THE 2019 STORY Missouri finished the 2019 regular season at 19th, and with its strong regional semifinal score of 196.625, moved up two spots to end the year as the top-ranked team that didn’t advance to the regional final. That equaled the best result of the Shannon Welker era—and the best result since that upset journey to nationals a decade ago.
THE 2019 STORY In 2019, Washington took a semi-step backward from the Elise Ray Renaissance that had characterized the previous seasons, following two of the best finishes in program history with a 19th-place result that more typically reflects the historical expectations for this Washington team.
I’ll have deep individual previews of the top schools coming in December, but for now, check out the team roster notes to aid with all your lineup prognostication needs. (Because I’m just assuming that you’re me and doing that.)
OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Seniors
Jade DeGouveia
VT UB FX
Competed VT, FX in every meet in 2019
#1 returning score on VT (9.915)
#2 returning score on FX (9.945)
Maggie Nichols
VT UB BB FX
2-time defending national AA champion
#1 returning score on BB (9.975), UB (9.960)
Avg on VT (9.942), avg on FX (9.900)
Scored two 10.0s in 2019 (1 VT, 1 UB)
Brehanna Showers
VT UB BB FX
Competed in 5 meets in 2019 before season-ending injury
Competed each event at least 3 times, with peaks of 9.875 VT, 9.850 UB, 9.900 BB, 9.925 FX
Juniors
Jordan Draper
FX
Competed FX in 13 of 17 meets in 2019 for NQS of 9.880
Did not appear in national championships lineup on FX
Evy Schoepfer
VT BB FX
Competed 5 BBs, 4 FXs, 3 VTs in 2019
Avg of 9.792 VT, 9.688 FX, 9.660 BB
Competed 10 FXs in 2018 for 9.855 RQS
Karrie Thomas
UB BB
Competed UB in 15 of 17 meets following transfer from Maryland
#2 returning score on UB (9.910)
Showed 1 BB in 2019 for 9.825
Anastasia Webb
VT UB BB FX
Competed AA in 15 of 17 meets in 2019
Competed UB, BB, FX in every meet
#2 returning score on BB (9.925)
#3 returning score on VT (9.905), UB (9.900), FX (9.905)
Carly Woodard
BB
Competed BB in every meet in 2019, hitting 16 of 17
#3 returning score on BB (9.920)
Sophomores
Emma LaPinta
FX
Competed FX in 9 of 17 meets in 2019
Hit 6 of 9 routines for NQS of 9.825
Allie Stern
VT FX
Competed VT in 9 of 17 meets in 2019 with all scores between 9.800 and 9.875
Competed 4 FXs with peak of 9.850 and avg of 9.569
Olivia Trautman
VT UB BB FX
Competed VT, FX in 14 of 17 meets in 2019 and BB in 13
#1 returning score on FX (9.965)
#2 returning score on VT (9.910)
NQS of 9.870 on BB
Competed 1 UB in 2019 for 9.875
Freshmen
Vanessa Deniz
VT UB BB FX
Arena Gymnastics
9th AA, 2018 JO Nationals (4th VT, UB, FX)
Jenna Dunn
BB
Bart Conner’s
BB champion, 2017 JO Nationals
Erin Hutchison
BB
WOGA
8th AA, 2019 Region 3s
Ragan Smith
VT UB BB FX
Texas Dreams
2017 US National champion
2016 Olympic alternate
Brooke Weins
BB
5280
16th BB, 2018 JO Nationals
LSU TIGERS
Seniors
Kennedi Edney
VT UB BB FX
Competed AA in every meet in 2019
#1 returning score on VT (9.910), UB (9.905), FX (9.925)
#2 returning score on BB (9.900)
Scored one 10.0 in 2019 (VT)
Ruby Harrold
VT UB FX
Competed VT, UB, FX in every meet in 2019
#2 returning score on UB (9.880), FX (9.865)
#3 returning score on VT (9.870)
Hit 17 of 17 UB routines, 16 of 17 VT and FX routines
Juniors
Reagan Campbell
BB FX
Competed BB every meet in 2019
#1 returning score on BB (9.905)
Competed FX in 10 of 17 meets for 9.855 NQS
Bridget Dean
UB BB
Debuted in lineups as sophomore in 2019
Competed BB every meet for 9.865 NQS
Competed backup UB as needed in 11 of 17 meets for 9.775 NQS
Christina Desiderio
BB FX
Competed BB every meet in 2019 for 9.875 NQS (#3 returning score)
Competed FX in 13 of 17 meets for 9.845 NQS
Sami Durante
UB BB
Competed 15 UBs and 14 BBs in 2019
#3 returning score on each (9.875 BB, 9.865 UB)
Sarah Edwards
VT FX
Competed VT in 16 of 17 meets in 2019 for 9.875 (#2 returning score)
Provided 5 backup FXs as needed for 9.825 avg
Olivia Gunter
Did not compete in first 2 seasons
Sophomores
Rebecca D’Antonio
Did not compete in first season
Bailey Ferrer
VT UB FX
Made UB lineup upon joining the team with 9.845 NQS
Showed 2 VTs (1 hit) and 1 FX (9.550) in 2019
Freshmen
Courtney Goodrich
FX
Orlando Metro
3rd FX, 2019 Region 8s
FX specialist
Kiya Johnson
VT UB BB FX
Texas Dreams
2018 & 2019 JO national champion
Lexie Nibbs
Stars-Houston
8th FX, 2019 Region 3s
Kai Rivers
VT UB BB FX
Gedderts
2nd AA, 2019 JO Nationals
2017 JO national champion & Nastia champion
Kamryn Ryan
VT FX
Elmwood
20th AA, 2019 JO Nationals (4th VT)
Alyona Shchennikova
VT UB BB FX
5280
2017 US Classic champion
9th AA, 2018 US Nationals
Currently recovered from Achilles tear, summer 2019
We’ve still over a month away from the start of the season, but like, SIGH. So, here’s what has been happening in training over the last couple days.
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma’s latest update reminds us that Jade Degouveia on bars is in the running to be Oklahoma’s “LOL I DO THIS EVENT NOW SUCKAAAAS” routine of the season.
We also see Allie Stern working her 1.5 on vault that didn’t make the final lineup last season but will be more important in 2020 without Dowell and Lehrmann. Also there’s someone else doing something interesting on vault, but the camera work is too…artistic?…for me to tell what it was. Blond one, Yurchenko tucked 1.5? Something?
The final day of competition in Cottbus—and the final day of Olympic qualifying events until February of 2020—brings us the remaining five event finals.
Competition order:
Men’s VT: C Van Wicklen; Y Sharamkou; H Yonekura; I Radivilov; Tseng WS; Shin JH; A Nin Reyes; J Vega Lopez
BB: E Nedov; L Zimmerman; A Bachynska; S Scheder; U Ashikawa; D Varinska; A Sakaguchi; Li Q
PB: You H; B Bevan; F Arican; L Dauser; P Pakhniuk; A Likhovitskiy; V Poliashov; O Verniaiev
Women’s FX: A Radivilova; M Pihan-Kulesza; D Golgota; C Fragapane; L Mori; K Bui; A Bachynska; T Volleman
HB: C Van Wicklen; A Rostov; Hu X; Zhang C; R Leru; I Georgiou; A Nin Reyes; H Miyachi
