I saw the meet over live streaming. The competition at Ball State was far from SEC-caliber and sometimes that weighs even more favorably in the superior team's scores when it comes to judging. It'll be tougher when UF is up against co-National Champ Oklahoma or facing Auburn, Alabama, Georgia, etc. The good news is that the incoming freshmen look to be very talented and the gymnast who took Sloan's place on the beam had a much better routine than expected. The bad news is that Sloan was just about a sure thing to score 9.9+ in every apparatus, so her absence will be noticed.
Sad that two UF gymnasts were injured on that stinking Ball State floor exercise mat. Senior Jamie Shisler is out for the season as she tore her Achilles during pre-meet warmups, and then Bridget Sloan injured her foot and will be out for who-knows-how-long. I'm not even sure what happened as she didn't appear to make a bad step in her landing - just suddenly after her tumbling pass she couldn't continue on. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > The news article says this is the highest the gymnastics team has ever > scored for their first meet of the season. > > They have been national champs 2 years in a row. And… they could be > better this year! > > > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Bob Parks Realty, LLC > > Real Estate Broker > > 145 Maple Row Blvd > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Woody > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2015 11:51 AM > *To:* Gatortalk > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: Roundup: Sloan injured as > gymnastics team opens with win against Ball State > > > > I hope she's ok.. I heard she was phenomenal. > > Woody > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> > wrote: > Roundup: Sloan injured as gymnastics team opens with win against Ball State > > > > *Special to Gainesville SUN Gatorsports.com <http://Gatorsports.com>* > *Published: Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:48 p.m.**Last Modified: Sunday, > January 11, 2015 at 9:48 p.m.* > > MUNCIE, Ind. — Florida's top-ranked gymnastics team opened its season > Sunday with a win at Ball State in front of a standing-room only Irving Gym > crowd of 1,631, but it could have come at a cost. > > Enlarge | > > Kytra Hunter collected an all-around win for the Gators on Sunday against > Ball State. > > *Matt Stamey/Staff photographer/FILE* > > During floor exercise, junior All-American Bridget Sloan injured her right > ankle on her final tumbling pass and could not finish the routine. > > “We won't know the full details until she gets examined by our medical > staff tomorrow and gets a MRI,” UF coach Rhonda Faehn said. > > “That will give us the full information and can determine the healing > process from there. We are keeping our fingers crossed that it is a bump in > the road and she will be back before the season ends.” > > Florida turned in a 196.925, which equals the program's second-highest > season opening score. Ball State posted a 193.70. > > Event winners for UF were Sloan (Vault, 10.0), Bridgette Caquatto and > Sloan (Uneven bars), Claire Boyce (balance beam), Caquatte (Floor exercise) > and Kytra Hunter (All-around). > > The Gators started off well in the opening two rotations. Sloan became the > nation's first in 2015 to post a 10.0 mark to win vault. That mark helped > the Gators' tally a 49.50, just a bit off the 2014 season best of 49.55. > The Gators also turned in a 49.45 on uneven bars. > > “It was a little bit of a mixture,” Faehn said of the meet. > > “After Bridget was injured on floor, it was hard. The team was rattled > heading into beam because there is a lineup change and of course, everyone > is concerned about Bridget. So I was proud of how they responded. > > “It is always a challenge to have any expectations for the first meet > because you just really never know. You have to have that starting point. > There were some great moments, no doubt.” > > The Gators open their home schedule at 6:45 p.m. Friday against No. 12 > Auburn (1-0). Auburn opened its season Friday with a 194.150-193.750 win at > North Carolina. The Florida-Auburn dual is the SEC Network's first live > gymnastics meet. > > *Women's basketball:* Florida's worst offensive performance of the season > spelled doom against one of the nation's best 3-point shooting teams, as > the Gators fell at Missouri, 66-47. > > The Gators actually led, 24-22, at halftime, but seven of the Tigers' > first eight field goals in the second half were 3-pointers and Florida > wasn't able to play catch-up from long range. > > “We shot poorly and unfortunately that's not a new trend for us,” UF coach > Amanda Butler said. “That's why it's just so important that we don't have > those defensive breakdowns, in particular defensive breakdowns as > rebounders. If you're not going to shoot well, we have to have a heroic > effort on the boards and we didn't have that. You can't count on your shots > to fall on the road but you can count on the way you defend and the way you > rebound and that was not there for us tonight.” > > Ronni Williams and Cassie Peoples both scored 12 points to lead Florida, > while Kayla Lewis collected 11 rebounds with seven points. > > Florida fell to 9-8 overall and 1-3 in the SEC, while Missouri improved to > 11-6, 1-3. > > The Gators travel to Lexington, Ky., for a 7 p.m. game Thursday against > the Wildcats (14-3, 3-1). It will be televised on the SEC Network. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > > ALPCA #8756 > > Europlate #1045 > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorTalk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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