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A deep lineup that challenged for a national championship in 2021 got reinforcements for its charge at the 2022 crown.

The average daily routine of a student-athlete usually consists of school, practice and competition without room for variance. But Gators gymnastics junior Leah Clapper has developed several hobbies like posting on her food blog and podcast. She achieved these goals while she starred for the best gymnastics team in the country. Clapper earned a 3.98 GPA while dual-enrolled. She is set to finish her undergraduate degree in Advertising this summer and has started classes for her Master’s. Leah and her sister, Lily Clapper, launched their food blog on May 6, 2018, called “Zest and Finesse.�...

Plotting out Florida’s recipe for Four on the Floor success Share this story Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Florida’s gymnastics team will be competing for a national championship — their first since 2015 — at the NCAA Championships on Saturday. They’ll also take to the various apparatuses in Fort Worth knowing exactly how fortunate they are to be getting to perform on the last day of this season. In their first NCAA semifinal as a team since 2018, the Gators finished with a 197.4375 —behind Michigan (197.8625), and well below their ceiling, but ahead of California (197.3625), and...

Senior Alyssa Baumann noted after the NCAA Regional in Athens, Georgia, that Regionals can be harder than the NCAA National because there is not as much excitement; teams don’t win titles at Regionals, so it is harder to get as motivated to compete at a high level, and teams can suffer because of that. As the Florida Gators entered the National Semifinal, they needed to avoid a similar situation. The National Final was a mere 24 hours away, the meet where a national champion will be crowned. However, the Gators had not booked a ticket yet; Florida needed a top-two finish at the National Sem...

Florida gymnastics seeks Four on the Floor berth at NCAA Championships Share this story The last four years have been a roller-coaster ride for Florida Gators gymnastics in postseason competition. In 2018, Florida headed to the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 team and finished third behind UCLA and Oklahoma. In 2019, the Gators went into NCAA Regionals ranked No. 4 in the country, but fell to Oregon State at the Corvallis Regional, missing a chance to make nationals after having to count a fall on beam. In 2020, Florida showed consistency and earned high scores all season long, looking like t...