Gators Top Nation’s 2022 Gymnastics Freshmen Classes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s five leads CollegeGymFans.com’s<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.collegegymfans.com_news-2Dsp-2D743792805_features_articles_item_11683-2Dcollegegymfans-2Dcom-2Dtop-2Drecruiting-2Dclasses-2Dof-2D2021-2D2022.html&d=DwIF-g&c=sJ6xIWYx-zLMB3EPkvcnVg&r=o5LKAX7slotfFMyE71jI7L22NYBIi1-KbRGNSXudTPo&m=wV5lrWYjKc9y6pAFURnptNkdVVk6zXzpcGy2QknLvVAmgIp5la2xqNcG4_2HN0DS&s=2nAuSdYDrfVppW7UrjHPYFpbpdyWZYyy692UBim8xUU&e= > annual rankings of the gymnastics recruiting classes. This is the Gators’ 10th top-two recruiting class rank since 2010 (No. 1 eight times, No. 2 twice).

CollegeGymFans.com Top 10 Recruiting Classes

Rank

School

# of Freshmen

1.

Florida

5

2.

UCLA

5

3.

Utah

4

4.

LSU

3

5.

Oklahoma

6

6.

Missouri

6

7.

California

5

8.

Arkansas

6

9.

Michigan

3

10.

Alabama

3

Four Gator newcomers were part of the U.S. Senior National Teams – Sloane Blakely, Morgan Hurd, Riley McCusker and Leanne Wong – and three are World Championships medalists – Hurd, McCusker, Wong.

Hurd and Wong make up half of World Championships’ all-around medalists ever to join college programs. Hurd won the 2017 title and was third in 2018. In October, Wong won all-around silver in the 2021 World Championships in Japan. Hurd (2018, 2020) and Wong (2019) won all-around in the last three American Cups.

McCusker, a seven-time U.S. Championships’ event medalist which includes winning 2017 bars, won gold as a member of the 2018 U.S.’s World Championships team.

Blakely earned a spot on the 2018-19 U.S. Senior National Team. She finished her club career by sweeping the 2021 Level 10 National Championships Senior F titles. Blakely is the first to claim outright titles for all five events at a single Level 10 National meet.

The class also includes Bri Edwards of Navarre, Fla. She advanced to the 2021 Level 10 National Championships and looks to compete for a spot in the Gators’ vault lineup.

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Did You Know?

Three of the four collegiates to claim World Championships’ all-around medals have Gator ties:

Morgan Hurd

2017 Worlds Gold

First UF season: 2022

2018 Worlds Bronze

Bridget Sloan

2009 Worlds Gold

First UF season: 2013

Leanne Wong

2021 World Silver

First UF season: 2022

Season Starts Friday
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2022 Gators Gymnastics Ticket Prices

Section / Level

Adult Season

Child Season

Adult Single

Child Single

Lower Reserved

01, 03, 05, 07, 13, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29

$75

$50

$20

$20

Mid-Level Reserved

100 Level

$50

$35

$10

$5

General Admission

200 Level Only

$20

$5

$5

$1

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