No. 8 Florida Gymnasts at Kentucky Friday to Open Southeastern Conference Season
Thursday, January 19, 2012 | Gymnastics
For the second consecutive season, the University of Florida gymnastics team (2-0, 0-0 SEC) opens its Southeastern Conference slate with Kentucky (2-2, 0-1 SEC), this time in Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 20. Meet time is set for 7 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum. The meet will be air tape-delayed on SUN Sports Jan. 29 at 9:30 a.m.
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| No. 8 Florida (2-0, 0-0 SEC) at No. 29 Kentucky (2-2, 0-1 SEC) Date & Time: Friday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. Television: meet airs tape-delayed on SUN Sports Sunday, Jan. 29 at 9:30 a.m. (Gainesville/Ocala channel 48 or 1048) Series Records (all-time): UF leads Kentucky 69-1 in all meetings. Last meeting, Florida was runner-up at the 2011 Southeastern Conference Championships and Kentucky was seventh (193.95) Internet: video stream available on Kentucky All-Access; live stats available on www.GatorZone.com Twitter: Follow the Gators' results at Friday's meet via GatorZoneGym Tickets: $5 for reserved tickets. General admission tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for seniors and youth. For more information, contact the Kentucky Ticket Office at 1-800-928-2287 or visit the Kentucky Ticket Office on-line. |
In last Friday's home opener win versus Illinois-Chicago, four different Gators picked up the event titles – all with marks of 9.90 or better. Junior All-American Ashan?e Dickerson pushed her career total of vault event titles to an even dozen with her winning mark of 9.90. Sophomore All-American Alaina Johnson picked up her second consecutive uneven bars win last Friday, this time with a mark of 9.90. A collegiate-best mark of 9.925 gave junior All-American Marissa King her second straight balance beam win. Freshman Kytra Hunter is now two-for-two in floor exercise wins, this time with a collegiate-best 9.925. She is the first Gator freshmen to ever turn in floor marks of 9.90 or better in the first two meets of the season. Hunter also claimed her second consecutive all-around title at 38.925.
Kentucky is 2-2 this season. The Wildcats posted a runner-up finish in their season-opening quad meet in Lexington, Ky., on Jan. 7. UK posted its season-high of 194.325 while then-No. 4 Oklahoma took the win at 195.875, while Bowling Green was third (188.925) and Wisconsin-Oshkosh was fourth (174.725). UK opened its SEC season last Friday with a 196.65-191.975 loss at then-No. 11 Arkansas. Tim Garrison is in his first season as the Wildcats' head coach, having served as an assistant at Nebraska the past five years.
In the season's first rankings released Monday, Florida is one of four SEC teams among the top 10. The Gators are No. 8 with its season average of 196.10. Nebraska holds the No. 1 spot, followed by No. 2 Utah, No. 3 Arkansas, No.4 Oregon State and No. 5 Alabama. The other league team among the top 10 is Georgia at No. 6. The teams will be listed by total season average until late February when the regional qualifying score will be used to rank the programs.
