As expected, last weekend’s SEC Championships were an exciting competition with upsets and breakout stars.
Unfortunately for revenge-minded Florida, the Gators had control throughout most of the meet, but gave it away on the final rotation — vault, the one that has been a bugaboo all year — and finished second to the LSU Tigers, 197.900 to 197.750.
The first surprise of the SEC Championships actually came in the afternoon session, in which Alabama had its best meet of the season, scoring a 197.350. The six-time national champions have had a rough season — most recently, the Crimson Tide were edged out in the NQS by Kentucky, and thus stuck in the afternoon session of the SEC Championships — but Alabama didn’t let this stop it, and the Tide hit all four events.