After an NCAA regional championship on floor exercise and second-team All-American awards for vault and floor in 2015, University of Alabama senior gymnast Carley Sims was poised to anchor the Crimson Tide in 2016 as one of two seniors on an underclassman-heavy team.
Where: Coleman Coliseum
When: 6 p.m. Friday
Records: Alabama 2-1,
Arkansas 1-3
TV: SECNetwork
Radio: 90.7 FM
On the competition floor, at least, that role will have to wait. Sims had been noticeably absent from Alabama's rotations against Missouri and Auburn last week, after posting a 9.525 on vault, a 9.