This was a fun meet to watch. Gators did great, but so did UCLA and Oklahoma.
Sent from my iPad > On Apr 22, 2018, at 11:44 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > UF finishes third at NCAA Gymnastics Championships > By gatorsports (Gainesville Sun) - April 21, 20184253 > > Florida's Megan Skaggs competes on the uneven parallel bars during the NCAA > women's gymnastics championships Saturday in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff > Roberson) > Special to Gainesville Sun Gatorsports.com > > ST. LOUIS, Mo. – NCAA gymnastics Super Six team final format concluded with > bang Saturday in front of a sold-out Chaifetz Arena crowd of 6,800. > > UCLA surged past two-time defending champion and top-seeded Oklahoma with a > perfect score from its balance beam anchor to claim the Bruins’ seventh NCAA > team title. UCLA’s winning margin of 0.0375 is the narrowest in the 37-year > history of the NCAA Championships. > > Florida also made a move on the final rotation, edging Southeastern > Conference champion Louisiana State to take third for the second consecutive > year. > > “It was an amazing evening,” UF coach Jenny Rowland said. “The Gators did a > fantastic job. We had six fantastic teams on the floor tonight. Just a shout > out and congratulations to all who competed tonight, especially UCLA for > taking home the national championship.” > > UCLA won at 198.075, followed by Oklahoma (198.0375), Florida (197.85), LSU > (197.8375), Utah (196.90) and Nebraska (196.80). > > Florida’s 197.85 equals the program’s second highest among its 16 NCAA Super > Six appearances. > > “Really every team on the floor could have won the championship this evening > and it was an honor and privilege to be here,” Rowland said. “It was an honor > and privilege to represent Gator Nation. So incredibly proud of this team. > They laid their heart out on the floor. They laid their gymnastics out on the > floor and I couldn’t ask for anything more.” > > The Gators were solid on each event. For the first time since 2014, Florida > drew the Olympic rotation for the NCAA Super Six. Florida opened the meet > with a 49.4125 on vault. Junior Alicia Boren led Florida with a 9.9375, which > tied for fourth overall. Senior Rachel Slocum also earned a 9.9125. > > Florida came off of bye to uneven bars where it turned in a 49.5375. Alex > McMurtry led Florida with a near-perfect 9.975, which trailed only the 10.0 > by UCLA’s Peng-Peng Lee. Florida also got a pair of 9.9s from freshman Megan > Skaggs and sophomore Amelia Hundley. > > On beam, the Gators turned in a 49.3375. Freshman Alyssa Baumann’s 9.9375 was > good for sharing fourth overall. The 10.0 by UCLA’s Lee – her second of the > evening – moved UCLA to the top of the team standings. Sophomore Rachel Gowey > also posted a 9.9125 in Florida’s beam rotation. > > Florida finished the meet on floor exercise uneven bars with a 49.5625 – the > second-highest floor total for the meet. For the second consecutive evening, > Baumann led UF on floor with a collegiate-best 9.95. She tied for second in > the Super Six floor standings. A total of four Gators posted floor marks > better that 9.9 Saturday – Boren (9.9375), Amelia Hundley (9.925) and > McMurtry (9.9125). > > Boren took third in the all-around at 39.5375. OU’s Maggie Nichols, who won > the NCAA all-around title last night, also topped the standings Saturday at > 39.775. LSU’s Myria Hambrick was second at 39.6625. > Notes: The Gators have finished in the top four in each of the last seven > NCAA Super Six competitions (1st – 2013, 2014, 2015; 2nd – 2012; 3rd – 2017, > 2018 & 4th – 2016) > * Florida is the only team to advance to each of the final seven NCAA Super > Six team finals. The Gators appeared in 16 of the possible 26 Super Six team > finals. > > * Alex McMurtry is the only gymnast in the 26-year history of the NCAA Super > Six to earn an uneven bars 10.0 (2017) and a 9.975 (2018). > > > > The Gators gymnastics team poses after earning third place. 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