Haleigh Bryant
Bryant scored a 10.000 on bars in week 3—the 11th 10.000 of her career—which puts her into a tie for 14th place on the all-time 10.000s list along with Katelyn Ohashi, Ashley Miles, Sarah Cain, and Kristen Kenoyer. She now sits two behind Maile O’Keefe’s 13 for the most 10s by an active gymnast. This is the second 10.000 of Bryant’s career on bars, which ties Sarah Finnegan for the most bars 10s by an LSU gymnast.
Bryant also scored 39.825 in the all-around, which sits in a tie for 3rd on the all-time LSU list, behind only herself and April Burkholder on 39.875. Also tied for third on 39.825 are Rheagan Courville, Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, and April Burkholder again.
Kiya Johnson
Johnson joined Haleigh Bryant in getting a 10.000 for LSU this week, Johnson’s coming on floor. This 10.000 puts her at 8 total, which ties Jordan Chiles for 4th among active gymnasts, behind O’Keefe, Bryant, and Jade Carey.
This is Johnson’s 5th career 10.000 on floor, which puts her two behind Lloimincia Hall’s 7 for the most floor 10s in LSU history.
Lily Smith
Freshman Lily Smith recorded the first 10.000 of her career on bars, becoming the 12th gymnast in Georgia history to accomplish that, and you’re kind of surprised it’s only 12. She’ll have a long way to go to match Karin Lichey’s record of nine 10s on bars for Georgia, but you’ve got to start somewhere. Lori Strong sits next on the Georgia list with six 10s on bars, followed by Courtney Kupets and Jenni Beathard each on three.
Mya Lauzon
Not to be outdone by eMjae Frazier last week, who set a new Cal all-around record with 39.775, Lauzon tied that mark this week with a 39.775 of her own. Lauzon and Frazier are the only Cal gymnasts to have scored greater than 39.700 in the all-around, both now having done it twice.
Mara Titarsolej
In her third-ever bars routine for the team, Titarsolej broke the all-time Missouri bars record with her 9.975 on Saturday in Georgia. Missouri gymnasts had previously hit 9.950 on ten occasions, the most prolific of them being Helen Hu, who scored 9.950 thrice.
Raena Worley
On Friday, Worley scored her second bars 9.975 of the season and the second of her career, now fully joining Cally Nixon and Jenny Hansen, who both also achieved that feat twice in their careers. Bars is the only event on which Hansen never scored a 10.000.
Emily Kobusky
On Sunday, Kobusky scored 9.850 on beam against Ursinus to equal the Ithaca beam record, which was set three times last season by Cameryn Nichols. The highest score ever recorded by an Ithaca gymnast on any event is 9.900 on floor by Victoria Grey in 2019.
Caroline Cascadden
On Friday, Cascadden became the third West Chester gymnast this season to tie the program beam record with her 9.875, joining Natalie Marshall and Lily McFarland, who both achieved the same feat last week.
Individuals in Tennessee
Deep breath. OK.
For Ball State, Zoe Middleton set the new program all-around record with 39.750, Megan Teter moves into second with 39.575, and Victoria Henry moves into third with 39.450. The previous record was 39.400, belonging to Henry and Hannah Ruthberg, whose 39.375 at this meet would have been the 3rd-best ever but now does not break the top 5.
Suki Pfister‘s 10.000 on vault is the second in Ball State history as she now joins Sarah Mikrut as the program record holders. Mikrut’s vault 10.000 in February 1997 was previously the only 10 in Ball State history. No longer. Teter and Middleton’s 10.000s on bars are, then, the first for Ball State on that event, breaking Teter’s previous record of 9.950. On floor, Pfister’s 9.950 was the second of her career, a program record she already shared with Denaisha Christian (x2), Jenny Gantt (x3), and Mikrut.
For Kent State, Karlie Franz recorded a 10.000 on floor, which ties Jessie James in 2004 as the only other Kent State gymnast to have scored a 10.000 on floor. James’ 10.000 was also the last time any Kent State gymnast received a 10 anywhere. Franz becomes the fifth Kent State gymnast to have scored a 10 overall, joining James, April Zentko (2003) and Shannon Gallagher (1996) on beam, and Shelly Stambaugh four times on vault in 1995 and 1996.
For SEMO, Lindsay Ockler‘s 10.000 on bars is a first in school history on that event, eclipsing the previous mark of 9.950 from Jolie Miller last year. She’s the fourth SEMO gymnast ever to score a 10, joining Kate Farrington, who scored four across vault and floor in 1995 and 1997, as well as Erin Chenier on floor in 1997 and Ashley Godwin on floor in 2004. Meanwhile, Lydia Webb set an all-around record on 39.575, breaking Godwin’s record of 39.550 from 2003, while Taylor Ingle moved into 4th all-time with a 39.500.
For Lindenwood, Gayla Griswold scored 9.975 on floor, which ties the program mark set originally by Andavea Alexander in 2016. Hannah Appleget‘s 9.900 on bars also ties a record, co-held by Courtney Mitchell (x2), Kierstin Sokolowski, and Courtney Heise (x3). Jaly Jones’ 39.275 all-around is tied for the 5th-best ever for Lindenwood.
For Fisk, Morgan Price broke her own program all-around record with a 39.400, and for Whitewater, Sarah Knetzke broken the program beam record with her 9.925, eclipsing Allyse Dieringer on 9.900.
Teams in Tennessee
As for the teams, Ball State scored a program record 198.025, beating the previous record of 196.900. They followed that by competing again on Monday for 196.600, which now ranks 3rd in team history. Back to the 198.025, that result included a team bars record 49.775, a full fall better than the old record of 49.275 from 2001, a new floor record of 49.625 (beating 49.500 from 2017), and a new vault record of 49.375 (beating 49.250 from last season). Beam was the only team record that didn’t fall in this meet, still sitting on 49.350 from last season.
Kent State scored a team record 197.750, seven tenths better than the previous record of 197.050 from 2004. The 49.675 floor score broke the old mark of 49.625 which had been reached three times previously (2001, 2002, 2003), and the 49.500 on bars tied the record from March 2000.
Lindenwood scored a team record 197.075, beating the hold record of 196.400 scored in 2018. Lindenwood also set a bars record with 49.250, finally outscoring the old record of 49.100, which had been reached three times in the past.
SEMO scored a team record 197.050, nearly a point better than the old record of 196.175 from last season. Two additional event records from last season also fell, with last year’s 49.150 on vault eclipsed by the 49.200 here, and last year’s 49.325 on bars eclipsed by the 49.350 here.
Northern Illinois scored a team record 196.400, just .050 better than the previous record of 196.350 set in 2022. The NIU vault mark also fell, with this week’s 49.150 besting the old record of 49.100 from 2017.
Whitewater scored a team record 194.450, beating the old record of 193.700 from 2018. Whitewater’s new event mark came on beam with a 48.700 to eliminate the old record of 48.575 from 2020.
Fisk also broke its old team record by a point, scoring 193.400 to smash the previous record of 192.400 from last March. Most of that was due to bars, where Fisk scored 48.850, compared to the old program record of 48.075 set last week.
Team Records (non-Tennessee)
Arkansas set a new team record this week, scoring 197.525 in a tie against Alabama. Arkansas’s previous record of 197.475 was set last season at home against LSU.
Stout kept up the long tradition of DIII teams suddenly getting program records when they travel away to compete at DI schools with a 191.750 in a visit to Eastern Michigan. Stout also set a floor record of 48.775, better than the 48.450 from 2020, and tied the school vault record on 48.100.
Individual Marks (non-records)
Payton Harris of Ohio State scored 39.600 in the all-around for the second time in her career on Sunday. That ranks third on Ohio State’s all-time list behind the record of 39.625, which is shared by Harris (last April) and Susan Eckman (1997). Harris now owns three of the five best Ohio State all-around performances.
Payton Murphy of Western Michigan scored 39.450 in the all-around, which ties herself for 5th on the program list. Murphy owns all spots in the top 5.
Sydney Beers of Cornell scored 39.150 in the all-around, which ties her for second on Cornell’s AA list with Lynda Dudley, who also owns the program record of 39.225, scored in 2017.
Team Marks (non-records)
Eau Claire recorded its 3rd-best total ever, a 188.050 on the road at Gustavus Adolphus.
Illinois State recorded its 5th-best team score with a 195.900, following their 4th-best 195.950 scored earlier this month.
Moving onto the all-time list, Oklahoma’s 198.325 this week is the 39th highest meet score of all time, while LSU’s 198.125 moves into 116th, and Ball State’s 198.025 ranks 179th.
You’re Brand New
Clemson wasn’t quite able to match its first meet record of 196.325 with this Sunday’s 196.200 but, you know, second best. This 196.200 included new vault and floor marks with 39.375 on floor and 49.150 on vault.
Individually, four of the five Clemson records were newly set in the team’s second meet, with only Lilly Lippeatt’s 9.900 on bars from the previous weekend surviving. Rebecca Wells set a new all-around mark on 39.125, Trinity Brown and Kielyn McCright set new records on vault and beam with 9.900s, and Brie Clark broke her own floor mark with a 9.925—the highest score for Clemson on any event.
Greenville also set a team record of 186.725, half a tenth better than the previous record of 186.675 from last January. Amara Nelson put up 37.775 in the all-around, which is the 4th-best for Greenville and also the 4th-best for her personally.
Simpson joined the club in smashing its team record this week by scoring 186.200, more than a point better than the 185.175 from last February. Also setting a new bars record, Simpson went 43.950 there to defeat the mark of 43.550 reached twice last season. Emma Charles individually had herself a day, scoring 9.150 on bars to tie Winter Poolaw’s team record and 9.725 on beam to tie Avery Ingram’s team record.