Gators Gymnasts Beat Kentucky With Another National High Score.

They send a message to all the competition in the postseason. LOOK OUT!

After last week’s tremendous showing between Florida and LSU with both teams scoring 198+. It would not have been a big surprise going on the road to #22 Kentucky and having a competition not up to that level. Not only did #3 Florida keep the gas pedal on the floor.

They sent a message to all the competition in the postseason. LOOK OUT! Setting a new NCAA high score with a 198.575. Scoring season highs on Vault, Bars and Beam.

Senior Selena Harris-Miranda picked up her second consecutive perfect score on Beam and the Gators continued to stick routine after routine.

After the meet, coach Jenny Rowland proudly said:

“What a fantastic evening for the Gators it was such a fabulous night too and on our regular season journey. Really proud of the momentum and the freeness. The best meets are sometimes the ones you have no idea how the scores are going, but you’re having so much fun, It’s just feels like it’s a practice. So, super pumped and super excited for the team. I’m sure they’re gonna take a lot of confidence from this going into the postseason.. We had three season highs on vault, bars and beam. So extremely proud of the Gators. They were locked in and focused. And more than anything they had fun.”

Six symnasts competed, with Florida having the road rotation of Uneven Bars, Vault, Floor Exercise and Balance Beam. The five highest scores count. On to the recap:

Uneven Bars: Last Week’s Score: 49.625. Average, 49.557, 1st in the Nation. Kentucky: 49.089, 20th nationally.

-eMjae Frazier: Low bar mount. Legs glued together. Double layout dismout. Stuck- 9.925

-Anya Pilgrim: Low bar mount. Legs together. Full twisting double tuck dismount. Stuck- 9.90 (The dropped score) You know it was a good day when you are dropping a 9.90

-Skye Blakely: Springboard mount. Extra long handstands. Inverted grip to a double half twist dismount. Stuck- 9.95 Skye is 10th in the NCAA on the Bars.

-Kayla DiCello: Springboard high bar mount. Legs together. Twisting layout dismount. Stuck- 9.95. Ties her season high!

-Selena Harris-Miranda: Top bar mount.High bar to low bar into a handstand. Double layout dismount. Stuck- 9.95 Selena averages 9.91 on Bars this season

Riley McCusker: Low Bar mount. Toes pointed. Great low to high bar transition. Double tuck dismount. Stuck- 9.95

49.725- Season high. Second only to Utah’s 49.750 this season. Florida leads Kentucky by .375 after one rotation. Kentucky scored a 49.350 on Vault.

Vault: Last Week’s Score: 49.375, Average: 49.207, 10th in the Nation. Kentucky: 49.161, 13th nationally.

-Anya Pilgrim: Yurchenko 1 1/2. Hop forward- 9.875

-eMjae Frazier: Yurchenko 1 1/2 with twist. To face the vault table. Small hop- 9.90

-Kayla DiCello: Yurchenko 1 1/2. Stepped backward- 9.775 (The dropped score)

-Danie Ferris: Yurchenko 1 1/2. Small hop.- 9.925. Ties her season high.

-Skye Blakely: Yurchenko 1 1/2, layout to face the table. Tiny hop.- 9.90

-Selena Harris-Miranda: Yurchenko 1 1/2. Big hop forward.- 9.875.

49.475- Florida’s season high on Vault. Perhaps (Fingers crossed) the Gators have settled down on this event. Florida leads by .750. 99.200-98.450 after two rotations. Kentucky scores a 49.100 on Bars and couldn’t stick their landings.

Floor: Last Week’s Score: 49.750. Average: 49.418, 7th in the Nation. Kentucky: 49.271, 15th nationally.

-Gabby Disidore: 1st pass (The long runs from corner to corner)- Double layout into a leap. Stuck. 2nd pass- Front twisting flip. Hop- 9.875

-Danie Ferris: 1st- Double tuck flip. Hop. 2nd- Combination twisting pass into a jump.-9.875

-Amelia Disidore: 1st- Front double layout. Stuck. 2nd- Back flip to jump. Stuck. Amelia nailed this routine.- 9.925

-Jayla Booker: The freshman cracks the lineup this week. 1st- Front twisting leap. Lands out of bounds. 2nd- Front double tuck. Stuck- 9.775 (The dropped score)

Skye Blakely: 1st- Front handspring. Double flip to stag leap. Stuck. 2nd-Huge leaps. Twisting combination pass. Stuck- 9.950

-Selena Harris-Miranda: 1st- Twisting front pass to leap. 2nd- Combination pass to stag leap- 9.950. Selena needed a 10 to complete her Gym Slam, a perfect score in all four events. Almost.

49.575- Florida is crushing Kentucky by 1.05 after the third rotation 148.775-147.725. Kentucky had a fall on Beam. Scoring a 49.275

Selena Harris-Miranda has back to back perfect scores on Beam. (Photo UAA)

Beam: Last Week: 49.750. Average: 49.500, 2nd in the Nation. Kentucky: 49.029, 21st nationally.

-Skylar Drasser:  Double back handspring. Wobble. Stag leap. Balance check. Twisting dismount 1 1/2 twist. Steps backward- 9.775 (The dropped score)

-Alyssa Arana: Side mount. Double back handspring. Front leap. Gainer Full side dismount. Stuck - 9.925

-Skye Blakely: Side mount. Front arial. Triple wolf turn. Front to back flip combination. Gainer full twisting side dismount. Stuck - 9.950

-eMjae Frazier: Side mount.Front flip to back flip combination. Split jumps. Cartwheel to twisting dismount. Stuck.-9.975 Why not a 10?

-Kayla DiCello: Springboard candle mount. 180 leaps. Double back a handspring. Front leap. Side dismount. Stuck. 10?? - 9.950

-Selena Harris-Miranda: Second in the NCAA this season on Beam. Side split mount. Triple series back handspring. Perfect! Twisting dismount. Stuck.- 10!! Wow!

49.800- Florida ties last week’s score with a season high and NCAA high. Florida is really on a roll with an NCAA high score and all the momentum for the SEC Tournament  on Saturday. Beats Kentucky 198.575-197.225.

-Selena Harris-Miranda won the All-Around title: 39.775. Skye Blakely was second: 39.750

-Danie Ferris was second on Vault: 9.925

-Skye Blakely, Kayla DiCello, Selena Harris-Miranda and Riley McCusker tied for the Uneven Bars title: 9.950

-Selena Harris-Miranda won the Beam title: 10.0

-Skye Blakely tied Kentucky’s C. Browse tied for the Floor title: 9.950

How exciting this postseason will be. After two runner up National Titles in 2022 & 2023 Coach Rowland may have the team that will finish first. First will be the SEC Championship in Tulsa Oklahoma on Saturday. So another advantage for OU, like always. Florida will have the evening session on the SEC Network at 8pm EST. I think you will see another season high on Vault and the team playing loose has paid dividends these past two weeks. Florida has pulled some of the extra difficult parts of several routines and it is paying off.