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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2015 Championship 2 History 4 Brackets 17 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Florida’s McMurtry finishes off triumphant title victory: Alex McMurtry is the youngest member of the Florida gymnastics team. Maybe the 18-year-old isn’t old enough to feel pressure. Maybe she didn’t know she should. On the final rotation Saturday night -- the uneven bars -- Florida needed a 9.95 or better to win its third consecutive NCAA gymnastics title. All McMurtry did was execute her best routine of the season, earning a career-best 9.95 to propel the Gators a final score of 197.850 and the national championship. “I didn’t necessarily know what score I had to get,” McMurtey said. “I think that would have made it even harder for me so I knew I had a job to do and I knew my teammates had my back. Going last is sometimes a good position, sometimes a bad position, and we had five girls hit routines so I knew my teammates had my back and I just had to do my job. It all worked out for me and that was one of the best routines of my career.” “It’s amazing that she came out under this heavy pressure situation as a freshman and performed as well as she did everywhere,” Florida head coach Rhonda Faehn said.“To anchor that bar lineup, to have that fight for every little thing, it’s not only amazing, it speaks volumes for what she will continue to bring to this team in the future, which is exciting.” Faehn had her back to the scoreboard and paid no attention to the other teams competing. Florida, Utah, Oklahoma and Alabama, all separated by just half a point going into the final rotation, were fighting for the ultimate prize. “I was not doing the math. No, and I never am,” Faehn said. “Bridget and Alex were kind of the exclamation points to that [bars] lineup. They went for every- thing.” Bridget Sloan preceded McMurtry on bars and scored a 9.95 of her own. One judge even gave her a perfect 10.00. But it was her floor routine that started Florida’s momentum. After stepping out of bounds in the preliminaries, Sloan nailed the same tumbling pass in the Super Six and earned a 9.95. That score -- along with Kytra Hunter, who scored a 9.975 -- led Florida to a team floor score of 49.65, tying the third-highest floor score in NCAA history. “That floor set was reminiscent, it was right on par with the 2013 floor set we did,” Faehn said. “I’m so proud of the way they carried that momentum through to vault and finishing so strong on bars.” For Sloan to even be in that position is a miracle in and of itself. In the opening meet of the season, she went down with a severely sprained right ankle. She was in a boot and thought her season was done. “Sitting here today, honestly if you had asked me in January are you excited and looking forward to the season, I honestly would have been like, ‘No, I will not be continuing,’ ” Sloan said. “This championship obviously means a lot because it’s our third one in a row but it means the most to me just because I didn’t think I was going to be a part of it. I didn’t think I was going to be competing here today.” Florida joins a very elite group, just Utah and Georgia, as the only schools to win three consecutive titles. Faehn didn’t want to talk about a three-peat before the competition began, but after the confetti fell from the ceiling of the Fort Worth Convention Center, she smiled and exhaled. “When it was over it was like, ‘Wow, we really did it,’ ” Faehn said. “It was not easy this year. By far it was the hardest championship won from the three. By far the hardest, but the most meaningful.” As the three gymnasts walked out of the post-meet press conference, McMurtry left her national championship t-shirt in the chair on the podium. Hunter yelled out to her. “Sweetheart, we’re national champions and you forgot your shirt,” Hunter said. “I’m so sorry,” McMurtry yelled back. That may be the only thing she has to be sorry about. 2015 RESULTS Pl. Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Final SUPER SIX 5. Georgia 49.100 49.350 48.900 49.250 196.600 Pl. Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Final 6. UCLA 49.000 49.250 49.200 48.950 196.400 1. Florida 49.450 49.450 49.300 49.650 197.850 2. Utah 49.550 49.575 49.250 49.425 197.800 Session 2 3. Oklahoma 49.475 49.300 49.575 49.175 197.525 Pl. Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Final 4. Alabama 49.425 49.275 49.200 49.375 197.275 1. Oklahoma 49.550 49.500 48.875 49.475 197.400 5. Stanford 49.250 49.575 49.550 48.875 197.250 2. Alabama 49.475 49.275 48.950 49.400 197.100 6. Auburn 49.075 49.250 48.425 48.875 195.625 3. Auburn 49.225 49.250 49.275 49.325 197.075 4. Nebraska 49.200 49.175 48.875 49.425 196.675 TEAM SEMIFINAL 5. LSU 49.375 49.425 48.275 49.475 196.550 (Note: Top three teams from each semifinal advanced to the 6. Oregon St. 49.000 49.225 48.875 48.775 195.875 team final.) Session 1 Pl. Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Final 1. Florida 49.375 49.450 49.275 49.375 197.475 2. Utah 49.450 49.500 49.175 49.350 197.475 3. Stanford 49.050 49.575 49.300 49.250 197.175 4. Michigan 49.175 49.225 49.250 49.375 197.025 2015 Championship 2 2015 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS VAULT Pl. Name, Team Score (Note: All-around results taken from team Pl. Name, Team Score 12. Nicole Artz, Michigan 9.8125 13. Kayla Williams, Alabama 9.2250 semifinal competition day, all other event 1. Elizabeth Price, Stanford 9.9333 results from individual event finals com- 2. Bridget Sloan, Florida 9.9250 petition day.) 3. Kayla Williams, Alabama 9.8917 FLOOR Haley Scaman, Oklahoma 9.8917 Pl. Name, Team Score ALL-AROUND 5. Kari Lee, Utah 9.8750 1. Kytra Hunter, Florida 9.9625 Pl. Name, Team Score 6. Ali Jackson, Oklahoma 9.8583 2. Brenna McDowell, Oklahoma 9.9500 1. Kytra Hunter, Florida 39.600 7. Brandie Jay, Georgia 9.8500 Nina McGee, Denver 9.9500 Samantha Peszek, UCLA 39.600 8. Myia Hambrick, LSU 9.8167 4. Haley Scaman, Oklahoma 9.9375 3. Caitlin Atkinson, Auburn 39.550 5. Ashleigh Gnat, LSU 9.9125 Rheagan Courville, LSU 39.550 UNEVEN PARALLEL BARS Georgia Dabritz, Utah 9.9125 5. Jessie Jordan, LSU 39.525 Pl. Name, Team Score 7. Talia Chiarelli, Michigan 9.9000 6. Bridget Sloan, Florida 39.425 Sachi Sugiyama, Michigan 9.9000 1. Georgia Dabritz, Utah 9.9625 Nicole Artz, Michigan 39.425 9. Mary Beth Box, Georgia 9.8875 2. Bridget Sloan, Florida 9.9500 Jessie Deziel, Nebraska 39.425 Samantha Peszek, UCLA 9.8875 Brittany Rogers, Georgia 9.9500 Giana O’Connor, Illinois 39.425 11. Hollie Blanske, Nebraska 9.8500 4. McKenzie Wofford, Oklahoma 9.9250 10. Lauren Beers, Alabama 39.400 12. Kennedy Baker, Florida 9.7750 5. Katie Bailey, Alabama 9.9000 11. Nina McGee, Denver 39.375 13. Taylor Rice, Stanford 9.7625 Rheagan Courville, LSU 9.9000 12. Chelsea Tang, Oregon St. 39.350 14. Kari Lee, Utah 9.6125 Keeley Kmieciak, Oklahoma 9.9000 13. Brianna Brown, Michigan 39.325 15. Bridgette Caquatto, Florida 9.3375 Elizabeth Price, Stanford 9.9000 Hollie Blanske, Nebraska 39.325 9. Shae Zamardi, LSU 9.8625 15. Taylor Rice, Stanford 39.275 10. Brenna Dowell, Oklahoma 9.8500 Corrie Lothrop, Utah 39.275 11. Erika Aufiero, Oregon St. 9.8250 17. Kaitlyn Clark, Alabama 39.250 12. Randii Wyrick, LSU 9.2875 Lindsay Mable, Minnesota 39.250 Sachi Sugiyama, Michigan 39.250 EAM 20. Tori Ann Williams, California 39.225 B 21. Brittni Watkins, North Carolina St. 39.200 Pl. Name, Team Score Cami Drouin-Allaire, George 39.200 1. Samantha Peszek, UCLA 9.9500 Washington 2. Ivana Hong, Stanford 9.9375 Mary Jane Horth, Illinois 39.200 3. Madeline Gardiner, Oregon St. 9.9250 24. Caitlin Brown, Iowa St. 39.175 4. Chayse Capps, Oklahoma 9.9125 25. Georgia Dabritz, Utah 39.150 5. Kytra Hunter, Florida 9.8750 26. Kelsey Morris, Boise St. 39.075 Rebecca Clark, Oklahoma 9.8750 27. Taylor Harrison, Ohio St. 39.000 7. Keeley Kmieciak, Oklahoma 9.8625 28. Ashleigh Gnat, LSU 38.975 8. Caitlin Atkinson, Auburn 9.8250 29. Madeline Gardiner, Oregon St. 38.975 Alex McMurtry, Florida 9.8250 30. Sydney Waltz, Kentucky 38.525 Jessie Jordan, LSU 9.8250 31. Michaela Woodford, North Carolina St. 38.350 Talia Chiarelli, Michigan 9.8250 2015 Championship 3 HISTORY RESULTS Year Champion Coach Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site Championship Attendance 1982 Utah Greg Marsden 148.6 Cal St. Fullerton 144.1 Utah 22,316 1983 Utah Greg Marsden 184.65 Arizona St. 183.3 Utah 25,861 1984 Utah Greg Marsden 186.05 UCLA 185.55 UCLA 21,563 1985 Utah Greg Marsden 188.35 Arizona St. 186.6 Utah 21,303 1986 Utah Greg Marsden 186.95 Arizona St.