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Florida
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Location:
Gainesville, FL
Current President or Coach Zachary Knecht
National championships none
NAQT Page link

This article describes the quizbowl team at the University of Florida. For high quizbowl in the state of Florida, see NAQT Florida State Championship.

The University of Florida has long had one of the stronger teams in the country, with first scorers such as Chris Borglum in the early 90s, Raj Dhuwalia a decade later, and Taylor Harvey in the present era. Currently the undisputed best team in the state of Florida, the current A team of Taylor Harvey, Jonathen Settle, Tracy Mirkin, and Alex Shaw tied for 7th place at the 2019 DI ICT.

Writing

Several Florida writers contributed to the inaugural Spring Undergraduate Novice tournament in 2017. Taylor Harvey head edited Florida Spring Tournament in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 version received critical acclaim for excellent difficulty control and an interesting expanded distribution. In the spring of 2020, several members of the Florida team contributed to another edition of SUN.

In the fall of 2020, the Florida team led the writing of the Nats-minus set Florida Open, also known as FLopen, which was received positively by the community.