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Florida gymnastics has season-best showing on SEC’s first Pride Night Share this story Florida Gators For Florida gymnastics, the 2021 season has been one focused on the pursuit of a fourth national title — one that may well have been the Gators’ to lose last spring. But in the wake of social unrest nationally — and some pointed criticisms from former Florida gymnasts about the program itself — it has also been an opportunity to show that the Florida program is strengthened by its diversity. And last Friday, the Gators made that message of equality unmissable by hosting the very fir...

Florida gymnastics downs Georgia despite rare Trinity Thomas fall Share this story Trinity Thomas had an off night. And for Florida gymnastics’ junior superstar and Olympic aspirant, that’s a truly rare sight. But it wasn’t nearly enough to keep the No. 1 Gators from cruising through their first home meet of the season against No. 7 Georgia, notching a respectable 197.250 and thumping the Gym Dogs by more than a point. On the occasion of Thomas’s first fall in almost a year, her classmates — juniors Leah Clapper, Nya Reed, and Sydney Johnson-Scharpf — were the most prominent parts...

The No. 1 Gators Gymnastics team started their season off with a dominant win in Auburn against the No. 14 Tigers. Now, the Gators returned home to face their rival: the No. 7 Georgia GymDogs. Since the Gators lost their last meet against Georgia at the O’Connell Center in 2019, Florida was eager to make a statement win in their home opener. In their first top-10 matchup of the year, Florida defeated Georgia, 197.250-196.075. https://twitter.com/GatorsGym/status/1350227514912751617?s=20 Thomas Starts Strong The Gators started strong in their first event of the night, the vault, earning a 49...

No. 1 Gator Gymnasts Open Home Action with Win Over No. 7 Georgia GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 1 Florida gymnastics opened home action Friday with a win over its most frequent opponent. Florida started home action with a 197.25 – 196.075 win over No. 7 Georgia in front of a sold-out reduced capacity Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center crowd of 2,203. It was the 154th meeting between the two programs and tonight marked the 60th time one of the program’s brought the No. 1 ranking into a meeting. TONIGHT’S MEET The Gators won the four apparatus titles. Junior Trinity Thomas wo...

Florida defeated the Bulldogs 197.250 to 196.075 on a night it finally honored the 2020 senior class.