For anyone who wants to follow the Gators' progress: ESPNU will have the traditional live broadcast with "routine of choice" ESPN3 (via ESPN app or ESPN GO) will offer the these five streams: - Quad box (all four apparatus at once) - Uneven bars view - Vault view - Floor Exercise view - Balance Beam view
Gators compete in Session I Friday at 2PM Eastern. Session II is Friday night at 8PM Eastern Individual apparatus winners and all-around winners are crowned Friday; the top six teams go on to compete for the final Saturday The team final is Saturday at 9PM Eastern On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Realtracs <[email protected]> wrote: > No pressure here... First year coach, career assistant. All we want you > to do is win another national championship. And, if she doesn't win it > all... Even if they come in second... Failure. > Nah, no pressure here. > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR > Real Estate Broker > PARKS > 305 B Indian Lake Blvd > Suite 220 > Hendersonville TN 37075 > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > Office: 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From:* Shane Ford <[email protected]> > *Date:* April 15, 2016 at 7:39:44 AM CDT > *To:* GatorNews <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *[gatornews] [SUN]: Dooley: First-year UF coach looks at > four-peat* > *Reply-To:* [email protected] > > Dooley: First-year UF coach looks at four-peat > > First-year Florida coach Jenny Rowland looks to lead the Gators to their > fourth consecutive NCAA gymnastics championship. > *Matt Stamey/The Gainesville Sun* > By Pat Dooley <http://www.gatorsports.com/personalia/patdooley> > Gainesville Sun sports columnist > Published: Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 6:15 p.m.Last Modified: Thursday, > April 14, 2016 at 6:15 p.m. > > The c’mon-back beeping sound from the big machinery and the deafening > crashing noises as parts of the O’Connell Center were being destroyed were > hardly a distraction for the Florida gymnastics team in its last home > practice Tuesday before the NCAA Championships. > > Those championships start Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, where the first > sessions begin, a din of noise as teams and fans scream for the gymnasts as > they try to focus on the task at hand. > > But, really, for a team that went through such a tumultuous postseason > last year, what’s a little white noise from a crowd or the incessant > jackhammers during practice as the gymnasts prepared for the trip? > > “It’s been an incredible journey,” said sophomore Alex McMurtry. “It’s > worked out better than we ever expected.” > > Think about it. A year ago, Florida was getting ready for a three-peat in > Fort Worth and Jenny Rowland, as an assistant coach, was getting Auburn > ready to compete in the same event. The Gators accomplished their goal in > dramatic fashion and then were floored by the news that coach Rhonda Faehn > was leaving the program. > > “I broke into tears,” McMurtry said. > > “I cried a lot,” said senior Bridgette Caquatto. > > Enter Rowland, whose first meeting with the team was by Facetime. > Amazingly, the first-year head coach overcame a little resistance and crazy > expectations to lead her team to a No. 2 seed in the national meet. > > “This has probably been the most rewarding year of my coaching career,” > Rowland said. > > Starting Friday, the mighty Gators will go for a four-peat. That they are > in position to defend (again) is a testimony to the talent of the gymnasts > and the coach who has brought them to this point. > > It was what Athletic Director Jeremy Foley hoped would happen when he > hired Rowland last May. > > “I went through the same thing when I hired Roland Thornqvist to replace > Andy Brandi (in women’s tennis),” Foley said. “You have a tremendous coach > leave the program and you have to get the right person in to keep it going. > > “You have to see it in the eyes of the next coach that it’s going to keep > rolling, that we can keep competing for a national title.” > > He saw that in Rowland and -- while gymnastics is a subjective sport where > anything can happen -- Florida is right there with a real shot at winning > again. > > It’s not that Florida wasn’t good enough to be in this situation, > especially with a bunch of All-Americans on the roster led by senior > Bridget Sloan, one of the greatest athletes to compete in a Florida uniform. > > But you never know how a coaching change, especially one so unexpected, > will affect a team. > > In many ways, the transition has been seamless. > > “It was an easy change,” Caquatto said, “and having a new coach should not > be easy.” > > There were some speed bumps. Sloan talked early in the year about being > stubborn in relation to the change before she realized that it “wasn’t all > about me.” > > Rowland brought a different style and different philosophies to the job. > Her athletes bought in quickly. > > “I don't feel like the new coach anymore,” Rowland said. “These gymnasts > have overcome a lot. The thing I wanted to do first and foremost was to > build relationships with the athletes, let them know that I was on their > side.” > > It couldn’t have worked out much better. > > Of course -- as in the case of most sports -- a season is judged by how > you finish. Anything less than a fourth straight national championship will > be considered a disappointment. > > But when you think about where these ladies were a little less than a year > ago, feeling lost and uncertain, it’s already been a pretty amazing year. > > “I’m glad it was (Rowland) instead of anybody else,” Caquatto said. > > Friday and -- hopefully for the Gators -- Saturday in the finals, this > journey of a season will come to an end. Especially for an amazing senior > class. > > For Jenny Rowland, the “new coach,” it’s just the beginning. > > *Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 <352-374-5053> or at > [email protected] <[email protected]>. And follow at > Twitter.com/Pat_Dooley <http://twitter.com/Pat_Dooley>.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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) > --- > 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) > --- > 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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