Florida Gators
NCAA Championships - Individual Event Finals
Florida's Bridget Sloan is 2014 NCAA uneven bars champion
Sunday, April 20, 2014 | Gymnastics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Another NCAA title returns with the University of Florida national champion gymnastics team when they head home today. Sophomore Bridget Sloan is the NCAA uneven bars champion, winning the title today in the NCAA Individual Event Finals held on the concluding day of the 2014 NCAA Championships at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC).
Sloan's winning mark of 9.9375 gives her the third individual title of her career, as she won the NCAA all-around and balance beam crowns as a freshman in 2013. Three Gators were a part of the NCAA bars final. Mackenzie Caquatto was fourth at 9.8875 and Alaina Johnson shared sixth at 9.85.
Sloan also tied for sixth on vault with a 9.9167. In the beam final, Johnson tied for 10th at 9.85 and Caquatto shared 12th (9.8375).
GATOR NOTES:
· With her uneven bars title today, Sloan is now the Gators' career leader in NCAA individual event titles with three. She also won the 2013 all-around and balance beam titles.
· Johnson has advanced to the NCAA Individual Event Finals each of her four seasons with the Gators. She won the uneven bars title in 2013. During the course of her career, she has advanced to every bar final, vault in 2011 and 2013, floor in 2011 and beam in 2014.
· Mackenzie Caquatto earned a spot in the NCAA Individual Event Finals for the final three seasons of her Gator career. She's been to the last three uneven bars finals, turning in her top finish of fourth in 2013 and 2014. She's also advanced to the last two beam finals.
· With Sloan's win, the Gators have claimed at least one NCAA event title since 2011.
| Florida's NCAA Event Champions | |||
| Name | Event | Year | Score |
| Bridget Sloan | Uneven Bars | 2014 | 9.9375 |
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| All-Around | 2013 | 39.600 |
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| Balance Beam | 2013 | 9.9000 |
| Alaina Johnson | Uneven Bars | 2013 | 9.9125 |
| Kytra Hunter | All-Around | 2012 | 39.725 |
| Vault | 2012 | 9.8750 | |
| Marissa King | Vault | 2011 | 9.8750 |
| Betsy Hamm | Balance Beam | 1998 | 9.8750 |
| Susan Hines | Vault | 1998 | 9.8625 |
| Vault | 1997 | 9.8875 | |
| Maria Anz | Floor Exercise | 1984 | 9.7000 |
QUOTES:
Opening Statement
“Individual event finals are always an exciting competition, especially after two days of intense mental and physical competition. It was really nice to see all the athletes performing and cheering each other on. That's what I love about it — especially proud for Bridget on bars.” – Florida head coach Rhonda Faehn
On how winning the individual title on bars compared to last night's team championship
“Looking back at last year we won as team and we had then next day and I was in three event finals and I just went out there a had a blast. The mood is so light and you're out there talking to everyone, having fun and it's really incredible to see a great group of athletes come together cheering on each other to win an individual event – it's icing on the cake. Tonight was just a great night for everyone all around. You never know what's going to happen in gymnastics, but it was an awesome today.” – Florida sophomore Bridget Sloan
NCAA EVENT CHAMPIONS:
| Event | Name | School | Score |
| Vault | Katherine Grable | Arkansas | 9.9750 |
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| Rheagan Courville | LSU | 9.9750 |
| Uneven Bars | Bridget Sloan | Florida | 9.9375 |
| Balance Beam | Taylor Spears | Oklahoma | 9.9250 |
| Floor Exercise | Katherine Grable | Arkansas | 9.9625 |
The NCAA Individual Event Finals signaled the end of the 2014 NCAA Gymnastics Championships. The 2015 NCAA Championships are set for April 17 - 19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
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| Vault Result | |||||
| Place | Gymnast | Team | Score | ||
| 1 | Katherine Grable | Arkansas | 9.9750 | ||
| 1 | Rheagan Courville | LSU | 9.9750 | ||
| 3 | Haley Scaman | Oklahoma | 9.9667 | ||
| 4 | Maileana Kanewa | Oklahoma | 9.9417 | ||
| 5 | Lindsay Mable | Minnesota | 9.9333 | ||
| 6 | Bridget Sloan | Florida | 9.9167 | ||
| 6 | Lindsey Cheek | Georgia | 9.9167 | ||
| 8 | Olivia Courtney | UCLA | 9.8750 | ||
| 9 | Sachi Sugiyama | Michigan | 9.8667 | ||
| 9 | Georgia Dabritz | Utah | 9.8667 | ||
| 11 | Brandie Jay | Georgia | 9.8500 | ||
| 12 | Ashleigh Gnat | LSU | 9.8250 | ||
| Uneven Parallel Bars Results | |||
| Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
| 1 | Bridget Sloan | Florida | 9.9375 |
| 2 | Samantha Shapiro | Stanford | 9.9250 |
| 3 | Kristina Vaculik | Stanford | 9.9000 |
| 4 | Mackenzie Caquatto | Florida | 9.8875 |
| 5 | Rheagan Courville | LSU | 9.8750 |
| 6 | Alaina Johnson | Florida | 9.8500 |
| 6 | Kim Jacob | Alabama | 9.8500 |
| 6 | Lindsey Cheek | Georgia | 9.8500 |
| 9 | Shona Morgan | Stanford | 9.8375 |
| 10 | Taylor Spears | Oklahoma | 9.8250 |
| 11 | Joanna Sampson | Michigan | 9.7625 |
| 12 | Samantha Peszek | UCLA | 9.1000 |
| Balance Beam Results | |||
| Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
| 1 | Taylor Spears | Oklahoma | 9.9250 |
| 2 | Lindsey Cheek | Georgia | 9.9000 |
| 3 | Madeline Gardiner | Oregon State | 9.8875 |
| 3 | Mary Beth Box | Georgia | 9.8875 |
| 3 | Sydney Ewing | LSU | 9.8875 |
| 3 | Jamie Schleppenbach | Nebraska | 9.8875 |
| 7 | Kristina Vaculik | Stanford | 9.8750 |
| 8 | Jessie DeZiel | Nebraska | 9.8625 |
| 8 | Chayse Capps | Oklahoma | 9.8625 |
| 10 | Alaina Johnson | Florida | 9.8500 |
| 10 | Hollie Blanske | Nebraska | 9.8500 |
| 12 | Mackenzie Caquatto | Florida | 9.8375 |
| 12 | Sarah DeMeo | Alabama | 9.8375 |
| 14 | Emily Wong | Nebraska | 9.7500 |
| 15 | Kim Jacob | Alabama | 9.3750 |
| 16 | Hanna Nordquist | Minnesota | 9.3000 |
| Floor Exercise Results | |||
| Place | Gymnast | Team | Score |
| 1 | Katherine Grable | Arkansas | 9.9625 |
| 2 | Joanna Sampson | Michigan | 9.9500 |
| 2 | Maileana Kanewa | Oklahoma | 9.9500 |
| 2 | Haley Scaman | Oklahoma | 9.9500 |
| 5 | Kim Jacob | Alabama | 9.9375 |
| 6 | Diandra Milliner | Alabama | 9.9125 |
| 6 | Lara Albright | Oklahoma | 9.9125 |
| 8 | Lauren Beers | Alabama | 9.9000 |
| 8 | Jessica Savona | LSU | 9.9000 |
| 8 | Emily Wong | Nebraska | 9.9000 |
| 11 | Becky Tutka | Utah | 9.8500 |
| 12 | Brandie Jay | Georgia | 9.7875 |
| 13 | Nansy Damianova | Utah | 9.7375 |
