Special report on the Florida Gators gymnastics team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 1 Florida heads west to face No. 8 Arkansas at the Barnhill Arena.
No. 8 Arkansas brings its highest ranking into a meeting with Florida since the 2015 season as the Razorbacks were also No. 8 when the two teams met for 2015 dual in Fayetteville, Ark.
How to Follow the Gators:
Follow the action live at 8 p.m. ET:
* SEC Network<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.espn.com_watch_player-3Fid-3D8c145c7a-2D547e-2D483f-2Dbddc-2Db77b3fc96e27&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=RD_–rAHATTOkXxoC99pSpYJMkq5DTVDOiUEmPhKrmQ&s=UEV5J8Gu3Y2N2fgtu4fYaGCub8oK1nGukb82Ift3t28&e= > + with Brett Dolan and Sydney McGlone calling the action
* Live scores<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__stats.statbroadcast.com_broadcast_-3Fid-3D325605&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=RD_–rAHATTOkXxoC99pSpYJMkq5DTVDOiUEmPhKrmQ&s=3Gzm3mksEGFpNf161dZFBU8cS0LOTeibck_ydia76Mk&e= >
The Gators’ Last Meet:
The Gators opened home action last Friday with a 197.25-196.075 victory over No. 7 Georgia. A trio of Gator juniors claimed the apparatus wins. Trinity Thomas won the opening two events – vault (9.90) and uneven bars (9.95). The wins for Leah Clapper (balance beam – 9.925) and Nya Reed (floor exercise – 9.975) were the second of their careers for the events. Reed’s mark set her collegiate high.
Florida sold out its physically-distanced tickets (2,203) for the Georgia dual.
SEC Specialist Gymnast of the Week Honors for Nya Reed:
Nya Reed claimed her second consecutive Southeastern Conference Specialist Gymnast of the Week<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_news_2021_1_19_gymnastics-2Dnya-2Dreed-2Dis-2Dsec-2Dspecialist-2Dgymnast-2Dof-2Dthe-2Dweek.aspx&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=RD_–rAHATTOkXxoC99pSpYJMkq5DTVDOiUEmPhKrmQ&s=Ryr5RPnDqY2zd4WtZApUwpiGDxngB9AmXmUDiqTCg3c&e= > honor on Jan. 19. She shares the SEC Specialist of the Week honor with Arkansas’ Maggie O’Hara after setting her collegiate floor best (9.975) and tying for third on vault (9.875).
Reed was the nation’s only gymnast with a near perfect floor mark in last weekend’s competition.
About the Arkansas Razorbacks:
No. 8 Arkansas meets its second opponent of 2021 this Friday as it opened the season with consecutive meets versus LSU. In Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 8, Arkansas narrowly lost 196.55-196.35 to No. 3 LSU. In the Razorback’s home opener on Jan. 15, LSU claimed a 197.275-196.625 win. Junior Kennedy Hambrick won the 2021 opener all-around with a Razorback season-high total of 39.40. Arkansas’ senior Maggie O’Hara shares the SEC Specialist of the Week honor with UF’s Reed after O’Hara won bars (9.95) and beam (9.925) in last Friday’s meeting with LSU.
National Rank:
Florida – Florida is No. 1 in the Week 1 Road to Nationals rankings<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__roadtonationals.com_results_standings_season_2021_1_0_5&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=RD_–rAHATTOkXxoC99pSpYJMkq5DTVDOiUEmPhKrmQ&s=EuIJBcQuShXnaLk8Udrur-hcBGkcAXk1FsqGVR4Xywk&e= >.
Arkansas – The Razorbacks are No. 8.