GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 In a meet worthy of the nation’s top billing, No. 4 Florida delivered the country’s highest score of the season Sunday to edge No. 2 LSU in a showdown between collegiate gymnastics’ elite.
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\nBacked by a roaring sellout crowd of 9,229 inside the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, the Gators produced the nation’s best 2026 team total of 198.45 to edge LSU, which posted the nation’s top road score with a 198.325.
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\nThe teams traded the advantage throughout a tightly contested meet that matched the weekend’s lofty expectations. Florida and LSU were tied after the opening rotation before the Tigers edged ahead by 0.075 at the midway point. The Gators reclaimed momentum in the third rotation, carrying the slimmest of leads – 0.025 – into the finale.
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\nFlorida sealed the victory in dramatic fashion on floor exercise, delivering the nation’s second-highest floor total of the season (49.75) while LSU also recorded its season-high balance beam score in the final rotation.
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\nHigh team totals came with equally impressive individual performances. Each apparatus title was claimed with a perfect or near-perfect mark, and the meet’s five all-around competitors produced the top collection of all-around scores recorded in a single meet this season, with totals ranging from 39.85 to 39.65.
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\nTONIGHT’S MEET<\/p>\n
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STUNTIN’<\/p>\n
Kayla matches her career high on vault 9.950!! pic.twitter.com\/itkVknPOMI<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Keepin’ an eye out for Selenerrrrr \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n That’s a 9.950 vault for the Gator \ud83d\udc0a#NCAAGYM<\/a> x \ud83c\udfa5 SECN \/ @GatorsGym<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6c9PR7ZJlH<\/a><\/p>\n
IN AWEEEE<\/p>\n 9.975 for back-to-back meets for Skye pic.twitter.com\/H3qmQwL3b0<\/a><\/p>\n
SHE’S A DIME<\/p>\n Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> earns her second 10 of her career!!! pic.twitter.com\/AqfRSKEadi<\/a><\/p>\n
ON YOUR FEET<\/p>\n eMjae season high 9.975 floor routine!!!! pic.twitter.com\/X1uPDCqxwu<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n welcome to the Skye Show\u2122\ufe0f<\/p>\n she matches her collegiate high 9.975 pic.twitter.com\/ph2RNBKJRK<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n The meet was tied after each team opened with totals of 49.375. Florida’s total came on the vault, as both Kayla DiCello<\/a> and Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> led the Gators with season-high 9.95s.
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\nScores were high for both teams during the second rotation. For the second week in row, Skye Blakely<\/a> posted her collegiate-best of 9.975 to share her third uneven bars win with LSU’s Konner McClain. Harris-Miranda took third after matching her season-high 9.95
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\nLSU owned a 0.075 lead at the midpoint after posting the nation’s second-highest vault total of the season (49.70).
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\nFlorida took the narrowest advantage, 0.025, into the final rotation after posting a 49.70 on balance beam. Anchoring that beam lineup was Harris-Miranda’s second 10.0 of her career. Florida also got back-to-back 9.95s from eMjae Frazier<\/a> and DiCello plus Blakely earned a 9.925.
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\nAll six Gators in the floor lineup turned in marks of 9.90 or better Sunday. Blakely and Frazier shared the event title with LSU’s Kaliya Lincoln as each posted a near-perfect 9.975.
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\nSunday’s meet featured five all-arounders \u2013 all with totals among the nation’s top nine tallies of 2026. Harris-Miranda took the win with a season-high 39.85 \u2013 the nation’s No. 2 total of the season. Her former club teammate, LSU’s Kailin Chio, was runner-up at 39.775. DiCello (39.725), Blakely (39.70) and Frazier (39.65) all turned in season bests.
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\nEVENT WINNERS:
\nVault:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kailin Chio, LSU, Amari Drayton, LSU, Kaliya Lincoln, LSU\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.975
\nBars: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skye Blakely<\/a>, UF and Konner McClain, LSU\u00a0 9.975
\nBeam:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, UF \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10.0
\nFloor:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skye Blakely<\/a>, UF, eMaje Frazier, UF, Kaliya Lincoln, LSU\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.975
\nAll-Around: Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, UF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39.85
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\nFlorida In High Scoring Meets:
\nThere’s been 12 dual meets in NCAA history that both teams turned in a score that started with a 198.
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\nFlorida’s been in eight of the last 11.
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\n\t\t\t3\/8\/25
\n\t\t\t@ No. 4 Florida
\n\t\t\t198.450
\n\t\t\tNo. 2 LSU
\n\t\t\t198.325
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\n\t\t\t3\/17\/24
\n\t\t\t@ No. 1 Oklahoma
\n\t\t\t198.775
\n\t\t\tNo.7 Alabama
\n\t\t\t198.025
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\n\t\t\t3\/3\/24
\n\t\t\tNo. 5 Florida
\n\t\t\t198.225
\n\t\t\t@No.6 Kentucky
\n\t\t\t198.100
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\n\t\t\t3\/4\/22
\n\t\t\tNo. 3 Florida
\n\t\t\t198.575
\n\t\t\t@No. 6 Auburn
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\n\t\t\t2\/12\/21
\n\t\t\tNo. 1 Florida
\n\t\t\t198.15
\n\t\t\t@No. 2 LSU
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\n\t\t\t2\/23\/20
\n\t\t\tNo. 3 Utah
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\n\t\t\t@ No. 4 UCLA
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\n\t\t\t2\/1\/19
\n\t\t\t@ No. 1 Oklahoma
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\n\t\t\tNo. 2 Florida
\n\t\t\t198.025
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\n\t\t\t1\/28\/18
\n\t\t\t@ No. 5 Florida
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\n\t\t\tNo. 1 Oklahoma
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\n\t\t\t3\/6\/15
\n\t\t\t@ No. 1 Oklahoma
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\n\t\t\tNo. 3 Florida
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\n\t\t\t3\/14\/04
\n\t\t\t@ No. 13 Nebraska
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\n\t\t\tNo. 9 Iowa State
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\n\t\t\tNo. 1 UCLA
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\n\t\t\t@ No. 7 Florida
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\n\t\t\tNo. 1 UCLA
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\n\t\t\t@ No. 7 Arizona State
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\nThe combined total of Sunday’s team totals is No. 3 all-time, behind the 2022 Florida at Auburn tie at 198.575 and the 2024 Oklahoma (199.775) and Alabama (198.025) meet.
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\nGators Senior Night:
\nThe careers of Florida’s four seniors \u2013 Lori Brubach<\/a>, eMjae Frazier<\/a>, Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> and Riley McCusker<\/a> plus manager Peyton Harbert<\/a> \u2013 were celebrated in a post-meet ceremony.
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\nFlorida Gators Senior Class Notes:<\/p>\n
\n\tAdvanced to NCAA team final in 2022 (2nd), 2023 (2nd) and 2024 (4th)
\n\tWon 2022, 2023 & 2024 Southeastern Conference regular-season trophies
\n\tSwept 2022 & 2023 Southeastern Conference regular-season and Championship meet titles
\n\tEarned 29 All-America honors (Frazier\/10, SHM\/18; McCusker\/1)
\n\tTwo SEC event titlists with meet records of 10.0\u00a0 (2025 Harris-Miranda \u2013 vault; McCusker \u2013 uneven bars)
\n\tEach earned WCGA Scholastic All-American and Academic All-Southeastern Conference honors during their collegiate careers
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\nGATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:<\/p>\n
\n\tFlorida’s team total of 198.45 the fourth-highest total in the program’s history
\n\tSelena Harris-Miranda<\/a> 10.0 on balance beam is the 96th overall 10.0 in UF’s 54 seasons and the 19th on beam. She is the third in the nation this season with a 10.0 on the event. The other two \u2013 UF’s Skye Blakely<\/a> and LSU’s Kailin Chio \u2013 were also in the Exactech Arena Sunday.
\n\tThe 10.0 was Harris-Miranda’s second on the event and ninth of career (vault \u2013 6, beam \u2013 2, bars \u2013 1)
\n\tWith her second-consecutive collegiate-best 9.975 on uneven bars, Skye Blakely<\/a> is the fifth current Gator with a career bars best of 9.975 or better \u2013 Kayla DiCello<\/a> (10.0), Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> (10.0 at UCLA\/9.975 at UF), Riley McCusker<\/a> (10.0) and Anya Pilgrim<\/a> (9.975).
\n\tFlorida’s beam (49.70) and floor (49.75) totals both are No. 3 all-time for the program.
\n\tTonight’s sellout is Florida’s second-consecutive and the 9,229 is No. 12 since the Exactech Arena opened in 2017 after a renovation.
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\nRECORDS:
\nFlorida (11-2, 5-2 SEC)
\nLSU (10-3-1, 4-3 SEC)
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\nTHE SERIES:
\nFlorida leads 79-48
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\nNATIONAL RANK:
\nFlorida \u2013 Florida is No. 4 in the March 2 Road to National rankings<\/a>
\nLSU \u2013 No. 2
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\nUP NEXT:
\nFlorida finishes 2026 regular-season action Friday at No. 22 Kentucky (1-9-1, 1-5-1 SEC).
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\nThe Wildcats lost 197.20 \u2013 196.675 at No. 3 Alabama on March 6.
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\n\t\t\tNo. 2 LSU at No. 4 Florida
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\n\t\t\tMarch 8, 2026 \u25cf Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center (9,229 – sellout)
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\n\t\t\tFlorida
\n\t\t\t49.375
\n\t\t\t49.625
\n\t\t\t49.700
\n\t\t\t49.75
\n\t\t\t198.45
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\n\t\t\t49.700
\n\t\t\t49.375
\n\t\t\t49.65
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