What’s her story going to UF?
What’s her story going to UF?
Posted on 2/14/22 at 10:38 am to SammyTiger
She's from ocala and got her engineering degree at Florida
Posted on 2/14/22 at 12:45 pm to OliverQueen81
I watched her win it too. Was really pumped for her!
Posted on 2/14/22 at 12:52 pm to BgJag
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She didn't start skating until 2016.
She didn’t start skating on ice until 2016. She was an in-line skater long before that.
Posted on 2/14/22 at 1:14 pm to LSUgrad88
Correct
Posted on 2/14/22 at 1:43 pm to OliverQueen81
Is this the black chick? I bet black people would clean up in these events. Cross country skiing too
Posted on 2/14/22 at 1:54 pm to xxTIMMYxx
I did find it annoying how she was lauded in a commercial because she was black. Why can’t people just celebrate that she’s awesome. It just degrades her and reduces her to subjecting her to her genes that she has no control over.. I would be pissed as a black woman. She seems like a great girl though. Nothing like that chump that got 3rd in and pouted on the medal stand ms because she got wrecked by fat white women
This post was edited on 2/14/22 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:13 pm to OliverQueen81
quote:alumna
alumnus
Posted on 2/14/22 at 11:15 pm to xxTIMMYxx
quote:Nah. It is a legit accomplishment to have black people start winning things in the winter olympics. It's really not that different than the excitement around the Jamaican bobsled team back in the day - except she's actually good.
I did find it annoying how she was lauded in a commercial because she was black. Why can’t people just celebrate that she’s awesome. It just degrades her and reduces her to subjecting her to her genes that she has no control over.. I would be pissed as a black woman
Posted on 2/15/22 at 12:12 am to OliverQueen81
One of my friends played rollerderby with her like 7-8 years ago 
great to see how far she came from her 2018 qualifying.
great to see how far she came from her 2018 qualifying.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 7:11 am to MoarKilometers
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One of my friends played rollerderby with her like 7-8 years ago
Wish they would have focused on that more. The dutch are really good because of their canals. Would be kinda awesome if she had an edge on account of this, ha ha.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 10:47 am to Kato
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I watched her win it too. Was really pumped for her!
She seems to be an amazing young woman! Her medal ceremony was so touching. She was so proud to be standing there!
This post was edited on 2/18/22 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 2/18/22 at 1:09 pm to LaLadyinTx
I agree. I am proud to call her a fellow Gator.
Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:23 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
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Wish they would have focused on that more.
They may have in 2018, when she was just breaking into the sport. Last night i caught the Jacksonville news doing a story on all the Ocala skaters, and their youth coach. Apparently there were 3 speed skating medal winners from horse country, Florida.
As to the girl OP is talking about, apparently gonna get into bionic limbs for amputees. Got, or is getting, a degree in kinesiology and computer programming, to go with her engineering degree from UF. Seems like she's gonna be pretty ok when she decides to hang up the skates.
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