2015 SEC Gymnastics Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications (Gymnastics Contact) [email protected] • Twitter: SEC Jill Week 4 • February 3, 2015
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2015 SEC Gymnastics Jill Skotarczak, Assistant Director of Communications (Gymnastics Contact) [email protected] • Twitter: SEC_Jill Week 4 • February 3, 2015 SEC Gymnast of the Week SEC Gymnastics Standings Kytra Hunter • Florida Team SEC Pct. Overall Pct. High Senior • Frederick, Md. LSU 3-0 1.000 6-1 .857 197.425 Alabama 2-1 .667 3-1 .750 197.400 Hunter used the nation’s second-highest all-around total of Florida 2-1 .667 3-1 .750 197.600 2015 – and the leading mark among SEC gymnasts – to claim Georgia 2-1 .667 2-3 .400 196.975 her fourth consecutive title of 2015 Friday versus No. 11 Geor- Auburn 1-1 .500 3-1 .750 197.075 gia. Her 39.675 give her career win No. 16, which ties her for Arkansas 1-2 .333 2-4 .333 196.325 sixth all-time among the Gators. Season-high marks of 9.975 for Missouri 0-2 .000 4-2 .667 195.850 the second consecutive week gave Hunter the vault title and Kentucky 0-3 .000 2-3 .400 195.625 a share of the floor win. The three event wins versus Georgia brings her career total to 68, moving her to fourth all-time This Week in SEC Gymnastics among the Gators. The floor win was the 26th of her career and she is now three away from tying Florida’s career floor winner Friday, February 6 Melissa Miller, who set the record in 1989. Her winning floor (T11) Auburn at (6) Alabama .............................................8 p.m. mark of 9.975 equals the nation’s high floor mark of 2015 and (ESPN2 Tape Delay - 2/8 at 12:30 p.m.) she is the only gymnast to turn in the mark in multiple floor (2) Florida at (8) Arkansas .................................................8 p.m. performances. The vault win is No. 19, as she already leads (SEC Network Tape Delay - 2/9 at 9 p.m.) Gator gymnasts all-time in vault victories. (9) Georgia at (3) LSU# ......................................................8 p.m. (23) Kentucky at Missouri .............................................7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 8 SEC Specialist of the Week Lindenwood at Missouri ....................................................4 p.m. Brandie Jay • Georgia Junior • Fort Collins, Colo. All times Eastern and subject to change # - SEC Network Jay registered a pair of 9.925s and a 9.9 to help Georgia score + - SEC Network + a 196.950 on the road against No. 3 Florida. Her routines all placed in the top three, including a second place finish on vault with a 9.925. She also tied her season high on bars with a 9.9 to Last Week’s SEC Gymnastics Results tie for third and equaled her season-best on floor with a 9.925 to tie for third. Friday, January 30 (6) Alabama def. (T25) Kentucky ......................196.700-195.625 Lexington, Ky. (3) Florida def. (11) Georgia..............................197.600-196.500 Gainesville, Fla. Missouri ..........................................................................195.850 SEC Freshman of the Week Lindenwood ....................................................................194.700 Southeast Missouri .........................................................193.600 Kennedy Baker • Florida Cape Girardeau, Mo. Freshman • Dallas, Texas (T12) Auburn def. Air Force ..............................196.625-190.900 Baker posted three collegiate best event marks, which led to Auburn, Ala. a collegiate-best all-around total of 39.55 to take second in the Jan. 30 dual versus Georgia. That total is the highest posted Saturday, January 31 among the nation’s freshmen and shares the nation’s 10th high- 2015 Metroplex Challenge est total of 2015. Baker used a national high floor mark of 9.975 (1) Oklahoma ..................................................................197.700 to share her first floor event title with teammate Kytra Hunter. (2) LSU ............................................................................197.425 It is the highest floor mark ever posted by a Gator freshman. (8) Arkansas ....................................................................196.250 She opened Florida balance beam set with a collegiate- and Ga- Iowa State .......................................................................193.400 tor season-best 9.925 to take second on the event. Baker also Fort Worth, Texas raised her uneven bars best to 9.85. Media Services SEC Gymnastics Fast Facts 2015 SEC Gymnastics Championship • Southeastern Conference teams have won nine of the last The 2015 SEC Gymnastics Championship will 10 NCAA Championships, including four consecutive, and 18 be held March 21 at the Gwinnett Center in NCAA titles all-time. Three different SEC teams - Alabama, Flor- Duluth, Ga. Media representatives wishing to ida and Georgia - have won NCAA Gymnastics Championships. cover this event should contact Jill Skotarczak • Florida won its second consecutive NCAA Championship in ([email protected]) in the SEC Communica- 2014. Four SEC teams advanced to the Super Six at last sea- tions Office. son’s NCAA Championship. Gymnasts of the Week • In 1998, the SEC entered the record books as the only con- The SEC will announce a Gymnast of the Week, Specialist of ference ever to sweep the top-three spots at the NCAA meet the Week and Freshman of the Week each Tuesday begin- (Georgia, Florida and Alabama). ning Jan. 13. Members of the media wishing to receive these • The SEC has placed at least two teams among the top six in announcements should e-mail Jill Skotarczak (jskotarczak@sec. 31 of the possible 33 NCAA Championship events. A record org). five SEC teams advanced to the NCAA Super Six team final in 2009. SEC Gymnastics on the Internet Information about Southeastern Conference gymnastics is • The SEC leads all conferences in NCAA individual titles (97). available on the Internet via the SEC’s web site – http://www. • Georgia leads all NCAA schools in individual titles (40). secsports.com. The site will be updated each week, following • SEC student-athletes earned 30 All-America honors in 2014. the completion of the weekly release. • The addition of Missouri to the SEC in July 2012 brought the number of league institutions sponsoring gymnastics to eight. The 2013 SEC Gymnastics Championship featured, for the first time, a two-session final. SEC Gymnastics Communications SEC Gymnastics Weekly Honors SEC Jill Skotarczak (205) 458-3000 Jan. 13 [email protected] Gymnast of the Week: Jessie Jordan, LSU Specialist of the Week: Bridget Sloan, Florida Alabama Roots Woodruff (205) 348-2088 Freshman of the Week: Shauna Miller, Missouri [email protected] Jan. 20 Co-Gymnasts of the Week: Amanda Wellick, Arkansas & Jessie Jordan, LSU Arkansas Chris Caskey (479) 575-4898 Specialist of the Week: Alex McMurtry, Florida [email protected] Freshman of the Week: Kennedy Baker, Florida Auburn Chuck Gallina (334) 844-9800 Jan. 27 Gymnast of the Week: Rheagan Courville, LSU [email protected] Specialist of the Week: Kaitlyn Clark, Alabama Florida Mary Howard (352) 375-4683 x 6110 Freshman of the Week: Paige Zaziski, Arkansas Feb. 3 [email protected] Gymnast of the Week: Kytra Hunter, Florida Georgia Ben Beaty (706) 542-1621 Specialist of the Week: Brandie Jay, Georgia Freshman of the Week: Kennedy Baker, Florida [email protected] Feb. 10 Kentucky Charlie Healy (859) 257-3838 Gymnast of the Week: [email protected] Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: LSU Jake Terry (225) 578-7678 Feb. 17 [email protected] Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Missouri Kate Lakin (573) 884-8519 Freshman of the Week: [email protected] Feb. 24 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: Mar. 3 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: Mar. 13 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: Mar. 17 Gymnast of the Week: Specialist of the Week: Freshman of the Week: 2015 SEC Gymnastics Broadcast Schedule 2015 GymInfo Team Rankings (2/2/2015) Date Time (ET) Meet Network Rank Team Average Fri, Jan 9 8 p.m. Iowa at LSU SEC Network+ 1. Oklahoma 197.465 8:30 p.m. Arizona at Alabama SEC Network+ 2. Florida 197.131 Sat, Jan 10 4 p.m. Michigan at Georgia SEC Network+ 3. LSU 197.125 Fri, Jan 16 7 p.m. Auburn at Florida SEC Network 4. Utah 197.038 9 p.m. Alabama at Arkansas SEC Network 5. Michigan 196.931 9 p.m. Missouri at Alabama SEC Network+ 6. Alabama 196.625 Fri, Jan 23 8 p.m. Florida at Alabama SEC Network 7. Nebraska 196.138 8 p.m. Arkansas at Auburn SEC Network+ Sun, Jan 25 7 p.m. Kentucky at Georgia* ESPN2 8. Arkansas 195.931 Mon, Jan 26 7 p.m. Missouri at LSU* SEC Network 9. Georgia 195.925 Fri, Jan 30 7 p.m. Georgia at Florida SEC Network 10. Oregon State 195.919 8 p.m. Air Force at Auburn SEC Network+ 11. Auburn 195.875 Mon, Feb 2 9 p.m. Alabama at Kentucky* SEC Network UCLA 195.875 Fri, Feb 6 8 p.m. Georgia at LSU SEC Network 13. Stanford 195.840 Sun, Feb 8 12:30 p.m. Auburn at Alabama* ESPN2 14. Illinois-Champaign 195.806 Mon, Feb 9 9 p.m. Florida at Arkansas* SEC Network 15. Boise State 195.742 Fri, Feb 13 8 p.m. Boise State at Alabama SEC Network+ 16. Penn State 195.713 8 p.m. LSU at Auburn SEC Network 17. Washington 195.531 Sun, Feb 15 7 p.m. Missouri at Florida* ESPN2 18. Arizona 195.470 Fri, Feb 20 7 p.m. Alabama at Georgia SEC Network 9 p.m. Auburn at Missouri SEC Network 19. Denver 195.355 Tue, Feb 24 5 p.m. Florida at LSU* ESPNU 20. California 195.250 Fri, Feb 27 7 p.m. Kentucky at Florida SEC Network 21. Southern Utah 195.206 8 p.m. Georgia at Auburn SEC Network+ 22.