3 NCAA Championships ● 10 SEC Championships ● 8 with 19 NCAA Individual Titles

MEET INFORMATION MEET 1 Morgantown, W.Va. Date: Friday, Jan. 5 / 7 p.m. ET West Virginia Mountaineers Site: WVU Coliseum (14,000) Head Coach: Jenny Rowland Head Coach: Jason Butts Television: None Career (beginning 3rd Career (beginning 7th season): Video: MountaineerTV season): 29-5 78-52-1

Live Stats: Mountaineer Sports At UF: same At WVU: same Tickets: $1 for all tickets 2017: 14-3 / 5-2 SEC (2017) 2017: 13-10 / 3rd in Big 12 Series Record UF leads 31-1 (last meeting: UF won 2017 NCAA Finish: 3rd 2017 NCAA Finish: 3rd in Morgantown Region

(all-time): 197.60-196.10 (3-10-17 in Gainesville)

GATOR SOCIAL What’s Happening? Preseason No. 2 Florida starts the 2018 season Friday with a dual meet at West Virginia. These teams met for Florida Gators the 2017 regular-season finale for both teams, with then No. 3 Florida claiming a 197.60-196.10 win over then No. Florida Gators 22 West Virginia in front of an Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center crowd of 5,285.

@GatorsGym Florida opens on the road for the fifth consecutive season. Four of the top six season-opening totals came since @FloridaGators 2014 (197.10 – 2017 at NC State, 196.925 – 2015 at Ball State, 196.825 – 2016 at Texas Woman’s University @JennyRowlandUF and 196.65 – 2014 at UCLA. Florida’s 197.10 in 2017 was just a fraction away from the all-time high (197.125) set gatorsgym in 2008 home season opening action. Florida opened the season on the road 14 times since 1980, owning a floridagators road-season opening record of 22-16 in that span.

Florida Head Coach Jenny Rowland begins her third season with the Gators in 2018. In her first two seasons,

the Gators won the 2016 title and reached the NCAA Super Six team final both years, Florida Communications Contact: finishing fourth (2016) and third (2017). Seven Gators collected 24 All-America honors in NCAA competition in the Mary Howard last two years, including winning five NCAA event titles (: 2016 all-around, , ; Alex McMurtry: 2017 all-around, uneven bars). Phone: 352-375-4683 x6100 / Cell: 352-317-5855 [email protected] Email: The Gators were third in 2017 NCAA Super Six competition, won the NCAA Gainesville Regional and was runner- up in both Southeastern Conference regular-season and championship action. McMurtry won the NCAA all- around with a NCAA semifinal record of 39.8125 and was among a six-way tie for the uneven bars title. McMurtry DID YOU KNOW received several awards, including the Honda Award (awarded to top collegiate gymnast), SEC Gymnast and Four of Florida’s top six season-opening team scores have come SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of Year. She is the first Gator to receive the NCAA Elite 90 award, given to the since the 2014 season. student-athlete with the highest grade point average at each of the 90 NCAA Championship sites.

Florida’s 2017 total of 197.10 is just a fraction away from the high Two Gators who posted 10.0 marks in 2017 return for their senior season – Kennedy Baker () and McMurtry of 197.125 set in 2008 home season-opening action. (, bars, beam). Those two are joined by three additional returning All-Americans – senior Rachel Slocum, junior Alicia Boren and sophomore . Florida’s Top 12 Season Opening Scores Date UF Score Meet Site West Virginia was 13-10 in 2017 and was third in the Big 12 Championships. The Mountaineers return 10 1/11/08 197.125 Illinois-Chicago H letterwinners, including junior Kirah Koshinski who earned 2017 National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics 1/8/17 197.100 NC State A Coaches (NACGC) All-America regular season honors for vault and senior Zaakira Muhammad who earned floor 1/11/15 196.925 Ball State A All-America honors at the 2017 NCAA Championships. 1/7/11 196.925 Nebraska H 1/8/16 196.825 Texas Woman’s U A Of the 12 teams at the 2017 NCAA Championships final site, only Florida returns all 24 routines competed. 1/11/14 196.650 UCLA A Bolstering Florida’s lineup options in 2018 is the addition of four freshmen. Three bring experience from the U.S. 1/4/13 196.575 Ball State H national team program. This trio brings the number of gymnasts with all-around potential on 2018 Gator roster to eight. was part of the U.S.’s gold-medal team at the 2014 World Championships. She qualified 1/11/03 196.575 Super Six Challenge A for the 2016 Olympic Trials, but an elbow injury while preparing for the Trials led Baumann to defer enrolling at 1/5/07 196.550 Super Six Challenge A UF until fall 2017 as she recovered. joined current Gator sophomores and 1/9/09 196.500 Oklahoma H Hundley on the 2015 Pan America Games gold-medal team. Jazmyn Foberg graduated high school in three 1/6/12 196.025 NC State A years, allowing her enroll at UF in fall of 2017. Foberg is a two-time member of the U.S. Junior National Team, 1/9/04 196.950 Super Six Challenge A representing the U.S. in and in 2015. Nicole Webb trained at the same club, Sonshine Gymnastics, as senior Rachel Slocum. Webb was second on beam and fifth on floor at the 2017 North Carolina Level 10 State Championships. This class ranks No. 1 on the 2018 CollegeGymFans.com Top Recruiting Classes list. In the last nine years, Florida’s recruiting classes have ranked No. 1 six times and No. 2 twice.

MEET COACH ROWLAND 2018 GATOR GYMNASTICS ROSTER Jenny Rowland, one of the nation’s rising coaching talents, begins her third season as NAME EVTS HT CL HOMETOWN (CLUB) ’s head gymnastics Sierra Alexander V, FX 5-7 SO Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (West Broward Gymnastics Academy) coach. Rowland is the seventh head coach Kennedy Baker AA 5-0 SR Dallas, Texas (Texas Dreams) for the Gator program, which is in its 46th Alyssa Baumann AA 5-1 FR Dallas, Texas (WOGA) season in 2018. Alicia Boren AA 4-11 JR Franklin Lakes, N.J. (North Stars Gymnastics Academy) Maegan Chant AA 5-3 SO Waterdown, Ontario (World Class Gymnastics)

Amanda Cheney V, BB 5-5 JR Orlando, Fla. (Orlando Metro) She shared the 2016 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Jazmyn Foberg AA 5-2 FR Bayville, N.J. (MG Elite) Year honor with Arkansas’ Mark Cook. She joins volleyball’s Rachel Gowey AA 5-1 SO Urbandale, Iowa (Chow’s Gymnastics) Mary Wise (1991) as a Gator coach who claimed SEC Coach of Amelia Hundley AA 5-5 SO Hamilton, Ohio (Cincinnati Gymnastics) the Year honors in their first season at UF. Grace McLaughlin BB, FX 5-2 SR Allen, Texas (WOGA) Alex McMurtry AA 5-3 SR Midlothian, Va. (Richmond Olympiad Club) Rowland’s experiences from the sport’s highest level are the Megan Skaggs AA 5-3 FR Marietta, Ga. (Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta) same as many current Gators. She is a former U.S. National Rachel Slocum V, FX 5-3 SR Holly Springs, N.C. (Sonshine NC/Eastern Michigan) Team member, a collegiate All-American and was named a Nicole Webb UB, BB, FX 5-2 FR Morrisville, N.C. (Sonshine NC) 2015 National Collegiate Assistant of the Year. Staff: Pronunciation Guide: Rowland is a Category 3 International Brevet level judge. She Head Coach: Jenny Rowland Sierra Alexander – see-er-uh served on the judging panel for the 2008, 2012 and 2016 U.S. Assistant Coaches: Adrian Burde & Owen Field Alyssa Baumann – Bow-man Olympic Trials. Volunteer Coach: Jeremy Miranda Alicia Boren – uh-LEE-sh uh Bore-en Student Coach: Vanasia Bradley Vanasia Bradley - vuh-NAY-suh Rowland’s Coaching Career: Assistant to the Head Coach: Brittany Arlington Amanda Cheney – Chain-ee Managers: Tory Cohen & Casey McLaughlin Jazmyn Foberg – FOE-berg At Florida: Athletic Trainer: Kelly Fleming Amelia Hundley – Hund-lee Florida reached the NCAA Super Six team final in each of Student Athletic Trainer: Kim Dang Grace McLaughlin – Mick lawf-luhn Rowland’s first two seasons with the Gators, taking fourth in Alex McMurtry – Mick Murr-Tree 2016 and third in 2017. Rowland was named the 2016 Rachel Slocum – sloh-kuh m Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year after the Gators won that season’s team title. Jenny Rowland – ROE-lund Vanasia Bradley - vuh-NAY-suh Adrian Burde - bur-DAY Gators won NCAA individual event titles in each of the last two seasons. Bridget Sloan won the 2016 NCAA all-around and Five with 21 honors in NCAA competition shared that season’s uneven bars and balance beam titles. Returning All-Americans: Alex McMurtry is the reigning NCAA all-around champion and Kennedy Baker 2017 – floor^ shared that season’s uneven bars crown. The Honda Award for 2016 – vault*, floor*, all-around^, bars^ gymnastics went to Sloan (2016) and McMurtry (2017), 2015 - floor * distinguishing them as the nation’s top collegiate gymnast. McMurtry was part of a rare double in 2017, claiming both the Alicia Boren 2017 – all-around^, vault^ SEC Gymnast and the SEC Scholar-Athlete awards. 2016 –beam*

In National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Amelia Hundley 2017 all-around^ Coaches/Women (NACGC) All-America regular-season awards, seven Gators picked up 24 honors since 2016. Alex McMurtry 2017 – all-around&*, vault*, bars&*, beam*, floor* 2016 – vault*, beam*, all-around^ At Auburn: 2015 – beam*, vault^ Rowland came to Florida after spending five seasons at Auburn. She joined the Auburn coaching staff as an assistant Rachel Slocum 2017 – vault^ coach in October of 2010 and was elevated to associate head coach in March of 2013. Rowland worked with all aspects of the &-NCAA champion │ *-first team │^-second team Auburn gymnastics program, coordinating all of the program's community outreach efforts and interactions on campus as well Returning All-SEC: Five as playing an integral role in recruiting and in-gym activities. Kennedy Baker 2017 all-around, floor@

She was named co-National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2016 all-around@, vault@, floor 2015 after helping Auburn reach the NCAA Super Six for the 2015 floor first time in 22 years. Alicia Boren 2017 floor Coaching Career Start in Sooner State: 2016 vault & beam Rowland coached Elite gymnasts at Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Okla., for five years and then joined the Amelia Hundley 2017 bars Oklahoma coaching staff in June of 2001. At OU, she helped coach the Sooners to the 2004 Big XIII title, three-time team Alex McMurtry 2017 all-around@, vault, floor@ NCAA qualifiers (2004-06) and three Big XIII Gymnasts of the 2016 all-around, bars, beam@ Year. 2015 vault@

As a Gymnast: During her gymnastics career, Rowland was a USA National Rachel Slocum 2017 vault @-SEC champion Team member from 1985-1990 and was part of the U.S.’s 1989 World Championships team. During her collegiate career, she ANOTHER GATOR TEAM MEMBER earned All-America honors for the uneven bars in 1993 for The Gator gymnastics team adopted Bailey on Oct. 13. Bailey is a seven-year old girl Arizona State. who is undergoing juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma glioma treatment at Shands Hospital After retiring from competition, she returned to her home state, in Gainesville. enrolling at the University of Oklahoma to finish her degree. The team met Bailey through the Friends of Jaclyn organization. Bailey has a locker, participated in the team’s video board shoot and stops by for a Gator practice as often as she can.

ABOUT THE GATORS: 2017 NOTABLES UF VS WVU HISTORY Location: Gainesville, Fla.  Third in NCAA Super Six team final. Florida is Florida leads 31-1 President: Dr. W. Kent Fuchs the nation’s only team to finish in NCAA Super Athletics Director: Scott Stricklin Six top four each of the last six years. Senior Women’s Administrator: Lynda Tealer Year Meet W/L WVU Florida Margin  Florida was second in both Southeastern 2017 Home W 196.1 197.6 1.500 Conference: Southeastern Conference regular season (5-2) and dual Enrollment: 54,854 2015 NCAA W 195.65 197.475 1.825 Nickname: Gators Championship (197.825) competition. Regional  2017 marked the 35th NCAA Championships’ 2014 Home W 194.925 198.325 3.400 Colors: Orange & Blue dual appearance by UF in the 36-year history of the 2011 Away W 195.225 196.875 1.650 UF GYMNASTICS QUICK FACTS: event. quad 2017 Record (regular season): 14-3, 5-2 SEC (2nd)  NCAA Gainesville Region champion (197.125) 2008 NCAA SE W 194.825 197.525 2.700 Regi nd 2017 Record (overall): 26-6, 5-2 SEC (2 ) – sixth consecutive region win 2006 Home W 194.2 196.95 2.750 2017 SEC Finish: 2nd (regular season & championship)  Five gymnasts collected 10 All-America honors quad 2017 NCAA Finish: 3rd (197.70) in NCAA Championships’ competition. 2005 NCAA SE W 193.675 196.575 2.900 Regi  Same five earned 10 All-America honors in 2003 Away 5- W 195.075 197.125 2.050 COACHING STAFF: National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics way Head Coach: Jenny Rowland 1998 NCAA SE W 194.800 197.075 2.275 Coaches (NACGC) regular-season awards. Career & School Record/Years: beginning third season Regi  For the seventh straight year, a Gator claimed 1997 NCAA SE W 193.150 195.750 2.600 Assistant Coaches: Adrian Burde, Owen Field Regi Volunteer Coach: Jeremy Miranda a NCAA individual title. Alex McMurtry won the 1996 NCAA SE W 191.875 195.375 3.500 Student Coach: Vanasia Bradley all-around and shared the NCAA bars title. Regi  Honda Award for gymnastics signifying the 1995 NCAA SE W 193.325 195.700 2.375 Regi RETURNING NCAA ALL-AMERICANS: nation’s top collegiate student-athlete in the 1994 Home W 188.875 193.925 5.050 5 with 21 honors (only NCAA honors listed) sport went to Alex McMurtry. A Gator has won dual • Kennedy Baker – 6x Honda Award five of last six years NCAA SE W 188.325 192.550 4.225 Regi 2017 floor – second team  SEC Gymnast and Scholar of Year went to 1993 NCAA SE W 190.250 194.300 4.050 2016 vault, floor – first team; all-around, bars – second Alex McMurtry. Second time in league history Regi 2015 floor exercise – first) same athlete swept the honors. McMurtry is 1992 Home W 188.900 192.350 3.450 quad fourth Gator to claim SEC Gymnast of Year and NCAA SE W 184.975 191.475 6.500 • Alicia Boren – 3x second to take Scholar of Year. Regi 2017 all-around, vault – second team 1991 Home W 188.350 189.050 0.700 2016 beam – first team  Alex McMurtry first Gator in any sport to claim quad NCAA Elite 90 Award in the honor’s eight-year NCAA SE W 189.775 191.175 1.400 Regi • Amelia Hundley – 1x existence. Honor is given to student-athlete 1990 NCAA SE W 186.850 190.425 3.575 2017 all-around – second team with top grade point average at each of the 90 Regi NCAA Championship sites. 1989 Home 6- W 183.100 192.300 9.200 way • Alex McMurtry – 10x  Two Gators – Kennedy Baker (floor) and Alex NCAA SE W 181.550 191.050 9.500 2017 all-around*, vault, bars*, beam, floor – first team McMurtry (all-around, floor) – collected SEC Regi 2016 – vault, beam – first team, all-around - second event titles. They were joined on the All-SEC 1988 Away dual Cancelled due to weather NCAA SE W 181.000 189.100 8.100 2015 beam – first team, bars –second team by Alicia Boren, Amelia Hundley and Regi Rachel Slocum, 1987 Home W 183.350 190.800 7.450 • Rachel Slocum – 1x  Gators turned in national leading marks in three dual 2017 vault – second team NCAA SE W 182.300 186.700 4.400 individual events a total of five times: vault Regi (10.0), bars (10.0) and floor (10.0.) 1986 Home W 173.500 181.700 8.200 *NCAA champion quad  Six Gators earned SEC Academic Honor Roll NCAA SE W 178.400 185.400 7.000 status. Regi 1985 NCAA SE W 176.800 186.450 9.650 Project Gator Leo  Finished the season ranked sixth in the nation Regi Using terminology familiar to fans of Lifetime with an attendance average of 6,992. That 1984 Home W 176.200 188.050 11.850 average is third-highest in program’s history. dual Network’s "Project Runway", the Gators are "In." NCAA SE W 174.350 187.950 13.600 Team members designed three of the leotards the  Gymnastics recorded a team cumulative grade Regi point average of 3.40 in fall of 2016 and 3.51 in 1983 Home tri W 173.600 180.850 7.250 Gators will wear this season. 1982 Away dual L 142.300 142.100 -0.200 spring of 2017.

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FLORIDA QUICK HITS 2018 GATOR GYMNASTICS ►Florida opened at No. 2 on the 2018 Road to Nationals preseason poll. This is the Gators’ 12th consecutive appearance in the nation’s preseason SCHEDULE top five. Date Opponent (Television) Result or Time 1/5 West Virginia (Mountaineer TV) 7 p.m. ►Florida returns five gymnasts with a total of 21 All-America honors earned 1/12 LSU (SEC Network) 6:45 p.m. in NCAA Championships competition. The five earned 10 All-America honors 1/19 Kentucky (SEC Network) 7 p.m. in 2017 NCAA competition – seniors Kennedy Baker (floor exercise), Alex 1/26 Oklahoma (SEC Network +) 6:45 p.m. McMurtry (all-around, vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor) and Rachel 2/2 Auburn (SEC Network) 7 p.m. Slocum (vault). Junior Alicia Boren (all-around, vault) and sophomore 2/9 Alabama (SEC Network) 6:45 p.m. Amelia Hundley (all-around) also earned 2017 All-America honors. 2/16 Georgia (SEC Network) 7 p.m. McMurtry won the 2017 NCAA all-around and among a six-way tie for the 2/23 Gators Link to Pink versus Arkansas uneven bars title. (ESPNU-TD) 6:45 p.m.

3/2 Missouri (SEC Network +) 8 p.m. ►Eight Gators have been a part of their national teams, including seven for the U.S. Two incoming freshmen – Alyssa Baumann (2016-17, 2015-16, 3/9 Nebraska (SEC Network +) 6:45 p.m. 2014-15) and Megan Skaggs (2014-15) join sophomores Rachel Gowey 3/24 SEC Championships St. Louis, Mo. (2016-17, 2014-15, 2013-14) and Amelia Hundley (2016-17, 2015-16, Session I (SEC Network) 3 p.m. 2014-15) and seniors Kennedy Baker (2013-14, 2012-13), and Grace Session II (ESPN2) 7 p.m. McLaughlin (2011-12) as past U.S. Senior National Team members. 4/7 NCAA Regional TBA Another freshman, Jazmyn Foberg, was a two-time U.S. Junior National 4/20 NCAA Championships Semifinal St. Louis, Mo. Team member (2015-16, 2014-15). Sophomore Maegan Chant has been a NCAA Semifinal I (ESPN2) 1 p.m. part of Canada’s national team. NCAA Semifinal II (ESPN2) 9 p.m.

NATION’S BEST IN 2018 NCAA 4/21 NCAA Super Six Team Final (ESPNU) 8 p.m. COMPETITION The U.S. has taken team gold in the last two Olympic Games. The depth Bold denotes home meets available to U.S. coaching staff has helped the U.S. take the team gold by comfortable margins. The last two U.S. Olympic Trials contained 24 2018 GATOR TICKET different athletes and now 13 of those gymnasts are competing in NCAA INFORMATION action. Season Single Meet Reserved Adult Tickets $35 $8 Florida leads all programs with three representatives from the last two Reserved Youth (12 & under) $20 $8 Olympic Trials – Kennedy Baker (2012), Rachel Gowey (2016) and Reserved Loge Tickets: $70 Amelia Hundley (2016). Freshman Alyssa Baumann qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials, but an elbow injury suffered while training kept her General Admission Adult $20 $5 out of the Trials. General Admission Youth (12 & under) Free Free

UF Students w/ Gator1 ID Free Gymnasts in Olympic Trials Now NCAA Competitors Trials Finish Olympic Purchase tickets: School Name 2012 2016 Team Notes UAA Ticket Office (Gate 1, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium) Florida Kennedy Baker 8th Office hours (M-F): 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Amelia Hundley 9th Phone: (352) 375-4683 Rachel Gowey 11th Web: FloridaGators.com/tickets Georgia 13th Georgia 10th Oklahoma 6th THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED Breanna Dowell 9th 10th  UF gymnast won an all-around title: Alex McMurtry (4-14-17) 39.8125 UCLA 8th Olympic team gold /  Gator freshman won an all-around title: Rachel Gowey (3-10-17) 39.275 bars silver  Gator freshman opened season with an all-around win: 5th Olympic team gold (1-6-12) 39.30 LSU 6th Replacement athlete  UF gymnasts swept top 3 event finishers at a meet: 4-1-17 - UF swept Christina Desiderio 12th NCAA Gainesville Regional floor and all-around Stanford Elizabeth Price 4th Replacement athlete  Gator gymnast swept meet event titles: Ashanée Dickerson claimed at Utah McKayla Skinner 4th Replacement athlete least a share of the five event titles at LSU on Jan. 21, 2011  UF gymnast earned a 10.0: Alex McMurtry (bars) in NCAA Super Six 4- 15-17  Last home loss: Feb. 26, 2016 vs LSU (197.90 – 197.875)  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: Feb. 5, 2016 at Georgia (48.675) Floor: Jan. 13, 2012 versus Illinois-Chicago (48.525)  UF was 24 for 24 for routines in a meet: March 18, 2017 – at Southeastern Conference Championships  Florida did not have an all-arounder in its lineup: Feb. 22, 2013 versus Kentucky Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS 2018 GATOR FLOOR EXERCISE (preseason) TITLES Rank Team Votes First Place NAME Music Votes 1 Oklahoma 1769 33 Sierra Alexander Bird Machine by DJ Snake ft. Alesia 2 Florida 1728 10 Kennedy Baker Anaconda by Nicki Minaj, Lip Gloss by Lil' Mama, 3 LSU 1692 7 Bang It To The Curb by Far East Movement & Sidney 4 Alabama 1584 Samson, Booty Had Me Like by Psychic Type 5 Utah 1544 Alyssa Baumann Savior by Bassjackers, Helix by Sick Individuals x Holl 6 UCLA 1477 & Rush and Wanna Get Hype by District 78 7 Michigan 1443 8 Denver 1313 Alicia Boren Bad Man, Loose Control, We Run This and Pass That 9 Nebraska 1214 Dutch by Missy Elliot 10 Kentucky 1213 Maegan Chant Powerful by Major Lazer 11 California 1201 12 Oregon State 1141 Jazmyn Foberg Take U There remix by TroyBoi and Ohawu by Wuzu 13 Boise State 1125 Rachel Gowey Neverland by Drehz 14 Auburn 1119 Amelia Hundley Sax by Fleur East 15 Washington 1114 Grace Torn by Nathan Lanier 16 Georgia 1011 17 Missouri 975 McLaughlin 18 Stanford 903 Alex McMurtry Carnival by Quintino 19 Arkansas 872 Megan Skaggs Magic Flute by Take/Five 20 Iowa 819 21 George Washington 701 Rachel Slocum La Mordidta by Ricky Martin and Mambo Number 5 22 Ohio State 690 by Lou Bega 23 Illinois-Champaign 609 Nicole Webb Believer by Imagine Dragons or Earned It by The 24 Southern Utah 605 Weekend 25 Penn State 599

Road to Nationals ranking schedule: NATIONAL TEAM CONNECTIONS Jan. 8 – Feb. 12 Ranking by Total Season Average Beginning Feb. 19 -Ranking by Regional Qualifying Score (consists of a team's three Eight members of the Gator gymnastics team have been a part of their highest road scores and the next three highest scores. The high score is subtracted from the six event total and the remaining amount is divided by five) national teams.

Schedule Notes: U.S. National Team  2018 is Florida’s 12th consecutive year opening a season in a Four current Gators were part of U.S. gold medal teams in Pan Am top-five position (2007: 3rd; 2008: 2nd; 2009: 3rd; 2010: 4th; Games competition. Senior Grace McLaughlin was part of the 2011 2011: 3rd; 2012: 3rd, 2013: 3rd; 2014: 1st, 2015: 1st, 2016: 2nd, Pan Am Games gold medal team. Freshman Megan Skaggs joined 2017: 5th; 2018: 2nd). sophomores Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley on the 2015 Pan Am team. Gowey also won Pan Am gold for the uneven bars. Gowey, part of  Florida faces nine opponents among the preseason top 20, the 2016-17, 2014-15, 2013-14 U.S. Senior National Teams, was also including home dates versus the other three teams making part of the 2014 Jesolo Trophy gold medal team. Hundley (2016-17, up the preseason top four. Florida’s home action opens Jan. 2015-16, 2014-15 U.S. Senior National team member) was also part of 12 versus No. 3 Louisiana State, followed by home meets with the 2014 Pan Am gold medal team and took silver on floor and bronze No. 1 Oklahoma (Jan. 26) and No. 4 Alabama (Feb. 9). All five on bars at the 2015 event. home meets include a preseason top-20 team as No. 19 Arkansas visits on Feb. 23 for the Gators Link to Pink meet and Freshman Alyssa Baumann was part of the U.S.’s gold medal team at home action closes on March 9 with No. 9 Nebraska. 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 Florida in the 2018 Rankings the 2014 and 2015 events. Gowey joined her on Date Team V UB BB FX the 2014 roster for the Jesolo event. She took second on beam on both Preseason (vote) 2 trips to Jesolo, Italy. Jan. 8 Senior Kennedy Baker was part of the U.S. 2013-14 and 2012-13 U.S. Senior National teams.

Freshman Jazmyn Foberg, a 2015-16 and 2014-15 U.S. Junior National Team member, competed in the 2015 Jesolo Trophy junior division and also competed in that year’s International Junior Japan meet. She was third in all-around at Jesolo Trophy and second in Japan.

Canada Maegan Chant competed at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships for her native Canada. She also was part of Canada’s fifth-place team at the 2014 .

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WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2018? All-Around Beam: Florida leads the nation with three gymnasts returning who earned All- Florida ranked among the top six for each of the 11 ranking reports of America all-around honors in 2017 NCAA Championships competition – 2017. Its season-best total of 49.525 came versus Georgia. Alicia Boren, Amelia Hundley and Alex McMurtry. Alex McMurtry led UF with four beam wins in 2017, while Alicia Boren McMurtry is the defending NCAA and Southeastern Conference all- and Rachel Gowey each earned two wins. around champion. Kennedy Baker was runner-up to McMurtry in SEC all-around standings. Alyssa Baumann took second on beam in 2015 and 2014 P&G Championships competition. Skaggs was 11th on event at 2015 P&G In 2017, five different Gators picked up all-around wins, marking the Championships and Foberg was runner-up in that year’s junior division. largest variety of all-around winners in the program’s history. Junior Alicia Boren led UF with four all-around titles, followed by McMurtry (3), Gator returners from 2017 NCAA Championships (beam lineup): Baker and Hundley (2) and Rachel Gowey (1). Name Baker Boren Gowey Hundley McLaughlin McMurtry Three Gator freshmen – Alyssa Baumann, Jazmyn Foberg and 2017 Best 9.925 9.925 9.925 9.90 9.90 9.95

Megan Skaggs – all have the potential to compete in the all-around. Baumann and Skaggs have competed internationally as part of the U.S. Floor: Senior National Team and Foberg was twice on the U.S. Junior National Florida stood among the nation’s top five in every 2017 floor ranking Team. report.

Gator returners from 2017 NCAA Championships (all-arounders): UF’s 2017 season high of 49.675 came in the Missouri dual meet and included a 10.0 floor mark by Alex McMurtry. Name Baker Boren Hundley McMurtry 2017 Best 39.65 39.725 39.625 39.8125 Only Florida has multiple representatives (Kennedy Baker and McMurtry) among the nation’s six returning competitors to earn a floor 10.0. The duo both earned All-America honors on the event at the NCAA Vault: Championships. Baker competed in nine floor competitions in 2017, Florida ranked among the nation’s top two on vault in all but for one of earning a mark of 9.925 or better in each performance. She and the 11 ranking reports of 2017 and set its season-high of 49.55 versus McMurtry were among a four-way tie for the SEC floor title. Missouri. Alicia Boren won five floor titles in 2017. She equaled her collegiate- McMurtry is one of three returning gymnasts in the nation to score a best of 9.95 to share the event title with McMurtry in NCAA Super Six vault 10.0 in 2017, earning the mark for her Yurchenko double full. competition.

Baker and Boren perform a Yurchenko one and half (10.0 start value) Gator returners from 2017 NCAA Championships (floor lineup): and four other Gators (Sierra Alexander, Alyssa Baumann, Amelia Hundley, Megan Skaggs) could compete the same vault in 2018. Name Baker Boren Hundley McLaughlin McMurtry Slocum Rachel Slocum competes the 10.0 front handspring pike-front half twist, 2017 Best 10.0 9.95 9.95 9.85 10.0 9.925 twice earning a collegiate high 9.975 in 2017. Maegan Chant also performs a 10.0 value vault – a Tsukahara layout with a full twist 2017 GATOR STATISTICAL LEADERS

Team Total 197.975 2-10-17 Gator returners from 2017 NCAA Championships (vault lineup): All-Around

Alex McMurtry 39.8125 4-14-17 Name Alexander Baker Boren Hundley Slocum McMurtry 2017 Best 9.875 9.925 9.95 9.875 9.975 10.0 Vault Bars: Team 49.55 2-24-17 Florida ranked in the top four on bars for the final 10 ranking reports of Alex McMurtry 10.0* 3-5-17 2017. Its season-best of 49.575 came versus Georgia. Uneven Bars McMurtry is among the nation’s six returning gymnasts to score a 10.0 Team 49.575 2-10-17 on bars in 2017. She was the only competitor at the 2017 NCAA Alex McMurtry 10.0* 2-10/4-15-17 Championships to post a 10.0 on bars, which came in the NCAA Super Six team final. Balance Beam Team 49.525 2-10-17 Hundley won four uneven bars titles and twice turned in a collegiate-best Alex McMurtry 9.95 Three times of 9.975. Freshman Alyssa Baumann was fourth on bars at the 2016 P&G Championships. Floor Exercise Team 49.675 2-24-17 Gator returners from 2017 NCAA Championships (bar lineup): Kennedy Baker 10.0* 1-27-17 Alex McMurtry 10.0* 2-24-17 Name Baker Boren Chant Gowey Hundley McMurtry 2017 Best 9.90 9.90 9.875 9.95 9.975 10.0 *-School record

Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

MORE GATOR NOTES Additions for 2019 Season Freshman Class Ranked No. 1 Four notable gymnasts join the Gators in 2019.

The Gators’ four-member freshman class tops the 2018 Leah Clapper – Ann Arbor, Mich. @leahclapper CollegeGymFans.com rankings. In the last nine years, Florida’s freshmen class ranked No. 1 six times and No. 2 twice.  Took 15th in 2017 P&G Senior Women’s all-around  12th in 2017 U.S. Classic all-around, taking 10th in floor Three have been part of U.S. National Teams. Three-time U.S. Senior exercise Team member Alyssa Baumann earned gold with the 2014 U.S. Senior  Second in 2017 American Classic all-around, taking third in National Team at the World Championships. Megan Skaggs joined both balance beam and floor at 2016 Secret U.S. Classic, Baumann on the 2014-15 U.S. Senior National Team. She earned gold took 13th in all-around with the 2015 U.S. Pan American Games team. Jazmyn Foberg was a  Seventh in all-around, tied for fourth on floor and tied for fifth two-time U.S. Junior National team member. She competed with U.S. on beam at 2016 Junior Olympic Level 10-Junior D Junior teams in 2015 meets in Italy and Japan. Championships  Will graduate from Saline High School in the spring of 2018 Nicole Webb trained at the same club, Sonshine Gymnastics, as senior  Member of Gym America under coach and past Gator Rachel Slocum. Webb was second on beam and fifth on floor at the gymnast Claudia Kretschmer 2017 North Carolina Level 10 State Championships. Sydney Johnson-Sharpf – Clermont, Fla.  Member of both 2015-16 U.S. Senior and Junior National Florida Among Nation’s Attendance Leaders Teams Florida’s 2017 season attendance average of 6,992 is third all-time for  Earned spot on Junior National team with 2015 P&G the Gator program. The top three season averages (7,433 / 2016; 7,366 Championships after taking sixth in all-around and fifth on / 2014; 6,992 / 2017) have come in the last four seasons. floor (junior division)  Added to U.S. Senior National Team in 2016 Gator Gymnastics Attendances Since 2001  Competed vault, beam and floor at 2017 P&G Senior Women’s Championships, tying for fourth in floor competition  Third in 2017 Reykjavik International Games (Iceland) all- around, also vault and floor champion and took silver on bars  Competed as an all-arounder at 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy (Italy)  At 2015 P&G Championships, took sixth in junior division all- around – also fifth on floor and eighth on vault  Will graduate from Montverde Academy in spring of 2018  Member of Brandy Johnson’s Gymnastics and trains under 1988 U.S. Olympian (and mom!) Brandy Johnson-Sharpf and Kelly Pitzen

Nya Reed – Hyattsville, Md.  In 2017 Junior Olympics Level 10-Senior C competition, took

eighth in all-around, second on floor, tied for fifth on vault and Of the women’s teams with the top 15 season attendance averages in sixth on beam 2017, six were gymnastics programs. Florida’s average of 6,992 ranked No.13 among NCAA Division I women’s programs in 2017.  Advanced to 2017 J.O. Nationals after taking fourth in Level 10 regional all-around and vault – also fifth on beam and floor Rank School Sport Average Attendance  Won 11 Virginia state titles since 2010, including seven Level 1 Utah Gymnastics 15,224 10 titles since 2013 (2017 vault, beam, floor; 2014 vault; 2013 2 South Carolina Basketball 12,277 all-around, bars, floor) 3 Alabama Gymnastics 12,152  Will graduate from Flint Hill School in spring of 2018 4 LSU Gymnastics 10,050  Member of Capital Gymnastics NTC in Burke, Va., and trains 5 Georgia Gymnastics 9,453 6 Tennessee Basketball 9,184 under coaches Tatiana Perskaia and Marina Gerom 7 Iowa State Basketball 9,106 8 UConn Basketball 8,888 Savannah Schoenherr – Columbus, Ga. @savannah_fs 9 Louisville Basketball 8,256  Three-time Junior Olympics Level 10 competitor 10 Nebraska Volleyball 8,202 11 Notre Dame Basketball 8,104  Sixth in 2017 J.O. Senior B uneven bars 12 UCLA Gymnastics 7,568  2015 J.O. Junior B bar champion – also second on beam and 13 Florida Gymnastics 6,992 sixth in all-around 14 Mississippi St. Basketball 6,641  Fifth on floor at 2013 J.O. Junior A Nationals 15 Hawaii Volleyball 6,396  2017 and 2015 Region 8 Level 10 bars champion  Did not compete in 2016 season due to injury  Will graduate from North Oconee High School in spring of 2018  Member of Oconee Gymnastics Center in Watkinsville, Ga., and trains under coach Bridget Boyd

Gator Gymnastics Meet Notes

Did You Know… Florida Returns Five All-Americans Florida welcomes back five All-Americans in 2018 with 21 All-America Every Gator gymnast has a “Gator Chomp” honorees earned in NCAA competition. The Gators’ returning All- choreographed into her floor exercise routine. Americans includes:

All-American Colleen Johnson was the first to Kennedy Baker 2017 – floor exercise – second team “chomp” in her 1994 floor routine. It has been a part of all Gator floor 2016 – vault, floor exercise – first team, all- routines since 1995. around, uneven bars – second team 2015 - floor exercise – first team Alicia Boren 2017 – all-around, vault - second team Did You Know… 2016 – balance beam – first team • The average height for the Gators is 5-2 ½ . Amelia Hundley 2017 all-around – second team) • Sierra Alexander is 5-7, the tallest Gator since the 2007 roster had a Alex McMurtry 2017 – all-around*, vault, uneven bars*, pair of 5-8 gymnasts – Breanne King and Chantelle Tousek. balance beam, floor exercise – first team • Kennedy Baker’s younger brother, Stephen, is also a gymnast. 2016 – vault, balance beam - first team, all- • Alyssa Baumann is the third Gator to be a part of a medal-winning around – second team; U.S. World Championship team. Baumann was part of the 2014 gold 2015 – balance beam – first team, vault – medal team. and Bridget Sloan were both part of second team) team the 2010 U.S. team that took silver. Rachel Slocum 2017 – vault – second team • Alicia Boren won four consecutive Junior Olympic Level 10 all-around titles (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012). *NCAA champion • Maegan Chant got her dog Charlie when she was 12. He dad said if she finished in the top three in the 2010 Elite Canada all-around, she Alex McMurtry On Career Leaders Wins Chart could get a dog. She took second. Senior Alex McMurtry is among Gators with 40 or more career event • Amanda Cheney started gymnastics at age six. She was involved in titles. She is 10th on the list with 48 event wins. dance but couldn’t suppress the desire to do cartwheels. She asked her mother if she could try gymnastics. She’s been consistent in the three events primarily competed (vault, • Jazmyn Foberg is the second member of the 2018 Gator team to bars, beam) to accumulate her wins, as only six titles come from floor graduate high school a year early to start college. Alex McMurtry also and all-around. Among those on the list with 40 or more event titles, finished high school in three years to join the 2015 Gator team. McMurtry’s 11 career all-around appearances is by far the lowest • Rachel Gowey learned a bit more than how to become an elite (Melanie Sinclair’s 26 all-arounder performances is previous low). gymnast while she trained at Chow’s Gymnastics. also Gators with 40 or More Career Event Titles taught her to count to five in Chinese. Name FR SOPH JR SR Total • Amelia Hundley’s family owns a dance studio and she’s taken classes Bridget Sloan (2013- 22 34 12 27 95 for a variety of types of dance. Her favorite? Tap. Elfi Schlegel (1983-86) 36 24 17 13 90 • Grace McLaughlin is fourth member of the current Gator team who Melissa Miller (1986-89) 13 17 38 18 86 was part of a U.S.’s gold medal Pan American Games Team. Kytra Hunter (2012-15) 21 18 20 24 83 McLaughlin was on 2011 team, Gowey and Skaggs on 2015 and Kristen Guise (1993-96) 1 20 24 33 78 Hundley on 2014 and 2015 teams. Ashanée Dickerson (2010-13) 23 22 13 9 67 • Alex McMurtry is the fifth Gator to claim both Southeastern Ann Woods (1980-82) 22 24 20 66 Conference athlete and scholar-athlete honors in a single season. Corey Hartung (2006-09) 14 12 21 10 57 Others to sweep are: Camilo Villegas, 2004 men’s golf; Tim Tebow, Chrissy Van Fleet (1997-00) 6 10 18 21 55 2008 and 2008 football; Bank Vongvanij, 2011 men’s golf and Patric Alex McMurtry (2015-present) 8 16 24 48 Young, 2014 men’s basketball (defensive player of year). Ashley Reed (2005-08) 10 7 18 11 46 • Megan Skaggs is one of three Gators on the 2015 Pan American Lynn McDonnell (1981-84) 20 9 14 1 44 Games gold medal team. Rachel Gowey and Amelia Hundley also were Melanie Sinclair (2007-09) 11 16 14 41 on that team. Amanda Castillo (2007-10) 14 18 2 6 40 • Rachel Slocum also trained as an ice skater until age 9 when she had to pick which sport to pursue. Gymnastics won because she loves Gator Career 10.0 Leaders flipping and magically landing on her feet. Six of the 14 Gators with 10.0 marks have recorded multiple perfect • Nicole Webb also was a competitive swimmer until age 13. Her best marks. Of those six, three have 10.0s in multiple events. events were breaststroke and backstroke. Alex McMurtry’s seven career 10.0 marks is second all-time for the Smart Gators Gators. In 2017, McMurtry became the first in UF history to earn a 10.0 The Gators returns six on the 2017 National Association of Collegiate on three different events in a single season. Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) Scholastic All-America team- Sierra Alexander, Maegan Chant, Amanda Cheney, Rachel Gowey, Grace Only Gator Great Bridget Sloan has achieved the ‘Gym Slam’ – a 10.0 McLaughlin and Alex McMurtry. on each event. Nine in NCAA history have a ‘Gym Slam’.

McMurtry was one of 100 collegiate gymnasts who turned in a 4.0 grade Gators with Multiple 10.0s point average in 2016-17. The NCAA Elite 90 recipient also was on Name Years V UB BB FX Total College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic At- Bridget Sloan 2013-16 1 2 3 2 8 Large All-America first team and the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of Alex McMurtry 2015-present 2 4 0 1 7 2017. That perfect GPA still holds through the fall 2017 semester. Kytra Hunter 2012-15 2 0 0 4 6 Kennedy Baker 2015-present 0 0 0 2 2 Melanie Sinclair 2006-09 0 3 0 0 3 In the fall of 2017, the gymnasts posted a 3.58 GPA to lead all Gator teams. Kennedy Baker 2015-present 0 0 0 2 2

2017 GATOR GYMNASTICS TEAM RESULTS

Overall: 26-6 Home: 10-0 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 13-4 Regular Season: 14-3 Home: 5-0 Away: 3-2 Neutral: 6-1 SEC: 5-2

Date Opponent Site W/L Opponent UF Score Attendance 1/8 North Carolina State Raleigh, N.C. W 194.925 197.100 1,639 1/13 Kentucky Gainesville, Fla. W 196.950 197.600 7,683 1/20 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. W 194.300 197.325 4,071 1/27 Gators Link to Pink vs. Gainesville, Fla. W 196.400 197.700 9,108 Auburn 2/3 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 197.825 197.425 14,423 2/10 Georgia Gainesville, Fla. W 196.525 197.975 8,355 2/17 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. W 195.200 197.125 3,507 2/24 Missouri Gainesville, Fla. W 196.750 197.900 6,304 3/5 LSU Baton Rouge, L 198.150 196.600 12,609 La. 3/10 West Virginia Gainesville, Fla. W 196.100 197.600 5,285 3/18 SEC Championships Jacksonville, Fla. L 198.075 (LSU) 197.825 5,364 W 197.400 (ALA) W 196.700 (UGA) W 196.625 (UK) W 196.550 (AU) W 195.825 (MU) W 194.900 (ARK)

4/1 NCAA Regional Gainesville, Fla. 1st of 6 197.125 5,214 4/14 NCAA Championships – Semi I St. Louis, Mo. 2nd of 197.8125 5,450 6 4/15 NCAA Super Six St. Louis, Mo. 3rd of 6 197.70 6,057

2017 Florida Event Scores - Meet-by-Meet Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor Total 1/8 North Carolina State 49.45 49.125 49.40 49.125 197.100 1/13 Kentucky 49.50 49.475 49.30 49.325 197.600 1/20 North Carolina 49.40 49.225 49.425 49.275 197.325 1/27 Gators Link to Pink vs. Auburn 49.40 49.475 49.250 49.575 197.700 2/3 Alabama 49.35 49.325 49.300 49.450 197.425 2/10 Georgia 49.45 49.575 49.525 49.425 197.975 2/17 Arkansas 49.40 49.35 49.125 49.25 197.125 2/24 Missouri 49.55 49.525 49.15 49.675 197.900 3/ 5 LSU 49.375 48.925 49.175 49.125 196.600 3/10 West Virginia 49.45 49.35 49.425 49.375 197.600 3/18 SEC Championships 49.525 49.375 49.450 49.475 197.825 4/1 NCAA Gainesville Regional 49.475 48.975 49.225 49.450 197.125 4/14 NCAA Semifinal II 49.5125 49.425 49.3875 49.4875 197.8125 4/15 NCAA Super Six 49.3625 49.5375 49.300 49.500 197.700

Underline denotes season best

Florida Top Event Scores of 2017 Total: 197.975 (2- Vault: 49.55 (2- Uneven Bars: Balance Beam: Floor Exercise: 10-17) 24-17) 49.575 (2-10-17) 49.525 (2-10-17) 49.675 (2-24-17)

All-Around: 10.0*, Alex 10.0*, Alex 9.95, Alex 10.0*, Kennedy 39.8125, Alex McMurtry (3-5-17) McMurtry (2-10/4- McMurtry (three Baker (1-27-17) & McMurtry (4-14-17) 15-17) times) Alex McMurtry (2- 24-17)

*-UF record