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3 NCAA Championships ● 12 SEC Championships ● 9 with 20 NCAA Individual Titles MEET INFORMATION MEET 4 GAINESVILLE, FLA. Date: Friday, Jan. 29 / 6:45 p.m. ET No. 1 Florida Gators No. 24 Missouri Site: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. Head Coach: Jenny Rowland Head Coach: Shannon Welker O’Connell Center (2,200); Gates open at 6 Career: 68-12 / sixth season Career: 51-60/ eighth season p.m. At UF: same At MU: same Television: SEC Network with Olympians John Roethlisberger and Alicia Sacramone 2021: 3-0 / 2-0 SEC 2021: 0-3 / 0-2 SEC Quinn calling the action Video: SEC Network + What’s Happening? Live Stats: FloridaGators.com No. 1 Florida closes January competition Friday when No. 24 Missouri visits the Exactech Arena for a physically Tickets: Sold Out. distanced sold out meet. This meet kicks off five consecutive SEC Network’s Friday Night Heights appearances Series History Florida leads 26-1. Last meeting: UF won for the Gators. (all-time): 196.85-195.60 at Missouri (Jan. 17, 2020). The Gators held off an upset attempt at No. 8 Arkansas, closing the meet with the nation’s No. 2 balance beam GATOR SOCIAL total of 2021 (49.425) to seal a 197.425 – 197.25 win. UF now has the nation’s No. 1 (197.50) and No. 3 (197.425) totals of 2021. Florida claimed at least a share of every event title. Trinity Thomas’ nearly perfect bars Florida Gators Gymnastics routine (9.975) was the high individual mark of the evening. Savanah Schoenherr set her collegiate vault best Florida Gators (9.95) for her first vault win since 2019. Fellow junior Nya Reed claimed her second consecutive floor exercise title, sharing the win with Arkansas’ Bailey Lovett. Senior Megan Skaggs made her first all-around appearance @GatorsGym since the 2019 NCAA Regionals, winning both balance beam (9.95 – collegiate best) and all-around (39.50). @FloridaGators @JennyRowlandUF Florida’s registered a 197.25 or better through its first three meets for the second time in program history (first: gatorsgym 2019). Only four schools – UCLA (2019), Florida (2019 & 2021), LSU (2017) and Oklahoma (2017, 2018 & 2020) floridagators have scored 197.25 through its opening three meets. SEC Weekly honors were claimed Jan. 26 by roommates Schoenherr and Skaggs. Schoenherr picked up her first SEC Event Specialist honor after winning vault with the league’s high vault mark of the weekend (9.95). Skaggs Florida Communications Contact: takes the SEC Gymnast of the Week award after posting her first collegiate all-around win. She also equaled her collegiate beam best of 9.95 to take third career win on the event and first since 2019 SEC Championships. Mary Howard Phone: 352-375-4683 x6100 No. 24 Missouri looks for its first SEC win of 2021 Friday. Florida is Missouri’s fourth consecutive top-12 Email: [email protected] opponent, falling at No. 10 Georgia (196.15-194.25), No. 4 Alabama (195.775 – 195.75) and No. 12 Kentucky (195.775 – 195.35). Two Tigers have competed as all-arounders this season – Amaya Marshall (2021 best 39.20) DID YOU KNOW? Sienna Schreiber (2021 best 39.25). In MU’s last meet, Schreiber won balance beam (9.875) and shared the uneven bars title (9.825). Her season best all-around (39.25) took second versus Kentucky. SEC Event Specialist It will be a limited crowd for the second consecutive meeting of 2020, sophomore Helen Hu, is out for 2021 with an injury. between Florida and Missouri. In the 2020 pandemic shortened season, Florida claimed its second consecutive SEC regular-season title. Florida’s 7-0 SEC record was its first undefeated record since all league teams began meeting in regular-season Severe winter weather closed the University of Missouri when the action for the 1992 season. Florida ended the season with a 10-0 record and No. 2 in the final national rankings. two teams met on Jan. 17, 2020. The icy rains likely led to many In 2020, Trinity Thomas became the fifth Gator named the SEC Gymnast of the Year. Of the three to earn the fans decision to tune in for SEC Network’s Friday Night Heights maximum of five All-America honors in 2020 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) regular- coverage rather than make the trip to the Hearnes Center (528 season awards, Thomas is the only returner for 2021 season. All-America honors were claimed by three other attendance). Gators in 2020 – Alyssa Baumann (beam, floor), Rachel Gowey (beam) and Savannah Schoenherr (bars). The COVID-19 pandemic places fan capacity limitations for sport Florida Head Coach Jenny Rowland is in her sixth season with the Gators in 2021. Rowland swept all 2020 venues. Gator gymnastics sold out its physically-distanced ticket coaching honors, as she was named WCGA National, Region 5 and SEC Coach of the Year. In her first five allotment of 2,200 for each of its four 2021 home meets. seasons, the Gators won the 2016 SEC Championship and the 2019 & 2020 SEC regular-season titles. The team reached the NCAA team final in her first three season, finishing fourth (2016) and third (2017 & 2018). Eleven Gators collected 40 All-America honors in NCAA competition under Rowland, including winning seven NCAA event titles (Bridget Sloan: 2016 all-around, uneven bars, balance beam; Alex McMurtry: 2017 all-around, uneven bars; 2018 vault; Alicia Boren: 2019 floor exercise). UF returns four with 18 All-America honors - Alyssa Baumann, Savannah Schoenherr, Megan Skaggs and Trinity Thomas. From the final regular SEC meet of 2020 (at Georgia), UF returns 17 routines. Four freshmen join the Gators in 2021. Chloi Clark (Denver, Colo.), Gabrielle Gallentine (Iron Station, N.C.) and Ellie Lazzari (Wheaton, Ill.) all competed at Junior Olympics Level 10 National Championships. Lazzari won 2019 J.O. Junior F all-around, beam and floor titles. Gallentine took third in 2017 J.O. Junior B all-around and Clark tied for fourth in 2019 J.O. Senior B vault competition. Both Gallentine and Lazzari competed as Junior International Elites. Alex Magee was third on bars and fourth in both all-around and floor in 2019 Florida L10 State Championships. MEET COACH ROWLAND 2021 GATOR GYMNASTICS ROSTER Jenny Rowland, one of the nation’s rising coaching talents, is in her sixth season as NAME EVTS HT CL HOMETOWN (CLUB) University of Florida’s head gymnastics coach. Alyssa Baumann AA 5-1 SR Dallas, Texas (WOGA) Rowland is the seventh head coach for the Leah Clapper AA 4-11 JR Ann Arbor, Mich. (Gym America) Gator program, which is in its 49th season in Chloi Clark AA 5-2 FR Denver, Colo. (Colorado Gymnastics Inst.) 2021. Jazmyn Foberg AA 5-2 SR Bayville, N.J. (MG Elite) Gabrielle Gallentine AA 5-0 FR Iron Station, N.C. (Everest Gymnastics) Sydney Johnson-Scharpf V, BB, 4-11 JR Clermont, Fla. (Brandy Johnson's Global Rowland swept 2020 coaching awards – Women’s Collegiate FX Gymnastics) Gymnastics Association (WCGA) National, Region 5 and Ellie Lazzari AA 5-0 FR Wheaton, Ill. (Legacy Elite Gymnastics) Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year. She also shared the Alex Magee AA 5-4 FR Orlando, Fla. (Orlando Metro) 2016 SEC Coach of the Year honor with Arkansas’ Mark Cook. Nya Reed AA 5-3 JR Landover, Md. (Capital Gymnastics NTC) Payton Richards AA 5-1 SO Mokena, Ill. (Aerials Gymnastics) Rowland’s experiences from the sport’s highest level are the same Savannah Schoenherr AA 5-3 JR Columbus, Ga. (Georgia Elite) as many current Gators. She is a former U.S. National Team Megan Skaggs AA 5-3 SR Marietta, Ga. (Gymnastics Academy of member, a collegiate All-American and was named a 2015 National Atlanta) Collegiate Assistant of the Year. Halley Taylor AA 5-2 JR Tampa, Fla. (LaFleur’s Gymnastics Tampa) Trinity Thomas AA 5-3 JR York, Pa. (Prestige Gymnastics) Rowland is a Category 3 International Brevet level judge. She served on the judging panel for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Staff: Pronunciation Guide: Olympic Trials. Head Coach: Jenny Rowland Alyssa Baumann – Baugh-man In the fall of 2019, Rowland was appointed to the NCAA Women's Assistant Coaches: Adrian Burde & Owen Field Chloi Clark – KLO-ee Gymnastics Committee. Her term runs through the 2023 season. Volunteer Coach: Jeremy Miranda Jazmyn Foberg – FOE-berg Assistant to the Head Coach: Brittany Arlington Gabrielle GALLENTINE – rhymes with Valentine Managers: Natalie Hoffman & Shea Wheeler Sydney Johnson-SCHARPF - shärpf Rowland’s Coaching Career: Athletic Trainer: Janet Taylor Ellie LAZZARI – La-zar-ee At Florida: NYA Reed – nī-uh Florida reached the NCAA Super Six team final in each of Payton Richards - Peyton Rowland’s first three seasons with the Gators, taking fourth in 2016 Savannah SCHOENHERR – Shane-hair and third in 2017 & 2018. Rowland swept all coaching awards in Halley Taylor – hAE-lee (rhymes with valley) 2020 (national, region & SEC) after the Gators finished at No. 2 with a 10-0 record in the pandemic shortened season. She claimed her Jenny Rowland – ROE-lund first SEC Coach of the Year honor in 2016 when the Gators won the Adrian Burde - bur-DAY SEC Championship meet. Florida won the last two SEC regular- season titles – 2019 (6-1 record) and 2020 (7-0). Returning All-Americans: Four with 18 honors Alyssa Baumann 2020 – beam, floor; 2019 – beam; 2018 – beam, floor Gators won NCAA individual event titles in each of the last four Savannah 2020 – bars; 2019 vault (NCAA) NCAA Championships. Bridget Sloan won the 2016 NCAA all- Schoenherr around and shared that season’s uneven bars and balance beam titles.