{"id":191032,"date":"2026-03-14T02:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191032\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:59:08","slug":"friday-the-13th-magic-florida-soars-to-nations-highest-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191032\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday the 13th Magic: Florida Soars to Nation\u2019s Highest Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEXINGTON, Ky. \u2014 On Friday the 13th, it was anything but unlucky for Florida.
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\nFor the second time this week, Florida posted the nation’s highest team total, delivering a 198.575 Friday night inside Kentucky’s Historic Memorial Coliseum. The mark topped the Gators’ 198.45 posted Sunday in a win against No. 2 LSU and now stands as the highest score in the country this season. The Wildcats posted their second-highest of 2026 with a 197.225.
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\nFlorida powered to the total behind three season highs \u2014 vault (49.475), uneven bars (49.725) and balance beam (49.80) \u2014 in a performance that built momentum from rotation to rotation. That season high beam total included Selena Harris-Miranda’s<\/a> second 10.0 of the week on the event.
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\nIt marked the third and final meeting of the day between Florida and Kentucky teams across multiple sports. Earlier Friday in Nashville, Tenn., top-seeded Florida Gators men’s basketball advanced to the semifinal round of the Southeastern Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 71\u201363 win over Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball.
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\nNo. 5 Florida Gators softball opened its first road series at Kentucky Friday afternoon with a 10\u20132 victory over the Wildcats in six innings.
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\nTONIGHT’S MEET
\nThings got off to a great start as the Gators tallied a season-high 49.725 on uneven bars, which is No. 2 in the nation in 2026. All six in the lineup stuck their landing, as UF used winning marks of 9.95s by Skye Blakely<\/a>, Kayla DiCello<\/a>, Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> and Riley McCusker<\/a> plus a 9.925 from eMjae Frazier<\/a> toward that total that stands No. 3 all-time for the Gators.\u00a0
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\nIt was another season high on the next rotation as the Gators posted a 49.475 on vault. Junior Danie Ferris<\/a> matched her season-high of 9.925 to lead the Gators. Two other Gators posted 9.90s \u2013 Blakely and Frazier. That mark is a collegiate best for Blakely and Frazier’s season-high.
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\nFlorida equaled its second-highest floor exercise total of 49.575 Friday. The final two in the lineup \u2013 Blakely and Harris-Miranda \u2013 led marks of 9.95. Freshman Amelia Disidore<\/a> turned in a collegiate-best 9.925 Friday.
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\nThe Gators matched their national high of 49.80 for the second time in the last three meets. One highlight in each of the last three beam performances was a perfect 10.0. Tonight’s was the second of the week for Harris-Miranda, who earned her first 10.0 of the season Sunday versus No. 2 LSU. Blakely earned Florida’s first 10.0 of the season at the Texas Woman’s University quad to close February action.
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FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW<\/p>\n

Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> is a perfect \ud83d\udd1f pic.twitter.com\/m72rr14ISx<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\u2014 Gators Gymnastics (@GatorsGym) March 14, 2026<\/a>
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\nAll scores put toward the 49.80 beam were 9.925 or better. Frazier earned a near-perfect 9.975, while Blakely and DiCello each posted 9.95s. Alyssa Arana<\/a> matched her collegiate-best of 9.925.
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\nBoth of the Gators all-arounders put up big totals that rank among the nation’s best. Harris-Miranda won her fourth all-around of the season and second consecutive at 39.775, just edging Blakely (39.75). The 39.775 equals the nation’s fourth highest posted in 2026, while the 39.75 is the fifth-highest.
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\nEVENT WINNERS:
\nVault:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anna Flynn Cashion, UK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.95
\nBars: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skye Blakely<\/a>, UF, Kayla DiCello<\/a>, UF, Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, UF, Riley McCusker<\/a>, UF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.95
\nBeam:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, UF \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10.0
\nFloor:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Skye Blakely<\/a>, UF, Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, UF, Creslyn Brose, UK\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.95
\nAll-Around: Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, UF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 39.775
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\nGATOR PERFORMANCE NOTES:<\/p>\n


\n\tFlorida’s team total of 198.575 matches the third-highest total in the program’s history
\n\tSelena Harris-Miranda<\/a> 10.0 on balance beam is the 97th overall 10.0 in UF’s 54 seasons and the 20th on beam. Two of the three in the nation with beam 10.0s are Gators as Skye Blakely<\/a> earned the mark Feb. 27 at the Texas Woman’s University quad.
\n\tFour of the 20 balance beam 10.0 in Gator history were posted in the Memorial Coliseum. Kristen Stucky earned UF’s first beam 10.0 in 2004 at UK. Bridget Sloan posted a beam 10.0 in both of her visits to Lexington in 2014 and 2016.
\n\tFlorida’s 49.80 on balance beam equals the program record set Feb. 27 at the Texas Woman’s University quad. That total shares No. 4 all-time for the event.
\n\tThe 49.725 on uneven bars is Florida’s season high and is only behind Utah’s 49.75 set Feb. 13 versus BYU. The total shares No. 3 on UF’s all-time list.
\n\tThe 10.0 was Harris-Miranda’s third on the event and 10th of career (vault \u2013 6, beam \u2013 3, bars \u2013 1) <\/p>\n

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RECORDS:

\nFlorida (12-2, 6-2 SEC)

\nKentucky (1-10-1, 1-51 SEC)

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\nTHE SERIES:

\nFlorida leads 99-2

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\nNATIONAL RANK:

\nFlorida \u2013 Florida is No. 3 in the March 9 Road to National rankings<\/a>

\nKentucky \u2013 No. 22<\/p>\n

UP NEXT:

\nPost-season action starts Saturday at the 45th annual Southeastern Conference Championship meet<\/a> when the event makes its first appearance in Tulsa, Okla.

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\nThe SEC Championships’ afternoon session includes five teams with the top four seeded teams competing in the evening session.

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\n\t\t\tWhen:
\n\t\t\tSaturday, March 21
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\n\t\t\tSession I (Seeds 5-8): 3 p.m. ET
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\n\t\t\tSession II (Seeds 1-4; includes Florida): 8 p.m. ET
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\n\t\t\tVenue:
\n\t\t\tBOK Center <\/a>| Tulsa, Okla.
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\n\t\t\tNetwork:
\n\t\t\tSEC Network with Olympians Sam Peszek, Aly Raisman and John Roethlisberger calling the action with Taylor Davis providing in-meet reports.
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\n\t\t\tSEC Network:
\n\t\t\tSession I<\/a>
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\n\t\t\tSession II<\/a>
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\n\t\t\tLive Scoring:
\n\t\t\tVirtius<\/a>
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\n\t\t\tTickets:
\n\t\t\t$40-$63<\/a>
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\n\t\t\tNo. 3 Florida at No. 22 Kentucky

\n\t\t\tFinal Team Totals
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\n\t\t\tMarch 13, 2026 \u25cf Historic Memorial Coliseum (4,235)
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\n\t\t\tTeam
\n\t\t\tVault
\n\t\t\tBars
\n\t\t\tBeam
\n\t\t\tFloor
\n\t\t\tTotal
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\n\t\t\tFlorida
\n\t\t\t49.475
\n\t\t\t49.725
\n\t\t\t49.800
\n\t\t\t49.575
\n\t\t\t198.575
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\n\t\t\tUK
\n\t\t\t49.350
\n\t\t\t49.100
\n\t\t\t49.275
\n\t\t\t49.500
\n\t\t\t197.225
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