Special report on the Florida Gators gymnastics team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 2 Florida gymnastics makes its 2020 SEC Network Friday Night Heights debut at No. 19 Missouri. Florida combines its first road meet with its SEC road opener when its visits the Hearnes Center<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mutigers.com_facilities_hearnes-2Dcenter-2Dgym-2D_23&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=6XCrr9mJsjlVZerDLKR7qT_XadssL-Xg7RTBBy-IKSU&s=LXcHm4ql0-SMgHVaIvNzedMYYcq0kl-ByMrr86NZe9o&e= > for a 7 p.m. ET meet.
This is Florida’s only Friday Night Heights appearance for January. The Jan. 24 meet versus No. 7 LSU airs live on ESPN2. The Gators close SEC regular-season action with three consecutive Friday Night Heights appearances – at Auburn (Feb. 14), vs Alabama (Feb. 21) and at Georgia (Feb. 28).
How to Follow the Gators:
Follow the action live:
* SEC Network<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.espn.com_watch-3Fid-3Dbd74cd41-2D97c6-2D4677-2D87bc-2D3a87acb007d0&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=6XCrr9mJsjlVZerDLKR7qT_XadssL-Xg7RTBBy-IKSU&s=QCgRqVMytcONKsp5kci43pKbCfUA5BjmsRLL5IIVGSg&e= > – action called by Courtney Lyle and Lauren Sisler
* Live scores<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__stats.statbroadcast.com_statmonitr_-3Fid-3D289259&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=6XCrr9mJsjlVZerDLKR7qT_XadssL-Xg7RTBBy-IKSU&s=NtN0hD6tVp7Df7J3ot75jOnGFKhccsvua8yBOE5A-OU&e= >
The Gators in Last Friday’s Season Opener:
Florida matched the nation’s top 2020 opening total in its Jan. 10 197.35 – 194.40 win over preseason No. 19 Arkansas in front of an Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center crowd of 7,531. The total also set Florida’s all-time best for a season opener.
Florida swept the top two spots for each apparatus, with sophomore Trinity Thomas taking titles for bars (9.925), beam (9.975) and floor (9.975) and earned her seventh collegiate all-around win with the nation’s No. 3 total (39.70) of this young season. Fellow sophomore Nya Reed equaled her collegiate best for both events competed – vault (9.875) and floor (9.925) – and won her first vault title.
SEC Gymnast of the Week Honors for Trinity Thomas:
After her performance in the season opener, Florida’s Trinity Thomas received the fourth SEC Gymnast of the Week honor of her career<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__floridagators.com_news_2020_1_14_gymnastics-2Dtrinity-2Dthomas-2Dis-2Dthe-2Dsec-2Dgymnast-2Dof-2Dthe-2Dweek.aspx&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=6XCrr9mJsjlVZerDLKR7qT_XadssL-Xg7RTBBy-IKSU&s=tqZqnsyIL1nr3yItm3q_wQ_WqY6DV-l3LC9TESyDuxQ&e= >.
About the Missouri:
Missouri opened 2020 by taking second with a 195.60 in its Jan. 4 home triangular. Morgan Porter took second in the season opener all-around with MU’s 2020 high of 39.20. A pair of Tigers claimed the first league weekly honors after their performances in the tri-meet – senior Aspen Tucker (Specialist of the Week) and Helen Hu (Freshman of the Week). The Tigers lost last Friday in its SEC opener at No. 10 Kentucky 196.525-195.50. Hu used a 9.95 to win her second consecutive beam title last Friday.
National Rank:
Florida – Florida is No. 2 in the Road to Nationals<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__roadtonationals.com_results_standings_season_2020_2_0_5&d=DwIFAg&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=6XCrr9mJsjlVZerDLKR7qT_XadssL-Xg7RTBBy-IKSU&s=aKTcWWtgJ15zMPJJBVaZri1rNAhx3kCnjr9vSpdSuOs&e= > standings.
Missouri – The Tigers are No. 19 in the Road to Nationals rankings.