Gator gymnast Alyssa Baumann still has the passion to compete another year. As the NCAA granted winter-sport athletes’ an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she plans on taking advantage of the opportunity. Dear Gators💙 pic.twitter.com/jsl3BQYxgV — Alyssa Baumann (@Alyssa_Baumann_) May 21, 2021 Four down, one more …
Read More »Megan Skaggs Returns for Fifth Year For Love of the Sport
Ever since the NCAA announced that the 2021 season would not count against winter-sport athletes’ years of eligibility, the question of if the three Gator Gymnastics seniors would return has loomed large. When senior Megan Skaggs stuck the landing on her uneven bars routine at the National Final, the final …
Read More »Jenny Rowland reflects on season
Even after a fourth-place finish in the NCAA Gymnastics final, Florida Head Coach Jenny Rowland deemed the season a success. Rowland, fresh off of her sixth season with the Gators, has finally had time to decompress after an eventful 2021 season. After contemplation, she considers this season to be more …
Read More »Minnesota, Denver Advance to Regional Final
The Florida Gators will not compete in the NCAA Gymnastics Regional until the Friday evening session on April 2. However, if Florida advances to the Regional Finals on April 3, two of the teams that the team will encounter will come from the first session of the day. The teams …
Read More »Florida Gymnastics Earn SEC Honors
The SEC announced its award recipients for the 2021 gymnastics season on March 24. After securing a perfect regular season and the top overall seed at the Athens Regional, the list of winners would surely include some Gators. Four Florida Gators were named to the All-SEC Team, and Head Coach …
Read More »Ellie Lazzari Thrives as Gator Gymnastics Freshman
To say that current freshmen at the University of Florida have had an unusual start to their college experience would be a vast understatement. For student-athletes, these changes from the norm are highlighted even more. However, one freshman gymnast for the Gators has navigated these circumstances, and put together a …
Read More »No.1 Florida Gymnastics Enter SEC Championship as Favorites
The number one ranked Florida gymnastics team sealed a perfect regular season, and the SEC regular season title, with their victory in Tuscaloosa over the Crimson Tide on March 5. Now, two weeks and a day later, the team returns to Alabama, this time in Huntsville, to compete in their …
Read More »Number One Gator Gymnastics Tops Alabama Without Thomas
In the final meet of the regular season, the top ranked Florida gymnastics team traveled to Tuscaloosa to take on the sixth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. The meet would decide if Florida would be the sole champion of the SEC for regular season play, or if it would share the …
Read More »Amelia Hundley: Former Gator Gymnast, Current Gator Coach
After rising all the way to the No. 2 spot in the nation, the 2020 Florida Gators gymnastics team was devastated to find out that their season would be canceled due to COVID-19. One of the gymnasts who felt this the most was Amelia Hundley. The senior, and four-time All-American, …
Read More »No. 1 Gators Enter Final Home Meet Against No. 18 Auburn
In their final meet of the season at the O’Connell Center, the No. 1 Florida Gators will face a familiar opponent: the team they started the year off against in week one, the No. 18 Auburn Tigers. In their second-consecutive meet at home, after a surprisingly great win over Kentucky, …
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