In less than a week, former Women’s Program Director for USA Gymnastics, Rhonda Faehn, was both hired and fired by the University of Michigan. Faehn was hired as a consultant in a coaching capacity with the women’s gymnastics team. Faehn was a former coach at the University of Florida leading …
Read More »FEATURE: Gymnast Kennedy Baker
Competitive is an understatement when trying to describe the former USA, and current University of Florida gymnast, Kennedy Baker. The junior from Flower Mound, Texas recently finished her third season with the Florida Gators and is looking to “ball out” in her upcoming final year. I got the chance to sit down with one of gymnastics finest …
Read More »Gator Gymnastics Advances To NCAA Super Six
The Florida gymnastics team is advancing the to the Super Six on Saturday night at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis. On the first night of the competition, the Gators finished in second place in session two behind LSU with a score of 197.8125 to qualify for the finals on Saturday. Three …
Read More »UF’s Alex McMurtry Takes All-Around In SEC Championships
The Florida gymnastics team did not win at the SEC Championships held Saturday in Jacksonville as they finished second to LSU, the regular season champion. However, Florida’s Alex McMurtry did win the All Around title. The final scores from Session Two of #SECgym ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/h4MQh8W223 — Southeastern Conference (@SEC) March …
Read More »No.3 Gators Defeat No.13 Missouri
The No. 3 Florida Gators defeated the No. 13 Missouri Tigers Friday night, 197.900-196.750. Florida dropped just one event to the Tigers, beam, but out-scored them in every other event. Especially with a perfect 10.0 on the floor exercise from Alex McMurtry. #Gators win! Florida's second-highest total of season & …
Read More »No. 3 Gators Gymnastics Defeat No. 23 Arkansas
The third ranked Florida gymnastics team defeated the number 23 Arkansas Razorbacks Friday night, 197.125-195.200 in Fayetteville. Florida came out on top in every event of the night with top scorers Alicia Boren, Alex McMurtry and Rachel Gowey. #Gators win!!! Also take each event title:@gymdiva02 – AA, V, FX@alexmcmurtry UB@rachel_gowey BB#GoGators …
Read More »Another Perfect Score For The Gators As Gymnastics Team Tops Georgia
The Exactech Arena was lit up on Friday night as the Florida Gators hosted the Georgia Bulldogs in a gymnastics meet featuring two top ten ranked teams. Short Recap The Gators 197.975 win over the Bulldogs 196.525 is the second highest total in the nation this season. After the Gators …
Read More »Bridget Sloan Named 2016 SEC Female Athlete of the Year
The Southeastern Conference named University of Florida senior gymnast Bridget Sloan the Roy F. Kramer SEC Female Athlete of the Year on Thursday—the icing on the cake to end an extremely impressive career at Florida. Sloan is Florida’s career leader for all-around wins with 27, event titles with 95, and 10.0 marks with …
Read More »Gator Gymnastics Championship Run Comes To An End; Sloan Shines
The Florida gymnastics team saw its back to back to back national title run come to an end this past weekend as Oklahoma won the 2016 national championship with the Gators finishing fourth. . Florida’s score of 197.350 was good enough for fourth place behind Oklahoma (197.675), LSU (197.45) and Alabama (197.435), and ahead …
Read More »Florida Gymnastics Hosts UNC In Final Athletic Event Inside O’Dome
No.2 Florida Gymnastics hosts its final home meet against UNC Friday at 6:45 p.m. It’s Senior Night, meaning teammates and fans alike wave farewell to some of the most successful gymnasts Florida has ever seen. Seniors Bridgette Caquatto, Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto, Morgan Frazier and Bridget Sloan aim to give the Gators (7-2, 5-2 SEC) …
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