(GYM) CLOSED - Gymnastics 2022 - 2023

NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Total
Oklahoma 49.5625 49.6375 49.5125 49.6750 198.3875
Florida 49.5750 49.7125 49.5250 49.4250 198.2375
Utah 49.1500 49.5500 49.7375 49.5000 197.9375
LSU 49.5250 49.3125 49.2375 49.4500 197.5250

The NCAA Championship Meet results should have ended any doubt on who the top two dominate teams are in 2023. In their biggest meets this postseason, the Gators performed their best gymnastics: 198.425 in the SEC Championship-winning by .500-and 198.2375 in the finals. In the Regionals Semis and Finals and National Semis, thanks to Jenny's shuffling of the line-up to compensate the injury to the nation's best gymnast-and keeping the team focused after Trinity's mid-meet injury, the Gators got the job done.
When you compare the scores of each routine between the Gators and Oklahoma, the Gators performed better on three out-of four routines. When you factor in the significance of Trinity's absence on Floor, it is massive: she is ranked #2 with a NQS score 9.975. This season, she scored 2x10.000 including a 10.000 in SEC Champs., 3x9.975, 3x9.950. But a healthy Trinity may not have changed the outcome anyway. Oklahoma was on fire and they seem to be immune to pressure. For the 2nd straight year in the final rotation, the Sooners were on Beam, and theGators were surging and putting pressure on them, but the Sooners' Beam team did not miss a beat. As if they have ice in their veins, Oklahoma performed almost flawlessly and not let Florida overtake them.
Last year I was crushed after the meet. This year I'm a little melancholy, but it's more about never watching Trinity perform as a Gator again. I'm so impressed by how hard the Gators' fought and how close we came to winning the Natty when none of us here-including me- thought we'd have a chance to win after the injury to Trinity.
Since 2016, the Gators had a reputation of underperforming at Nationals. They even had a name for it-the "Gator Curse" or something similar. But the last two finals' results have definitely changed that.

 

Yeah, moving to the SEC is going to be much tougher for Oklahoma, I was not happy when all sports except wrestling are moving to the SEC but I guess money talks but it will give Oklahoma a new challenge though!

 

I don't think Okla is worried since they beat Ky, LSU and us in the championship.

 

are their judges following them?

 

I'm not sure what to think about the new SEC Championship format once Oklahoma joins in 2025: top-seed (highest NQS ranking) has a bye and two quad meets (2,5,6,9) and (3,4,7,8). The two winners + the next highest scoring team from the two meets combined will play in the championship quad meet with the top seed. Is this too much to ask for our gymnasts who just went through a gruelling season? A tired and sore body is more susceptible to injury. The B1G 10 Championship has two sessions, the top 4 in one session and seeds 5-10 in another, just like how the SEC does now. Questions are: 1-how to determine the individual champions? 2- do the 3 finalists other than the top-seed with the bye receive an extra meet towards their NQS to drop a low score?
I said this in a previous post but the new schedule will be 8 meets against SEC, leaving only 2-3 meets to compete outside the SEC. I think 1 week should be a tri-meet with 2 other SEC teams (3 tri-meets equals 9 SEC teams, so each SEC member would compete in one tri-meet). This would free up a weekend to compete outside of the conference). The B1G 10 has ten members in gymnastics so in order for all 10 teams to compete against each other, they have six dual meets and two 5-meets.

 

Who is Dr. Sam? She has the inside scoop.

 

Fantastic follow on twitter and instagram if you're a Gator gymnastics fan. She graduated from UF and has relationships with many of the staff and gymnasts. She knows a lot about college gymnastics.

 

Savannah Schoenherr to grad transfer.
I hate to see her go.

 

Wonder if Dr. Sam already knew she was leaving when doing the routines. I would think so.

 

What is her handle on IG?

 

sam_lauren8