Friday the 13th Magic: Florida Soars to Nation’s Highest Score

Friday, March 13

Lexington, KY

7 p.m.

Florida Gators

198.575

197,225

Kentucky

Selena Harris-Miranda reacts to her second consecutive balance beam 10.0 260313

It's a 10.0! Selena Harris-Miranda reacts to her second balance beam 10.0 of the week in Florida's 198.575 - 197.225 win at No. 22 Kentucky. Florida's total is the nation's high of 2026.

Friday the 13th Magic: Florida Soars to Nation’s Highest Score

Friday, March 13, 2026 | Gymnastics

Final Scores

By: Mary Howard

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On Friday the 13th, it was anything but unlucky for Florida.

For the second time this week, Florida posted the nation's highest team total, delivering a 198.575 Friday night inside Kentucky's Historic Memorial Coliseum. The mark topped the Gators' 198.45 posted Sunday in a win against No. 2 LSU and now stands as the highest score in the country this season. The Wildcats posted their second-highest of 2026 with a 197.225.

Florida powered to the total behind three season highs — vault (49.475), uneven bars (49.725) and balance beam (49.80) — in a performance that built momentum from rotation to rotation. That season high beam total included Selena Harris-Miranda's second 10.0 of the week on the event.

It marked the third and final meeting of the day between Florida and Kentucky teams across multiple sports. Earlier Friday in Nashville, Tenn., top-seeded Florida Gators men's basketball advanced to the semifinal round of the Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament with a 71–63 win over Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball.

No. 5 Florida Gators softball opened its first road series at Kentucky Friday afternoon with a 10–2 victory over the Wildcats in six innings.

TONIGHT'S MEET
Things got off to a great start as the Gators tallied a season-high 49.725 on uneven bars, which is No. 2 in the nation in 2026. All six in the lineup stuck their landing, as UF used winning marks of 9.95s by Skye Blakely, Kayla DiCello, Selena Harris-Miranda and Riley McCusker plus a 9.925 from eMjae Frazier toward that total that stands No. 3 all-time for the Gators.

It was another season high on the next rotation as the Gators posted a 49.475 on vault. Junior Danie Ferris matched her season-high of 9.925 to lead the Gators. Two other Gators posted 9.90s – Blakely and Frazier. That mark is a collegiate best for Blakely and Frazier's season-high.

Florida equaled its second-highest floor exercise total of 49.575 Friday. The final two in the lineup – Blakely and Harris-Miranda – led marks of 9.95. Freshman Amelia Disidore turned in a collegiate-best 9.925 Friday.

The Gators matched their national high of 49.80 for the second time in the last three meets. One highlight in each of the last three beam performances was a perfect 10.0. Tonight's was the second of the week for Harris-Miranda, who earned her first 10.0 of the season Sunday versus No. 2 LSU. Blakely earned Florida's first 10.0 of the season at the Texas Woman's University quad to close February action.

FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW

Selena Harris-Miranda is a perfect 🔟 pic.twitter.com/m72rr14ISx
— Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 14, 2026

All scores put toward the 49.80 beam were 9.925 or better. Frazier earned a near-perfect 9.975, while Blakely and DiCello each posted 9.95s. Alyssa Arana matched her collegiate-best of 9.925.

Both of the Gators all-arounders put up big totals that rank among the nation's best. Harris-Miranda won her fourth all-around of the season and second consecutive at 39.775, just edging Blakely (39.75). The 39.775 equals the nation's fourth highest posted in 2026, while the 39.75 is the fifth-highest.

EVENT WINNERS:
Vault:     Anna Flynn Cashion, UK    9.95
Bars:      Skye Blakely, UF, Kayla DiCello, UF, Selena Harris-Miranda, UF, Riley McCusker, UF      9.95
Beam:    Selena Harris-Miranda, UF               10.0
Floor:     Skye Blakely, UF, Selena Harris-Miranda, UF, Creslyn Brose, UK              9.95
All-Around: Selena Harris-Miranda, UF          39.775

GATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:

Florida's team total of 198.575 matches the third-highest total in the program's history
Selena Harris-Miranda 10.0 on balance beam is the 97^th overall 10.0 in UF's 54 seasons and the 20^th on beam. Two of the three in the nation with beam 10.0s are Gators as Skye Blakely earned the mark Feb. 27 at the Texas Woman's University quad.
Four of the 20 balance beam 10.0 in Gator history were posted in the Memorial Coliseum. Kristen Stucky earned UF's first beam 10.0 in 2004 at UK. Bridget Sloan posted a beam 10.0 in both of her visits to Lexington in 2014 and 2016.
Florida's 49.80 on balance beam equals the program record set Feb. 27 at the Texas Woman's University quad. That total shares No. 4 all-time for the event.
The 49.725 on uneven bars is Florida's season high and is only behind Utah's 49.75 set Feb. 13 versus BYU. The total shares No. 3 on UF's all-time list.
The 10.0 was Harris-Miranda's third on the event and 10th of career (vault – 6, beam – 3, bars – 1)

Collegiate bests:
- Alyssa Arana 9.925 (beam)
- Skye Blakely 9.90 (vault)
- Amelia Disidore 9.925 (floor)
- Selena Harris-Miranda 10.0 (beam)

RECORDS:
Florida (12-2, 6-2 SEC)
Kentucky (1-10-1, 1-51 SEC)

THE SERIES:
Florida leads 99-2

NATIONAL RANK:
Florida – Florida is No. 3 in the March 9 Road to National rankings
Kentucky – No. 22

UP NEXT:
Post-season action starts Saturday at the 45^th annual Southeastern Conference Championship meet when the event makes its first appearance in Tulsa, Okla.

The SEC Championships' afternoon session includes five teams with the top four seeded teams competing in the evening session.

When:	Saturday, March 21
	Session I (Seeds 5-8): 3 p.m. ET
	Session II (Seeds 1-4; includes Florida): 8 p.m. ET
Venue:	BOK Center \| Tulsa, Okla.
Network:	SEC Network with Olympians Sam Peszek, Aly Raisman and John Roethlisberger calling the action with Taylor Davis providing in-meet reports.
SEC Network:	Session I
	Session II
Live Scoring:	Virtius
Tickets:	$40-$63

No. 3 Florida at No. 22 Kentucky Final Team Totals
March 13, 2026 ● Historic Memorial Coliseum (4,235)
*Team*	*Vault*	*Bars*	*Beam*	*Floor*	*Total*
Florida	49.475	49.725	49.800	49.575	198.575
UK	49.350	49.100	49.275	49.500	197.225