Florida heads to NCAA Championships final after stirring semifinal comeback

Thursday was a big day for the Florida Gators gymnastics programs.

And it was a good day — after nearly being a heartbreaking one.

The final accounting of the day says that Trinity Thomas captured her first NCAA titles and did it in style. She won the bars, floor, and all-around titles, and became the first Gator to win an event title since Alicia Boren in 2019, the first Gator to win the all-around since Alex McMurtry in 2017, and the first — and only — Gator to accrue three individual titles since Bridget Sloan in 2016.

Megan Skaggs also had an excellent night, placing third in the all-around behind Thomas and Olympic all-around champion Sunisa Lee of Auburn. Skaggs earned All-American…