Gators Senior Day is Nation’s Top Meet of Weekend: No. 2 LSU at No. 4 Florida

Sunday, March 8

Gainesville, FL

5:45 p.m.

Florida Gators

LSU

2026 Florida gymnastics seniors - Lori Brubach, eMjae Frazier, Riley McCusker, Selena Harris-Miranda

Florida gymnastics seniors - Lori Brubach (left), eMjae Frazier, Riley McCusker and Selena Harris-Miranda - will be celebrated in a post-meet ceremony Sunday following the No. 2 LSU at No.4 Florida meet.

Gators Senior Day is Nation’s Top Meet of Weekend: No. 2 LSU at No. 4 Florida

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 | Gymnastics

By: Mary Howard

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Sunday night in the Exactech Arena delivers a marquee matchup - and a celebration.

Before No. 4 Florida gymnastics salutes its seniors, the spotlight turns to the nation's final top-10 dual of the weekend as No. 2 LSU Tigers visits the Exactech Arena. It marks the eighth consecutive season this showdown stands as the country's premier meet of the weekend.

The stakes - and the standard - remain sky high. Sunday is the 37th straight meeting in which both programs enter ranked among the nation's top 10 as the Florida-LSU dual is one of college gymnastics' most consistent heavyweight clashes.

After the final routine, Florida honors four seniors in a post-meet ceremony: Lori Brubach, eMjae Frazier, Selena Harris-Miranda and Riley McCusker.

The dual also features two gymnasts who have already hit perfection in 2026. Florida's Skye Blakely owns a 10.0 on balance beam, while LSU's Kailin Chio has posted 10.0s on vault, beam (four times) and floor exercise. Their excellence was recognized March 3 with Southeastern Conference weekly honors — Chio as SEC Gymnast of the Week and Blakely as SEC Specialist of the Week.

The meet begins at 5:45 p.m. in the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, with gates opening at 4:30 p.m. Sunday's meet airs on the SEC Network.

How to Follow the Gators:
Follow the action live:

SEC Network - action called by Olympians Sam Peszek, Aly Raisman and John Roethlisberger with Taylor Davis providing sideline reports
Live scores: Virtius

Gators Senior Night:
The careers of Florida's four seniors – Lori Brubach, eMjae Frazier, Selena Harris-Miranda and Riley McCusker plus manager Peyton Harbert – will be celebrated in a post-meet ceremony.

Florida Gators Senior Class Notes:

Advanced to NCAA team final in 2022 (2nd), 2023 (2nd) and 2024 (4^th)
Won 2022, 2023 & 2024 Southeastern Conference regular-season trophies
Swept 2022 & 2023 Southeastern Conference regular-season and Championship meet titles
Earned 29 All-America honors (Frazier/10, SHM/18; McCusker/1)
Two SEC event titlists with meet records of 10.0 (2025 Harris-Miranda – vault; McCusker – uneven bars)
Each earned WCGA Scholastic All-American and Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors during their collegiate careers

Florida vs LSU Rivalry:
Heating up more than the Florida sunshine or a plate of Cajun jambalaya is the Florida-LSU gymnastics rivalry.

Of the last 36 meetings, less than a half a point decided 23 contests, including the last five dual meetings:

LSU 0.1 home win (2025)
Florida 0.2 home win (2024)
LSU 0.125 home win (2023)
Florida 0.325 home win (2022)
Florida 0.10 road win (2021)

A tenth or less decided nine of the last 29 meetings.

This is the eighth consecutive season that UF-LSU meeting is the nation's top dual meet of the weekend. Including Sunday's meet, 11 of the 13 meetings since 2014 stood as the nation's top dual of the weekend.

Swamp Moments:
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Arrive Early to Cheer Your Gators
Here's some tips to expedite your trip to the Exactech Arena Sunday:

Getting TO the Arena:

Season parking holders can enter the O'Connell Center lot off Lemerand Drive OR SW 2^nd Avenue.
A complimentary parking shuttle transports fans from which originates at Garage 109 (located at corner of Archer Road and Lemerand Drive to the O'Connell Center. The parking shuttle begins at 4:30 p.m. Parking map for Gator Gymnastics.
Use the Waze app to provide the best route to parking shuttle.
For 5-10 minutes following Gator gymnastics meets, Lemerand Drive will close for north and south bound traffic from University Avenue to Stadium Road to provide pedestrians a safe exit.
More information at 2026 Meet Guide

Getting IN the Arena:

To get tickets ahead of Sunday's meet, visit the FloridaGators.com ticket site or stop by the Gator Ticket Office (open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.).
Gates 1 is open for each gymnastics meet. UF students should enter at Gate 3.
Check out the Exactech Arena's apparatus layout.
All Gator Athletics tickets are mobile. Visit Mobile Ticketing Guide to help expediate your entrance into the arena. To help zip through the entrance, be sure to add your tickets to your digital wallet in case of possible connectivity issues outside the gate. Then have tickets up on device to present for scanning.

Everyone will go through the O'Connell Center metal detectors when entering. Please follow staff instructions for screening. After that, tickets will be scanned and then you are ready to cheer your Gators!

O'Connell Center Now Cashless Venue:
The Stephen C. O'Connell Center is now a cashless venue—making meet day faster, easier and more convenient for fans.

All concession and merchandise locations accept credit cards, debit cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay, helping reduce lines and speed up service. Fans who bring cash can easily exchange it for a gift card at concession stand 222 inside Gate 1.

Sunday's Promotions:

Light-Up Towel: Everyone in the lower bowl gets a light-up towel to illuminate the Gators entrance to the competition floor Sunday. Also will look great rocking during We Won't Back Down!
Gate 1 Giveaways – Be sure to pick up 2026 Gators Gymnastics season poster, schedule magnet and 10.0 fan cards when you enter at O'Connell Center Gate 1.
O2B Kid's Corner – Located on the Practice Courts near Gate 4, kids can get free giveaways, temporary tattoos, play games, make posters, meet the mascots & Dazzlers, and more!

Florida Wins TWU Quad: Skye Blakely Posts 10.0 on Beam
A balance beam 10.0 for Gator sophomore Skye Blakely was among the No. 4 Florida gymnastics highlights in the Feb. 27 quad win at the Kitty Magee Arena.

Florida turned in its third-highest total of the season, 197.70, to win the meet. Arizona State was second (195.475), followed by Texas Woman's University (194.525) and Fisk (189.25).

A school-record 49.80 on balance beam was set by the Gators last Friday. Florida claimed three apparatus wins – all with collegiate best marks. Skye Blakely's 10.0 on beam and 9.975 on bars took both wins. Danie Ferris claimed her first floor exercise win at 9.925.

More on Florida's Record Balance Beam Total:
The Gators raised the school record to 49.80, which is the nation's 2026 high on the event by a tenth and shares No. 4 all-time for the event.

Blakely flowed through her routine flawlessly, turning in the Gators first 10.0 of the season. The lineup was opened with a collegiate best 9.95 from Skylar Draser and anchored with near-perfect 9.975 from Selena Harris-Miranda. Kayla DiCello earned her third 9.95 of the season and Alyssa Arana equaled her collegiate best at 9.925.

About LSU:
Tiger sophomore Kailin Chio's season-best 39.875 set versus Auburn shares the nation's No. 2 high for 2026. Four of the nation's top seven all-around totals are Chio's, with her most recent addition of 39.80 set last Friday in win versus No. 3 Alabama. Her six 10.0 leads the nation in 2026.

The Tigers own the nation's No. 2 (198.325 on Feb. 13 vs Auburn) and No. 4 (198.20 on March 1 in Purple & Gold quad) team totals this season. LSU's relied on those with collegiate experience this season, as only one of the five freshmen in LSU's No. 6 CollegeGymFans.com freshman class has competed in 2026 (Haley Mustari – two bars routines).