Florida Gators women's gymnastics

   National championships1982 (AIAW), 2013, 2014, 2015Four on the Floor appearances2021, 2022, 2023, 2024Super Six appearances1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018NCAA Regional championships1981 (AIAW), 1982 (AIAW)
1984, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018NCAA Tournament appearances1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024Conference championships1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022

The Florida Gators women's gymnastics team represents the University of Florida in the sport of gymnastics. The team competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gators host their home matches in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Jenny Rowland. The Gators women's gymnastics program has won nine SEC championships, and four national championships: the 1982 AIAW national tournament and the 2013, 2014, and 2015 NCAA championships.

History

The University of Florida first fielded a women's varsity gymnastics team in the fall of 1973. Gymnastics was one of the first women's sports added at the University of Florida and achieved early success by winning the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) championship (the AIAW was the governing body for women's college sports from 1971 to 1982). Since the NCAA assumed sponsorship for women's sports championships in 1982, Florida has advanced to the NCAA championships (top twelve) every year but one. The Gators have advanced to the "Super Six" finals of the NCAA championships nineteen times. Florida has finished twice as runner-up (1998 and 2012)^[3][4] and won NCAA championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015.^[5]

Ernestine Weaver was the head coach of the Gators gymnastics program from 1980 to 1992 and was responsible for much of the team's early success in AIAW, NCAA, and SEC competition. Under Weaver, the Gators won five SEC championships, the AIAW national championship in 1982, and appeared in thirteen consecutive NCAA championships; Gators gymnasts won five AIAW and NCAA individual national championships. Judi Markell succeeded Weaver as head coach in 1993 and her teams qualified for nine NCAA championships in ten seasons, including three Super Six appearances and a second-place finish in 1998; Markell's Gators won three individual national championships.

The Gators were coached by Rhonda Faehn from 2003-2015; they won four SEC championships and appeared in the NCAA championships every year, including ten Super Six appearances, a national runner-up performance in 2012, and three straight national championships from 2013-2015. The 2014 NCAA championship team scored the highest total ever at an NCAA championship with a 198.175.^[4] Faehn's Gators won nine individual national championships. Marissa King won the vault title in 2011, Kytra Hunter won the all-around and vault title in 2012 and the all-around and floor titles in 2015, Alaina Johnson won the uneven bars title in 2013, and Bridget Sloan won the all-around and balance beam titles in 2013 and the uneven bars title in 2014.

After Faehn's resignation following the 2015 national championship, Florida hired Auburn assistant Jenny Rowland to be the new head coach. In Jenny's first year as head coach she led the Gators to their 10th SEC title and fourth in seven years.

Individual national champions

Twelve Florida Gators gymnasts have won a total of thirty-one individual national college championships, including Ann Woods (1982 AIAW all-around, floor exercise, uneven bars), Lynn McDonnell (1982 AIAW balance beam), Maria Anz (1984 NCAA floor exercise), Susan Hines (1997 NCAA vault; 1998 NCAA vault), Betsy Hamm (1998 NCAA balance beam), Marissa King (2011 NCAA vault), Kytra Hunter (2012 NCAA all-around and vault title, 2015 all-around and floor title), Alaina Johnson (2013 NCAA Bars), Bridget Sloan (2013 NCAA all-around, beam; 2014 NCAA Bars; 2016 NCAA All-Around, Bars, and Beam), Alex McMurtry (2017 NCAA all-around and bars; 2018 NCAA vault), Alicia Boren (2019 NCAA Floor), and Trinity Thomas (2022 NCAA all-around, floor exercise, and uneven bars).

Roster

2024 Roster

Name	Height	Year	Hometown	Club
Alyssa Arana	5-2	FR	Miami, FL	Leyva Gymnastics Academy
Sloane Blakely	5-1	JR	Frisco, TX	WOGA
Kaylee Bluffstone	5-1	FR	Lutz, FL	LaFleur's Tampa
Lori Brubach	5-4	SO	Apopka, FL	RAD Gymnastics
Chloi Clark	5-2	SR	Denver, CO	CGI
Skylar Draser	5-6	FR	South Huntington, NY	Parkettes
Bri Edwards	5-0	JR	Navarre, FL	Gulf Coast Gymnastics
Danie Ferris	5-5	FR	Palm Coast, FL	Florida Elite
Morgan Hurd	4-9	SO	Middletown, DE	First State Gymnastics
Ellie Lazzari	5-0	SR	Wheaton, IL	Legacy Elite
Michala Magee	5-4	SR	Orlando, FL	Orlando Metro
Riley McCusker	5-2	JR	Bradenton, FL	Arizona Sunrays
Victoria Nguyen	5-2	SR	Houston, TX	Everest Gymnastics
Anya Pilgrim	5-5	FR	Germantown, MD	Hill's Gymnastics
Payton Richards	5-1	GS	Mokena, IL	Aerials Gymnastics Club
Leanne Wong	5-1	JR	Overland Park, KS	GAGE

• Head coach: Jenny Rowland
• Associate head coach: Adrian Burde
• Assistant coach: Owen Field
• Assistant coach: Jeremy Miranda
• Assistant to Head coach: Megan Skaggs
• Athletic trainer: Beca Floyd
• Student assistant coach: Trinity Thomas^[6]

Future recruits

Below are gymnasts who have committed to Florida.

2024–25 Commits

• Skye Blakely – WOGA – 2022 and 2023 World champion (team), 2019 Junior World bronze medalist (team)^[7]

All-American selections

All-American selections through the 2012 season.^[8]

Second-team All-American honors are designated with an asterisk (*). H. Boyd McWhorter Award winners (top SEC female scholar-athletes) are designated with a caret (^).

Regular Season All-American Awards

The National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NAGCS) started awarding All-American honors for a gymnast's regular season performance. The top 8 gymnasts in each event and the all-around receive first team honors and gymnasts ranked 9 to 16 receive second team honors.

The score is based on the National Qualifying Score (NQS) in the RoadtoNationals.com rankings.

Year		Name	First Team	Second Team
2024	[9]	Leanne Wong	UB	AA, BB
		Anya Pilgrim		AA, V
2023	[10]	Kayla DiCello		AA, UB, BB
		Trinity Thomas	AA, UB, FX	V, BB
		Leanne Wong	AA, UB	BB
2022	[11]	Nya Reed	FX	V
		Megan Skaggs	AA
		Trinity Thomas	V, UB, BB, FX
		Leanne Wong	UB	AA, BB, FX
2021	[12]	Trinity Thomas	AA, BB, FX, V	UB
		Alyssa Baumann		BB, FX
		Megan Skaggs		AA, UB
		Ellie Lazarri	BB
		Nya Reed		FX
		Savannah Schoenherr		V
		Leah Clapper	BB
2020	[13]	Trinity Thomas	AA, UB, BB, FX	V
		Rachel Gowey	BB
		Savannah Schoenherr		UB
		Alyssa Baumann	FX	BB
2019	[14]	Trinity Thomas	AA, UB, FX	BB
		Alyssa Baumann		BB
		Alicia Boren		AA, FX
		Megan Skaggs		UB
2018	[15]	Alyssa Baumann		BB
		Alicia Boren		AA, BB, FX
		Rachel Gowey		BB
		Alex McMurtry	V, UB, BB
		Rachel Slocum		V
2017	[16]	Kennedy Baker	FX
		Alicia Boren	AA, V, FX
		Amelia Hundley	UB	AA
		Alex McMurtry	V, UB	BB
		Rachel Slocum	V
2016	[17]	Kennedy Baker	AA, V, FX
		Alicia Boren		AA, V
		Bridgette Caquatto		UB
		Alex McMurtry	V, UB, BB
		Bridget Sloan	AA, UB, BB, FX	V
2015	[18]	Kennedy Baker	FX
		Claire Boyce		BB
		Bridgette Caquatto	UB	FX
		Kytra Hunter	AA, V, FX
		Alex McMurtry	V	UB
		Bridget Sloan	UB
2014	[19]	Mackenzie Caquatto	UB, BB
		Kytra Hunter	AA, V, FX
		Alaina Johnson	AA	UB
		Bridget Sloan	AA, V, UB, BB, FX
2013		Mackenzie Caquatto	UB, BB
		Ashanée Dickerson	V	AA
		Kytra Hunter	AA, V, FX	UB
		Marissa King		FX
		Bridget Sloan	AA, UB, BB	V

Team Records

Past Olympians

• Christina McDonald (1988)
• Nicola Willis (2004)
• Marissa King (2008)
• Bridget Sloan (2008)
• Kayla DiCello (2020 alternate)
• Leanne Wong (2020 alternate)

See also

• Florida Gators
• History of the University of Florida
• List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
• List of University of Florida Olympians
• University Athletic Association

References

External links

• Official website