FORT WORTH, Texas –Florida senior
Alicia Boren earned a share of the NCAA Gymnastics Championships' floor exercise title in Friday's competition. Boren posted a 9.95 for her signature event in the first rotation of NCAA Semifinal II competition and that score held as the overall floor high through the remaining three rotations.
Boren was one of four Gators competing as individuals in Friday's NCAA Championships semifinal competition in the Fort Worth Convention Center.
Joining Boren on the NCAA floor awards podium was freshman
Trinity Thomas. She shared seventh overall at 9.925.
Freshman
Savannah Schoenherr shared eighth overall in semifinal II vault competition (9.875). Sophomore
Alyssa Baumann turned in a 9.7625 on beam.
In semifinal II all-around competition, Boren tied for sixth at 39.375. It was Boren's 54
th consecutive and overall all-around appearance, making her the Gators' all-time leader by eight competitions.
In Friday's NCAA Championships' team competition, UCLA (197.675 – Semi I), LSU (197.5125 – Semi I), Oklahoma (197.85 – Semi II) and Denver (197.0375 – Semi II) advanced to Saturday's NCAA Championship final. That competition begins at 7 p.m. ET and airs live on ESPNU. This is the first year for a four-team final format, as the Super Six format ran from 1993-2018.
Boren's Title Notes:
- Boren is the third Gator to win the NCAA floor title, joining Maria Anz (1984) and Kytra Hunter (2015)
- Nine Gators have won 20 NCAA Individual titles in the program's history
- Florida is the nation's only team to claim a NCAA Individual title each of the last nine seasons. This was the Gators' 16th win in that span - the nation's leading total by six titles.
- Boren finishes her Gator career with 52 event wins (17 / senior; 15 / junior; 13 / sophomore; 7 / freshman)
- Every floor mark for Boren in 2019 was a 9.9 or better. This was her sixth floor title of the season and the 17th of her Gator career.
- The NCAA Individual Event Finals were eliminated after 2015 and the apparatus winners are now determined by combining two semifinal results.
Photo Gallery by Chris Parent
GATORS EARNING ALL-AMERICA HONORS:
Three Gators earned four All-America honors Friday.
| 2019 Gator All-Americans |
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| Name |
Event |
Semi II Score |
All-America team |
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| Alicia Boren |
Floor Exercise |
9.95 |
First |
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All-Around |
39.375 |
Second |
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| Savannah Schoenherr |
Vault |
9.875 |
Second |
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| Trinity Thomas |
Floor Exercise |
9.925 |
First |
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All-America honors based on finish in NCAA Semifinal.
Places 1-4 (plus ties) = first team
Places 5-8 (plus ties) = second team
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QUOTES
What was going on during her winning routine…
"Adrian (Burde, UF Assistant Coach) told me to go out there and have fun. He was pushing me to just enjoy the moment and I did.
"It was funny – I went for my last pass and I could see the floor before I landed. I saw the out-of-bounds and I thought 'Alicia, you need to take the smallest lunge possible'. My lunge was small and I managed to stay in. I got 9.95s across the board – it was one of the best moments of my career." – senior All-American
Alicia Boren
On closing her Gator career:
"To have the opportunity to be here is an awesome ending. It is not how our team wanted to end the season but to be here to represent the Gators is an honor." – senior All-American
Alicia Boren
On her two events:
"Bars wasn't my best. I made a mistake and I covered it up well, kept going and stuck my dismount so that was a good ending. Then we went to floor. I was final performer for the third rotation so I had a great time showing off to the whole crowd. I was excited for that opportunity. It was really fun." – freshman All-American
Trinity Thomas
| 2019 NCAA Gymnastics Event Champions |
| Vault: |
Derrian Gobourne |
Auburn |
9.95 |
|
Kennedi Edney |
LSU |
9.95 |
|
Maggie Nichols |
Oklahoma |
9.95 |
|
Kyla Ross |
UCLA |
9.95 |
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| Bars: |
Sarah Finnegan |
LSU |
9.95 |
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| Beam: |
Natalie Wojcik |
Michigan |
9.95 |
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| Floor: |
Alicia Boren |
Florida |
9.95 |
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Lynnzee Brown |
Denver |
9.95 |
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Brenna Dowell |
Oklahoma |
9.95 |
|
Kyla Ross |
UCLA |
9.95 |
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| All-Around: |
Maggie Nichols |
Oklahoma |
39.7125 |
