Florida’s gymnastics team came to Penn State last Saturday with a big National Qualifying Score total and the No. 2 national seed nearly locked in. I and most expected this meet was going to be a chance to rest some athletes in advance of Senior Night and postseason competition and that the Gators would not be pushing too hard.
But the meet doubled as a homecoming party for sophomore Trinity Thomas, who was returning to compete in her home state for the first time in college, and led by Thomas and senior Rachel Gowey, the Gators put on a show full of exciting perfect scores and career-highs in front of Thomas’ huge crowd of fans.