Today is the official start date of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 207 countries will be represented at this year’s Olympiad in 28 different sports. Sports taking the center stage this weekend are gymnastics and swimming. The USA women’s gymnastics team are defending Olympic champions and the London …
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 »Gators win NCAA Gymnastics Minneapolis Regional Championship
The Florida Gymnastics team is heading to the NCAA championships after winning the NCAA Minneapolis Regional, held Saturday at the University of Minnesota. The Gator gymnasts pulled out a score of 196.725 in front of a crowd of about 2,000 to receive their fifth-straight NCAA Regional title. The Gators now will move on …
Read More »O’Connell Center Demolition Underway
The arena that served as a stage to two consecutive men’s basketball national championships, (’06, ’07) and three consecutive gymnastics national championships (’13, ’14, ’15) won’t house a show again until December 2016. Demolition and renovation of the 36 year-old O’Connell Center is finally underway. The $64.5 million project is …
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Gators Gymnastics Begins National Championship Defense, Jenny Rowland Coaching Tenure
All good things must come to an end. Following 13 seasons under the leadership of former Florida gymnastics head coach Rhonda Faehn, Faehn has moved on to become the Senior Vice President of USA Gymnastics. The Gators have moved on to new leader Jenny Rowland, but the program’s focus is …
Read More »Florida vs. Oklahoma Gymnastics Preview
It’s a top match up as the second ranked Florida Gators take on the top ranked Oklahoma Sooners in gymnastics Friday in Gainesville. The last time that these two teams met was at the NCAA Championship when the Sooners were runners-up to the title winning Gators. Florida beat Oklahoma by 0.2 with …
Read More »Florida Gymnastics Returns This Weekend
It has been a long off-season for the top-ranked Florida gymnastics team, but this weekend they will open the program’s 42nd season. The Gators will return to the site where they won their first NCAA team title to take on No. 4 UCLA this Saturday. Coming off a national championship …
Read More »What You Might’ve Missed in Weekend Sports
Florida Gymnastics Wins SEC Title: The top-ranked Florida Gators gymnastics team won its second consecutive SEC Championship Saturday night. Florida claimed its ninth overall SEC crown. March 23, 2013 ● Verizon Arena (5,395) Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Total Florida 49.375 49.500 49.500 49.625 198.000 Alabama 49.550 49.300 49.400 49.550 …
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