Buoyed by three strong finishing rounds, the Florida Gators won the Division I Men's Golf Championships team title May 30-June 2 at the Duke University Golf Club in Durham, North Carolina.

"That was an incredible show," Florida head coach Buddy Alexander said. "It was overwhelming what happened on that front nine and then it just continued right through the 14th hole. We just kept making birdies. I can't say enough about this team."

After posting a first-round 296, which Alexander called "awful," the Gators found their rhythm. A second-round 278 left them five shots behind leader Arizona. After heavy rain and lightning forced officials to postpone the last few holes of the third round, the Gators had claimed the lead for good.

Florida's Nick Gilliam completed the double victory for the Gators, winning medalist honors with a final-round 71. Teammate Camilo Benedetti fired a final-round 65 to finish in a tie for second with Augusta State's Jamie Elson. Benedetti and Elson finished three shots behind Gilliam.

"What an amazing feeling," said Gilliam, a senior. "I couldn't have dreamed a better picture. To play this well in my last tournament is really all you can ask."

"That's just how golf is sometimes," he said. "I was playing well and my putts started to drop. That was the difference."

Four Gators turned in scores below par on the final day.

Kris Mikkelsen of Georgia Tech and Chez Reavie of Arizona State finished tied for fourth individually.

Team results

1. Florida, 296-278-277-275 -- 1,126; 2. Clemson, 294-289-279-282 -- 1,144; 3. Arizona, 280-289-282-294 -- 1,145; 4. Georgia Tech, 289-292-282-285 -- 1,148; 5. Georgia, 296-284-286-286 -- 1,152; 6. Arizona St., 298-288-289-287 -- 1,162; 7. Augusta St., 292-288-285-299 -- 1,164; 8. Virginia Tech, 294-291-285-295 -- 1,165; 9. East Tennessee St., 293-289-292-293 -- 1,167; 10. Wake Forest, 294-282-297-295 -- 1,168; 11. Pacific (Cal.), 299-291-295-292 -- 1,177;12. (tie) Oklahoma, 294-291-297-297 -- 1,179; Oregon St., 295-295-293-296 -- 1,179; and UAB, 297-289-300-293 -- 1,179; 15. Southern Methodist, 298-289-299-304 -- 1,190.

Eliminated after 36 holes:

16. Col. of Charleston, 294-296 -- 590; 17. UCLA, 299-292 -- 591; 18. (tie) Mississippi, 296-296 -- 592; and Toledo, 292-300 -- 592; 20. (tie) Houston, 304-289 -- 593; Minnesota, 296-297 -- 593; South Carolina, 295-298 -- 593; and Stanford, 297-296 -- 593; 24. (tie) Ga. Southern, 302-292 -- 594; and Oklahoma St., 300-294 -- 594; 26. Washington, 301-297 -- 598; 27. North Carolina St., 298-301 -- 599; 28. Purdue, 310-292 -- 602; 29. UC Irvine, 306-306 -- 612; 30. Kent, 310-310 -- 620.

Individual results

1. Nick Gilliam, Florida, 69-70-66-71 -- 276; 2. (tie) Camilo Benedetti, Florida, 74-71-69-65 -- 279; and Jamie Elson, Augusta St., 73-65-70-71 -- 279; 4. (tie) Kris Mikkelsen, Georgia Tech, 66-72-72-71 -- 281; and Chez Reavie, Arizona St., 71-67-74-69 -- 281; 6. Jon Mills, Kent, 71-73-67-71 -- 282; 7. D.J. Trahan, Clemson, 72-71-71-69 -- 283; 8. (tie) Ricky Barnes, Arizona, 68-65-72-79 -- 284; Troy McKinley, Pacific (Cal.), 70-68-74-72 -- 284; and Bryce Molder, Georgia Tech, 73-72-66-73 -- 284; 11. (tie) Bubba Dickerson, Florida, 77-68-71-69 -- 285; and Lucas Glover, Clemson, 72-71-69-73 -- 285; 13. (tie) Chris Nallen, Arizona, 66-77-66-77 -- 286; Simon Nash, Minnesota, 71-72-72-71 -- 286; and Nick Watney, Fresno St., 71-70-72-73 -- 286; 16. (tie) Cody Beyer, Arizona, 71-72-74-70 -- 287; Erik Compton, Georgia, 77-69-69-72 -- 287; John Engler, Clemson, 75-71-71-70 -- 287; Graeme McDowell, UAB, 75-68-74-70 -- 287; Parker McLachlin, UCLA, 74-69-73-71 -- 287; and Chris Wisler, East Tenn. St., 71-69-74-73 -- 287; 22. (tie) Nick Cassini, Georgia, 70-71-74-73 -- 288; Brendon De Jonge, Virginia Tech, 72-71-70-75 -- 288; Ryan Hybl, Georgia, 73-72-71-72 -- 288; Matt Jones, Arizona St., 77-73-67-71 -- 288; and Camilo Villegas, Florida, 76-69-73-70 -- 288; 27. (tie) Troy Matteson, Georgia Tech, 74-76-69-70 -- 289; and Sean McTernan, Toledo, 71-73-75-70 -- 289; 29. James Johnson, East Tenn. St., 73-72-72-73 -- 290.

30. (tie) Chris McKeel, Virginia Tech, 78-69-73-71 -- 291; David Miller, Georgia, 76-73-73-69 -- 291; Jay Morgan, Wake Forest, 76-70-74-71 -- 291; and Oliver Wilson, Augusta St., 76-73-68-74 -- 291; 34. (tie) Kelsey Cline, Oklahoma, 72-70-74-76 -- 292; Jedd McLuen, Col. of Charleston, 73-70-74-75 -- 292; Johnson Wagner, Virginia Tech, 78-74-67-73 -- 292; and Chris Yoder, Wake Forest, 74-68-73-77 -- 292; 38. John Klauk, Texas, 73-72-71-77 -- 293; 39. (tie) Franklin Hatchett, Southern Methodist, 72-71-75-76 -- 294; Reid Hatley, Arizona, 75-75-71-73 -- 294; Brad Heaven, Toledo, 72-72-77-73 -- 294; Gregg Jones, Clemson, 75-77-68-74 -- 294; Jin Park, Arizona St., 74-75-71-74 -- 294; Jani Saari, Clemson, 75-76-73-70 -- 294; and Brent Wanner, Wake Forest, 70-72-74-78 -- 294; 46. (tie) Pat Beste, East Tenn. St., 75-75-74-71 -- 295; Martin Flores, Oklahoma, 76-70-74-75 -- 295; Cortland Lowe, Wake Forest, 75-74-77-69 -- 295; and Daniel Ozley, UAB, 74-68-78-75 -- 295; 50. Daren Greig, Oregon St., 78-76-72-70 -- 296; 51. (tie) Anthony Arvidson, Oregon St., 71-75-75-76 -- 297; Jason Higton, Pacific (Cal.), 75-74-75-73 -- 297; Bryant Odom, Georgia, 79-72-73-73 -- 297; and Jerome Theunis, Southern Methodist, 75-74-72-76 -- 297; 55. (tie) Matt Cohn, Oklahoma, 71-77-77-73 -- 298; 55. Wade Ormsby, Houston, 72-71-77-78 -- 298; Adam Riddering, East Tenn. St., 76-74-72-76 -- 298; and Michael Webb, Augusta St., 69-76-76-77 -- 298.

59. (tie) Robert Duck, Augusta St., 75-75-71-78 -- 299; John Kidwell, Oklahoma, 75-75-75-74 -- 299; Wes Latimer, Georgia Tech, 76-72-77-74 -- 299; and David Yarnes, Oregon St., 75-73-72-79 -- 299; 63. (tie) Michael Jurgensen, Oregon St., 74-72-81-73 -- 300; Payton Osborn, UAB, 74-74-78-74 -- 300; and Matt Weibring, Georgia Tech, 76-78-75-71 -- 300; 66. (tie) Craig Gordon, UAB, 74-79-74-74 -- 301; Bill Haas, Wake Forest, 75-72-76-78 -- 301; Thomas Lee, East Tenn. St., 74-74-77-76 -- 301; Ben Scribner, Pacific (Cal.), 78-75-73-75 -- 301; and David Williams, Oregon St., 75-75-74-77 -- 301; 71. (tie) Ryan Abbate, Southern Methodist, 80-70-76-76 -- 302; Cody Freeman, Oklahoma, 77-76-74-75 -- 302; Brock Mulder, Southern Methodist, 76-74-76-76 -- 302; Tom O'Stasik, Pacific (Cal.), 76-75-79-72 -- 302; and Jeff Quinney, Arizona St., 76-74-79-73 -- 302; 76. Ben Banks, Florida, 77-77-71-78 -- 303; 77. Brian Krusoe, Virginia Tech, 71-78-79-76 -- 304; and Brian Nosler, Arizona St., 79-74-77-74 -- 304; 79. Andy Connell, Arizona, 81-79-73-74 -- 307; 80. (tie) Matt Hansen, Pacific (Cal.), 83-74-73-78 -- 308; and Jayce Stepp, Augusta St., 75-75-81-77 -- 308; 82. Drew Jones, UAB, 75-81-74-79 -- 309; 83. Stephen Sparolini, Southern Methodist, 75-78-78-79 -- 310; Ryan Stinnett, Virginia Tech, 73-77-75-WD.

Eliminated after 36 holes:

Brock Mackenzie, Washington, 74-71 -- 145; Par Nilsson, Oklahoma St., 74-72 -- 146; Ernie Rose, South Carolina, 74-72 -- 146; David Sanchez, North Carolina St., 73-73 -- 146; Wilhelm Schauman, Minnesota, 75-71 -- 146; Jim Seki, Stanford, 73-73 -- 146; Kyle Thompson, South Carolina, 72-74 -- 146; Andrew Medley, Mississippi, 73-74 -- 147; J.J. Thompson, Mississippi, 74-73 -- 147; Anders Hultman, Oklahoma St., 76-72 -- 148; Travis Mobley, Ga. Southern, 75-73 -- 148; Andy Stewart, Kansas, 71-77 -- 148; Steve Conway, UCLA, 72-77 -- 149; Brent Delahoussaye, South Carolina, 75-74 -- 149; Shiv Kapur, Purdue, 78-71 -- 149; J.T. Kohut, UCLA, 77-72 -- 149; Justin Kolumber, Ga. Southern, 76-73 -- 149; Brad McIntosh, Houston, 75-74 -- 149; Matt McQuillan, Oklahoma St., 75-74 -- 149; Troy Muller, Mississippi, 76-73 -- 149; Christian Newton, Ga. Southern, 78-71 -- 149; Leif Olson, Duke, 76-73 -- 149; Philip Rowe, Stanford, 73-76 -- 149; Mark Tullo, North Carolina St., 73-76 -- 149; Eric Wang, UC Irvine, 74-75 -- 149; Ryan Armstrong, UC Irvine, 74-76 -- 150; Phil Caravia, Mississippi, 74-76 -- 150; Charleton Dechert, Oral Roberts, 73-77 -- 150; Josh Goldstein, Col. of Charleston, 74-76 -- 150; Kevin Kornowa, Toledo, 72-78 -- 150; John Merrick, UCLA, 76-74 -- 150; Andy Sanders, Houston, 79-71 -- 150; Lee Williamson, Purdue, 77-73 -- 150; Kyle Bradley, Col. of Charleston, 77-74 -- 151; Daniel Brunson, Col. of Charleston, 75-76 -- 151; Tommy Clement, Mississippi, 75-76 -- 151; Warren Holman, Ga. Southern, 76-75 -- 151; Bruce McDonald, Col. of Charleston, 72-79 -- 151; Joey Ramos, Washington, 74-77 -- 151; Simon Robinson, Houston, 78-73 -- 151; John Bloomfield, South Carolina, 74-78 -- 152; Eric Dahlberg, Stanford, 75-77 -- 152; J.C. DeLeon, Oklahoma St., 76-76 -- 152; Jimmy Lee, Stanford, 76-76 -- 152; Tyler McKeever, Ga. Southern, 75-77 -- 152; Jason Moon, North Carolina St., 77-75 -- 152; Chris Mundorf, North Carolina St., 75-77 -- 152; Boyd Summerhays, Oklahoma St., 75-77 -- 152; Derek Berg, Washington, 74-79 -- 153; Chris Mayson, Purdue, 75-78 -- 153; John Robertson, Washington, 79-74 -- 153; Joe Affrunti, Minnesota, 77-77 -- 154; Nash Elliott, South Carolina, 75-79 -- 154; David Jones, Toledo, 77-77 -- 154; Ryan Miller, Purdue, 80-74 -- 154; Kirk Satterfield, Furman, 76-78 -- 154; Justin Smith, Minnesota, 77-77 -- 154; Scott Ferguson, Houston, 80-75 -- 155; Peter Karmis, Purdue, 81-74 -- 155; Ben Meyers, Minnesota, 73-82 -- 155; Corey Prugh, Washington, 80-75 -- 155; Garth Mulroy, North Carolina St., 77-79 -- 156; Danny Sahl, Kent, 77-79 -- 156; Travis Johnson, UCLA, 80-77 -- 157; Jeff Coburn, UC Irvine, 78-80 -- 158; Justin Ohye, UC Irvine, 82-76 -- 158; Randy Dietz, Kent, 79-80 -- 159; Mike Lavery, UC Irvine, 80-79 -- 159; Alan Murray, Toledo, 80-80 -- 160; Sean Howell, Kent, 83-78 -- 161; Brian Miller, Kent, 83-81 -- 164. Alex Aragon, Stanford, disqualified.