Florida’s Trinity Thomas tied an NCAA gymnastics record after recording a perfect 10 during the national championship on Saturday.
Thomas has now recorded 28 perfect scores in her illustrious Gators career, tying the all-time mark which is also held former Kentucky gymnast Jenny Hansen and former UCLA star Jamie Dantzscher.
She was previously tied with Georgia’s Hope Spivey with 27 perfect 10s, but moved to into a three-way tie for the overall lead following Saturday’s performance on the vault.
Even more impressive, Thomas was battling through a leg injury which she picked up during the regional semifinal back in March. After missing nearly two weeks, the 22-year-old returned and competed in two of four events during the national semifinals on Thursday. She was limited to those same two events, vault and uneven bars, during Saturday’s final.
PERFECT 10.@Gym_Trin's last career vault, is perfect.
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Trinity Thomas.
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Despite not being able to showcase her full arsenal, she did more than enough to impress the judges with her skills on the vault, earning the top possible grade for the 28th time in her career. She recorded a 9.9125 on the uneven bars, narrowly missing out on a top score.
Saturday’s NCAA championship was the last event of Thomas’s career, so she won’t be able to break the record and make it her own. She’ll go down as one of the most decorated gymnasts in college history, joining two all-time greats as the joint record holders for most perfect scores.
