Trinity Thomas earned her fourth consecutive spot on the U.S. Senior National Team after her performance this weekend at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
Photo By: Lloyd Smith/USA Gymnastics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Rising Gator sophomore
Trinity Thomas earned her fourth consecutive berth on the U.S. Senior National Team after her performance this weekend at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships Sunday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
Gator Trinity Thomas (back row, second from left) earned her fourth consecutive spot on the U.S. Senior National Team after her performance this weekend at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
Results from Sunday and Friday competition combine to determine the final placement:
Trinity Thomas Scores Sunday:
|
Event |
Friday |
Sunday |
Total |
Place |
|
Vault |
14.05 |
13.90 |
27.95 |
|
|
Bars |
14.20 |
14.25 |
28.45 |
4th |
|
Beam |
13.40 |
13.65 |
27.05 |
10th |
|
Floor |
13.75 |
11.55 |
25.3 |
15th |
|
All-Around |
55.40 |
53.35 |
108.75 |
9th |
Complete final day results
In addition, Thomas received Sportswoman of the Year, one of U.S. Gymnastics' four annual awards. The gymnasts at the U.S. Championships vote to determine Sportswoman of the Year recipient.
Trinity Thomas acknowledges the crowd Sunday after being named U.S. Gymnastics' Sportswoman of the Year.
Thomas is now a four-time member of the U.S. Senior National Team.
Thomas is just the eighth to earn a U.S. Senior National Team spot after competing earlier that year at the NCAA Championships.
| U.S. Senior National Team Member After Competing at NCAA Championships (Same Calendar Year) |
| Year |
Gymnast |
College |
| 1987 |
Kelly Garrison-Steves |
Oklahoma |
| 1998 |
Betsy Hamm |
Florida |
| 2007 |
Alicia Sacramone |
Brown |
| 2010 |
Vanessa Zamarripa |
UCLA |
| 2011 |
Mackenzie Caquatto |
Florida |
| 2015 |
Brenna Dowell |
Oklahoma* |
| 2019 |
MyKayla Skinner |
Utah^ |
| 2019 |
Trinity Thomas |
Florida |
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| *sat out 2016 NCAA competition to pursue Olympic berth |
| ^will sit out 2020 NCAA competition to pursue Olympic berth |
A part of the Team USA Champions Series, the U.S. Championships determines the women's U.S. champions and U.S. National Team. The U.S. Championships is also part of the selection process for the U.S. Team for the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, in October.
Trinity Thomas as a Gator
Thomas is coming off an outstanding collegiate debut season with the Gators:
- All-America first-team honors on floor (9.925) in NCAA Championships' semifinal competition
- Four-time All-American (all-around, uneven bars, floor exercise – first; balance beam - second) in NACGC regular season awards. Nation's only freshman to claim four regular-season All-America honors.
- SEC vault champion with collegiate-best 9.95. Also shared second on floor (9.95) and third in all-around (39.575)
- SEC Freshman of the Year
- NACGC Southeast Region Gymnast of the Year - fifth Gator to claim the honor and is the second to claim the award as a freshman
- First in league history to earn a SEC weekly honor after each competition (three SEC Gymnast; six SEC Freshman of Week)
- Led Gators with 26 event titles (9 floor, 6 all-around, bars; 3 vault; 2 beam)
- Eight nearly perfect marks of 9.975 leads Gator freshmen all-time
