selected as the non-traveling alternates for the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. 2018 In the beginning of the year Thomas was selected to compete at the Tokyo World Cup, where she won silver behind Mai Murakami of Japan. In April she announced her commitment to the University of Florida and their gymnastics team. In August Thomas competed at the 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where she placed eighth in the all-around, fourth on bars, and sixth on beam and floor, and was once again named to the senior national team. On August 20, 2018 Thomas was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Grace McCallum, Jade Carey, Kara Eaker, and Shilese Jones. There she won gold in the team final and silver in the all-around and on uneven bars. Thomas was invited to attend the Worlds Team Selection Camp but declined. NCAA and Elite 2019 In 2019 Thomas became one of the few gymnasts to train both NCAA and elite gymnastics simultaneously. Thomas began competing as a collegiate gymnast for the Florida Gators in the 2018–2019 season. At the 2019 SEC Championships Thomas placed first on vault, second of floor exercise behind Sarah Finnegan of Louisiana State third in the all-around behind Finnegan and Lexi Graber of Alabama. She helped Florida place second overall. During the Regional Finals, the Florida Gators lost, being upset by the Denver Pioneers and the Oregon State Beavers, and thus did not qualify as a team to compete at the 2019 NCAA Championships. Thomas, however, qualified as an individual on floor exercise and uneven bars. At the 2019 NCAA Championships Thomas placed seventh on floor exercise and 30th on uneven bars. Thomas returned to elite competition and competed at the 2019 GK US Classic in July, opting to only compete on uneven bars and balance beam. On the two events, she placed sixth and seventh, respectively. At U.S. National Championships Thomas competed in the all-around, where she finished in ninth place. She also placed fourth on uneven bars behind Sunisa Lee, Morgan Hurd, and Simone Biles, tenth on balance beam, and fifteenth on floor exercise. As a result she was added to the national team for the fourth time. 2020 On January 24, in a meet against Louisiana State, while performing on the uneven bars Thomas earned her first collegiate perfect 10.0. The following week she earned her second perfect