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Welcome to Chomp Talk’s first gymnastics live blog of the 2019 season! We’ll be coming at you live from the closed intrasquad meet with quick hits and tidbits from your favorite Florida Gators. This year promises to be an exciting one, despite the departure of an incredible class last season. This year’s incoming freshman class,…
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In what many expected to be a fuller day of announcements, Florida signed Payton Richards to a National Letter of Intent yesterday for the 2019-2020 season. A two-time Junior Olympic national beam champion and three-time Region 5 All-Star team member, Richards is expected to immediately make an impact on all four events upon arrival in…
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This article was written by Caroline Medley from NCAAGymNews.com, you can follow Caroline on Twitter here. __________ When the 2018 gymnastics season began, many expected Florida to be one of the top contenders for the national title come April. Expectations often fluctuated throughout the season as the Gators had quite a rollercoaster of a year,…
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Florida head coach Jenny Rowland just landed one of the top gymnasts in the 2019 recruiting cycle. York, PA native Trinity Thomas committed to Florida over both UCLA and LSU via a Facebook Live video. Thomas becomes the fifth prospect to commit to Florida’s 2019 class. Trinity Thomas chooses Florida over LSU and UCLA. #NCAAgym…
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On Monday the Florida Gators learned their fate as far as the NCAA Gymnastics Championships. Florida earned the five seed and will travel to Pennsylvania for the Gymnastics Regionals. Florida’s regional partners will include #8 seed Washington, #15 Missouri, #17 Arizona State, #27 West Virginia, #29 (host) Penn State, and #30 New Hampshire. The meet…
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Alex McMurtry made the most of her final appearance at Exactech Arena in front of Gators fans. McMurtry won all five events (including the all-around title) in #5 Florida’s dominating Senior Day victory over # 11 Nebraska on Friday.
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Florida freshman gymnast Megan Skaggs landed career bests in both events she competed in last Friday and earned recognition from the SEC as the Freshman of the Week for her performances. Skaggs competed in the uneven bars and the balance beam for the Gators in Friday’s win against Arkansas. Skaggs scored season highs of 9.9…
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Florida gymnasts Kennedy Baker and Alyssa Baumann were awarded with SEC weekly honors for their performances last Friday. Florida defeated #10 Alabama at home behind the efforts of the SEC Specialist of the Week and the SEC Freshman of the Week. Baker was named the SEC Specialist of the Week after she completed a perfect-10…
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On Friday, Florida’s senior gymnast Alex McMurtry accomplished something no one in the program’s history had done. Florida gymnasts had scored forty perfect 10’s all-time, but McMurtry became the first to land two perfect scores in one contest. McMurtry started her night with a perfect score in the vault. It was the first perfect vault…
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For the twelfth straight year the University of Florida finds itself opening the gymnastics season in the top-five of the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches preseason poll. The Gators are slotted at number two in the poll following the two time defending champions, Oklahoma. Florida will face nine top-20 opponents this year including home…
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