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GAINESVILLE, FLA. What's Happening?

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GAINESVILLE, FLA. Date: Friday, Jan. 10 / 6:45 p.m. ET Preseason No. 3 Gators Preseason No. 19 Arkansas Site: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. Head Coach: Jenny Rowland Head Coach: O’Connell Center (9,166) Career (5th season): 55-12 Career (1st season): 0-0 Television: None At UF: same At UA: same Video: SEC Network + Live Stats: FloridaGators.com 2019: 13-3 / 6-1 SEC 2019: 1-7 / 0-7 SEC Tickets: Reserved - $8; General admission - $5 / children 12 & under $1 UF Students with Gator1 admitted free. What’s Happening? Contact UF Ticket Office at 352-375-4683 2020 Gator gymnastics action begins Friday with a home meet versus No. 19 Arkansas. This is the first of for more information nine consecutive meets versus teams ranked in the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Series History UF leads 43-3. Last meeting: UF was preseason top 25. (all-time): second in 2019 SEC Championships (197.75) and Arkansas was fifth (196.475). This is the 17th time since the Southeastern Conference began sponsoring gymnastics for the 1981 Promotions: Pop-Sockets: First 2,000 fans receive a season (and second consecutive) the Gators open home action versus a league opponent. This is the first 2019 SEC champions pop-socket time UF opens a season with Arkansas and it is the third time UF opens SEC action versus the Razorbacks (2003, 2010).

Florida opens 2020 with the same team it faced in the finale of 2019 regular-season league action. The Gymnastics Gators met Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., on March 1. The 197.225-196.35 win gave Florida sole Florida Gators possession of the 2019 SEC regular-season team title with a 6-1 record. Later that month at the SEC @GatorsGym Championships in New Orleans, Florida took second (197.75) and Arkansas placed fifth (196.475). @FloridaGators @JennyRowlandUF Florida Head Coach Jenny Rowland begins her fifth season with the Gators in 2020. In her first four seasons, the Gators won the 2016 Southeastern Conference Championships and the 2019 SEC regular- gatorsgym season titles. The team reached the NCAA team final in her first three season, finishing fourth (2016) and floridagators third (2017 & 2018). Eleven Gators collected 40 All-America honors in NCAA competition in the last four years, including winning seven NCAA event titles (: 2016 all-around, , ; Alex McMurtry: 2017 all-around, uneven bars; 2018 ; Alicia Boren: 2019 exercise).

Florida Communications Contact: Friday’s meet opens the head coaching career of Arkansas’ Jordyn Wieber. A member of the U.S.’s gold Mary Howard medal team at the 2012 Olympics and 2011 World all-around champion, Wieber served as team manager Phone: 352-375-4683 x6100 at UCLA for three seasons and was the Bruins volunteer coach the last three seasons. The Bruins Email: [email protected] advanced to the NCAA team final each of the last four seasons, winning the 2018 NCAA Championship. She replaced Mark Cook, who led the Razorbacks from the program’s first season in 2003 until his retirement at the conclusion of the 2019 season.

Florida’s Top 12 Season Opening Scores The Gators missed advancing to the 2019 NCAA Championships after taking third in the NCAA Corvallis Date UF Score Meet Site Regional final. It was the second time in the NCAA Championships’ 38-year history Florida didn’t advance 1/11/19 197.300 Missouri H to the NCAA Championships. Four Gators advanced as individual competitors to the 2019 NCAA 1/11/08 197.125 Illinois-Chicago H Championships, with Boren and then freshmen Savannah Schoenherr and Trinity Thomas earning All- 1/8/17 197.100 North Carolina State A America honors. Boren claimed a share of the NCAA floor title, becoming the third Gator to win the floor 1/11/15 196.925 Ball State A crown. 1/7/11 196.925 Nebraska H 1/8/16 196.825 Texas Woman’s U A Florida returns six with 17 All-America honors - Alyssa Baumann, Rachel Gowey, Amelia Hundley, 1/11/14 196.650 UCLA A Savannah Schoenherr, Megan Skaggs and Trinity Thomas. Twenty Gators routines return from the 1/4/13 196.575 Ball State H 2019 NCAA Regional final. 1/11/03 196.575 Super Six Challenge A 1/5/07 196.550 Super Six Challenge A For the third time in the program’s 48-year history, just one freshman joins the Gator roster for the 2020 1/9/09 196.500 H season (also one freshman in 1984 and 1990). Payton Richards of Mokena, Ill., shared the 2017 Junior 1/6/12 196.025 NC State A Olympic Level 10 Senior A beam title and was runner-up in all-around and bars. She recorded three top- four individual finishes in 2018 JO Senior D competition - floor exercise (tied for third), all-around (4th) and uneven bars (T4th).

The Gators join many other collegiate gymnastics teams across the nation in wearing yellow ribbons to honor Melanie Coleman. After suffering spinal injuries following an uneven bars training fall, the Southern Connecticut State junior died on Nov. 10, 2019.

2020 GATOR GYMNASTICS ROSTER Jenny Rowland, one of the nation’s rising coaching talents, is in her fifth season as NAME EVTS HT CL HOMETOWN (CLUB) ’s head gymnastics coach. Sierra Alexander V, FX 5-7 SR Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (West Broward Rowland is the seventh head coach for the Gymnastics Academy) Gator program, which is in its 48th season in Alyssa Baumann AA 5-1 JR Dallas, Texas (WOGA) 2020. Maegan Chant AA 5-3 SR Waterdown, Ontario (World Class Gymnastics)

Leah Clapper AA 4-11 SO Ann Arbor, Mich. (Gym America) She shared the 2016 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year Jazmyn Foberg AA 5-2 JR Bayville, N.J. (MG Elite) honor with Arkansas’ Mark Cook. She joins volleyball’s Mary Wise Rachel Gowey AA 5-1 SR Urbandale, Iowa (Chow’s Gymnastics) (1991) as a Gator coach who claimed SEC Coach of the Year Amelia Hundley AA 5-5 SR Hamilton, Ohio (Cincinnati Gymnastics) honors in their first season at UF. Sydney Johnson-Scharpf V, BB, 4-11 SO Clermont, Fla. (Brandy Johnson's Global FX Gymnastics)

Nya Reed AA 5-3 SO Landover, Md. (Capital Gymnastics NTC) Rowland’s experiences from the sport’s highest level are the same Payton Richards AA 5-1 FR Mokena, Ill. (Aerials Gymnastics) as many current Gators. She is a former U.S. National Team Savannah Schoenherr AA 5-3 SO Columbus, Ga. (Oconee Gymnastics member, a collegiate All-American and was named a 2015 National Center) Collegiate Assistant of the Year. Megan Skaggs AA 5-3 JR Marietta, Ga. (Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta) Rowland is a Category 3 International Brevet level judge. She Halley Taylor AA 5-2 SO Tampa, Fla. (LaFleur’s Gymnastics Tampa) served on the judging panel for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Trinity Thomas AA 5-3 SO York, Pa. (Prestige Gymnastics) Olympic Trials. Staff: Pronunciation Guide: In the fall of 2019, Rowland was appointed to the NCAA Women's Head Coach: Jenny Rowland Sierra Alexander – see-er-uh Gymnastics Committee. Her term runs through the 2023 season. Assistant Coaches: Adrian Burde & Owen Field Alyssa Baumann – Baugh-man Volunteer Coach: Jeremy Miranda Jazmyn Foberg – FOE-berg Assistant to the Head Coach: Brittany Arlington Amelia Hundley – Hund-lee Rowland’s Coaching Career: Managers: Tory Cohen & Rachel Slocum Sydney Johnson-Scharpf - shärpf At Florida: Athletic Trainer: Janet Taylor 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 was named the 2016 Halley Taylor – hAE-lee (rhymes with valley) Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year after the Gators won that season’s team title. Florida won the 2019 SEC regular-season Jenny Rowland – ROE-lund title with a 6-1 record Adrian Burde - bur-DAY

Gators won NCAA individual event titles in each of the last four Returning All-Americans: Six with 17 honors seasons. Bridget Sloan won the 2016 NCAA all-around and shared Alyssa Baumann 2019 – beam; 2018 – beam, floor that season’s uneven bars and balance beam titles. Alex McMurtry Rachel Gowey 2018 bars, beam (NCAA & regular season won the 2017 NCAA all-around champion and shared that season’s uneven bars crown. She finished her career by claiming a share of Amelia Hundley 2018 bars; 2017 all-around (NCAA & regular season), bars the 2018 vault title. In 2019, Alicia Boren claimed a share of the Savannah 2019 vault NCAA floor title. The Honda Award for gymnastics went to Sloan Schoenherr (2016) and McMurtry (2017), distinguishing them as the nation’s top collegiate gymnast. McMurtry was part of a rare double in 2017 and Megan Skaggs 2019 bars 2018, claiming both the SEC Gymnast (2017)/SEC Event Specialist Trinity Thomas 2019 all-around, bars, floor (NCAA & regular season), beam (2018) and the SEC Scholar-Athlete awards.

In Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) All- Returning All-SEC: Five America regular-season awards, 11 Gators earned 41 honors since Alyssa Baumann 2019 beam@, floor 2016. 2018 beam@

At Auburn: Rachel Gowey 2019 beam@ Rowland came to Florida after spending five seasons at Auburn. 2018 uneven bars017 floor

She joined the Auburn coaching staff as an assistant coach in Amelia Hundley 2018 vault, uneven bars October of 2010 and was elevated to associate head coach in 2017 uneven bars March of 2013. Rowland worked with all aspects of the Auburn gymnastics program, coordinating all of the program's community Megan Skaggs 2019 beam@ outreach efforts and interactions on campus as well as playing an Trinity Thomas 2019 vault@, floor integral role in recruiting and in-gym activities. @-SEC champion

She was named co-National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015 after helping Auburn reach the NCAA Super Six for the first time in The Gator gymnastics team welcomes back Bailey Warner. The team adopted Bailey on Oct. 22 years. 13, 2017 and supported the now 10-year old as she underwent juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma Coaching Career Start in Sooner State: glioma treatment at Shands Hospital in Gainesville. She rang the bell in Shands Pediatric Ward Rowland coached Elite gymnasts at Bart Conner Gymnastics on May 23, 2018 to signal the successful end to her chemotherapy treatments. Academy in Norman, Okla., for five years and then joined the Oklahoma coaching staff in June of 2001. At OU, she helped coach The team met Bailey through the Friends of Jaclyn organization. Bailey has a locker, participated the Sooners to the 2004 Big XIII title, three-time team NCAA in the team’s SEC Network and video board shoots and stops by for a Gator practice as often as qualifiers (2004-06) and three Big XIII Gymnasts of the Year. she can. Bailey is the fifth Friends of Jaclyn child currently part of a Gator team.

As a Gymnast: Brooke Dunn – soccer (age 8) During her gymnastics career, Rowland was a USA National Team member from 1985-1990 and was part of the U.S.’s 1989 World Hartley Georges – softball (age 9) Championships team. During her collegiate career, she earned All- Sophia Murrilo – volleyball (age 3) America honors for the uneven bars in 1993 for Arizona State. Jada Turner – lacrosse (age 10)

After retiring from competition, she returned to her home state, The Gator men’s golf team adopted Theo Kelly, age 7, in spring of 2019 through the Team enrolling at the to finish her degree. IMPACT and Golf Fights Cancer organizations.

Location: Gainesville, Fla.  Florida won Southeastern Conference regular Florida leads 43-3 President: Dr. W. Kent Fuchs season title (6-1) and second in Championship Athletics Director: Scott Stricklin Arkansas UA UF Margin UA Rank UF Rank Senior Women’s Administrator: Lynda Tealer (197.75) competition. 2019 Away dual W 196.35 197.225 0.875 20 3 SEC W 196.475 197.75 1.275 20 4 Associate Athletics Director (GYM admin): Kim Green  Third in NCAA Corvallis Regional; did not 2018 Home dual W 196.875 197.725 0.850 11 5 SEC W 196.425 196.825 0.400 11 5 Conference: Southeastern advance to NCAA Championship for first time 2017 Away dual W 195.2 197.125 1.925 23 3 Enrollment: 50,979 SEC W 194.9 197.825 2.925 4 since 2000. 2016 Home dual W 195.975 197.45 1.475 9 2 Nickname: Gators SEC W 196.5 197.775 1.275 13 2  Three gymnasts collected four All-America 2015 Away dual W 195.375 197.2 1.825 8 2 Colors: Orange & Blue SEC W 195.95 197.4 1.450 18 2 NCAA Regional W 196.5 197.475 0.975 19 2 honors in NCAA Championships competition. 2014 Home dual W 196.025 197.525 1.500 11 1 UF GYMNASTICS QUICK FACTS: SEC W 194.9 197.7 2.800 15 1  Four earned eight All-America honors in 2013 Away dual W 196.175 197.575 1.400 22 1 2019 Record (regular season): 13-3, 6-1 SEC (1st) SEC W 196.4 198 1.600 16 1 2012 Home quad W 196.7 197.775 1.075 T1 8 st Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association 2019 Record (overall): 17-5, 6-1 SEC (1 ) SEC W 194.175 197.15 2.975 10 1 th (WCGA) regular-season awards. NCAA (team) W 197.15 197.65 0.500 8 seed 1 seed 2019 National Finish: T-9 NCAA (Super 6) W 196.3 197.775 1.475 8 seed 1 seed  Alicia Boren shared the NCAA floor exercise 2011 Away dual L 196.7 196.1 -0.600 T15 1 SEC W 195.8 196.975 1.175 12 1 COACHING STAFF: title. UF is the only program to have a gymnast NCAA NC Region L 196.55 196.425 -0.125 12 1 2010 Home dual W 195.925 196.575 0.650 7 8 Head Coach: Jenny Rowland claim at least one NCAA Individual title each of SEC W 195.275 197.05 1.775 8 4 Career & School Record/Years: 55-12 – regular season NCAA (team) W 195.6 196.775 1.175 7 seed 2 seed the last nine seasons, with a national-leading 2009 Away dual L 196.375 195.425 -0.950 8 1 (beginning fifth season / same); 95-23 – all meetings SEC W 195.65 196.75 1.100 9 6 NCAA (Super 6) W 196.475 196.725 0.250 10 seed 5 seed Assistant Coaches: Adrian Burde, Owen Field 16 wins in that span. 2008 NCAA (Team) W 195.825 196.9 1.075 11 2 SEC W 194.65 197.325 2.675 11 3 Volunteer Coach: Jeremy Miranda  SEC Freshman of Year went to Trinity Thomas. Home dual W 195.75 196.7 0.950 9 3 2007 Super Six Challenge W 192.8 196.55 3.750 15 3 Ninth Gator to receive the honor and first since Away dual W 195.775 197.275 1.500 16 1 RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS: SEC W 194.55 197.325 2.775 11 1 Kennedy Baker in 2015. NCAA NE Reg W 195.875 197.325 1.450 13 1 6 with 17 honors 2006 Home quad W 194.025 196.95 2.925 21 5 SEC W 194.65 196.275 1.625 19 3 • Alyssa Baumann – 3x  Two SEC apparatus titles claimed by Gators – NCAA Regional W 195.4 196.375 0.975 18 3 NCAA (Team) W 194.375 196.225 1.850 12 seed T4 seed 2019 beam^ Alyssa Baumann, Rachel Gowey, Megan 2005 Away dual W 195.475 196.45 0.975 T11 4 2018 beam^, floor* SEC W 195.475 196.150 0.675 15 6 Skaggs (beam) and Trinity Thomas (vault). 2004 Home dual W 195.925 197.375 1.450 17 5 SEC W 194.825 197.225 2.400 24 7  Gators turned in 2019 national leading total for Neutral 6-way W 195.55 197.05 1.500 25 8 • Rachel Gowey – 3x 2003 Away dual W 193.975 196.250 2.275 23 5 2018 beam^*; bars* uneven bars (49.725) versus Kentucky, which SEC W 194.850 195.950 1.100 8 also set Florida record.

• Amelia Hundley – 4x  Finished the season ranked sixth in the nation 2018 bars* among gymnastics programs and No. 12 2017 all-around^*, bars^ Florida is not part of the week 1 national rankings as among all 2018-19 NCAA Division I Women’s the Gators open the season on Jan. 10. The rankings • Megan Skaggs – 1x sports after setting school-record attendance below reflect the 25 teams that competed in the first 2019 beam^ average for second consecutive year (8,333). weekend of January.

 Eight Gators earned SEC Academic Honor Roll • Savannah Schoenherr – 1x 2019 vault* status and every freshman appeared on the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll Road to Nationals Rankings – as of 1-5-2020 # School Average High Conference • Trinity Thomas – 5x  Recorded a program record team cumulative 1 Oklahoma 197.350 197.350 Big 12 2019 all-around^, bars^, floor^*, beam^ GPA of 3.61 in fall 2018 and 3.57 in spring 2 Denver 196.700 196.700 Big 12 3 UCLA 196.575 196.575 PAC-12 ^WCGA Regular Season All-America 2019 for a 3.6041 GPA for the academic year. 4 Utah 196.425 196.425 PAC-12 *NCAA All-America 5 California 196.200 196.200 PAC-12 6 Illinois 195.850 195.850 Big Ten 7 LSU 195.725 195.725 SEC 8 Missouri 195.600 195.600 SEC 9 Stanford 195.475 195.475 PAC-12 Project Gator Leo 10 Kentucky 195.350 195.350 SEC 11 Western Michigan 195.275 195.275 MAC Using terminology familiar to fans of Bravo 12 Georgia 195.100 195.100 SEC 13 Arizona 195.025 195.025 PAC-12 Network’s "Project Runway", the Gators are "In." 14 Arizona St 194.675 194.675 PAC-12 Team members designed three of the leotards the 15 Oregon St 194.450 194.450 PAC-12 16 Auburn 194.375 194.375 SEC Gators will wear this season. 17 Penn State 193.500 193.500 Big Ten 18 New Hampshire 193.400 193.400 EAGL 19 Iowa 192.700 192.700 Big Ten 20 Michigan St 191.950 191.950 Big Ten 21 UC Davis 191.825 191.825 MPSF 22 S.E. Missouri 191.275 191.275 MIC 22 Sacramento St 191.275 191.275 MPSF 24 Bridgeport 189.300 189.300 ECAC-2 25 Illinois State 189.050 189.050 MIC

Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

►Florida opened at No. 3 on the 2020 Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Date Opponent (Television) Result or Time Association (WCGA) preseason poll. Florida’s been among the nation’s 1/10 Arkansas (SEC Network +) 6:45 p.m. preseason top five every season since 2007. 1/17 Missouri (SEC Network) 7 p.m. 1/24 LSU (ESPN2) 7:15 p.m. ►Florida returns six gymnasts with 17 All-America honors – Alyssa 1/31 Kentucky (SEC Network +) 7 p.m. Baumann, Rachel Gowey, Amelia Hundley, Megan Skaggs, Savannah 2/7 Denver, Iowa State (SEC Network +) 6:45 p.m. Schoenherr and Trinity Thomas. 2/14 Auburn (SEC Network) 8:30 p.m. 2/21 Gators Link to Pink versus Alabama 5:45 p.m. ►Eight Gators have been a part of their national teams, including six for the (SEC Network) U.S. Sophomores – Trinity Thomas (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20) 2/28 Georgia (SEC Network) 7 p.m. and Sydney Johnson-Scharpf (2015-16) join juniors Alyssa Baumann 3/7 Penn State 4 p.m. (2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15) and Megan Skaggs (2014-15), seniors Rachel 3/13 Texas Woman’s (SEC Network +) 6:45 p.m. Gowey (2016-17, 2014-15, 2013-14) and Amelia Hundley (2016-17, 2015- 3/21 SEC Championships (Duluth, Ga.) 16, 2014-15) as past U.S. Senior National Team members. Another junior, Session I (Seeds 5-8) (SEC Network) 3:30 p.m. Jazmyn Foberg, was a two-time U.S. Junior National Team member (2015- Session II (Seeds 1-4) (SEC Network) 8 p.m. 16, 2014-15). Senior Maegan Chant has been a part of Canada’s national NCAA Regional Championships 4/2 Regional First Round TBA team. 4/3 Regional Semifinal TBA 4/4 Regional Final TBA Regional sites: Denver, Colo., University Park, Pa., Los Angeles, Calif., Norman, Okla. NCAA Championships (Fort Worth, Texas) The U.S. has taken team gold in the last two Olympic Games. The depth 4/17 NCAA Team Semifinal I (ESPN2) 1 p.m. available to U.S. coaching staff has helped the U.S. take the team gold 4/17 NCAA Team Semifinal II (ESPN2) 6 p.m. by comfortable margins. The last two U.S. Olympic Trials contained 24 4/18 NCAA Super Six Team Final (ABC) 3:30 p.m. different athletes and now nine of those gymnasts are competing in Bold denotes home meets NCAA action.

Florida and Oklahoma are the two programs with a pair of representatives from the 2016 Olympic Trials. The Gator duo consists of Season Single Meet Reserved Adult Tickets $35 $8 Rachel Gowey (2016) and Amelia Hundley (2016). Junior Alyssa Reserved Youth (12 & under) $20 $8 Baumann qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials, but an elbow injury Reserved Loge Tickets: $70 suffered leading up to the competition kept her out of the Trials. General Admission Adult $20 $5 General Admission Youth (12 & under) $5 $1

Gymnasts in Olympic Trials Now NCAA Competitors UF Students w/ Gator1 ID Free Trials Finish Olympic Purchase tickets: School Name 2012 2016 Team Notes UAA Ticket Office (Gate 1, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium) Florida Amelia Hundley 9th Office hours (M-F): 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Rachel Gowey 11th Phone: (352) 375-4683 Web: FloridaGators.com/tickets th Georgia Emily Schild 13 Sabrina Vega 10th Oklahoma Maggie Nichols 6th Ragan Smith 5th Replacement athlete  UF gymnast won an all-around title: Trinity Thomas (4-6-19) 39.575 UCLA Madison Kocian 8th Olympic team gold /  Gator freshman won an all-around title: Trinity Thomas (4-6-19) 39.575 bars silver  UF gymnasts swept top 3 event finishers at a meet: 3-8-19 - UF swept Kyla Ross 5th Olympic team gold UF-PSU vault (Trinity Thomas 9.95, Alicia Boren, 9.925; Sierra Alexander & LSU Christina Desiderio 12th Megan Skaggs 9.875), beam (Thomas, Boren, Skaggs 9.925), floor (Thomas, Boren 9.975, Skaggs 9.90) and all-around (Thomas 39.75, Boren

39.725, Skaggs 39.55)  Gator gymnast swept meet event titles: Alex McMurtry claimed at least a share of the five event titles versus Nebraska on March 9, 2018  UF gymnast earned a 10.0: Kennedy Baker (floor) versus Alabama 2-9-18  Last home loss: Feb. 22, 2019 vs UGA (197.45 – 197.375)  UF counted a fall toward its team total: Vault: Feb. 28, 2009 at Georgia (48.625) Bars: Jan. 8, 2010 at Oklahoma (48.175) Beam: April 6, 2019 at NCAA Corvallis Regional Final (48.475) Floor: March 2, 2018 at Missouri (48.80)  UF was 24 for 24 for routines in a meet: March 23, 2019 at SEC Championships  Florida did not have an all-arounder in its lineup: Feb. 22, 2013 versus Kentucky  Florida won a regular-season meet after a third-rotation deficit: o Road: 1-18-19 – at No. 5 LSU (-0.05 deficit for 0.075 win)  Home: 1-24-14 – vs No. 6 Georgia (-0.075 deficit for 1.35 win) Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

Rank Team Points First Place Date with NAME Music Votes Florida Sierra Alexander HOTDAMN! by Tropkillaz, Beast by Onderkoffer, Tokyo 1 Oklahoma 1813 36 Drift (KVSH Trap Remix) by Teriyaki Boyz, Bug A Boo 2 LSU 1755 11 Jan.24 – home Roll Call by Beyoncé, Drop It Like It’s Hot by Snoop 3 Florida 1680 2 Dog 4 UCLA 1671 1 Alyssa Baumann Who We Be from Creed II by DMX, Dark Paradise 5 Utah 1559 (Kaivon Remix) by Lana Del Rey, Born For This by 6 Michigan 1515 7KingZ, Arena by Fabian Mazur & Snavs 7 Denver 1493 1 Feb. 7 – home Maegan Chant Powerful by Major Lazer 8 Georgia 1438 Feb. 28 - away Leah Clapper One Time and Got It by Marian Hill, Let’s Get It Started 9 California 1315 by Black Eyed Peas (covered by Ember Trio) 10 Alabama 1306 Feb. 21 – home Jazmyn Foberg Rebel by Zwirek, Sensei and Grimey by TroyBoi 11 Oregon 1271 Rachel Gowey Good News by Apashe State Amelia Hundley Come Together by Gary Clark Jr, TNT by AC/DC, Crazy 12 Kentucky 1240 Jan. 31 – away Train by Ozzy Osborne, We Will Rock You by Queen Sydney Johnson- Jungle Bill, Mean Monday, How and Oh Yeah by Yello 13 Auburn 1213 Feb. 14- away Scharpf 14 Minnesota 1196 Nya Reed Tempo by Lizzo and Missy Elliot, Freedom and 15 Nebraska 1137 Flawless Feeling Myself by Beyoncé, Marching Band 16 Missouri 1000 Jan. 17 – away Medley & Groove Cadence by Drumline Soundtrack 17 Washington 925 Payton Richards Here Comes The Hotstepper (Mayeda Twerk Remix) by 18 Boise State 900 Ini Kamoze, Money In Da Bank by Cakedup 19 Arkansas 798 Jan. 10 – home Savannah Für Elise (Klutch Trap Remix) by Beethoven, 20 Iowa State 765 Feb. 7 – home Schoenherr Chain Hang Low (Crizzly & AFK Remix) by Jibbs 21 Arizona St. 749 Megan Skaggs Shikaku by Anti-General 22 Stanford 746 Halley Taylor Lucifer Soundtrack Season 1 main Theme by Heavy Young Heathens, Gladiator by Zayde Wolf 23 BYU 742 Trinity Thomas Thule by Travis Lake 24 Ohio State 654

25 Penn State 638 March 7 – away Payton Richards is in a class of one, but still got mention in the Schedule Notes: CollegeGymFans.com’s annual Top Freshmen Classes list.  Florida has started every season since 2007 ranked in the preseason top-five: (2007: 3rd; 2008: 2nd; 2009: 3rd; 2010: 4th; Florida, with its one-member freshmen class, leads 2011: 3rd; 2012: 3rd, 2013: 3rd; 2014: 1st, 2015: 1st, 2016: 2nd, CollegeGymFans.com’s “Just Outside the Top 10” list. 2017: 5th; 2018: 2nd; 2019: 3rd; 2020: 3rd). Here’s what they said about the Gators’ lone freshman:  The first nine Florida meets contain opponents among the preseason top 25, including home dates versus No. 2 LSU (Jan. UF has just one frosh, but she's an exceptionally good one. Payton 24), No. 7 Denver (Feb. 7) and No. 10 Alabama (Feb. 21). Other Richards is a three-time JO National team member from Aerials in preseason ranked Gator opponents include at No. 8 Georgia Illinois. She tied for the AA title in 2016 and won BB. She also tied for (Feb. 28), at No. 12 Kentucky (Jan. 31), at No. 13 Auburn (Feb. the 2017 BB title, placed 2nd on UB and tied for 2nd AA. In 2018, she 14), at No. 16 Missouri (Jan. 17), versus No. 19 Arkansas (Jan. 10), versus No. 20 Iowa State (Feb. 7) and at No. 25 Penn State tied for 3rd on FX and placed 4th AA. Such a long history at the top of (March 7). the JO ranks is a strong predictor of success in the NCAA, although with the Gators depth she'll have to fight to be an AAer.

Florida in the 2020 Rankings This is the first time in the last 11 seasons Florida is not among the top Date Team V UB BB FX 10 recruiting classes. Since 2010, Florida’s freshmen class ranked No. 1 Preseason (vote) 3 seven times (including 2018 and 2019) and No. 2 twice. Jan. 6 did not compete

Jan. 13 Did You Know…

Every Gator gymnast has a “Gator Chomp” choreographed into her floor exercise routine.

All-American Colleen Johnson was the first to “chomp” in her 1994 floor routine. It has been a part of all Gator floor routines since 1995.

Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

All-Around Beam: Florida returns four who competed all-around at some point of the 2019 Florida finished 2019 No. 3 on the regular-season beam rankings. The season – seniors Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley, junior Megan Gators’ season-best beam total (49.625) shared No. 4 among the Skaggs and sophomore Trinity Thomas. nation’s teams.

Thomas competed all-around in every meet in her freshman season, Three of the five that shared the 2019 SEC Championships’ beam win winning six titles and earning Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics are returning Gators - Alyssa Baumann, Rachel Gowey and Megan Association (WCGA) regular-season All-America first team honors. Her Skaggs. Baumann, Skaggs and Trinity Thomas earned WCGA regular- best of 39.75 shared No. 9 among the nation’s all-arounders through season All-America beam honors. regular-season competition. Options are plenty for the Gators in 2020 as Rowland can pick from 11 Thomas is one of three on Florida’s 2020 roster with collegiate all- possible routines. around wins. Hundley (2) and Gowey (1) both claimed all-around wins as freshmen. Gator returners from 2019 NCAA Regional final (beam):

Eight Gators competed as all-arounders at the Gators’ final intrasquad of Name Baumann Gowey Hundley Skaggs Thomas 2019. In addition to the four who competed all-around in 2019, the 2019 Best 9.975 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.925 others performing all-around at the December 2019 intrasquad included junior Alyssa Baumann, sophomores Sydney Johnson-Scharpf and Floor: Savannah Schoenherr and freshman Payton Richards. Florida finished 2019 No. 3 on the regular-season floor rankings. The Gators’ season-best floor total (49.725) shared No. 6 among the nation’s Florida did graduate All-American Alicia Boren, who competed as an teams, with Oklahoma and UCLA the only teams to turn in higher totals all-arounder in school-record 54 consecutive meets. for the event.

Gator returners from 2019 NCAA Regional final (all-arounders): As a freshman, Trinity Thomas led Florida with nine floor wins. She earned a near-perfect 9.975 for five floor performances and earned Name Skaggs Thomas NCAA and WCGA regular-season All-America honors for floor. 2019 Best 39.55 39.75 Alyssa Baumann shared second in SEC Championships floor standings at 9.95 with Thomas. Vault:

Vault was Florida’s lowest ranked event, standing No. 8 in the final Several Gators are training double layouts. Baumann, Reed and regular-season standings. UF’s season high of 49.475 was set versus Thomas have competed the skill as some point of their Gator careers. Penn State in the regular-season home finale. Florida comes into the season with 13 routines that have potential to make the lineup. Five return from Florida’s 2019 vaulting lineup, including a pair of sophomores who delivered post-season vault wins – Trinity Thomas Gator returners from 2019 NCAA Regional final (floor): (SEC) and Savannah Schoenherr (NCAA Corvallis Regional). Name Baumann Hundley Reed Skaggs Thomas Five Gators (Alyssa Baumann, Nya Reed, Payton Richards, 2019 Best 9.95 9.90 9.925 9.90 9.975 Schoenherr, Thomas) can perform a Yurchenko one and half (10.0 start value).

Team Total 198.025 2-1-19 Gator returners from 2019 NCAA Regional final (vault): All-Around Name Alexander Reed Schoenherr Skaggs Thomas Trinity Thomas 39.75 3-8-19 2019 Best 9.875 9.875 9.90 9.875 9.95 Vault Bars: Team 49.475 3-8-19 Florida finished 2019 No. 3 on the regular-season bars rankings. The Trinity Thomas 9.95 3-8/23-19 Gators’ school-record bars total (49.725) shared the 2019 season high with Oklahoma. Uneven Bars Team 49.725* 1-25-19 Trinity Thomas 9.975 three times Trinity Thomas earned regular-season first-team All-America honors and won six bars titles in 2019. Balance Beam Team 49.600 2-1-19 Two returners also earned All-America honors on the event at the 2018 Alyssa Baumann 9.975 2-1-19 NCAA Championships - – Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley. Floor Exercise Gator returners from 2019 NCAA Regional final (bars): Team 49.725 2-15-19 Alicia Boren 9.975 2-15/3-8-19

Trinity Thomas 9.975 five times Name Gowey Hundley Schoenherr Skaggs Thomas 2019 Best 9.90 9.95 9.925 9.95 9.975 *-School record

Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

Eight members of the Gator gymnastics team have been a part of their national teams. The Gators’ 2019 season set a school-record average of 8,333 per meet. U.S. National Team Florida’s attendance ranked No. 6 among the nation’s collegiate gymnastics Four current Gators were part of U.S. gold medal teams in Pan Am Games teams. competition. Junior Megan Skaggs joined seniors Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley on the 2015 Pan Am team. Gowey also won Pan Am gold It is the third time in the last four seasons Florida raised its home attendance for the uneven bars. Gowey, part of the 2016-17, 2014-15, 2013-14 U.S. average. Senior National Teams, was also part of the 2014 Jesolo Trophy gold medal team. Hundley (2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15 U.S. Senior National team That average stood No. 12 among 2018-19 NCAA women’s basketball, member) was part of the 2014 Pan Am gold medal team and took silver on gymnastics and volleyball programs. Half of the top-12 season averages floor and bronze on bars at the 2015 event. from those three sports come from gymnastics programs.

Sophomore Trinity Thomas is the only current member of the U.S Senior National Team also on a 2020 NCAA roster. She became the fourth gymnast on a collegiate roster (and first since 2011) to earn an international medal when U.S. took team gold at 2018 Senior Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru. She was runner-up in all-around and uneven bars at the event. She competed at the 2016 and 2017 Jesolo Trophy event and was the U.S. representative in the 2018 Tokyo World Cup, taking second in the all-around.

Junior Alyssa Baumann was part of the U.S.’s gold medal team at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China. The three-time U.S. Senior Team member also competed on the U.S. gold-medal teams at the 2014 and 2015 events. Gowey joined her on the 2014 roster for the Jesolo event. She took second on beam on both trips to Jesolo, Italy. 2018-19 NCAA Women’s Sports Attendance Leader # School Avg Sport # School Avg Sport 1 Utah 14,842 GYM 7 Iowa St. 9,573 WBB Junior Jazmyn Foberg, a 2015-16 and 2014-15 U.S. Junior National Team 2 Alabama 11,864 GYM 8 Louisville 9,531 WBB member, competed in the 2015 Jesolo Trophy junior division and also 3 LSU 11,082 GYM 9 UConn 8,870 WBB competed in that year’s International Junior Japan meet. She was third in all- 4 South Carolina 10,406 WBB 10 Mississippi St. 8,446 WBB around at Jesolo Trophy and second in Japan. 5 UCLA 10,242 GYM 11 Notre Dame 8,434 WBB 6 Georgia 10,093 GYM 12 Florida 8,333 GYM Sophomore Sydney Johnson-Scharpf, a member of the 2015-16 U.S. Senior National Team, competed in two 2016 international assignments – Jesolo Trophy and Reykjavik International Games. Florida’s Trinity Thomas is the only member of the 2019-20 U.S. Senior Canada National Team who is part of a current NCAA roster. Last August at the U.S. Maegan Chant competed at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships for Championships in Kansas City, Thomas earned her fourth U.S. Senior her native Canada. She also was part of Canada’s fifth-place team at the National Team berth. 2014 Pan American Games.

Thomas is just the eighth to earn a U.S. Senior National Team spot after competing earlier that year at the NCAA Championships.

U.S. Senior National Team Member After Competing at NCAA Championships (Same Calendar Year) Year Gymnast College 1987 Kelly Garrison-Steves Oklahoma 1998 Betsy Hamm Florida 2007 Alicia Sacramone Brown 2010 Vanessa Zamarripa UCLA 2011 Mackenzie Caquatto Florida 2015 Brenna Dowell Oklahoma* 2019 MyKayla Skinner Utah^ 2019 Trinity Thomas Florida

*sat out 2016 NCAA competition to pursue Olympic berth ^will sit out 2020 NCAA competition to pursue Olympic berth

Of the eight above, Thomas is the fifth to compete as a collegiate the following season after earning a U.S. Senior berth (others: Garrison -Steves, Hamm, Zamarripa, Caquatto).

Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

Did You Know… • The average height for the Gators is 5-2. • Sierra Alexander is 5-7, the tallest Gator since the 2007 roster had a Florida’s Top 10 Home Opening Scores pair of 5-8 gymnasts – Breanne King and Chantelle Tousek. Date UF Score Meet Site Meet # • Alyssa Baumann is the third Gator to be a part of a medal-winning 1/24/14 198.05 Georgia H 3 U.S. World Championship team. Baumann was part of the 2014 gold 1/15/16 197.675 UCLA H 2 medal team. Mackenzie Caquatto and Bridget Sloan were both part of 1/13/17 197.600 Kentucky H 2 the 2010 U.S. team that took silver. 1/11/19 197.300 Missouri H 1 • Maegan Chant got her dog Charlie when she was 12. He dad said if 1/16/15 197.20 Auburn H 2 she finished in the top three in the 2010 Elite Canada all-around, she 1/12/18 197.125 LSU H 2 could get a dog. She took second. 1/11/08 197.125 Illinois-Chicago H 1 • Leah Clapper and her younger sister, Lily, have a food blog – Zest & Finesse 1/7/11 196.925 Nebraska H 1 • Jazmyn Foberg is one of two on the 2019 Gator team to graduate 1/12/07 196.85 Oregon State H 2 high school a year early to start college. Trinity Thomas also finished 1/4/13 196.575 Ball State H 1 high school in three years to join the 2019 Gator team. 1/15/10 196.575 Arkansas H 2 • Rachel Gowey learned a bit more than how to become an elite gymnast while she trained at Chow’s Gymnastics. Liang Chow also Top 10 All-Around Totals in Season Opener taught her to count to five in Chinese. Score Gymnast Year Class • Amelia Hundley’s family owns a dance studio and she’s taken classes 39.575 Alicia Boren 2019 Sr for a variety of types of dance. Her favorite? Tap. 39.575 Alicia Boren 2018 Jr • Sydney Johnson-Scharpf is the only child of Brandy Johnson 39.55 Ashanée Dickerson 2011 So (member of 1988 U.S. Olympic team) and competitive water skier, now 39.525 Melanie Sinclair 2008 So movie/television stunt man Bill Scharpf 39.500 Bridget Sloan 2016 Sr • Payton Richards will always have her family’s Chicago-area sports 39.500 Kennedy Baker 2017 Jr allegiance with her. She is named after Chicago Bears great running 39.475 Kytra Hunter 2015 Sr back Walter Payton. 39.475 Alicia Boren 2017 Jr • Nya Reed claimed 10 Virginia Level 10 titles since 2013 (2018 all- 39.475 Trinity Thomas 2019 Fr around, beam, floor; 2017 vault, beam, floor; 2014 vault; 2013 all- 39.425 Melanie Sinclair 2009 Jr around, bars, floor) 39.425 Orley Szmuch 2003 So • Savannah Schoenherr already has four 10.0s – earned in Georgia 39.375 Kytra Hunter 2014 Jr High School Association (GHSA) competition. She swept the five event 39.375 Amelia Hundley 2017 Fr titles at the 2019 GHSA State Championships, including scoring her final

10.0 to claim the floor title. • Megan Skaggs is one of three Gators on the 2015 Pan American Top 20 Gator Debut All-Around Totals AA Total Date Name Opponent Meet # Games gold medal team. Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley also were 39.575 1/15/16 Alicia Boren UCLA 2 on that team. 39.575 2/4/11 Mackenzie Caquatto Alabama 5 • Halley Taylor is a fourth generation Gator. She’s been coming to 39.575 1/15/16 Alicia Boren UCLA 2 Gator football and gymnastics events since she was a child. 39.475 1/11/19 Trinity Thomas Missouri 1 • Trinity Thomas earned her fourth consecutive U.S. Senior National 39.450 2/6/04 Samantha Lutz UGA 5 Team berth last August at the 2019 U.S. Championships in Kansas City, 39.425 1/25/13 Bridget Sloan Auburn 4 Mo. She is just the eighth to earn a U.S. Senior National Team spot after 39.425 1/23/04 Katie Rue SC Regional 13 competing earlier that year at the NCAA Championships. 39.425 2/25/13 Bridget Sloan Auburn 4 39.425 1/7/11 Alaina Johnson Nebraska 1 39.375 2/6/15 Ericha Fassbender at Arkansas 5 39.375 3/9/18 Megan Skaggs Nebraska 10 39.375 1/8/17 Amelia Hundley at NC State 1 39.350 1/16/15 Kennedy Baker Auburn 2 A dozen Gators earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association 39.350 1/16/15 Kennedy Baker Auburn 2 (WCGA) Scholastic All-America honors in 2019. To qualify, a cumulative 39.350 1/8/10 Ashanée Dickerson at Oklahoma 1 grade point average of 3.50 is required. 39.325 1/23/09 Elizabeth Mahlich Arkansas 3 39.300 1/7/12 Kytra Hunter at NC State 1 Sierra Alexander Leah Clapper Savannah Schoenherr 39.275 3/14/98 Betsy Hamm at Auburn, URI 8 Alyssa Baumann Jazmyn Foberg Megan Skaggs 39.275 1/5/07 Melanie Sinclair at Super 6 Ch. 1 Maegan Chant Rachel Gowey Halley Taylor 39.225 3/6/09 Courtney Gladys Michigan 9 Amanda Cheney Amelia Hundley Trinity Thomas 39.225 1/20/17 Rachel Gowey at UNC 3 39.225 1/9/04 Breanne King Super 6 Ch. 1 This team is regularly among the GPA leaders among Gator squads. Here’s the team’s GPA for the last seven semesters: Gators with Wins in All-Around Debut (since 1986) Total Date Name Opponent Meet # Fall 2020 3.60 39.375 2/26/15 Ericha Fassbender @ Arkansas 5 Fall 2019 3.61 Spring 3.57 39.300 1/6/12 Kytra Hunter @ NC State 1 Fall 2017 3.58 Spring 2018 3.53 39.575 2/4/11 Mackenzie Caquatto Alabama 5 Fall 2016 3.40 Spring 2017 3.51 39.350 1/8/10 Ashanée Dickerson Oklahoma 1 39.275 1/5/07 Melanie Sinclair Super 6 Ch. 1 38.975 1/6/06 Corey Hartung Illinois 1 39.450 2/6/04 Samantha Lutz UGA 5 39.275 3/14/98 Betsy Hamm AU, URI 8 36.05 1/10/86 Melissa Miller Oklahoma St 1

2019 GATOR GYMNASTICS TEAM RESULTS

Overall: 17-5 Home: 4-1 Away: 7-3 Neutral: 6-1 Regular Season: 13-3 Home: 4-1 Away: 3-1 Neutral: 6-1 SEC: 6-1

Date Opponent Site W/L Opponent UF Score Attendance 1/11 Missouri Gainesville, Fla. W 196.450 197.300 8,446 1/18 Louisiana State Baton Rouge, La. W 197.425 197.500 12,093 1/25 Kentucky Gainesville, Fla. W 196.650 197.675 8,615 2/1 Oklahoma Stillwater, Okla. L 198.325 198.025 5,082 Gators Link to Pink vs Gainesville, Fla. W 196.700 197.850 9,055 2/8 Auburn 2/15 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 196.475 197.325 12,828 2/22 Georgia Gainesville, Fla. L 197.450 197.375 8,744 3/1 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. W 196.350 197.225 3,016 3/8 Penn State Gainesville, Fla. W 196.325 198.025 6,805 3/23 SEC Championships New Orleans, La. 2nd of 8 197.750 10,505 4/5 NCAA Regional Semi Corvallis, Ore. 1st of 4 197.500 3,996 4/6 NCAA Regional Final Corvallis, Ore. 3rd of 4 196.700 2,486

2019 Florida Event Scores - Meet-by-Meet Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor Total 1/11 Missouri 48.925 49.500 49.400 49.475 197.300 1/18 Louisiana State 49.225 49.350 49.475 49.450 197.500 1/25 Kentucky 49.050 49.725* 49.350 49.550 197.675 2/1 Oklahoma 49.150 49.675 49.600 49.600 198.025 2/8 Gators Link to Pink vs Auburn 49.350 49.425 49.425 49.650 197.850 2/15 Alabama 49.300 49.175 49.125 49.725 197.325 2/22 Georgia 49.275 49.400 49.175 49.525 197.375 3/1 Arkansas 48.950 49.425 49.375 49.475 197.225 3/8 Penn State 49.475 49.475 49.550 49.525 198.025 3/23 SEC Championships 49.275 49.425 49.625 49.425 197.750 4/5 NCAA Regional Semi 49.075 49.425 49.500 49.500 197.500 4/6 NCAA Regional Final 49.375 49.425 48.475 49.425 196.70

Underline denotes season best

Florida Top Event Scores of 2019 Total: Vault: Uneven Bars: Balance Beam: Floor Exercise: 198.025 (2-1/3-8- 49.475 (3-8-19) 49.725* (1-25-19) 49.60 (2-1-19) 49.725 (2-15-19) 19) 9.95, Trinity 9.975, Trinity 9.975, Alyssa 9.975, Alicia Boren All-Around: Thomas (3-8/3-23- Thomas (three Baumann (2-1-19) (2-15/3-8-19), 39.75, Trinity 19) times) Trinity Thomas Thomas (3-8-19) (five times)

*-UF record

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