Florida Gators women's gymnastics


The Florida Gators women's gymnastics team represents the University of Florida in the sport of gymnastics. The team competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association and the Southeastern Conference. The Gators host their home matches in the O'Connell Center on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, and are currently led by head coach Jenny Rowland. The Gators women's gymnastics program has won nine SEC championships, and four national championships: the 1982 AIAW national tournament and the 2013, 2014, and 2015 NCAA championships.

History

The University of Florida first fielded a women's varsity gymnastics team in the fall of 1973. Gymnastics was one of the first women's sports added at the University of Florida and achieved early success by winning the 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championship. Since the NCAA assumed sponsorship for women's sports championships in 1982, Florida has advanced to the NCAA championships every year but one. The Gators have advanced to the "Super Six" finals of the NCAA championships nineteen times. Florida has finished twice as runner-up and won NCAA championships in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Ernestine Weaver was the head coach of the Gators gymnastics program from 1980 to 1992 and was responsible for much of the team's early success in AIAW, NCAA, and SEC competition. Under Weaver, the Gators won five SEC championships, the AIAW national championship in 1982, and appeared in thirteen consecutive NCAA championships; Gators gymnasts won five AIAW and NCAA individual national championships. Judi Markell succeeded Weaver as head coach in 1993 and her teams qualified for nine NCAA championships in ten seasons, including three Super Six appearances and a second-place finish in 1998; Markell's Gators won three individual national championships.
The Gators were coached by Rhonda Faehn from 2003-2015; they won four SEC championships and appeared in the NCAA championships every year, including ten Super Six appearances, a national runner-up performance in 2012, and three straight national championships from 2013-2015. The 2014 NCAA championship team scored the highest total ever at an NCAA championship with a 198.175. Faehn's Gators won nine individual national championships. Marissa King won the vault title in 2011, Kytra Hunter won the all-around and vault title in 2012 and the all-around and floor titles in 2015, Alaina Johnson won the uneven bars title in 2013, and Bridget Sloan won the all-around and balance beam titles in 2013 and the uneven bars title in 2014.
After Faehn's resignation following the 2015 national championship, Florida hired Auburn assistant Jenny Rowland to be the new head coach. In Jenny's first year as head coach she led the Gators to their 10th SEC title and fourth in seven years.

Individual national champions

Eleven Florida Gators gymnasts have won a total of twenty-eight individual national college championships, including Ann Woods, Lynn McDonnell, Maria Anz, Susan Hines, Betsy Hamm, Marissa King, and Kytra Hunter, Alaina Johnson, Bridget Sloan, Alex McMurtry, Alicia Boren

2020 Roster

Below is a roster of gymnasts on the team for the 2019–2020 season.
NameHeightYearEventsHometownClub
Sierra Alexander5-7SRVT, FXFort Lauderdale, FLWest Broward Gymnastics Academy
Alyssa Baumann5-1JRAAPlano, TXWOGA
Maegan Chant5-3SRAAWaterdown,OntarioWorld Class Gymnastics
Leah Clapper4-11SOAAAnn Arbor, MIGym America
Jazmyn Foberg5-2SOAABayville, NJMG Elite
Rachel Gowey5-1SRAAUrbandale,IowaChow's Gymnastics
Amelia Hundley5-5SRAAHamilton,OHCincinnati Gymnastics
Sydney Johnson-Scharpf4-11SOAAClermont, FLBrandy Johnson's
Nya Reed5-3SOAALandover, MDCapital
Peyton Richards5-1FRAAMokena, ILAerials Gymnastics Club
Savannah Schoenherr5-3SOAAColumbus, GAGeorgia Elite
Megan Skaggs5-3JRAAMarietta, GAGymnastics Academy of Atlanta
Halley Taylor5-2SOAATampa, FLLaFleur's
Trinity Thomas5-3SOAAYork, PAPrestige

Below are gymnasts who have committed to Florida.
2020–21 Commits
2021–22 Commits
2022–23 Commits'
All-American selections through the 2012 season.
Second-team All-American honors are designated with an asterisk.
H. Boyd McWhorter Award winners are designated with a caret.

Team Records

Top Team Total

Top Vault Total

Top Uneven Bars Total

Top Balance Beam Total

Top Floor Total