The Record Setters of Week 2

On Friday, Brooks scored 39.850 in the all-around, which took down a Michigan record first set 30 years ago by Beth Wymer. Since then, three other gymnasts had tied Wymer’s mark of 39.825 (Sarah Cain in 1997, Elise Ray in 2002, and Natalie Wojcik in 2022), but none could break it until Brooks. Nationally, this 39.850 ranks in a tie for 33rd on the all-time AA score list.

Brooks also scored her second career 10.000 on floor, which ties her with Gabby Wilson and Heather Kabnick for 4th on Michigan’s floor 10.000s list, behind Wymer (5 times), Cain (4 times), and Calli Ryals (3 times)

Frazier broke her own Cal all-around record on Saturday with a 39.775—eclipsing her total of 39.750 from last April—and Mya Lauzon came up a quarter tenth shy of Frazier’s new record with her own 39.750 that is now tied for second-best. Frazier and Lauzon now combine for five of the top seven all-around performances in Cal history, with Toni Ann Williams owning the other two.

Frazier’s 10.000 on beam was the second on that event in Cal history, also tying Lauzon, who got the first last March.

On Saturday, McClain became the 6th gymnast in LSU history to score a 10.000 on bars. She joins Haleigh Bryant (2023), Sarah Finnegan (2018-19), Lexie Priessman (2019), Sharene Mamby (2001), and Syreeta Barnett (1997) as co-holders of the program record.

Sarah Finnegan is the only LSU gymnast to have ever scored multiple 10s in her career on bars, scoring one in the 2018 season and one in the 2019 season.

O’Keefe recorded yet another 10.000 on beam on Monday, bringing her up to 12 on beam and 13 overall, extending her record for most beam 10s in a single career.

She remains in 13th place on the all-time list, but is now just one behind Utah’s Theresa Kulikowski and UCLA’s Janette Antolin.

Hooten scored the seventh 10.000 of her career on floor, moving two clear of Lexy Ramler and Ona Loper on Minnesota’s 10s list, both of whom finished their careers on five.

She also sits in 5th place on the 10s list for current active gymnasts (or at least those with eligibility remaining) behind O’Keefe, Bryant, Jade Carey, and Jordan Chiles.

Freshman Courtney McCann tied the Ohio State beam record with her first routine, scoring 9.975 to equal the mark set by Mindi Farmer twice in 1997 and Lindsey Vagedes in 1999.

Syd Morris of LIU tied Ilka Juk’s program beam record with a 9.975, while also recording the 2nd-best AA score in team history with 39.375. That 39.375 slots into the top 5 right behind Syd Morris and just ahead of Syd Morris.

Emma Loyim joined the epic 16-person tie for the Boise State floor record with her 9.950. A 9.950 has been scored on floor 23 times in Boise State history, but no one has scored 9.975 or 10.000.

West Chester found the records flying it its first meet, with Jordan Coleman setting the school bars record with 9.925, which currently ranks in the top 10 nationally. Lily McFarland and Natalie Marshall also both scored 9.875 on beam, joining a five-way tie for the school record there with Sarah Boyd, Yolanda Nodarse (twice), and Majesta Valentine.

Lydia Hayden tied the UW-Oshkosh beam record with a 9.825, becoming the 4th gymnast in Oshkosh history to hit that mark. The highest number ever scored on any event for Oshkosh is 9.875, scored by Emily Buffington on vault in 2022.

Cal set a program vault record with its performance in Utah on Saturday, scoring 49.525 to beat the old record of 49.500, set back in March of 2015 before the downgrade of the Yurchenko full.

Penn put up 195.375 over the weekend, tying for its third-best team total in history. This result sits behind only the back-to-back 196s from March 2022.

Rhode Island also started with its third-best total in history, a 187.100 to win a quad meet at Ursinus. It’s the fourth time Rhode Island has ever scored 187+, all occurring in the last three seasons.

In addition to Lydia Hayden’s individual mark, UW-Oshkosh also recorded its 4th-best team total ever with 192.475, which currently sits as the highest DIII score of the year.

LIU started the season with its 5th-best result ever, a 195.225 to win the tri-meet at New Hampshire. Now in the team’s fourth season, this is the highest score recorded in a January meet.

Of course everything Clemson does will be a team record in its first meet ever, but the team mark now sits at 196.325, with Rebecca Wells holding the all-around and beam crowns on 38.550 and 9.875 respectively. Lauren Rutherford owns the vault record with her 9.825, and Lilly Lippeatt has bars and Brie Clark has floor, both with 9.900s.

The same goes for Talladega, with the new team record sitting on 187.750, and Alexa Chuy owning the all-around with 36.925. Iowa State transfer Alondra Maldonado set the mark on floor with 9.825 and beam with 9.775, while Krystin Johnson put up 9.675 on vault and Kiora Peart-Williams 9.425 on bars.

Utica opened with a 176.725 team score and three individual records for Grace Marra with 35.900 in the all-around, 9.750 on floor, and 9.525 on vault. Brockport transfers Alexis Castellaneta and Jensen Todd are tied for the beam record with 9.125, and Christina Troche has the top bars mark with 8.825.

For the second-year Brand-News, Greenville competed twice over the weekend and recorded the #2 (186.600 on Sunday) and #3 (185.600 on Friday) team totals in its young history. Two event records also fell, with a 48.075 floor record on Friday and a 47.400 beam record on Sunday. Individually. Amara Nelson moved into second behind herself in the all-around standings with a 38.000 on Friday, while setting a beam record on Sunday with 9.800. Ashlie Leage also set a bars record on Friday with 9.650.

Fisk opened its second season with the fifth-best team score ever, 189.950, and a team bars record of 48.075. Morgan Price also moved into 5th in the program all-around standings behind four other versions of herself with a 39.025.

2 thoughts on “The Record Setters of Week 2”

  1. Spencer thank you this, is so cool. I love the fact that you include all teams, not just the frontrunners. it’s great celebrating the accomplishments of gymnasts from everywhere

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