Faculty gymnastics is again!
In a decent turnaround after New 12 months’s, we’ll get a small slate of girls’s meets and the lads’s CGA All-Star Meet to start the season. Maintain studying for the highest meets to look at, and see the total males’s and ladies’s schedules beneath.
Word: All rankings included this week are from preseason polls.
Ladies’s opening weekend slate marred by lack of viewing choices
A few of the high girls’s groups within the nation are competing this weekend, however as of publishing, you gained’t be capable to watch a lot of them due to a scarcity of viewing choices. We’ll replace this story if that modifications.
We’ll deal with the highest matchups that will be on TV/streaming, however listed here are the opposite notable meets occurring that don’t have viewing choices:
- Saturday, January 4 @ 3 p.m. ET: #4 California, #19 Oregon State, #10 UCLA (American Gold Ladies’s Collegiate Gymnastics Basic)
- Saturday, January 4 @ 6:45 p.m. ET: #17 Auburn, #27 BYU, #23 Nebraska, #1 Oklahoma (Music Metropolis Championship)
- Saturday, January 4 @ 9:30 p.m. ET: #30 Arizona, Rutgers, #31 Southern Utah, Wilberforce (American Gold Ladies’s Collegiate Gymnastics Basic)
- This meet is very important as it’s Wilberforce’s program debut. Wilberforce is the third-ever HBCU gymnastics crew and solely one among two presently lively HBCU groups. Fisk, the primary HBCU program, is the opposite lively crew. Talladega’s program was shut down final summer time after only one season.
The “better of the remaining” remains to be compelling.
Getting the dignity of kicking off the season are Ball State, Illinois State, SEMO, and #9 Missouri, with the Tigers internet hosting. Ball State infamously acquired the primary 198+ of the 2024 season on the Tennessee Collegiate Basic final January. Though that isn’t anticipated right here, the Cardinal did obtain some factors within the preseason ballot – as did Illinois State. Host Missouri begins its season and returns numerous star energy: Amari Celestine, Hannah Horton, Jocelyn Moore, and Mara Titarsolej to call a number of. Plus, the Tigers have redshirt senior and beam queen Helen Hu again after a brief retirement in 2024. Head coach Shannon Welker was additionally capable of snag some stellar switch expertise within the offseason, together with Lauren Macpherson (San Jose State) and Abby Mueller (Illinois).
The triple-header continues Friday with No. 32 Iowa State at No. 2 LSU. It’s a battle of star-studded coaches, with the Tigers’ Jay Clark and the Cyclones’ Ashley Miles Greig. Each had sturdy 2024 seasons underneath completely different circumstances. In her first season as Iowa State’s head coach, Miles Greig led the crew again to the postseason after failing to qualify in 2023. In the meantime, Clark led his squad to its first nationwide championship. On the mat, probably the most notable storyline would be the lack of Haleigh Bryant, who’s week-to-week with an elbow harm. It’s not a significant concern for the reigning nationwide champs proper now, particularly with stars like Aleah Finnegan, KJ Johnson, Konnor McClain, and a stacked freshman class accessible. On Iowa State’s aspect, look ahead to Noelle Adams, Hannah Loyim, and Josie Bergstrom-Te Slaa.
Closing out the night time is an in-state rivalry with Utah State vs. No. 5 Utah. This shall be an incredible take a look at the Crimson Rocks, who completed third at nationals final yr for the fourth yr in a row. This season, the crew has returning stars, intriguing freshmen, and one main switch. After all, so far as returners go, there’s Olympic medalist Grace McCallum, who’s a senior this season, Jaylene Gilstrap, Amelie Morgan, and Makenna Smith – to call a number of. The freshmen are Brit Poppy-Grace Stickler, Canadian Clara Raposo, high recruit Avery Neff, and Zoe Johnson. Notably, 2018 world steadiness beam medalist Ana Padurariu transferred to Utah from UCLA within the offseason. (Word: 2022 NCAA vault champion Jaedyn Rucker medically retired in December after tearing her Achilles.)
Opening weekend involves a detailed with No. 13 Michigan at No. 12 Denver – certain to be a aggressive matchup. Denver will look to interchange star all-arounder Jessica Hutchinson after shedding her to commencement, however the expertise pool is actually there, together with Rosie Casali, Mia Hebinck, Momoko Iwai, Bella Mabanta, and Madison Ulrich. Michigan is led by graduate college students Carly Bauman, Reyna Guggino, and Jenna Mulligan.
CGA All-Star Meet presents males’s season preview
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The third annual CGA All-Star Meet is Friday, January 3 at 7 p.m. ET, streaming on the CGA YouTube (free).
The meet, which serves as an overarching preview of the season to return, sees East vs. West, with athletes competing head-to-head for the title. Crew East gained the primary two CGA All-Star Meets.
The format is as follows:
- 4v4 on every occasion
- 10.0 scoring system (6 expertise per routine, base rating of seven.6 with all aspect teams accomplished)
- Head-to-head format
- 4 athletes per crew, per occasion
Crew East
- Paul Juda
- Landen Blixt
- Brandon Dang
- Peyton Cramer
- Fred Richard
- Javier Alfonso
- Kameron Nelson
- Josh Karnes
- Evgeny Siminiuc
- Tate Costa
- Caden Spencer
- Nathan Whitaker
- Jaden Clean
- Will Hauke
- Bobby Alessio
- Will Wilson
- Rithik Puri
- Garrett Schooley
- Landon Simpson
- Jake Islam
Crew West
- Taylor Christopulos
- Jeremy Bischoff
- Patrick Hoopes
- Aidan Li
- Asher Cohen
- Max Bereznev
- Colt Walker
- Erich Upton
- Zac Tiderman
- Max Odden
- Chase Mondi
- Beau Bice
- Matt Roth
- Ignacio Yockers
- Alex Campbell
- Chris Hiser
- Braxton Jones
- Brandon Nguyen
- Koby Cantu
- Jake Smith
- Carter Kim
- Arun Chhetri
- Asher Hong
- Khoi Younger
- Emre Dodanli
- Nico Hamilton
- Fuzzy Benas
- Luke McFarland
- Alex Nitache
*Italics are inactive all-stars attributable to declining their place or their program hitting its max variety of contributors.
