I hope the program remains one of the elite. I know it's not easy to follow a legend. Rhonda Faehn's record at UF.
- Claimed team’s first three NCAA Championships (2013, 2014, 2015) - Ten top-five NCAA Championship finishes - Won four (2007, 2010, 2012 and 2013) Southeastern Conference team titles - Registered 10 NCAA Region team titles - Established the top-10 team scores in school history and each team event record On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:23 PM Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > I would have to say the recruiting under Jenny Rowland has been great. The > Gators Gymnastics team has finished 3rd, 3rd, and 4th nationally under > Jenny. > > No, they’re not slipping under her leadership. > > > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > PARKS > > 305B Indian Lake Blvd > > Suite 220 > > Hendersonville TN 37075 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Sandy Alonso > *Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2019 2:46 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [gatortalk] Gymnastics under Rowland. > > > > It's true that Alyssa Baumann includes a very difficult skill called an > Onodi, Rachel Gowey does a triple series that is amazing, difficult, and > extremely risky, and Trinity Thomas does one acrobatic series one-handed > where most gymnasts use two hands. They are high-risk routines, no doubt. > The gymnasts who fell Saturday night were Megan Skaggs, who doesn't have > quite as much difficulty in her routine, and Alicia Boren, who lost her > balance on an element that actually was after the most difficult part of > her routine. You have to remember, this is a 4" wide thing they're doing > all this craziness on, and it just takes a landing a few centimeters off > before you're fighting to stay on > > > > The Gymnastics booster club was able to get some individual Q&As with > Coach Rowland and the assistant coaches this year, which was great. One of > the questions that came up was about difficulty in routines, and in the Q&A > with Adrian Burde, he said they often have to tell the gymnasts that some > elements will have to get edited out, as they are going for a balance of > difficulty and consistency with each routine. He said it's hard to > convince them at first, but then they see the logic, especially since NCAA > scoring is so different from Olympic/Elite. > > > > People always forget that even the greatest NCAA gymnasts of all time will > fall. I remember Bridget Sloan falling off the beam, her favorite event > and one she hadn't fallen off of all year, the first night at Nationals in > 2014, eradicating her chances at competing for the All-Around title. I > remember Kytra Hunter "going over" on a handstand during the uneven bars at > SECs in 2013. I also remember that this team under Jenny Rowland ended > third at Nationals last year - higher than anyone would have expected, > considering the inconsistent year they had, and competing without Kennedy > Baker, who got injured at the last regular season meet. I remember that > team was possibly a Kennedy Baker away from actually winning it, if she'd > been there to compete. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 2:50 PM Jerry D. Belloit <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am not a gymnastics expert and I have not been able to watch that many > matches this year. However, I have noticed that on the balance beam, we > seem to be doing high risk/return routines. I am not sure if we would not > have been better off with some slightly scaled down routines. It seems to > me that the extra points gained may not be worth falling off of the beam. > > > > Jerry > > > > *From: *GatorTalk <[email protected]> on behalf of Sandy Alonso < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *GatorTalk <[email protected]> > *Date: *Monday, April 8, 2019 at 2:07 PM > *To: *GatorTalk <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [gatortalk] Gymnastics under Rowland. > > > > I respectfully reply here: nope. > > > > I'm a very committed gymnastics fan, and I've watched this team all season > - every single meet save Arkansas, which wasn't broadcast (and I wasn't > going to Fayetteville to see). Friday was a "big stage" night and they > absolutely killed it on beam, plus had extremely good scores on floor and > bars as they have all season. On Saturday, they outscored themselves on > vault (one of their best team vault scores all year), and were not as crisp > on bars and floor (49.425 on each apparatus; anyone will tell you a team > scoring 49.4 on each event is a championship-caliber team). Unfortunately, > after Amelia Hundley's respectable 9.775 on beam (a little low for her; s/b > around 9.8 - 9.85), Rachel Gowey and Alicia Boren both fell off the beam, > so UF had to count a score. Once that happened, the pressure was ratcheted > up big-time on the remaining beam performers to not stumble. They didn't, > but the pressure led to lower scores all around, so right out of the gate, > UF was 1.5 points behind their normal "pace" for a meet. Throughout the > season, she's done all the right things: such as resting gymnasts here and > there during the season to avoid injury or wearing them out (Elite and > Level 10 gymnasts only compete 4 or 5 times a year; NCAA gymnasts compete > in 9-15 meets in a season less than four months long). Two of the three > assistants (Adrian Burde and Jeremy Miranda) were here with Faehn, only > Owen Field is new. There is nothing that happened on Saturday that was on > account of a lack of training, discipline, or proper encouragement from the > training staff. This team has been stronger than any Faehn team I can > recall on beam, which is the least forgiving of the apparatus. Some times > the athletes can't execute. It just happens. > > > > Just a reminder; even Rhonda Faehn missed the Super Six in 2011 with an > exceptionally talented team. The next year, that team lost to Alabama in > the finals just by a hair before going on to three back-to-back national > championships. > > > > Another thing of note: this is the first year with a new format; if this > had been the old format, nobody would be groaning that UF missed nationals, > as they would have qualified to go to Dallas and compete to be included in > the Super Six (final). > > > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 2:55 PM Charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gymnastics seems to be slipping a bit under Rowland. 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