Special report on the Florida Gators gymnastics team:
FORT WORTH, Texas – The 2026 NCAA Four on the Floor gymnastics team final includes the No. 3 Florida.
The Gators move ahead to the NCAA team final after winning the opening semifinal Thursday at Dickies Arena at 197.7875. Joining the Gators Saturday’s final is No. 2 seed LSU which claimed the other advancing spot at 197.4375. No. 6 Georgia (197.2625) and No. 7 Stanford (196.9375) rounded out semifinal I results.
From semifinal II, No. 1 and defending NCAA champion Oklahoma won at 198.30. The lowest seed in the semifinals, No. 13 Minnesota, will make its first appearance in the NCAA team final after posting a 197.4625. No. 4 UCLA (197.275) and No. 9 Arkansas rounded out the evening semifinal results.
The NCAA Four on the Florida Team final airs on ABC at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Florida has advanced to the national team final in 18 of its last 21 appearances, which includes NCAA titles in 2013, a shared crown in 2014 and another championship in 2015.
This Afternoon’s Meet:
Florida chose to start semifinal action on balance beam. Lots of stuck dismounts as the Gators tallied 49.4625 to open the meet – the fourth highest beam total for the Gators in NCAA semifinal action. The leading marks came from the mid portion of the Gators lineup with Skye Blakely posting a 9.9125 which was followed by eMjae Frazier’s 9.925.
Senior eMjae Frazier led the Gators on floor exercise, with her 9.9375. Gabby Disidore got the Gators off to a solid start with a 9.8875, with Kayla DiCello matching that mark. Florida’s 49.4375 on floor gave the team the midpoint lead of 0.2375 over LSU.
Steps held the Gators vault total back to 49.225. For the third consecutive event, Frazier led the Gators with a 9.875. DiCello earned a 9.8625 and Anya Pilgrim got the lineup started with a solid 9.85.
The Gators took a 0.1875 lead over Georgia into the final event, as the Bulldogs edged ahead of LSU in the third rotation. Just 0.2125 of a point separated teams 1 and 3 after three events.
Semifinal I’s highest total in any event, 49.6625, pushed the Gators to the session’s win. All five scores that contributed to that event total earned All-America honors. The top two scores across all teams in the semifinal came from Riley McCusker (9.9875) and Blakely (9.975). Harris-Miranda earned a (9.925) with DiCello (9.90) and Pilgrim (9.875) rounding out the scores contributing to team’s event total.
All three Gator all-arounders earned All-America honors. First-team recognition were earned by Frazier (39.5625) and DiCello (39.5375) and Harris-Miranda (39.4625) earned second-team honors.
RILEY McCUSKER WINS UNEVEN BARS TITLE
Florida senior Riley McCusker’s 9.9875 from the first semifinal proved to the overall event winner for the uneven bars.
McCusker is the 12th Gator to win a NCAA individual title and this is the program’s 25 overall NCAA event crown.
Other Gators to win the uneven bars title include: Alaina Johnson (2013), Alex McMurtry (2017), Bridget Sloan (2014 & 2016), Trinity Thomas (2022) and Leanne Wong (2024).
EVENT WINNERS:
Scores are combined from both NCAA semifinal sessions to determine event winners:
Vault: Keira Wells, Oklahoma 9.975
Bars: Riley McCusker, Florida 9.9875
Beam: Brooklyn Rowray, Minnesota 9.9625
Floor: Jordan Chiles, UCLA 9.975
AA: Faith Torrez, Oklahoma 39.7875
GATOR ALL-AMERICANS:
Six Gators earned 15 All-America honors in Thursday’s NCAA semifinal competition.
2026 Gator All-Americans
Name
Event
Semi I Score
All-America team
Skye Blakely
Uneven Bars
9.975
First
Balance Beam
9.9125
Second
Kayla DiCello
All-Around
39.5375
First
Vault
9.8625
Second
Uneven Bars
9.900
Second
Balance Beam
9.8875
Second
eMjae Frazier
All-Around
39.5625
First
Vault
9.875
Second
Balance Bea
9.925
First
Floor Exercise
9.9375
First
Selena Harris-Miranda
All-Around
39.4625
Second
Uneven Bars
9.925
First
Balance Beam
9.8875
Second
Riley McCusker
Uneven Bars
9.9875
First
Anya Pilgrim
Uneven Bars
9.875
Second
GATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:
* Florida’s five All-Americans on uneven bars matches the program’s all-time high for number of All-Americans on an event at the NCAA Championships. Florida also had five earn All-America honors in 2022 for floor exercise.
* Skye Blakely’s 9.975 on uneven bars matched the Gators’ all-time uneven bars high score in NCAA semifinal action (set by Trinity Thomas in 2022). A new high was set three competitors later when Riley McCusker anchored the lineup at 9.9875. Those scores are the No. 2 and No. 3 highest bars scores ever in NCAA semifinal action across all teams.
* Florida’s total of 197.7875 is No. 4 all-time for Gators in NCAA semifinal competition.
* UF’s bars total of 49.6625 is No. 2 all-time among all teams in NCAA semifinal competition.
UP NEXT:
NCAA Championships Coverage:
When:
NCAA Team Final | Saturday, April 18 at 4 p.m. ET
Venue:
Dickies Arena |