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Chomping at the bit for Florida Athletics
Category: Gymnastics
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From football to basketball and yes, even gymnastics, the Georgia-Florida rivalry is always exciting, and we are here for all the action tonight! Last week, if you didn’t catch the recap, Florida set a record high score for a season opener against Auburn, and that was with a few hiccups. This week, expect to see…
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Florida gymnastics set its highest score in an opening meet in program history last Friday at Auburn. Florida’s 197.5 will be an away score it’ll be happy to carry with them well into the season as RQS approaches, and it also maintains the No. 1 ranking in the nation for the Gators. Despite the strong…
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaand we’re back! Welcome back, Gators and gym fans alike, to LIVE gymnastics coverage! We’re so excited to be able to bring this to you once again this year, albeit from a broadcast rather than the arena itself. Tonight, the Gators face off at Auburn in the first of a two-meet series this season, as…
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For their 2020 season, the Gator gymnasts’ motto was #NOW, to remind them that nothing is promised and they would have to leave it all on the floor in order to win the championship titles they sought after a disappointing end to the 2019 season left them off the nationals roster. Sadly, the 2020 season…
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The week of National Signing Day, “the gymternet” is always abuzz with tweets, articles, and speculation over the yet-uncommitted recruits of the incoming class of freshmen, and this year was no different. In fact, rumors flew even more wildly this year, as one final USA national team member, Leanne Wong, had still not revealed where…
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For the first time in the history of NCAA gymnastics, the sport now has a star ranking system for gymnastics recruits, much like the revenue sports have done for many years, courtesy of College Gym News. To kick off the first year of having starred recruits, Florida has signed a whopping three five-star and one…
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Chomp chomp, baby Gators – it’s National Signing Day 2020! Early signing period officially begins today for most NCAA sports, and gymnastics is no exception. Today, Gator Gymnastics announced the successful signing of verbal commit Sloane Blakely, a former US national team member. Blakely competed at Gymnix International in 2019, taking silver on beam and…
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For many collegiate athletes across the nation, the 2020 season collapsed with a bang. Though there’s sure to be more discussion and clarification from the NCAA, spring athletes will get an extra year of eligibility, but winter sports will not. Put simply, that means that all winter sports seniors have just had their careers cut…
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As the coronavirus continues to topple domino after domino in the sports world, this week brought one of the biggest fallen events of all – the Tokyo Olympic Games have been officially postponed to 2021, with both spring and summer being considered as target times by the IOC. This affects athletes the world over, but…
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Unfair. That’s the word that comes to mind when I think about the way this pandemic has gripped the collegiate sports world and robbed so many student athletes of a proper ending to their respective seasons. I especially feel for those select seniors who didn’t know their last time out competing was it for them…
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