2016 SEC Gymnastics Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications (Gymnastics Contact) [email protected] • Twitter: SEC Jill Week 3 • January 26, 2016
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2016 SEC Gymnastics Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications (Gymnastics Contact) [email protected] • Twitter: SEC_Jill Week 3 • January 26, 2016 SEC Gymnast of the Week SEC Gymnastics Standings Bridget Sloan • Florida Team SEC Pct. Overall Pct. High Senior • Pittsboro, Ind. Florida 1-0 .000 3-0 1.000 197.675 Sloan used the nation’s top all-around total of the weekend to LSU 1-0 1.000 3-0 1.000 196.950 win the event title at No. 8 Auburn. Her total of 39.575 gave her Alabama 2-1 .667 2-2 .500 197.125 the third consecutive all-around title of the season and it was Missouri 1-1 .500 3-1 .750 196.050 the 21st of her career. She shares the nation’s top spot in the Arkansas 1-1 .500 2-3 .400 196.775 all-around (season average 39.575). The total is also the nation’s Georgia 1-1 .500 1-3 .250 196.775 top all-around total in 2016 road competition. Sloan also won Auburn 1-2 .333 2-2 .500 196.275 her third consecutive uneven bars title at Auburn with a 9.925. Kentucky 0-2 .000 1-2 .333 195.175 She was second on beam (9.875), tied for second on floor (9.925) and third on vault (9.85). Sloan owns the nation’s No. 1 (39.65), This Week in SEC Gymnastics No. T2 (39.575) and No. 8 (39.50) all-around total of 2016. She Friday, January 29 ranks in the nation’s top 25 for each apparatus – No. T1 uneven bar (9.925), No. T5 balance beam (9.858), No. T10 floor exercise Alabama at Florida# ..........................................................7 p.m. (9.908) and No. T21 vault (9.858). Georgia at Kentucky ..........................................................7 p.m. Auburn at Arkansas# ....................................................8:30 p.m. Saturday, January 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, Texas) SEC Specialist of the Week LSU, Missouri, Stanford, Washington, Oklahoma ..............8 p.m. Alex McMurtry • Florida All times Eastern and subject to change Sophomore • Midlothian, Va. # - SEC Network + - SEC Network + McMurtry scored marks of 9.90 on each event she competed at No. 8 Auburn. She used a 9.90 to win her third consecutive vault title and used the same mark to claim her first collegiate balance beam win. McMurtry also tied for second on uneven bars at 9.90. The vault win was the 10th of the sophomore’s col- legiate career. McMurtry is No. 2 in the national vault rankings (9.917 average), No. 3 on balance beam (9.90) and No. T10 on Last Week’s SEC Gymnastics Results uneven bars (9.875). Friday, January 22 (10) Arkansas def. (4) Alabama .........................196.700-196.400 Tuscaloosa, Ala. (14) Missouri def. (9) Georgia ...........................195.800-195.350 Columbia, Mo. SEC Freshman of the Week (7) LSU def. (20) Kentucky ................................196.575-195.100 Baton Rouge, La. Britney Ward • Missouri Freshman • Ozark, Mo. (1) Florida def. (8) Auburn ................................197.075-195.900 Auburn, Ala. Ward helped Mizzou upset No. 9 Georgia with a 195.800- 195.350 win over the Gymdogs on Jan. 22. She claimed two event titles as the Mizzou gymnastics team recorded its first-ever SEC dual meet victory. For the second meet in a row, Ward took first on both beam and vault to lead the Tigers. The freshman scored a career-high-tying 9.900 on beam to place first on the event and scored a 9.875 on vault to tie for the title. Ward now leads Mizzou with six event titles on the season, with three each on vault and beam. Media Services SEC Gymnastics Fast Facts 2016 SEC Gymnastics Championship • Southeastern Conference teams have won 10 of the last The 2016 SEC Gymnastics Championship will 11 NCAA Championships, including five consecutive and 19 be held March 19 at the Verizon Arena in North NCAA titles all-time. Three different SEC teams - Alabama, Flor- Little Rock, Ark. Media representatives wishing ida and Georgia - have won NCAA Gymnastics Championships. to cover this event should contact Jill Skotarczak ([email protected]) in the SEC Communica- • Florida is the three-time defending National Champion. Five tions Office. SEC teams advanced to the semifinals and three to the Super Six at the 2015 NCAA Championships. Gymnasts of the Week The SEC will announce a Gymnast of the Week, Specialist of • In 1998, the SEC entered the record books as the only con- the Week and Freshman of the Week each Tuesday begin- ference ever to sweep the top three spots at the NCAA meet ning Jan. 12. Members of the media wishing to receive these (Georgia, Florida and Alabama). announcements should e-mail Jill Skotarczak (jskotarczak@sec. org). • The SEC has placed at least two teams among the top six in 33 of the possible 34 NCAA Championship events. A record SEC Gymnastics on the Internet five SEC teams advanced to the NCAA Super Six team final in Information about Southeastern Conference gymnastics is 2009. available on the Internet via the SEC’s web site – http://www. secsports.com. The site will be updated each week, following • The SEC leads all conferences in NCAA individual titles (99). the completion of the weekly release. • Georgia leads all NCAA schools in individual titles (40). • SEC student-athletes earned 25 first-team and 20 sec- ond-team All-America honors in 2015. SEC Gymnastics Communications SEC Gymnastics Weekly Honors SEC Jill Skotarczak (205) 458-3000 Jan. 12 [email protected] Gymnast of the Week: Bridget Sloan, Florida & Myia Hambrick, LSU Specialist of the Week: Shae Zamardi, LSU Alabama Roots Woodruff (205) 348-2088 Freshman of the Week: Sarah Finnegan, LSU [email protected] Jan. 19 Gymnast of the Week: Bridget Sloan, Florida Arkansas Bryan Fyalkowski (479) 575-3696 Specialist of the Week: Britney Ward, Missouri [email protected] Freshman of the Week: Alicia Boren, Florida Auburn Kendra Willard (334) 844-9800 Jan. 26 Gymnast of the Week: Bridget Sloan, Florida [email protected] Specialist of the Week: Alex McMurtry, Florida Florida Mary Howard (352) 375-4683 x 6110 Freshman of the Week: Britney Ward, Florida Feb. 2 [email protected] Gymnast of the Week: Georgia Steven Colquitt (706) 542-1621 Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: [email protected] Feb. 9 Kentucky Steve Sommer (859) 257-3250 Gymnast of the Week: [email protected] Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: LSU Jake Terry (225) 578-7678 Feb. 16 [email protected] Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Missouri Kate Lakin (573) 884-8519 Freshman of the Week: [email protected] Feb. 23 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: Mar. 1 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: Mar. 8 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: Mar. 15 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: 2016 SEC Gymnastics Broadcast Schedule 2016 Road to Nationals Rankings (1/25/2016) Date Time (ET) Meet Network Rank Team Avg. Sat, Jan 9 5 p.m. Oklahoma at LSU SEC Network+ 1. Florida 197.192 Fri, Jan 15 7 p.m. Missouri at Alabama SEC Network 2. Oklahoma 197.094 7 p.m. UCLA at Florida SEC Network+ 3. Michigan 196.938 8 p.m. Kentucky at Auburn SEC Network+ 4. UCLA 196.758 8:30 p.m. Georgia at Arkansas SEC Network 5. Alabama 196.688 Sun, Jan 17 3 p.m. Oklahoma at Arkansas SEC Network+ 6. LSU 196.450 Mon, Jan 18 2 p.m. Stanford at Georgia SEC Network+ 7. Utah 196.342 Fri, Jan 22 7 p.m. Arkansas at Alabama SEC Network 8 p.m. Georgia at Missouri SEC Network+ 8. Arkansas 195.113 8:30 p.m. Florida at Auburn SEC Network 9. Auburn 196.106 8:30 p.m. Kentucky at LSU SEC Network+ 10. Boise State 195.063 Sun, Jan 24 7:30 p.m. Florida at Auburn** ESPN 11. George Washington 195.800 Mon, Jan 25 9 p.m. Kentucky at LSU* SEC Network 12. Stanford 195.783 Fri, Jan 29 7 p.m. Alabama at Florida SEC Network 13. Georgia 195.769 8:30 p.m. Auburn at Arkansas SEC Network 14. Denver 195.642 Fri, Feb 5 7 p.m. Florida at Georgia SEC Network 15. Oregon State 195.633 8:30 p.m. Arkansas at LSU SEC Network 16. Missouri 195.600 Sun, Feb 7 6 p.m. Florida at Georgia** ESPN2 17. Nebraska 195.342 Tue, Feb 9 5:30 p.m. Kentucky at Alabama* ESPNU 18. Minnesota 195.267 Fri, Feb 12 7 p.m. Arkansas at Florida SEC Network+ 7 p.m. Missouri at Kentucky SEC Network 19. Illinois-Champaign 195.242 8:30 p.m. Alabama at Auburn SEC Network 20. Arizona 195.217 Sat, Feb 13 4 p.m. LSU at Georgia SEC Network+ 21. California 195.150 Sun, Feb 14 6 p.m. Alabama at Auburn** ESPN2 22. West Virginia 195.083 Mon, Feb 15 9 p.m. LSU at Georgia* SEC Network 23. Kentucky 195.033 Fri, Feb 19 7 p.m. Florida at Missouri SEC Network T24. Eastern Michigan 194.992 8:30 p.m. Auburn at LSU SEC Network T24. Southern Utah 194.992 Sat, Feb 20 4 p.m. Oklahoma at Georgia SEC Network+ Fri, Feb 26 7 p.m. LSU at Florida SEC Network 8 p.m. Kentucky at Arkansas SEC Network+ 8:30 p.m. Georgia at Alabama SEC Network Mon, Feb 29 7 p.m.