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Gymnasts Leaving, Staying, Transferring, & Recruits

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  1. ETGator1

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    2022/23 Current Gymnastics Roster
    16 Current Team Members
    As of July 11, 2022

    Unknowns: Savannah Schoenherr & Shilese Jones

    Leah Clapper
    Nya Reed
    Payton Richards
    Halley Taylor
    Trinity Thomas
    Chloi Clark
    Ellie Lazzari
    Alex Magee
    Victoria Nguyen
    Sloane Blakely
    Brianna Edwards
    Morgan Hurd
    Riley McCusker
    Leanne Wong
    Lori Brubach
    Kayla DiCello
     
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    Can't we just fast forward to January?
     
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    What, miss football, volleyball, and the start of basketball season? Not a chance. Besides, we need to make sure our injured are 100% ready to go for 23:

    Riley McCusker's ankle (seen in practice without ankle wrap)
    Halley Taylor's knee
    Ellie Lazzari's knee
    Morgan Hurd's knee (less serious, should be fine)

    Ellie Lazzari back and healthy would be huge for the team.

    It would be great to see Savannah Schoenherr come back focused and ready to give the team a high level of performance in her two events. Again, Shilese Jones would be the cherry on top of the cake.

    Even without Savannah Schoenherr and Shilese Jones, we could be +1 depth over what we had to compete with in the 22 season when Halley, Ellie, Morgan, and Sydney Johnson-Scharpf missed most or all of 22. It could be +2 if Alex Magee can make a performance contribution as I don't recall her dressing out in either of her first two seasons. I'd like to think Alex can focus on and be a high contributor on one event, like Leah Clapper's focus on the beam.
     
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    ET Gator, while I’m waiting for you to provide your possible lineup for next year, I thought I’d give it a shot myself. Of course this is with very limited knowledge about the newcomers and where they will fit in as well as how far along last years injured gymnasts have recovered.
    With that said here goes.

    Vault: Trinity, Wong, Nya.
    Bars: Trinity, Wong, McCusker
    Beam: Trinity, Wong, Clapper
    Floor: Trinity, Wong, Nya

    Based on last years performances I believe the three spots for each apparatus above are pretty much set in stone as Trinity and Wong were rock solid as All Arounders. Now comes the speculation on how to complete the lineup.

    Schoenherr, if she comes back, Vault & Bars.
    Lazzarri, All Around if fully recovered?
    Nguyen, Bars, Beam
    Blakely, AA possibility.
    Hurd, AA if fully recovered.
    DiCello, AA possibility.

    With all due respect to the other young ladies on the team, as I said, I’m not as familiar with most of them and didn’t intend to exclude anyone from consideration. However, if we can avoid the type of injuries that plagued us this past season, Coach is going to have the enviable task of fitting these world class performers into the lineup.
     
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    I defer to you at this stage. I would add Payton Richards definitely and Brianna Edwards possibly to the list as well.
     
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    The Pan Am games are upon us:

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    That's Kayla DiCello on the left end and Skye Blakely, Sloane Blakely's sister on the right end. Skye is deferring until fall 2024 and Kayla will be with the 2022/23 UF team.
     
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    Even though that would mean below freezing temps and a slushy commute, January can't come fast enough!
     
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    From my limited research, here is my prognosis for the Gator lineup in '23:
    *If Schoenherr returns
    **Alternate
    ***If Shilese Jones signs


    Vault:
    Thomas
    Wong
    Reed
    DiCello
    Brubach
    *Schoenherr
    ***Shilese Jones (In if Schoenherr doesn't return)
    **Blakely (In if Schoenherr doesn't return and Jones defers)
    **Richards
    **Edwards
    **Taylor
    **Lazzari
    **McCusker
    **Hurd


    Bars:
    Thomas
    Wong
    McCusker
    Nguyen
    DiCello
    ***Shilese Jones
    *Schoenherr (in if Jones defers)
    **Hurd (In if Schoenherr doesn't return and Jones defers)
    **Blakely
    **Richards
    **Brubach
    **Lazzarri
    **Clapper


    Beam:
    Lazzari
    Thomas
    Wong
    Hurd
    Nguyen
    Clapper
    ***Shilese Jones
    **Blakely
    **McCusker
    **Brubach
    **Richards

    Floor:
    Thomas
    Reed
    Wong
    Hurd
    DiCello
    ***Shilese Jones
    **Blakely (In if Shilese Jones defers)
    **McCusker
    **Richards
    **Brubach
    **Clapper
    **Lazzari

    AA:
    Thomas
    Wong
    ***Shilese Jones
    These gymnasts have the skill and elite experience to perform in AA:
    Hurd
    McCusker
    Blakely
    DiCello
    Nguyen
    Lazzari
    Brubach
     
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    Kayla DiCello!
     
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    Today's Pan American Games scores for the USA:
    Watch here
    Blue indicates Gator signee
    Uneven Bars:

    Miller - 14.133
    Blakely - 13.933
    Zeiss - 13.633
    DiCello - 13.600

    Beam:
    Zeiss - 13.400
    Blakely - 12.300
    Mueller - 12.167
    DiCello - 11.733

    Floor:
    DiCello - 13.467
    Blakely - 13.267

    Zeiss - 13.233
    Mueller - 13.067

    Vault:
    Zeiss - 13.933
    Mueller - 13.567
    Blakely - 13.433
    DiCello - 13.167
     
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    Kayla DiCello won the Pan Am gold medal on floor. Congratulations!

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    Kayla will be an 18-year-old UF true freshman. She has outstanding physical tools. It'll be interesting to see how she does in the team performances on Sunday night. The US finished in second place behind home team Brazil.

    From what I could see in her performances, Kayla's highest need to improve will be the balance beam if she wants to do all-around with UF.
     
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    I haven't seen anything on Savannah Schoenherr. Her online presence has practically stopped since nationals.

    I read somewhere that she graduated in 2021 and was working on her masters during the last year. If she has completed her masters, why would she be motivated to come back for a 5th season? What would she be studying as a student athlete?

    This is purely speculation, but the rumors I heard after nationals about her moving on may have been right. Leah, Trinity, and Nya have all announced their return. At this stage, Savannah's silence is deafening.
     
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    USA Gymnastics announces the field for next weekend's U.S. Classic. Senior women include Tokyo alternates Kayla DiCello and Leanne Wong + Konnor McClain, Shilese Jones, Addison Fatta, Joscelyn Roberson, Nola Matthews, Ciena Alipio, Katelyn Jong & others.
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    Georgia extends Courtney Kopeks Carter contract for 3 more seasons.

    Georgia added transfers Josie Agneny (Kentucky), Vanessa Deniz (Oklahoma) and Sandra Elsadek (Ball State) and is bringing in a recruiting class that was ranked No. 4 nationally by collegegymnews.com. Maybe the off-season transfers and stealing a 5-star recruit from Alabama impressed the AD? The Gym Dogs had a national ranking of 7th in 2018, 8th in 2019, 12th in 2020, 18th in 2021 and 30th in 2022. The team finished last this season in the SEC championships.
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    Hopefully, Shilese Jones joins the 2022/23 Gators team in August. We have two Gators there who will be working on her coming. There really is no good reason not to come presuming she is academically qualified. Paris is too far off to give up a year of college. I'm selfish. I want to see Shilese Jones performing in the Orange & Blue.

    Leanne Wong finished on UF's academic honor roll which explains how she was able to train for World's while studying remotely last year.

    Kayla DiCello has that look about her, she's a star! The only weakness I've seen is balance beam, but she should do really well taking down a notch just some of her highest elite level technical difficulty. Leanne Wong had to do this too before she hit her high and consistent collegiate level performance. College prizes the stick, penalizes for stepping forward and penalizes heavier for stepping backwards, while elite prizes the hardest technical elements over getting a stick. It's an adjustment going from elite to college to be sure.

    JMHO, the best of the best can do both. I have no doubt that Trinity Thomas still hasn't hit her peak yet. If she exists her 23 season uninjured unlike her 21 season, she will be tough to beat out for Paris. Leanne Wong fits this category as well. Skye Blakely and Shilese Jones could learn a thing or two from Trinity Thomas and Leanne Wong.
     
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