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Can we have 2 Achilles injuries in 2 days? USA Today says Kayla had leg braced for an ankle injury.

 

Confirmed:

Kayla DiCello has a torn Achilles tendon too.

Both Skye and Kayla will miss the 2025 season. I'm thinking both redshirt. I'm not sure how a redshirt on top of a deferral year affects Kayla, but I'm thinking she'll be a redshirt sophomore for the 2026 season.

Picking up Selena Harris was HUGE.

I hope my prediction that Victoria Nguyen returns comes true.

Getting Riley McCusker back off of injury is HUGE too.

UF will still be good, but I may have to reconsider UF as my #1 prediction for the 2025 season. I may have to put LSU at #1 like I did for the 2024 season, will think about when we see if Victoria comes back for her 5th year.

 

Leanne must be at her best on Sunday. That includes increasing difficulty for a higher score on floor. She isn't out of it yet, but in 8th place she is on life support.

 

Final 6 is no longer what we have. You have 8 to the semifinal and 4 to the final.

 

Too soon to come to the conclusion we can't content for a national championship. By the end of August, we'll have a complete picture of what we have to work with in the 2025 season. Bottom line, I do not expect anything less than a top 4 finish even with Kayla and Skye out for the year.

 

Portal is done. Hopefully Victoria Nguyen comes back for her 5th year.

 

Is Shilese not participating on Sunday? This is news to me.

I'd be surprised if Shilese makes her way to anywhere other than the pro circuit. Reading the tea leaves of comments by CJR, I don't think Shilese is interested in getting an education from a top school like UF.

Getting real on Shilese's age, she is not Simone Biles. I'm not sure she could take the rigors of weekly performing in college team gymnastics. We could end up with another Morgan Hurd who has done very little in her college career.