The Southeastern Conference (SEC) named University of Florida (UF) gymnast, Leah Clapper, as the 2021 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The SEC office announced the award prior to the 40th annual SEC Championship meet on Saturday. The Gators placed third at the conclusion of the meet behind LSU and Alabama. …
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The number one ranked Florida gymnastics team entered its meet against the number 15 Kentucky Wildcats amid uncertainty; earlier on Friday, the team had announced that multiple people involved with the team were ruled unable to attend the meet due to COVID-19 protocols. In a meet just one week after …
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 …
Read More »Florida’s Gymnastics Head Coach Jenny Rowland Named National Coach of the Year
Florida Gators Gymnastics Coach Jenny Rowland completed her sweep of postseason coaching awards by being honored WCGA National Coach of the Year. She was voted on by her fellow collegiate gymnastic coaches. Rowland is the fourth gymnastics coach to receive this reward at the University of Florida. She joins Rhonda …
Read More »Trinity Thomas top-4 finalist for Honda Award
The University of Florida has proven to be a top sports program in the country year after year. Most noteworthy, the Gator gymnastics program has earned nine SEC titles and three NCCA championships since 2013. While the Gators gymnastics program is having an outstanding season with a perfect 10-0 overall …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Dominates at Penn State, Remain Undefeated
The Gators just keep rolling. After traveling to Pennsylvania and downing the number 25 Penn State Nittany Lions (8-9) on Saturday, second ranked Florida remains undefeated (10-0) with one meet left until the conference championships. This is the first time the Gators have been 10-0 since 2011. Florida posted its …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Goes For Perfect SEC Campaign
The number two Gator gymnastics team could not ask for a better season so far. The team is 8-0 and clinched its second consecutive SEC regular-season title last week in its victory over number eight Alabama. Florida closes out conference play when it travels to 10th ranked Georgia (3-2) on …
Read More »Gators Gymnastics Crowned SEC Champions Again, Remain Perfect in 2020
“Nothing is ever given in life. You’ve got to earn it.” Shortly after clinching the SEC regular season title on Friday night against No. 8 Alabama (3-3), this was coach Florida coach Jenny Rowland’s way of explaining her team’s attitude in practice leading up to the meet. Everyone was fully …
Read More »No. 2 Gators Gymnastics Tries to Stay Perfect on Road Against No. 17 Auburn
The Gator gymnastics team has just passed the halfway point of the season. And it could not be going better. The number two Florida gymnastics team boasts a 6-0 record, the best start to a season since 2014. They are the second-highest scoring squad in the nation and the only …
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