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FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas freshman Hailey Klein earned her first event title and the Razorback gymnasts put up a huge score on their top event, the floor exercise, to place second in the Texas Women's University quad meet Monday in Denton, Texas.
In the team’s first of two meets on the weekend, No. 16 Arkansas faced a stack field and bounced back after a tough second rotation to come in third of four teams at the Metroplex Challenge with a score of 196.800.
To meet this demand, the city has plans to build eight courts at Tom Petty Park. Peter McNiece, project manager for the City of Gainesville, said it has been challenging to keep up with the demand.
While the No. 13 Gymbacks trailed the No. 6 Florida Gators all night heading into Friday’s fourth rotation, a shaky last event put any sort of comeback out of reach as Arkansas was defeated by Florida, 197.850-196.050.
Despite getting better with every event as the night went on, the Tigers proved to be too much for the Gymbacks on Friday night as No. 7 Arkansas fell to No. 5 LSU 198.475-196.200 in Baton Rouge.