When I couldn’t find anything at all about the gymnastics team last night, or early this morning, I was afraid something like this had happened. Like I said, let’s get the bugs out now. NCAAs in April is the place to win it all, next.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: March 21, 2021 at 10:30:05 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Gator gymnasts place third at SEC Championship > meet > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Gator gymnasts place third at SEC Championship meet > Special to Gatorsports.com > > > HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —The Florida gymnastics team, the SEC regular-season > champion and the SEC Championship meet's top seed, finished third after some > struggles Saturday in the Von Braun Center. > > Florida never led after a fall or major break on each rotation. > > "It wasn't one of the Gators' best meet," UF coach Jenny Rowland said. "The > momentum [made it] hard to continue to move forward throughout the evening, > which makes for a really challenging competition. > > "On beam, the momentum picked up. We had five really solid hit routines after > [Payton Richard's fall], so momentum was flowing, momentum was going > forward." > > Alabama claimed its 10th title and first since 2015 at 197.875. LSU was > second at 197.775. Florida was third with a season-low 196.975. Rounding out > Saturday's results were Kentucky (196.825), Auburn (196.275), Missouri > (196.125) and Arkansas (195.60). > > LSU led all teams on vault (49.625) and floor (49.50). Alabama had top total > on bars (49.425) and Florida again led on beam (49.525). Florida was forced > to count a fall on bars for the first time since 2010. > > Florida's Trinity Thomas, the nation's top all-arounder, was limited to just > uneven bars Saturday. She injured her ankles during uneven bars warm-up at > Alabama on March 5. > > A pair of Gators were among a four-way tie for first on beam. It was the > third consecutive SEC beam title for senior Alyssa Baumann, becoming the > first in the event's 40-year history to win three beam titles. Her winning > marks were 9.975 (2018) and 9.95 (2019, 2021). > > Freshman Ellie Lazzari is the first freshman to claim a share of the beam > title since Baumann won 2018 title. > > "I just wanted to finish out strong, and [with it] being my freshman year, I > just wanted to soak everything in and experience all the amazing energy in > the arena, so I was really excited about my performance," Lazzari said. > > "I always know that this team has my back, and I will always have theirs, and > I just want to pick up the momentum and get the fire going, so that's what I > did." > > Florida finds out where it will head for NCAA Regional Championship action > Monday. Four sites will play host to NCAA Regional action the first weekend > of April. The reveal for the regional fields is at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com. > > "I really am 100 percent confident that this team has the courage to take the > step forward and continue to do what they've been doing, and training with > that confidence and conviction," Rowland said. > > "(We will) reset, refocus, and that's what these Gators are really good at. > They have that strength, they have that courage, and I know this is gonna > sting a lot for them, but it's going to give them that little fuel to > continue to take those steps forward and persevere for a couple more meets. > That's what we have ahead of us, and I know the Gators are going to finish > strongly." > > SEC honors > > Four Gators earned All-SEC or SEC All-Freshman in Saturday's competition. > > The All-SEC Team is comprised of the student-athletes with the top two event > scores (including ties) in each session of the SEC Championships. The > All-Freshman team is comprised of the freshmen student-athlete with the top > score (including ties) on each event in each SEC Championships' session. > > Alyssa Baumann, Beam > > Leah Clapper, Beam > > Ellie Lazzari, Beam, (Freshman All-Around, Beam team) > > Megan Skaggs, Bars > > "I was glad that I was able to do that beam routine because we really needed > it at the time," Baumann said. > > "It was a goal going into this meet to win beam again so I was happy I was > able to do that." > > SEC Scholar-Athlete: Leah Clapper > > Earlier Saturday, junior Leah Clapper was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of > the Year. This is the fourth such honor for the Gator program and Clapper is > the first to receive the award since Alex McMurtry claimed the 2017 and 2018 > honors. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Shane’s iPhone > Go Gators! > -- > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gatornews/EC0EC491-8706-4103-A22E-481A9E561412%40gmail.com. -- -- 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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