After an unusual offseason that featured the first off-year Olympics in the modern era, the 2022 NCAA gymnastics season opens this weekend — and for Florida, on this Friday night, with a rare home quad meet. The Gators, who open their season ranked No. 2 nationally behind only defending national champion Michigan — and ahead of powerhouse teams No. 3 Oklahoma and No. 4 Utah — host Northern Illinois, Rutgers, and Texas Woman’s University in the O’Dome to open their season.
And Florida appears primed for one of its best campaigns ever.
All-Americans Megan Skaggs and Alyssa Baumann return for their fifth seasons thanks to options presented by the COVID-era rules, all-everything performer Trinity Thomas returns for her “true” senior season, and Florida brings in not just the No.