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Florida’s Trinity Thomas is the Southeastern Conference Freshman Gymnast of the Year, the league coaches voted.
Thomas, the nation’s top-ranked freshman all-arounder, has dazzled throughout her collegiate debut season:
* SEC vault champion after equaling collegiate-best of 9.95. Also shared second on floor exercise (9.95) and third in all-around (39.575)
* One of four in the nation (and only freshman) ranked among nation’s top 20 for every event – No. 5 all-around (39.65 RQS), No. T2 floor (9.965), No. 4 uneven bars (9.95), No. 14 balance beam (9.910), No. 17 vault (9.9).
* Four All-America regular-season honors – the nation’s leading freshman total.
* First in league history to earn a SEC weekly honor after each competition (three SEC Gymnast; six SEC Freshman of Week)
* Leads Florida with 22 event titles (seven floor; five all-around, bars; three vault, two beam)
* Seven nearly perfect 9.975s (three bars; four floor) leads Gator freshman all-time
*Every collegiate-best is a 9.925 or better. Top all-around (39.75) equals high by a Gator freshman (Bridget Sloan-2013)
*Only current collegiate to also be a member of U.S. Senior National Team
She is the ninth Gator to receive SEC Freshman of the Year and first since Kennedy Baker claimed the 2015 honor.
The All-SEC Team is comprised of the student-athletes with the top two event scores (including ties) in each session of the SEC Championships. The All-Freshman team is comprised of the freshmen student-athletes with the top event score (including ties) in each SEC Championships’ session.
The five Gators on the 2019 All-SEC and/or SEC All-Freshman teams are:
Alyssa Baumann – ALL-SEC TEAM
* SEC balance beam co-champion (9.95). First in 21 seasons to win SEC balance beam title in consecutive seasons.
* Shared second in SEC floor competition at 9.95
* 2019 National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches regular-season All-American for balance beam
* Second consecutive All-SEC appearance
Rachel Gowey – ALL-SEC TEAM
* SEC balance beam co-champion. Returned to lineup after sitting out last four beam competitions to equal collegiate best (9.95).
* Four-time beam winner in 2019
* Second consecutive appearance All-SEC honor
Megan Skaggs – ALL-SEC TEAM
* SEC balance beam co-champion. Raised collegiate best (9.95) for second consecutive meet to win second beam title of 2019.
* Tied for second in SEC bars competition (9.925)
* First appearance on All-SEC team
* 2019 NACGC regular-season All-American for bars
Savannah Schoenherr – ALL FRESHMAN TEAM
* Top freshman bars score at SEC Championship, sharing fourth at 9.90
Trinity Thomas – ALL-SEC TEAM – ALL FRESHMAN TEAM
* SEC vault champion (9.95)
* Shared second in SEC floor competition at 9.95
* Third in SEC all-around at 39.575
* Four-time NACGC regular-season All-American
The Gators head to the northwest to compete in NCAA Regional Championships action in Corvallis next week.
She’s definitely going to be on the next Olympic team winning gold medals.