Meet Preview: Florida Gators Take On UNC Tar Heels

Meet Preview: Florida Gators Take On UNC Tar Heels

The SEC regular season came to an end for the Florida Gators last Friday at Kentucky with a 197.525-196.65 win. The Gators swept event titles including Brid

Mar 10, 2016 by Lauren Lowitt
Meet Preview: Florida Gators Take On UNC Tar Heels
The SEC regular season came to an end for the Florida Gators last Friday at Kentucky with a 197.525-196.65 win. The Gators swept event titles including Bridget Sloan's second 10.0 of the season on beam. Alicia Boren won vault with a 9.95, Bridgette Caquatto won floor exercise with a 9.95, and Sloan won uneven bars with a 9.95. Sloan achieved all-around as well as the title SEC Gymnast of the Week for the fifth time in 2016--making it a solid 12 for her collegiate career at Florida.

The Gators are looking forward to Senior Night on Friday, March 11th at 6:45 p.m. at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center. It will be a night to highlight the careers of Caquatto, Sloan, Bianca Dancose-Giambattisto, and Morgan Frazier. Since coming to Gainesville as freshmen, these four seniors don’t know what it feels like to not win a National Championship, and they are looking to finish their senior season as back-to-back-to-back-to-back champions.

Sloan reflects back on her first meet as a Gator, and her time at the University of Florida:


For the Tar Heels, definitely watch out for Morgan Lane, who owns the Tar Heels' top all-around total of season of 39.30. Kaitlynn Hedelund has also been an incredible asset to the team--rock solid on bars and beam--with a season-best 39.15 in the all around. North Carolina posted their season-best 194.275 on Jan. 30 against George Washington and will look to finish off the regular season strong in Gainesville.

Live Updates will be featured right here on FloGymnastics. You don't want to miss these Gator seniors' last meet in the O'Dome!