Tag Archives: UF Gymnastics

The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that included too much watching, but nine holes of golf just to get off the recliner. 10. Let us start with something good that happened over the weekend and that would be Florida taking two of three against South Carolina in …

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. …

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

Three out of the four opponents the undefeated and second ranked Florida gymnastics team have faced so far have been nationally ranked. As if that wasn’t tough enough, Florida next hosts two ranked opponents Friday as number four Denver and number 18 Iowa State come to town to face the …

The No. 2 Florida Gators (4-0) continued their campaign against ranked conference opponents when they took on No. 12 Kentucky (5-2) Friday night in Lexington. Florida had another strong meet, defeating the Wildcats 197.800 to 196.600 to remain perfect on the season. Surging Gators The Gators posted the third-best score …

Last week at Mizzou, Gator sophomore gymnast Trinity Thomas made an uncharacteristic mistake on bars when she went over the wrong way on a handstand. The costly error caused her score to get dropped. Friday night against eighth ranked LSU in a sold-out O’Connell Center, Thomas more than redeemed herself. …

The No. 2 Florida Gators (2-0) host No. 8 LSU (3-0) Friday night at 7:15 in a battle of soaring SEC gymnastics teams. The two squads have a significant competitive history and a fierce but friendly rivalry. Florida won last season’s regular-season meeting, but LSU was the victor when they …