Florida Gymnastics 2018 Media Supplement
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FLORIDA GYMNASTICS 2018 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT 2018 UF Gymnastics Media Supplement 2pgBios.indd 100 1/3/18 3:36 PM FLORIDA GYMNASTICS 2018 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT 2018 SCHEDULE 2018 University of Florida gymnastics team (front row, from left): Grace McLaughlin, Rachel Gowey, Kennedy Baker, Alicia Boren, Alyssa Baumann, Jazmyn Foberg. Back row: Sierra Alexander, Amanda Cheney, Rachel Slocum, Alex McMurtry, Nicole Webb, Maegan Chant, Megan Skaggs, Amelia Hundley. 2018 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) LOCATION TIME (ET) 1/5 West Virginia (Mountaineer TV) Morgantown, W.Va. 7 p.m. 1/12 LSU (SEC Network) Gainesville, Fla. 6:45 p.m. 1/19 Kentucky (SEC Network) Lexington, Ky. 7 p.m. 1/26 Oklahoma (SEC Network +) Gainesville, Fla. 6:45 p.m. 2/2 Auburn (SEC Network) Auburn, Ala. 7 p.m. 2/9 Alabama (SEC Network) Gainesville, Fla. 6:45 p.m. 2/16 Georgia (SEC Network) Athens, Ga. 7 p.m. 2/23 Gators Link to Pink versus Arkansas (ESPNU-TD) Gainesville, Fla. 6:45 p.m. 3/2 Missouri (SEC Network +) Columbia, Mo. 8 p.m. 3/9 Nebraska (SEC Network +) Gainesville, Fla. 6:45 p.m. 3/24 Southeastern Conference Championships St. Louis, Mo. Session I (SEC Network) 3 p.m. Session II (ESPN2) 7 p.m. 4/7 NCAA Regional Championships TBA TBA NCAA Championships St. Louis, Mo. 4/20 NCAA Semifinal I (ESPN2) 1 p.m. NCAA Semifinal II (ESPN2) 7 p.m. 4/21 NCAA Super Six Team Final (ESPNU) 7 p.m. All times listed are ET GATOR TICKET INFO Season Single Meet Purchase tickets: Reserved Adult Tickets: $35 $8 UAA Ticket Office (Gate 1, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium) Reserved Youth (12 & under) $20 $8 Office hours (M-F): 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Reserved Loge Tickets: $70 Phone: (352) 375-4683 General Admission Adult $20 $5 Web: FloridaGators.com/tickets General Admission Youth (12 & under) Free Free UF Students w/ Gator1 ID Free Season Parking $25 (available to all reserved & general admission season ticket holders) 2018 UF Gymnastics Media Supplement 2pgBios.indd 101 1/3/18 3:36 PM FLORIDA GYMNASTICS 2018 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Media Information 2-3, Back Cover FLORIDA FAST FACTS Television, Internet & FloridaGators.com 2 Location: Gainesville, Fla. UF Athletics Communications Office & Media Services 3 Founded: 1853 Television/Radio Roster Outside Back Cover Enrollment: 54,854 2018 Season Information IFC, 22 President: Dr. W. Kent Fuchs Schedule Inside Front Cover Nickname: Gators Gymnastics Scoring Information 38 Colors: Orange and Blue Gymnastics Staff 4-6 Conference: Southeastern Conference Head Coach Jenny Rowland 4 Facilities: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (9,166) Assistant Coach Adrian Burde 5 Athletics Director: Scott Stricklin Assistant Coach Owen Field. 6 Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Volunteer Coach Jeremy Miranda 6 (supervises gymnastics): Lynda Tealer 2018 Gator Information 7-37 Head Coach: Jenny Rowland (third season) Roster 7 Assistant Coaches: Adrian Burde and Owen Field Gymnast’s Bios 8-37 Volunteer Coach: Jeremy Miranda Television/Radio Roster Outside Back Cover Assistant to the Head Coach: Brittany Arlington 2017 Season Review 39-42 Athletic Communications Gymnastics Contact: Mary Howard Year by Year Results 43-67 ([email protected]) Year by Year Schedule & Results 43-46 Athletic Communications Phone: (352) 375-4683 ext. 6100, 6102, 6103 Gator Coaches Records 46 Athletic Communications FAX: (352) 375-4809 All-Time Series Record 47 Marketing & Promotions Director for Gymnastics: Yanna Pantelis & SEC Championships Results 48-51 John Gandy NCAA Regional Results 52-55 University of Florida Athletics WWW: FloridaGators.com NCAA Championships Results 56-67 Twitter: @FloridaGators, @GatorsGym and @JennyRowlandUF Florida Team Records & Honors 68-81 Facebook: Florida Gymnastics or Florida Gators Top 20 Individual Event and Team Scores 68-71 Accolades (All-Americans, All-SEC, etc) 72-80 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT CREDITS Gator Letterwinners 81 The 2018 Gator Gymnastics Media Supplement was written and compiled by 2018 Opponents 82-83, 47 the University of Florida Athletics Communications Department. Special thanks Opponents 82-83 to Madison Webb for her assistance with the project. All-Time Series Records 47 Fan Support /Attendance Records 84 Front Cover Photography: Tim Casey (Gainesville, Fla.) GATORS LINK TO PINK Design/Typesetting/Production: Summit Athletic Media The University of Florida and the Gators will again host a Breast Cancer (www.summitathletics.com) Awareness meet, with this season’s date set for Feb. 23, 2018 versus Arkansas. Join the Gators for the 2018 Link to Pink meet and show your support for the fight against breast cancer. The Gators play in the confetti after receiving the 2017 NCAA Super Six third-place team trophy. Florida is the only team to finish in the top four in each NCAA Super Six team final since 2012. 1 2018 UF Gymnastics Media Supplement 2pgBios.indd 1 1/3/18 3:36 PM FLORIDA GYMNASTICS 2018 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT MEDIA COVERAGE From the tip of the Panhandle and down through Miami, the University of Florida athletic GATORZONE program attracts statewide interest from newspapers, magazines, television, websites and Beginning its 16th season in the fall of 2017, GatorZone features all the latest news and radio stations. UF holds its fair share of the national spotlight too, as media outlets such as stories on Gator athletics. Join hosts Jeff Cardozo and Megan Parler every Wednesday at ESPN, USA Today and Sports Illustrated track the progress of not only the nationally ranked 5:30 pm on FOX Sports Sun as they keep you up-to-date on all things Orange and Blue. football team, but also the careers of the many Gator world-class athletes. Locally, more than Plus, enjoy in-depth coverage of your favorite Gator student-athletes from UF’s GatorVision dozen media outlets regularly cover the Gators. In addition to daily coverage from the local staff as we highlight their accomplishments both on and off the field. media, many of the state’s larger papers such as the Orlando Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald, Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Florida Times Union and the Tampa Bay Times GatorZone - the award-winning show for the Gator Nation. cover the Gator teams. The UF Communications Department also helps student-athletes’ hometown media follow the careers of Gators from their area. ESPN AND THE SEC: BRING CONFERENCE ACTION TO THE NATION The SEC Network brings 24/7 coverage of Southeastern Conference sports on the new cable channel which started in August of 2014. The SEC-ESPN contract is set to run for 20 seasons, giving the conference unprecedented national exposure. The SEC Network the source for 18 live events. Five of Florida’s SEC Network regular-season appearances are live. Two meets – Jan. 26 versus Oklahoma and Feb. 23 versus Arkansas are tape-delayed. In addition, the March 24 SEC Championship meet airs live, with Session I on the SEC JEFF CARDOZO MEGAN PARLER Network and Session II on ESPN2. Both NCAA Championships’ semifinals air live and the NCAA Super Six team final airs on ESPNU. 2018 FLORIDA GYMNASTICS TELEVISION APPEARANCES The Official Website of the Florida Gators Date Meet Live or Tape-Delayed Reairs FloridaGators.com is the source of updated information about the Florida Gator Jan. 12 LSU at Florida Live Jan. 14 / 1 pm gymnastics team. On the site, the following can be found: Jan. 19 Florida at Kentucky Live Jan. 26 Oklahoma at Florida TD-Jan. 26 / 10pm - bios for gymnasts and coaching staff Feb. 2 Florida at Auburn Live - schedule and results Feb. 9 Alabama at Florida Live Feb. 11 / 8 p.m. - meet photo galleries Feb. 16 Florida at Georgia Live - stories and videos about the team Feb. 23 Arkansas at Florida TD-Feb. 25 / 8pm Live scoring is also available at FloridaGators.com for all home meets. All but the March 24 SEC Championships Live - Session I road opener will stream live on WatchESPN. Live - Session II April 20 NCAA Semifinal I Live – 1 pm NCAA Semifinal II Live – 7 p.m. April 21 NCAA Super Six Live – 7 p.m. In addition, all non-televised Gator home meets will stream live on the SEC Network + platform. Just go to the WatchESPN site on your phone, computer or tablet to watch the action live. The SEC Network camera focuses on Alicia Boren as she prepares to perform on the uneven bars in the 2017 dual with Kentucky. In 2018, the Gators will make five live appearances on the SEC Network. The SEC Network camera focuses on the Gators as Rachel Slocum heads down the Southeastern The SEC Network interviews Amelia Hundley prior to the start of the 2018 season. Prior to each season, the Conference Championships’ vault runway. 2018 SEC Championships’ Session I airs live on the SEC SEC Network visits the campus of each SEC gymnastics school to shoot video and images to use throughout Network and Session II airs live on ESPN2. the season in their broadcasts. 2 2018 UF Gymnastics Media Supplement 2pgBios.indd 2 1/3/18 3:36 PM FLORIDA GYMNASTICS 2018 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT MEDIA INFORMATION GYMNASTICS CONTACT: SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SERVICES: SPECIALTY PUBLICATIONS Mary Howard Through the SEC Network, highlights of SEC events are free Fightin’ Gator / Scout.com Office Phone: (352) 375-4683, ext. 6100 to embed in your website. Please visit SECNetwork.com Bob Redman-Editor Email: [email protected] for embeddable clips of event highlights. The usage of clips Phone: (352) 214-4292 is unlimited. To do so: A. Locate the video you want on the Email: [email protected] PRESS SERVICES: SECNetwork.com website. B. Click the “Tool” icon below Members of the media are supplied with weekly release the video, then click “Share”; Make sure to wait until the InsideTheGators.com / Rivals packages, which contain updated statistics, features, ad ends.