Florida Senate - 2013                            (NP)    SR 1924
       
       
       
       By Senator Bradley
       
       
       
       
       7-05653-13                                            20131924__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending the University of Florida
    3         women’s gymnastics team for winning its first National
    4         Collegiate Athletic Association women’s gymnastics
    5         title, as well as the Southeastern Conference and NCAA
    6         Regional championships for 2013.
    7  
    8         WHEREAS, the University of Florida (UF) has a long and
    9  storied tradition of athletic excellence, and
   10         WHEREAS, on April 20, 2013, in Los Angeles, UF’s women’s
   11  gymnastics team won the university’s 30th national title, and
   12         WHEREAS, the gymnastics team swept the team titles in each
   13  of the three championship meets it competed in during the 2013
   14  season: the Southeastern Conference, the NCAA Regional, and the
   15  NCAA Championships, and
   16         WHEREAS, UF is the fifth team to claim the NCAA Women’s
   17  Gymnastics Championship, joining Alabama, UCLA, Georgia, and
   18  Utah, since the NCAA began fielding women’s championships in the
   19  1981-1982 season, and
   20         WHEREAS, the Gators entered the NCAA Championships as the
   21  top-seeded, top-ranked team in seven of the final nine national
   22  rankings of the 2013 season, and
   23         WHEREAS, the Gators rallied from counting a fall in their
   24  opening rotation—the balance beam—and on the team’s next event,
   25  floor exercise, the Gators turned in an NCAA Championship record
   26  event total of 49.725 points, and
   27         WHEREAS, on the final day of the NCAA Championships, two
   28  Gators picked up event titles, and
   29         WHEREAS, six Gators picked up 16 All-America honors,
   30  equaling the school record set in 2012, and
   31         WHEREAS, UF has appeared in 31 of the possible 32 NCAA
   32  Gymnastics Championships, and
   33         WHEREAS, of the nation’s top eight team totals of 2013,
   34  five were turned in by the Gators in their last nine meets, NOW,
   35  THEREFORE,
   36  
   37  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   39         That we commend the University of Florida women’s
   40  gymnastics team for winning its first National Collegiate
   41  Athletic Association women’s gymnastics title as well as the
   42  Southeastern Conference and NCAA Regional championships for
   43  2013.
   44         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
   45  presented to UF President Dr. J. Bernard Machen as a tangible
   46  token of the sentiments expressed in this resolution.