GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 2 Florida gymnastics finishes regular-season road action Saturday at No. 25 Penn State. This is Florida’s first trip to PSU’s Rec Hall since winning the 2018 NCAA University Park Regional.
Saturday’s meet is Gator All-American Trinity Thomas’ first collegiate performance in her home state. Thomas’ hometown of York, Pa., is a two-hour drive southeast from State College, Pa.
How to Follow the Gators:
Follow the action live at 4 p.m. ET:
The Gators Last Meet:
Florida’s 197.80 – 196.50 win in front of a sellout Stegeman Coliseum crowd last Friday at No. 10 Georgia closed the Gators’ 2020 SEC regular-season schedule. The Gators finished undefeated in SEC action (7-0) for the first time since 1992 (first season all league teams met in regular-season action). Florida claimed its second-consecutive SEC regular-season title in 2020.
The Gators swept the event titles, with sophomore Trinity Thomas claiming vault (9.95), uneven bars (9.975), floor exercise (9.95) and all-around (39.825). That all-around total equals Florida’s school record (now shares with Alaina Johnson, Bridget Sloan and Alex McMurtry) and moves into a tie for the nation’s No. 2 total for 2020. It was her sixth consecutive all-around win of the season and seventh overall for 2020. Another near-perfect mark of 9.975 gave junior Alyssa Baumann the balance beam win.
SEC Gymnast of the Week Honors for Trinity Thomas:
After posting the nation’s top all-around of the weekend with her win at Georgia, Thomas claims her sixth consecutive SEC Gymnast of the Week honor.
It is her seventh such honor of 2020 and 10th of her Gator career.
About Penn State:
Penn State is also done with league regular-season action, tying for fourth in Big Ten standings. The Nittany Lions are coming off winning the Penn State Quad last weekend with its season-high of 196.575.
Junior Lauren Bridgens set the team’s season high all-around of 39.475 to win the PSU Quad.
National Rank:
Florida – Florida is No. 2 in the Road to Nationals standings.
PSU – The Nittany Lions are No. 25 in the Road to Nationals rankings.
