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Florida gymnastics posts best season opener score ever in rout of Auburn Share this story The Florida Gators gymnastics squad had been champing at the bit to start the 2021 season ever since COVID-19 halted what was likely to be a postseason run at a potential fourth national championship in March 2020. Last Friday, the Gators started their 2021 season with a performance that makes clear that possible national title is still on their minds — and very much possible — by notching their highest ever season-opening score in a walkover win at Auburn. Trinity Thomas carried the team to a 197.5...

Special report on the Florida Gators gymnastics team: AUBURN, Ala. – Preseason No. 1 Gator gymnastics used its highest season opening total to claim the win Friday at No. 14 Auburn. Florida started the season with a 197.50 – 195.725 win in front of a sold-out reduced capacity Auburn Arena crowd of 1,100. SEC gymnastics opened 2021 action Friday with each of the four host sites selling out their limited physically-distanced ticket numbers. TONIGHT’S MEET Florida trailed the Tigers by 0.05 after the opening rotation. The Gators’ uneven bars team total of 49.05 was dinged by steps or low...

Denied last year’s title chase, Florida gymnastics enters 2021 with championship dreams Share this story One long national nightmare is over, anyway. This Friday, the Florida Gators team is in Auburn, set to open a season that, thanks to COVID-19, is abbreviated, with teams only competing within the SEC to reduce travel. One thing will be familiar, at least in a sense: For the first time during Jenny Rowland’s tenure as head coach, the Gators start the season ranked No. 1, just edging out the Oklahoma Sooners, where they perched to finish last year’s COVID-shortened season. The rest is ...

Florida proved why its ranked the No.1 team in the country after defeating Auburn 197.500 to 195.725 and breaking its season opener record.