A shaky start on vault had the No. 3 Florida Gators gymnastics team trailing through one rotation in their Friday matchup with Kentucky in the O’Dome.
But on the uneven bars, the Gators raised their game — and rewrote the school record book. Florida posted its highest-ever bars total — a staggering 49.725 — en route to their best total score of the season and a comfortable win over the Wildcats.
That first rotation on vault really did leave the door open not just for Kentucky to challenge the Gators, but potentially upset them. For the third week in a row, the Gators failed to score higher than a 9.