Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Rising Gator sophomore Trinity Thomas opened the U.S. Gymnastics Championships with a strong performance, standing in fifth in the all-around. The final day of the U.S. Championships is Sunday at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
 
Trinity Thomas Scores Friday:

	Vault	14.05
	Bars	14.20	3rd
	Beam	13.400	T12th
	Floor	13.75	T4th
	All-Around	55.40	T5th

 
Complete opening day results
 
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.
 
Thomas is a three-time member of the U.S. Senior National Team. Of the 101 different gymnasts to compete at a U.S. Classic since 2010, Thomas is just the fifth to appear after competing earlier that year at the NCAA Championships:
 
  Vault  
Bars  
Beam  
Floor  

Competed in NCAA Championships and U.S. Classic in Same Year (Since 2010)
2010	Vanessa Zamarripa	UCLA
2011	Mackenzie Caquatto	Florida
2015	Brenna Dowell	Oklahoma*
2019	Trinity Thomas	Florida
2019	MyKayla Skinner	Utah^
*sat out 2016 NCAA competition to pursue Olympic berth
^will sit out 2020 NCAA competition to pursue Olympic berth

 
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

 
How to Watch:
2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships airs live:
Aug. 11, 8-10 p.m. ET – Women – NBC (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable 1009)
 
The Olympic Channel (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable 1096/1097) airs a replay of each day of the senior women's competition:
10 p.m. ET – Friday (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable 1096 Olympic Channel)
10 p.m. ET – Sunday (Gainesville/Ocala Cox Cable 1096 Olympic Channel)