Gators Seek NCAA Individual Honors Friday

Friday, April 19

Fort Worth, TX

7 PM

Florida Gators

NCAA Semifinal II

Alicia Boren & Trinity Thomas - 1-18-19 at LSU

Alicia Boren (left) and Trinity Thomas join Gator teammates Alyssa Baumann and Savannah Schoenherr as individual competitors in Friday's NCAA Championships semifinal action.

Gators Seek NCAA Individual Honors Friday

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | Gymnastics

Four Gators - Alyssa Bauman, Alicia Boren, Savannah Schoenherr and Trinity Thomas - compete in NCAA Championships' Semifinal II Friday in Ft. Worth

By: Mary Howard

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Four Gators compete for individual honors in Friday's NCAA Championships' semifinal action. Florida's individuals compete in NCAA Semifinal II, which begins at 7 p.m. ET in the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Competing Gators:

Gator	Event	Competes with
Alyssa Baumann	Balance Beam	Georgia
Alicia Boren	All-Around	Oregon State
Savannah Schoenherr	Vault	Georgia
Trinity Thomas	Uneven Bars & Floor Exercise	Georgia

The individual event qualifiers earned their spot based on their April 5 NCAA Corvallis Regional semifinal finish. As an event's top competitor on an non-advancing team (Florida finished third in NCAA Corvallis Regional final), these four Gators will compete for NCAA Championships' individual honors.

NCAA Championships – Semifinal II (7 p.m. ET)
Rotation	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor
I	Oklahoma Derrian Gobourne, Auburn	Georgia Trinity Thomas, Florida	Denver Lexy Ramler, Minnesota	Oregon State Alicia Boren, Florida
II	Oregon State Alicia Boren, Florida	Oklahoma Cairo Leonard-Baker, Arizona St.	Georgia Alyssa Baumann, Florida	Denver Lexy Ramler, Minnesota
III	Denver Lexy Ramler, Minnesota	Oregon State Alicia Boren, Florida	Oklahoma Hailey Garner, Arkansas	Georgia Trinity Thomas, Florida
IV	Georgia Savannah Schoenherr, Florida	Denver Lexy Ramler, Minnesota	Oregon State Alicia Boren, Florida	Oklahoma Sophia Carter, Arkansas

Alyssa Baumann w Balance Beam (competes with Georgia)

2019 NACGC All-America second team (balance beam)
Shared SEC balance beam title – first in 21 seasons to win beam in consecutive seasons.
All-SEC for second consecutive season
Equaled collegiate beam best (9.975) at Oklahoma

Alicia Boren w All-Around (competes with Oregon State)

2019 NACGC All-America second team (all-around, floor exercise)
16 event titles in 2019 is collegiate high (6 floor, 4 vault, beam, 2 all-around)
53 consecutive all-around competitions leads Gators all-time
In 2019, set collegiate-bests for bars (9.95) and floor (9.975), equaled all-around best of 39.725

Savannah Schoenherr w Vault (competes with Georgia)

Equaled collegiate vault best of 9.90 to win NCAA Corvallis Regional semifinal and final
Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team after tying for fourth in SEC bars (9.90)
In every vault and uneven bars lineup; also competed floor exercise four times

Trinity Thomas w Uneven Bars & Floor Exercise (competes with Georgia)

2019 NACGC All-America first team (all-around, uneven bars, floor exercise) & second team for balance beam – nation's only freshman with four honors
SEC Freshman of the Year
Leads Florida with 26 event titles (9 floor; 6 all-around, bars; 3 vault, 2 beam). Includes winning SEC vault
Every collegiate event best is 9.925 or better, including 9.975 for bars and floor

How to Follow the Gators:
All NCAA Gymnastics Championship sessions are televised live.
Semifinal I             Live on ESPN2
Semifinal II            Live on ESPNU/ESPN2
Team Final            Live on ESPNU

Olympic medalists Bart Connor and Kathy Johnson Clarke call the action.

A live video stream of each apparatus is available for both days of competition on ESPN3:

Friday, April 19

Semifinal 1 – 1 p.m. ET

Friday, April 19

Semifinal II – 7 p.m. ET (includes Florida's individuals)

Saturday, April 20

Final – 7 p.m. ET

Team & Event Champions
The top two teams in each of Friday's semifinals advance to the NCAA team final on Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. (ET). This is the first year for the four-team final format. The NCAA Super Six format ran from 1993-2018, with Florida winning titles in 2013, 2014 (tie with Oklahoma) and 2015.

The NCAA Individual Event Finals discontinued after the 2015 season. NCAA individual event champions now are based on Friday's semifinal session performances. The results from the two semifinals combine to determine each of the five event champions. Eight Gators have won 19 NCAA individual titles.