{"id":201095,"date":"2026-03-22T05:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T05:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:23:14","slug":"florida-takes-2026-sec-championship-title-in-a-nail-biter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201095\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida takes 2026 SEC Championship title in a nail-biter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2026 SEC Championships \u2013 Final Standings:<\/p>\n<p>Florida 198.175Oklahoma 198.150LSU 197.950Alabama 197.475Georgia 197.450Missouri 197.075Arkansas 196.975Kentucky 196.925Auburn 195.300<\/p>\n<p>How the 2026 SEC Gymnastics Championships was won: Session II (Oklahoma #1, LSU #2, Florida #3, Alabama #4)<\/p>\n<p>ROTATION 1:<\/p>\n<p>Vault \u2013 Oklahoma:<\/p>\n<p>Blessey \u2013 well done front handspring front pike half tiny hop back \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Wells \u2013 big Yur 1.5 mid size step forward \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Scheible \u2013 fine front handspring front pike half, hop back \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Estep \u2013 little low on the table on Yur 1.5 fine on height, step forward on the landing \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Mueller \u2013 fine Yur 1 1\/2 but steps back \u2013 9.825\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fatta \u2013 good Yur 1 1\/2, near stuck, but moved her foot just enough to deny the stick \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.325<\/p>\n<p>Bars \u2013 LSU:<\/p>\n<p>Zeiss \u2013 hits, and sticks the full twisting double tuck \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Cowan \u2013 Ray to bail clean, double layout hop back \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Ulrich \u2013 perfect on Maloney to Pak, piro maybe a tad late, stuck double layout \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Chio \u2013 Maloney to bail fine, Khorkina clean, stuck full twisting double tuck \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Blackson \u2013 bail is fine, Khorkina good height, double layout two tiny hops back \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>McClain \u2013 Church very, very close, managed to get the kip cast to handstand, step back on full twisting double tuck \u2013 they will drop this routine \u2013 9.75<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.475<\/p>\n<p>Beam \u2013 Florida:<\/p>\n<p>Draser \u2013 solid on series, sticks the leap series too, dismount is stuck \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Arana \u2013 small wobble on switch half, which was also short on split, dismount is gainer to the side and stuck \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Blakely \u2013 triple wolf turn fine, front aerial to ff solid, dismount is stuck \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Frazier \u2013 front aerial to layout step out series is done well, split to split ring fine, cartwheel 1 1\/2 stuck with some effort \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>DiCello \u2013 well done routine, stuck gainer full at the end \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Miranda \u2013 nails everything, another stuck landing for Florida on round off 1 1\/2 \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.525<\/p>\n<p>Floor \u2013 Alabama:<\/p>\n<p>LaCoursiere \u2013 double tuck mount, clean layout to Rudi to stag jump \u2013 9.825<\/p>\n<p>Rybicki \u2013 double tuck mount is fine, 1 1\/2 to front full cleanly done \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Matters \u2013 tuck step out to double tuck fine landing, fine double pike \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Ra-Akbar \u2013 tuck step out to 2 1\/2 controlled step forward, 1 1\/2 to layout clean \u2013 9.925<\/p>\n<p>Sears \u2013 double layout just a bit short on the landing, saved with a quick finishing lunge \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Gladieux \u2013 good full in mount, front layout to Rudi to jump well done \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.425<\/p>\n<p>ROTATION 2:<\/p>\n<p>Vault \u2013 Alabama:<\/p>\n<p>Matters \u2013 fine Yur 1.5 large hop forward \u2013 9.825<\/p>\n<p>LaCoursiere \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Sears \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Gladieux \u2013 big hop forwred on her Yur 1.5 \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Paradise \u2013 good Yur 1.5 two tiny steps back \u2013 9.75<\/p>\n<p>Ra-Akbar \u2013 huge Yur 1 1\/2 but also takes a huge hop forward \u2013\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kvamme \u2013 gets 9.85 for her Yur 1.5\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.175<\/p>\n<p>Bars \u2013 Oklahoma:<\/p>\n<p>Pederson \u2013 Ray good, Pak good, piro good, double layout holds the stick with a deep landing and extra legs apart \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Murphy \u2013 Maloney to Pak pretty long line, piro a tad late but connected to sole circle, sticks the giant full double tuck \u2013 pretty gymnastics \u2013 9.95 well deserved!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fatta \u2013 great routine, tiny hop back on the double layout \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Estep \u2013 Tkatchev a bit low, the rest is clean and another stuck landing \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Scheible \u2013 Jaeger is fine, cast a bit short, bail good, last cast is better, sticks the full twisting double tuck \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Torrez \u2013 solid, releases and casts are well done, tiny adjustment hop at the end \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.6<\/p>\n<p>Beam \u2013 LSU:<\/p>\n<p>Coen \u2013 ff layout stuck, hit the rest \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Zeiss \u2013 side aerial small balance check, bigger wobble after the series with a turn and an arm circle, sticks the tuck gainer full at the end \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Drayton \u2013 small hop back on the round off double twist dismount \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln \u2013 front aerial to ff fine, great leaps, ff 1 1\/2 is stuck \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>McClain \u2013 very good aerial to ff and side aerial, leaps are well done, sticks the gainer full \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Chio \u2013 strong as usual, sticks it, not a 10 but 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Floor \u2013 Florida:<\/p>\n<p>Disidore \u2013 Rudi to stag jump mount, 1 1\/2 to layout near the line and stumbled to not get out but it looks like she did \u2013 9.825<\/p>\n<p>Ferris \u2013 full in well done, 1 1\/2 layout clean \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Frazier \u2013 fine double layout mount, good flexibility on the leaps, fine landing on the double tuck at the end \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>DiCello \u2013 full in mount is good, step back maybe tiny slide, 1 1\/2 to layout clean \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Blakely \u2013 big double front little over and the stag after is long and near out of bounce, takes another step but stays in, 1 1\/2 to layout floats and good \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Miranda \u2013 front tuck step out to double tuck kind of a big step back but holds it, 1 1\/2 to layout half to stag jump no issues \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.425<\/p>\n<p>Session II standings after two events:<\/p>\n<p>LSU 98.975<\/p>\n<p>Florida 98.95<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma 98.925<\/p>\n<p>Alabama 98.6<\/p>\n<p>ROTATION 3:<\/p>\n<p>Vault \u2013 Florida:<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrim \u2013 clean and precise Yur 1.5 small hop forward \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Frazer \u2013 DTY, mid size hop back \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>DiCello \u2013 good Yurchenko 1 1\/2 small hop forward \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Ferris \u2013 another good Yurchenko 1 1\/2 with a small controlled hop forward \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Blakely \u2013 well done Yurchenko half on layout half off with a small hop back \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Miranda \u2013 Yurchenko 1 1\/2 with a small hop back then step back to solute \u2013 Florida will drop this \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.425<\/p>\n<p>Bars \u2013 Alabama:<\/p>\n<p>Walker \u2013 clean routine, stuck full twisting double tuck at the end \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Gladieux \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Pawlak \u2013 little lose on the Maloney to bail, chest down on the double layout which results in a hop forward \u2013 9.825<\/p>\n<p>Fuller \u2013 hits and sticks the double layout, with a lean forward \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>LaCoursiere \u2013 Maloney to Pak pretty, Maloney half yes, full twisting double tuck stuck but chest down very low and arm circles \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Ra-Akbar \u2013 perfection, till the dismount, takes hop back on the double tuck \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Event total: 49.4<\/p>\n<p>Beam \u2013 Oklahoma:<\/p>\n<p>Fatta \u2013 very strong routine, sticks the gainer full but holds her chest down a bit too low \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Wells \u2013 small balance check on side aerial, nails the series, sticks the 1 1\/2 which has good height \u2013 9.925<\/p>\n<p>Murphy \u2013 great work with elegant look on every skill, sticks the dismount \u2013 9.925<\/p>\n<p>Pederson \u2013 series solid, switch side stuck, double twist dismount step back \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Mueller \u2013 hits and sticks, wide legs on the stick \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Torrez \u2013 nails the side aerial to layout, precise on the rest, sticks the dismount -10.0 \u2013 first one in the competition!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.625<\/p>\n<p>Floor \u2013 LSU:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Innes \u2013 clean front double full, then clean 1 1\/2 layout Rudi to jump at the end is without any issues \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Ballou \u2013 double layout good landing to dance pose, layout to Rudi is fine at the end \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Coen \u2013 front double full controls the step out of it, layout to front full is fine, lots of height on the straddle fulls \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Drayton \u2013 double layout small step forward, and also takes a step back on her double tuck at the end \u2013 9.825<\/p>\n<p>Chio \u2013 full twisting double layout step back but a bit out of control, holds it though, 2 1\/2 to front tuck clean \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln \u2013 huge double layout mount \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.525<\/p>\n<p>Session II standings after thee events:<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma \u2013 148.550<\/p>\n<p>LSU \u2013 148.500<\/p>\n<p>Florida \u2013 148.375<\/p>\n<p>Alabama \u2013 148.000<\/p>\n<p>ROTATION 4:<\/p>\n<p>Vault \u2013 LSU:<\/p>\n<p>Zeiss \u2013 well done Yur 1 1\/2, tinniest hop on the landing \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>McClain \u2013 massive Yurchenko full, good execution, small hop back \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Roberts \u2013 big front pike half, rebound and hop back \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln \u2013 big, big Yurchenko 1 1\/2 tiny hop forward, and then one more tiny hop \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Drayton \u2013 big Yur 1.5 tiny hop and a tiny step \u2013 9.8<\/p>\n<p>Chio \u2013 9.975 for another stuck Yur 1.5 \u2013 highest score on the event at this competition!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.45<\/p>\n<p>Bars \u2013 Florida:<\/p>\n<p>Frazier \u2013 Maloney to Pak perfect, good piro, sticks the double layout \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrim \u2013 Maloney to Tkatchev well done, Pak fine, piro fine, stuck full twisting double tuck \u2013 9.925<\/p>\n<p>Blakely \u2013 stalder piked Tkatchev to Pak huge amplitude, double front half stuck \u2013 9.975<\/p>\n<p>DiCello \u2013 Church to Pak great, sticks the full twisting double tuck dismount \u2013 9.975<\/p>\n<p>Harris-Miranda \u2013 she held three of the cast to handstands and the rest was perfection, stuck double layout \u2013 10.0!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McCusker \u2013 hit clean, small hop on the double tuck\u00a0 though \u2013 9.925<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.8<\/p>\n<p>Beam \u2013 Alabama:<\/p>\n<p>LaCoursiere \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Birt \u2013 9.825<\/p>\n<p>Gladieux \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Ladanyi \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Fuller \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Kvamme \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.475<\/p>\n<p>Floor \u2013 Oklahoma:<\/p>\n<p>Murphy \u2013 clean two pass routine \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Fatta \u2013 front full step out to 2 1\/2 big step forward but holds it, front double full to step and kick \u2013 9.925<\/p>\n<p>Wells \u2013 front tuck step out to double tuck good landing, 1 1\/2 to front layout at the end \u2013 9.9<\/p>\n<p>Pawlak \u2013 double pike clean, 1 1\/2 to front full also clean \u2013 9.875<\/p>\n<p>Mueller \u2013 front tuck to double tuck small step forward, layout to Rudi messy and low landing \u2013 9.85<\/p>\n<p>Estep \u2013 good start on layout to front double full, good 2 1\/2 to dance at the end \u2013 9.95<\/p>\n<p>Event total \u2013 49.6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 SEC Championships \u2013 Final Standings: Florida 198.175Oklahoma 198.150LSU 197.950Alabama 197.475Georgia 197.450Missouri 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