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Sophomore gymnast Alyssa Baumann earned SEC Specialist of the Week for her performance against Oklahoma on Friday.

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Florida to host Auburn in “Link to Pink” Meet

By River Wells | Feb. 7, 2019

There are only two SEC gymnastics teams unbeaten in conference play. Come tonight, there will only be one.

Senior gymnast Alicia Boren has competed in three "Link to Pink" meets during her time at UF. "Take a chance and enjoy competing for someone else...take a second to go speak to them and thank them," she said.

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What the “Link to Pink” meet means to Florida

By River Wells | Feb. 5, 2019

The Gators’ gymnastics team may be competing in a regular season meet against Auburn on Friday, but there’s nothing regular about it.

Florida gymnast Alyssa Baumann equaled two collegiate-best scores on Friday against Oklahoma. Her 9.975 on the beam and her 9.950 on floor were tied for the best scores of her career.

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Florida shows why it’s a top team despite loss

By River Wells | Feb. 3, 2019

It counts as a loss in the books. The Gators walked into the Lloyd Noble Center and walked out with their first defeat.

UF gymnast Trinity Thomas earned her second-straight SEC Freshman of the Week honors following her performance at LSU. She recorded an all-around score of 39.650, including  a 9.950 on her floor routine.

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Oklahoma defeats UF, hands Gators first loss

By River Wells | Feb. 1, 2019

Senior Alicia Boren was ready for her beam routine. The Gators were neck and neck with the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners heading into the last rotation.

UF gymnast Trinity Thomas earned SEC Gymnast of the Week for her performance against Kentucky. She scored a 9.975 on the bars against the Wildcats.

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Clash of the Titans: No. 2 Gators face off with No. 1 Oklahoma

By River Wells | Jan. 31, 2019

It’s a paradox as old as time: What happens when the unstoppable force meets the immovable object? For the centuries the phrase has existed, it has never had an answer.

UF gymnast Trinity Thomas performs her beam routine against Missouri on Jan. 11. She scored a 9.850 for her performance.

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UF gymnastics still has room for improvement despite hot start

By River Wells | Jan. 27, 2019

The Florida gymnastics team remains unconquered after a convincing win over the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats.

Senior Alicia Boren scored a 9.950 on the uneven bars and a 9.925 on her floor routine in the No. 3 Gator's win over Kentucky on Friday.

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Gators defeat Kentucky with record-setting bars routine

By River Wells | Jan. 25, 2019

The high scores came rapid fire when the Gators’ gymnastics team hit the bars: 9.950. 9.900. 9.950. 9.975.

UF gymnast Rachel Gowey scored a meet-high 9.925 on the beam against LSU.

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UF set to face off against Kentucky in third SEC meet of the season

By River Wells | Jan. 24, 2019

The Florida gymnastics team faced two Tigers to start the season and felled them both. It’ll be facing off against yet another feline opponent in its return to the O’Connell Center.

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Gators riding high after LSU victory

By River Wells | Jan. 22, 2019

There’s plenty to be excited about if you are coach Jenny Rowland.

Florida freshman Trinity Thomas earned SEC Freshman of the Week for her performance during Florida’s 197.30-196.45 win over Missouri on Friday. Thomas scored a 9.950 on the uneven bars and a 9.900 on her floor routine, for which she finished third.

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UF ends LSU’s 35-meet home win streak

By River Wells | Jan. 18, 2019

The crowd at Pete Maravich Assembly Center rose to its feet when LSU’s McKenna Kelley finished her floor routine. Kelley needed a 9.975 on the routine for the Tigers to win, and she diligently watched the judges with the rest of her teammates as they wrote down her score: 9.875.

Florida gymnast Alicia Boren earned SEC gymnast of the week for her performance against Missouri on Friday at the O'Connell Center.

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Florida heads to Baton Rouge to face longtime rival in LSU

By River Wells | Jan. 17, 2019

Captain Ahab spends the entirety of the famed 1851 novel Moby Dick attempting to defeat the “white whale.” It’s more of a “white tiger” for the UF gymnastics team.

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Two Gators earn SEC honors for first week of competition

By River Wells | Jan. 15, 2019

Two Gators gymnasts got more than just a win to remember Florida’s first meet of 2019 by.

Florida senior Alicia Boren led the way for the Gators during their season-opening win against Missouri, winning the all-around with a score of 39.575.

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Gators show depth in decisive victory over Missouri

By River Wells | Jan. 13, 2019

The Florida gymnastics team is ranked No. 3 in the nation, and last Friday night, it showed why.

Junior Alicia Boren tied her career-best score on vault with a 9.95 in Florida's win over Georgia.

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UF defeats Missouri in season opener

By River Wells | Jan. 11, 2019

The moment rapper T.I’s 2004 hit “Bring Em Out” began to pump through the loudspeakers at the O’Connell Center, the crowd of almost 8,500 people bounced up and down with primal yells.

UF gymnast Alyssa Baumann was taken to Shands Hospital for a precautionary evaluation after falling off the uneven bars in practice.

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Star gymnast injured, out for season-opener against Missouri

By River Wells | Jan. 10, 2019

When the No. 3 Florida Gators take to the O’Connell Center to face off against the Missouri Tigers tonight, they’ll be missing one of their standout gymnasts.

Sophomore Alyssa Baumann earned First-Team All-America and All-SEC honors in her freshman campaign with the Gators.

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National title aspirations no stretch heading into UF’s 2019 campaign

By River Wells | Jan. 6, 2019

Since UF gymnastics took home the NCAA title three years in a row from 2013-2015, it has made repeated trips deep into the postseason, reaching the Super Six twice.

Senior Rachel Slocum tied for a first-place finish in vault during the NCAA Regionals on April 7. She and two other seniors competed in their last meet during the Super Six on Saturday.

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UF moving on from third-place finish at Super Six

By Alana Gomez | Apr. 22, 2018

As it marched out to The Chainsmokers’ “Something Just Like This,” the Florida gymnastics team danced, Gator Chomped and smiled, hyping up the crowd at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis on Saturday night with its infectious energy. Even UCLA’s fans participated in the fun, doing the Gator Chomp back to UF as it lined up single file on stage to collect its third-place trophy at the NCAA Super Six team final. There were no signs that the team had just lost a national title to UCLA by .225 of a point.

Senior Alex McMurtry scored a season-high 9.975 in uneven bars in Florida's third-place finish at the Super Six on Saturday.

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Florida finishes third at Super Six, UCLA wins national title

By Alana Gomez | Apr. 21, 2018

For the second night in a row, the Gators gymnastics team held the same narrative. Similar to its performance at the NCAA Championships on Friday, it all came down to the floor routine if Florida wanted to stay afloat in the Super Six team finals on Saturday night in St. Louis, Missouri.

Florida's gymnastics team finished second at the NCAA Championships on Friday night in St. Louis, securing a spot in Saturday's Super Six team final.

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Gators take second at NCAA Championships, advance to Super Six

By Alana Gomez | Apr. 20, 2018

In her final pass on floor, freshman Alyssa Baumann carried a heavy burden.

Junior Alicia Boren and the Florida gymnastics team are in St. Louis to compete in the NCAA Championships tonight at 7. Oklahoma, Utah, Washington, California and Kentucky are the other teams competing in UF's group.

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Gators' national title hopes on the line tonight in St. Louis

By Alana Gomez | Apr. 19, 2018

Alicia Boren isn’t one to make predictions.