Florida Gators

UF Gymnastics Team Targets Big Finish at NCAA Championships - by Scott Carter

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 3 Gators gymnastics seeks Florida Athletics 50th national team championship – and second of the month - this week in Fort Worth's Dickies Arena. Florida men's basketball hoisted the NCAA trophy on April 7 in San Antonio, Texas.
 
Florida is the NCAA Championships' first semifinal on Thursday, April 17 at 4:30 p.m. ET. A top-two team finish advances the Gators to Saturday's four-team NCAA team final. The Gators advanced from semifinal to team final competition in 17 of the Gators' last 19 NCAA appearances, including 2024.
 
NCAA Championships Info:
Seven of the top eight teams seeds advanced to 2025 NCAA Championships' final site.
 

2025 NCAA Championships Field
Seed	School	Region Final Score	Region Final Result
1	LSU	198.050	University Park champion
2	Oklahoma	198.450	Seattle champion
3	Florida	197.700	Tuscaloosa champion
4	Utah	197.825	Salt Lake City champion
5	UCLA	197.625	Salt Lake City runner-up
7	Missouri	197.425	Seattle runner-up
8	Michigan State	198.000	University Park runner-up
11	Alabama	197.675	Tuscaloosa runner-up
^ denotes teams in Semifinal II
Seeds set prior to NCAA Regional hold through NCAA Championships

 

NCAA Championships Start Events
April 17 – Semifinal I 4:30 p.m. ET
Vault	No. 11 Alabama
Bars	No. 2 Oklahoma
Beam	No. 3 Florida
Floor	No. 7 Missouri
April 17 – Semifinal II 9 p.m. ET
Vault	No. 8 Michigan State
Bars	No. 1 LSU
Beam	No. 4 Utah
Floor	No. 5 UCLA
April 19 – Team Final at 4 p.m. ET
Vault	NQS 4
Bars	NQS 2
Beam	NQS 1
Floor	NQS 3

 
Southeastern Conference teams make up five of the eight 2025 NCAA Championships berths – Alabama, Florida, Missouri, LSU and Oklahoma. That is the league high since the Four on the Floor format began in 2019 (previous high: 4 in 2024 and 2022).
 
Florida NCAA Championships History


 


How to Follow the Gators:
Find NCAA Championships action on television or via stream.
 
U.S. Olympians Samantha Peszek, Aly Raisman and John Roethlisberger call the action with Taylor Davis providing sideline reports.
 

Date	Competition	TV	Stream	Scores
April 17	4:30 p.m.ET/Semi I	ESPN 2	ESPN2	Live Scoring
April 17	9 p.m. ET/ Semi II	ESPN 2	ESPN2	Live Scoring
April 19	3:30 p.m. NCAA Preview		ESPN+
April 19	4 p.m. NCAA Team Final	ABC	ESPN+	Live Scoring
April 19	6 p.m. NCAA Trophy Presentation		ESPN+

 
Apparatus video stream available with Apparatus video stream available with three Gator national champions – Kennedy Baker, Bridget Sloan and Trinity Thomas - joining Anastasia Webb to call the action.
 

Date	Competition	ESPN+ Links
April 17	4:30 p.m.ET/Semi I		Alabama-Florida	Missouri-Oklahoma
April 17	9 p.m. ET/ Semi II		LSU-UCLA	Utah-Michigan State
April 19	4 p.m. NCAA Team Final		Team A & B	Team C & D

 
Tickets: Dickies Arena
 
Florida in NCAA Championships:
This is Florida's 41^st NCAA Championships' appearance in the event's 43-year history. Florida won the 2013, 2014 (tie) and 2015 NCAA titles.
 
Gators in 2025:

• Making 41^st NCAA Championships appearance (second to Utah's 43) after winning NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (197.70).
• No. 3 seed for 2025 NCAA Championships. Florida seeded among nation's top 4 for sixth consecutive NCAA Championship.
• Closed regular-season action with the nation's 2025 high and UF's No. 8 all-time total of 198.625.
• Florida has four totals among nation's top 12:

                No. 1 (198.625)
                No. 6 (198.225)
                No. T11 (198.125 2x)

• Third at SEC Championship meet (197.825) and tied for third in SEC regular-season standings.
• All 2025 top event totals among nation's top 3

                Vault:              49.70 vs Kentucky               No. 1
                Bars:               49.85 at SEC Champ.        No. 1
                Beam:            49.70 vs Auburn  No. 2
                Floor:              49.725 vs Kentucky             No. T3
 
                Bars 49.85 is NCAA all-time leader

• Two Gators claim Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) eight All-America regular-season honors – Selena Harris-Miranda (first-team all-around, vault, bars) and Leanne Wong (first team: all-around, uneven bars; second team – vault, beam, floor). Wong one of four in nation to earn maximum of five All-America honors
• Three with SEC postseason honors.

                Selena Harris-Miranda: SEC Newcomer of Year
                Harris-Miranda and Leanne Wong: All-SEC
                Taylor Clark: SEC All-Freshman

• WCGA Region 5 honors: Jenny Rowland (Coach of the Year) | Adrian Burde, Owen Field Jeremy Miranda (Assistant Coach of the Year)
• National high of nine 10.0s by five different Gators - nation's only program with a 10.0 in each event.

                Vault:      Danie Ferris
                            Selena Harris-Miranda (2x)
                Bars:       Riley McCusker | Leanne Wong
                Beam:    Selena Harris-Miranda
                                Leanne Wong
            Floor:      Sloane Blakely | Leanne Wong

• Three used 10.0s to win SEC Championship meet titles. High in SEC Championship meet history for total number of 10.0s by a single program:

                Selena Harris-Miranda:                    Vault
                Riley McCusker & Leanne Won:     Bars

• Two Gators won all-around titles in nine of 10 regular-season meets (including a tie for Feb. 14 title): Wong (6) and Harris-Miranda (4)
• Of the 14 gymnasts across the nation with a 2024 all-around best of 39.725 or better, two are Gators. Florida shares the national high with nine all-around totals of 39.725 or higher

                39.875   Selena Harris-Miranda
                39.775   Leanne Wong
                39.75      Leanne Wong (2x)
                                Selena Harris-Miranda
                39.725   Selena Harris-Miranda
                            Leanne Wong (3x)
 
In the Gators' Last Meet:
It took contributions from all the Gators to take a narrow team win at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional. Florida claimed its 22^nd NCAA Regional team title at 197.70, while host No. 11 Alabama grabbed the other advancing position at 197.675. No. 6 California was third (197.575) and No. 14 Oregon State rounded out the results at 196.875.
 
The 0.025 margin equals Florida's narrowest NCAA Regional win since edging Georgia 195.75 – 195.725 in Lexington, Ky.
 
Florida started the April 6 final with a solid bars set, posting the day's high of 49.55 on the event. Three Gators led with marks of 9.925 – Alyssa Arana, Skye Blakely and Riley McCusker. Selena Harris-Miranda also turned in a 9.9.
 
Florida then moved to balance beam, hitting all routines but a few bobbles held back the scoring potential. Harris-Miranda was the only Gator to reach 9.90. Arana and Victoria Nguyen also posted 9.875s.
 
Three Gators posted floor exercise marks of 9.9 or better toward its total of 49.50. Leanne Wong led at 9.95 to share the day's floor title. Nguyen opened and Taylor Clark anchored the lineup with 9.9s.
 
Florida took a two-tenths lead into the final rotation and needed every bit to hold off the Tide finishing on floor.
 
The Gators closed the meet on vault, posting the day's high of 49.35. Anya Pilgrim led off the lineup with a 9.9, which was matched by Wong. Those 9.9s shared the day's win for vault. All other Gator vault marks were 9.85s.
 
Wong's two titles (vault, floor) moves her into sole possession of No. 4 at 88 on Florida Career Wins Chart.