DiCello is using a gap year to attempt to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. If Hill's sounds familiar, it's the same place Kayla DiCello, a star freshman for UF a season ago, trains. The 19-year-old Pilgrim hails from Germantown, Md., and trained at Hill's Gymnastics as she developed into a top performer on the junior level. Pilgrim's maternal grandparents met years ago while representing Barbados in international competition, her grandfather in basketball and grandmother a field hockey player. Anya Pilgrim is no stranger to the heightened awareness and uptick in pressure when it's time to perform on the biggest stages.īefore Pilgrim made her Gators debut on Friday night in front of a sold-out crowd at the O'Dome, she was fresh off representing Barbados at the 2023 World Championships in Belgium and the Pan-American Games in Chile.
