Gator Gymnasts Kytra Hunter & Kennedy Baker pick up SEC honors
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 | Gymnastics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A pair of Gators picked up Southeastern Conference weekly gymnastics honors, the league office announced Tuesday. The league's top all-around total of 2015 gave Gator gymnast Kytra Hunter the SEC Gymnast of the Week honor. Gator teammate Kennedy Baker claims her second SEC Freshman of the Week honor.
| SEC Gymnastics Weekly Honors – Feb. 3, 2015 | |
| SEC Gymnast of the Week: | Kytra Hunter, Florida |
| SEC Specialist of the Week: | Brandie Jay, Georgia |
| SEC Freshman of the Week: | Kennedy Baker, Florida |
It is the third week a Gator has been honored, as Bridget Sloan was Week 1 SEC Specialist of the Week after she opened the 2015 season with a 10.0 vault mark at Ball State. Freshman Alex McMurtry was Week II SEC Specialist of the Week after she also posted a 10.0 vault mark. Baker is a repeat SEC Freshman of the Week after picking up the Week II honor.
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| Kytra Hunter |
Hunter's Performance:
Hunter used the nation's second-highest all-around total of 2015 – and the leading mark among SEC gymnasts – to claim her fourth consecutive title of 2015 on Jan. 30 versus No. 11 Georgia. Her 39.675 give her career all-around win No. 16, which ties her for sixth all-time among the Gators.
Season-high marks of 9.975 for the second consecutive week gave Hunter the vault title and a share of the floor win. The three event wins versus Georgia brings her career total to 68, moving her to fourth all-time among the Gators.
The floor win was the 26th of her career and she is now three away from tying Florida's career floor winner Melissa Miller, who set the record in 1989. Her winning floor mark of 9.975 equals the nation's high floor mark of 2015 and she is the only gymnast to turn in the mark in multiple floor performances. The vault win is No. 19, as she already leads Gator gymnasts all-time in vault victories.
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| Kennedy Baker |
Baker's Performance:
Three collegiate best event marks led to a career-best all-around total of 39.55 to take second in the Jan. 30 dual versus Georgia. That total is the highest posted among the nation's freshmen and shares the nation's 10th highest total of 2015.
Baker used a national high floor mark of 9.975 to share her first floor event title with Hunter. It is the highest floor mark ever posted by a Gator freshman.
She opened Florida's balance beam set with a collegiate- and Gator season-best 9.925 to take second on the event. Baker also raised her uneven bars best to 9.85.
Next up for the Gators:
The No. 2 Gators travel west to face No. 8 Arkansas on Friday, Feb. 6. Meet time is set for 8 p.m. ET in the Barnhill Arena.
The Florida at Arkansas dual will stream live beginning at 8 p.m. ET on the SEC Network+. Must be a SEC Network subscriber to view the meet. The meet airs tape-delayed on Monday, Feb. 9 at 9 p.m. on the SEC Network.
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