Gators freshman Leanne Wong took home the bronze medal in the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Sunday to close out the competition. Her difficulty score, ranked generally between five and six points in elite gymnastics, overcame silver medalist’s Angelina Melnikova 5.600 by a tenth of a point, coming in at …
Read More »FEATURE: Clapper More Than a Student-Athlete
The average daily routine of a student-athlete usually consists of school, practice and competition without room for variance. But Gators gymnastics junior Leah Clapper has developed several hobbies like posting on her food blog and podcast. She achieved these goals while she starred for the best gymnastics team in the …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine March 8
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where I still somehow managed to avoid long pants. Of course, I also watched a lot of basketball, which is an indoor sport for me. 10. Let’s talk about the elephant in the room and, to be honest with you, I’m …
Read More »No.1 Gators Close Out Regular Season Against No.6 Alabama
On Friday, March 5, the No. 1 Florida Gators will close out their season, on the road, against the No. 6 Alabama Crimson Tide. In a meet that can secure the Gators’ spot as the sole SEC champions of the regular season, Head Coach Jenny Rowland and her team will …
Read More »No.1 Gators Face No. 2 Tigers In Huge Gymnastics Meet
In a meet that fans circled on their calendars the moment the schedule was announced, the number one ranked Florida gymnasts travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to take on the number two LSU Tigers on Friday. Florida looks to keep their perfect season alive, after starting the season 4-0. https://twitter.com/GatorsGym/status/1358779869081915392 …
Read More »No.1 Florida Dominates No. 24 Missouri
The No. 1 Florida Gators were looking to add another win to their undefeated resume; this time, at the expense of the No. 24 Missouri Tigers. After a few rough outings for All-American junior Trinity Thomas, at least by her standards, she rebounded with an all-around title tonight as the …
Read More »Skaggs, No. 1 Gators Get Road Win Over No. 8 Arkansas
In their third meet of the season, the No. 1 Florida Gators made the trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas to take on the No. 8 Razorbacks. The Gators were seeking their second top-ten win of the season, and their 21st consecutive win against Arkansas. In an up-and-down meet for Florida, they …
Read More »No. 1 Gators Travel to Take On No. 8 Razorbacks
The No. 1 Florida Gators Gymnastics Team opened their season with a victory over the No. 18 Auburn Tigers and followed it up with another win, this time against the No. 11 Georgia Bulldogs at the O’Connell Center. Now, with two wins under their belt, the Gators will look to …
Read More »No. 1 Gators Top No. 7 Bulldogs
The No. 1 Gators Gymnastics team started their season off with a dominant win in Auburn against the No. 14 Tigers. Now, the Gators returned home to face their rival: the No. 7 Georgia GymDogs. Since the Gators lost their last meet against Georgia at the O’Connell Center in 2019, …
Read More »Gymnastics Meet Preview: No. 1 Gators Returns Home to Face No. 7 Georgia
The No. 1 Gators Gymnastics team dominated in their first meet of the season at Auburn, finishing with a 197.500-195.725 win. Highlighted by a 9.950 on the beam from freshman Ellie Lazzari and another SEC Gymnast of the Week Award for junior Trinity Thomas, the Gators also earned the highest …
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