Gators prepare for championships
By ERICA A. HERNANDEZ | Apr. 14, 2014With five days left in the 2014 gymnastics season and just one practice before the Gators depart for the NCAA Championship, the finish line is clearly in sight.
With five days left in the 2014 gymnastics season and just one practice before the Gators depart for the NCAA Championship, the finish line is clearly in sight.
Kytra Hunter battled more than nerves at the 2014 NCAA Regionals meet. The junior all-arounder competed through an illness she’d been fighting the week prior.
The Gators are gearing up for the meet they’ve been waiting for all season: the 2014 NCAA Championship. With less than two weeks until Florida has to defend the title it claimed for the first time in 2013, coach Rhonda Faehn is looking for some key improvements.
Florida may have fallen — but not too far.
The Gators will be more rested than usual when they compete at the 2014 NCAA University Park Regional on Saturday.
For Bridget Sloan and the rest of the Florida gymnasts, the time for individual goals is over.
A week off gave Florida gymnasts exactly what they need to regroup after an unexpected second-place finish at the 2014 Southeastern Conference Championship.
After a record-breaking regular season, No. 1 Florida couldn’t clinch the 2014 Southeastern Conference Championship title.
Florida may have won its national championship in 2013, but the 2014 squad is far ahead of its predecessor.
Bridget Sloan led the No. 3 Gators to finish their regular season on a high note—a season-high note.
For tonight’s meet, the Gators travel to Columbia, Mo., for the first time since the Tigers joined the Southeastern Conference in 2012.
Although Florida (8-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) has achieved the highest score in the nation this year, the Gators fell from No. 2 to No. 3 in the national rankings Monday.
Alaina Johnson outdid herself in her final meet in the O’Connell Center on Friday.
For the first time this season, Florida will travel to Alabama, but if the Gators continue to succeed, tonight’s outing likely will not be the last.
It may be the quickest event in a gymnastics meet, but vault is far from simple.
There are two names on the Florida gymnastics roster that will send a crowd into a frenzy — Kytra Hunter and Bridget Sloan.
There are two names on the University of Florida gymnastics roster that will send a crowd into a frenzy.
No. 2 UF will take on an equal challenger in No. 3 LSU at the O’Connell Center tonight, but two Gators will have personal challenges out on the floor.
Kytra Hunter pretty much summed it all up after Florida’s home win against Arkansas (197.525-196.025) on Valentines Day.
Senior all-arounder Alaina Johnson took to the floor for the first time in more than a year on Feb. 7 in Florida’s (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) win against Kentucky. Johnson’s 2014 debut floor score (9.825) tied with two others for fourth overall in the meet.