{"id":219243,"date":"2026-04-05T03:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219243\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T03:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:36:07","slug":"no-3-gators-win-tempe-regional-to-earn-ncaa-championships-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/219243\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 3 Gators Win Tempe Regional to Earn NCAA Championships Berth"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 3 Gators Win Tempe Regional to Earn NCAA Championships Berth
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\nTEMPE, Ariz. – No. 3 Florida gymnastics delivered a winning performance Saturday night, capturing the NCAA Tempe Regional title at the Desert Financial Arena to punch its ticket back to the NCAA Championships.
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\nThe Gators posted a meet-winning 198.05 – their fifth straight score above 198, a new program record – to secure their 23rd NCAA Regional crown. Georgia also advanced to Fort Worth with a 197.75 to claim the second qualifying spot. Michigan State (197.00) and California (196.975) rounded out the final standings.
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\nWith the victory, Florida continues its remarkable consistency on the national stage, advancing to the NCAA Championships for the 42nd time in the event’s 44-year history.
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\nSaturday’s results also helped shape the NCAA Championships field, as Florida and Georgia will be joined in Fort Worth by No. 2 Louisiana State and No. 7 Stanford, who advanced out of the Baton Rouge Regional. The final four championship team berths will be decided Sunday in Lexington, Ky., and Corvallis, Ore.
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\n2026 NCAA Championships Info<\/a>
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\nTonight’s Meet:
\nFlorida again chose the Olympic rotation for tonight’s meet. The Gators posted a 49.375 to open the meet as all vault marks ranged from 9.85 to 9.9. Both Kayla DiCello<\/a> and Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a> turned in the team high of 9.90.
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\nFour marks of 9.90 or better were tallied toward Florida’s uneven bars total of 49.575. For the second time in Tempe, sophomore Skye Blakely<\/a> led the Gators on the event, posting a 9.95 Saturday. Both Anya Pilgrim<\/a> and Riley McCusker<\/a> were awarded 9.925s plus Harris-Miranda posted a 9.90.
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\nFlorida owned a 0.175 lead at the midway point, with all teams within a half point.
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\nAll marks used toward Florida’s fourth-highest beam total of the season (49.55) were 9.9 or better. Junior Skylar Draser<\/a> got things started with a 9.9, which was matched by Blakely and eMjae Frazier<\/a>. The Gators final two competitors \u2013 DiCello and Harris-Miranda both posted the day’s winning mark of 9.925.
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\nFlorida closed the meet earning its fourth-highest floor exercise total of the season, 49.55. Harris-Miranda equaled her collegiate-best of 9.975 for the fourth time of her career to win the event Saturday. Blakely hit for a 9.95 and Frazier also earned a 9.925 to lead the Gators on floor.
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\nThe Gators’ two all-arounders Saturday went two-three in the final standings. Harris-Miranda was second at 39.70 and Frazier took third at 39.55.
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\nEVENT WINNERS:
\nScores from Saturday’s NCAA Final Round competition:
\nVault: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CaMarah Williams, Georgia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.925
\nBars:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Autumn Reingold, UGA, Nikki Smith, MSU\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.975
\nBeam:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kayla DiCello<\/a>, Florida and Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, Florida 9.925
\nFloor:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selena Harris-Miranda<\/a>, Florida\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9.975
\nAA:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nikki Smith, MSU 39.725
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\nGATOR NOTES:<\/p>\n


\n\tFlorida wins its 23rd NCAA Regional title and second consecutive – 1982, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’97, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17, ’18, ’21, ’22, ’24, ’25 and ’26.
\n\tFlorida’s 198.05 marks the fifth consecutive meet UF passed the 198 mark \u2013 a first for the Gator program. <\/p>\n


\n\tCollegiate bests tonight:
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\nUP NEXT:
\nNCAA Championships are back in Fort Worth, Texas for the ninth time since 2015. The top two teams in each of the four regional final sites advance to the April 16 & 18 NCAA Championships in Ft. Worth, Texas<\/a>.
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\nFlorida’s April 16 NCAA Championships semifinal session also includes LSU, Stanford and ____. The announcement of which semifinal will be announced early next week \u2013 either 4:30 p.m. or 9 p.m. ET \u2013 with the competition airing on ESPN2. The four teams for the other April 16 semifinal are determined Sunday in the Lexington<\/a> and Corvallis<\/a> regional finals.
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\nNCAA Championships competition schedule:
\nApril 16 Semifinal
\nAfternoon semi:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:30 p.m. ET\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESPN2<\/a>
\nEvening semi:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9 p.m. ET\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ESPN2<\/a>
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\nApril 18 Team Final\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4 p. m. ET\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ABC<\/a>
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\n\t\t\tNo. 3 Florida in NCAA Tempe Regional \u2013 Final

\n\t\t\tTeam Totals
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\n\t\t\tApril 4, 2026 \u2013 Desert Financial Arena (2,063)
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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\t49.375
\n\t\t\t49.575
\n\t\t\t49.550
\n\t\t\t49.550
\n\t\t\t198.050
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\n\t\t\tGeorgia^
\n\t\t\t49.425
\n\t\t\t49.525
\n\t\t\t49.250
\n\t\t\t49.550
\n\t\t\t197.750
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\n\t\t\tMichigan State
\n\t\t\t49.325
\n\t\t\t49.375
\n\t\t\t48.925
\n\t\t\t49.375
\n\t\t\t197.000
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\n\t\t\tCalifornia
\n\t\t\t49.150
\n\t\t\t49.375
\n\t\t\t49.025
\n\t\t\t49.425
\n\t\t\t196.975
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\n\t\t\t^ advance to NCAA Championships
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\n\t <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No. 3 Gators Win Tempe Regional to Earn NCAA Championships Berth \u00a0 TEMPE, Ariz. – No. 3 Florida…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-219243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}