After Friday’s Super Six title, the Gym Dogs took home two more NCAA National Championships Saturday, as Grace Taylor won the balance beam and Courtney McCool won floor exercise in the individual event championships.

Multiple Gym Dogs won National Championships for the first time since 1998, when Kim Arnold, Jenni Beathard and Karin Lichey captured individual titles.

McCool scored a 9.9625 on floor, receiving perfect 10.0s from two of the six judges and scores of 9.95 from the other four.

“Floor’s just been so much fun for me this year,” McCool said. “I really feel like I came into my own this year because of my teammates, my choreographer and my coach. It was just an amazing opportunity that I had, and I felt great out there.”

As McCool was finishing her routine, Taylor was preparing to go on the balance beam, where she scored a 9.950.

Taylor credited McCool’s performance for giving her the boost she needed on beam.

“Iron sharpens iron, and she makes me better,” Taylor said of McCool.

“When I saw her out there having so much fun, it just kept that so fresh in my mind how fun gymnastics is.”

“Fun” was the key word for Saturday’s competition. After two stressful days of team competition, the individual championships were a chance to put off two days of fatigue for a more relaxing evening.

“I know that all the athletes that competed the first two days and came out [Saturday] were tired,” Taylor said. “We left it all out on the floor [Friday] night and came back and said, ‘Where is it?’”

The Gym Dogs were able to find it, despite the lack of sleep thanks to Friday’s post-championship party at the Georgia Center.

“[Saturday] was mind over matter because you’re tired, but this is your moment, the last day of the year where you really get to shine.”

Senior Katie Heenan, in her final meet at Georgia, finished runner-up in the nation on the uneven bars with a score of 9.90.

“I’m so glad it was at Stegeman that I got to take my final routines,” Heenan said. “There was emotion, happiness, a little bit of sadness, but all in all I’m really glad to end it here. I thought it was a great way to go out, and I couldn’t have asked for anything more.”

Fellow senior Nikki Childs posted a career-high 9.90 on bars in Thursday’s preliminary to earn a spot in Saturday’s competition and ended her Gym Dog career with a 9.8875, taking fourth.

Taylor finished eighth on bars with a 9.85, and junior Tiffany Tolnay scored a 9.825 to take 14th.

Tolnay also took fourth place on floor with a 9.9, and freshman Cassidy McComb capped off her season with a 9.8875 to take seventh.

Sophomore Marcia Newby earned an invitation to Saturday night’s event final thanks to a career-high 9.95 on Thursday, and scored a 9.7563 on vault for sixth place.

Inclusion in Saturday’s finals signifies First Team All-American status for each of the gymnasts.

Heenan finished her Gym Dog career with 13 All-American honors.

Other Gym Dogs increased their All-American totals: Tolnay (12), Childs (five), Taylor (five) and Newby (two).

McCool, McComb and Hilary Mauro earned their first All-American honors in 2008.

Heenan and Tolnay tied for third with scores of 39.525 in the all-around competition, which was held during Thursday’s preliminaries. Tasha Schwikert of UCLA won the all-around with a score of 39.6.