Competing on an elite collegiate gymnastics team with your sister might seem like a unique opportunity. But for Skye and Sloane Blakely, it’s just another day. The two sisters have been training and competing together since they started the sport at ages 3 and 5. After years of competing in …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Florida Gymnastics Produces Results
The Back Nine comes at you after an eventful weekend where I got some sun and Kentucky fans got burned. 10. Or did they? So many of them were sick of coach John Calipari in Big Blue Country. They gave him everything and he gave them back a 1-4 record …
Read More »Florida Gymnastics Takes Sole Possession of SEC Regular-Season Title
Coach Jenny Rowland strengthened her grip on Gainesville greatness Sunday when No. 5 Florida secured its sixth consecutive SEC regular-season gymnastics title under her command. Villains in Orange and Blue Florida looked to play the heel, heading to Rupp with hopes of spoiling Kentucky’s senior night. As it turned out, …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine: Wow Weekend For Florida Athletics
The Back Nine comes at you after one of those weekends that makes the Gator Nation warm and fuzzy all over. 10. But we have to start with the big national story which was the court-storming by Wake Forest students that caused an injury to Duke’s Kyle Filipowski. The answer …
Read More »Florida Gymnastics Hosts Arkansas in Annual Link to Pink Meet
No. 6 Florida Gators hosts No. 13 Arkansas Razorbacks Friday night for the 18th annual Link to Pink meet in the O’Connell center. The Gators (5-1) have been consistent this season only falling to Alabama in a close meet. The Hogs (2-1-1) who tied Alabama this season are looking to …
Read More »No. 2 Gators Gymnastics Set to Open 2024 Season
The preseason No. 2-ranked Florida gymnastics team is set to open its season Friday in the Exactech Arena. The Gators will host a quad against Fisk, George Washington and Talladega College. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the meet will start at 6:45. https://twitter.com/GatorsGym/status/1744403339431776640 Fisk Fisk University is a highly …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Advances to NCAA Championship
The No. 2 Florida Gymnastics team is headed to its 16th NCAA championship meet in its last 18th semifinal appearances. The Gators (197.40) finished just behind No. 6 Louisiana State (197.475) in Thursday’s semifinal, eliminating California and Denver from title contention. UF and LSU will take on No. 1 Oklahoma …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Set for Final Regular Season Meet Sunday
The No. 3 Florida gymnastics team will close its regular season Sunday. The Gators will travel to Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, for a quad meet that also includes North Carolina State and No. 25 Washington. Last Time The Gators fell to No. 1 Oklahoma on March 3 in …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Faces Kentucky on Senior Night
The No. 2 ranked Gators gymnastics team will celebrate senior night at its last home meet of the season Friday. Florida will take on No. 12 Kentucky. The meet is set to begin at 5:45 p.m. Senior Night for the Gators The Gators are honoring seven seniors including four super …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Set for Tough Road Test Against LSU
The No. 2 ranked Gators gymnastics team hits the road to face No. 8 LSU Friday at 9 p.m. Both teams have been ranked in the top 10 the past 28 times they’ve met. This has been the top dual of the weekend eight times since 2013, and the fifth …
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