GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Another performance ranking among the nation’s top freshmen all-around totals of 2024 earns Florida’s Anya Pilgrim her second consecutive and third overall Southeastern Conference Freshman Gymnast of the Week honor.
Pilgrim’s 39.525 set in Florida’s Feb. 16 win at the Mizzou at the Lou quad meet is her fifth addition to the top-10 freshmen all-around totals of 2024. Four freshmen have posted 10 all-around totals of 39.525 or better in 2024 with Pilgrim earning half of those totals.
Nation’s Top Freshmen All-Around Totals – 2024
Name
School
YR
Date
Opponent
AA
Site
1
Anya Pilgrim
Florida
FR
2/9
Arkansas
39.600
H
Lily Smith
Georgia
FR
2/2
Florida
39.600
H
3
Anya Pilgrim
Florida
FR
2/2
Georgia
39.550
A
Madison Ulrich
Denver
FR
2/11
Iowa St, SEM
39.550
H
Madison Ulrich
Denver
FR
1/26
Oklahoma
39.550
A
6
Anya Pilgrim
Florida
FR
2/16
Mizzou to the Lou Quad
39.525
N
Anya Pilgrim
Florida
FR
1/26
Alabama
39.525
H
Anya Pilgrim
Florida
FR
1/12
Home Quad
39.525
H
Sophia Esposito
Oregon St
FR
2/9
UCLA
39.525
H
Lily Smith
Georgia
FR
2/9
LSU
39.525
H
Anya Pilgrim – SEC Freshman of the Week:
Shared third at 39.525 in Mizzou at the Lou quad all-around competition. Highest all-around among nation’s freshmen last weekend
* Only freshman among Feb. 19 Road to Nationals top 15 all-arounders.
* Pilgrim is only freshman with five appearances among nation’s top 100 all-around totals for 2024.
* Competed five times as an all-arounder this season.
9.90 in three events at Mizzou to the Lou
* 9.90 shared second in Mizzou balance beam competition. Fourth consecutive beam mark of 9.9 or better
* Also 9.90 for uneven bars and floor exercise. Third 9.9 or better mark on bars and second on floor
* Owns collegiate-bests of 9.9 or better for each apparatus.
Competed at both 2023 FIG World Championships and Pan Am Games (representing Barbados)
Other recipients of Feb. 20 SEC weekly honors are:
Gymnast of the Week: Raena Worley (Kentucky)
Co-Specialist: Aleah Finnegan (LSU) and Mara Titarsolej (Missouri)
UP NEXT:
The nation’s top dual meet of the weekend – No. 2 LSU at No. 5 Florida – is Friday in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.
Meet: No. 5 Florida vs No. 2 LSU for Rowdy Reptiles Night presented by Florida Dairy Farmers
When: Friday, Feb. 23 at 6:45 p.m. ET
Venue: Stephen C. O’Connell Center <https://www.oconnellcenter.ufl.edu/events/gymnastics-vs-lsu-rowdy-reptiles-night/> (gates open at 5:30 p.m.)
TV: ESPN2 with Olympic medalists Bart Conner and Gator Great Bridget Sloan calling the action; Taylor Davis providing sideline reports
Stream: ESPN2 <https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/34142aca-abb6-4dd2-a735-658cf5f6f599>
Live Scores: StatBroadcast<https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=497232>
Tickets: Sold out. Check the Official Gator TicketExchange<https://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/1280019?tm_link=tmr_redirect> to purchase tickets other fans can’t use Friday.
