The Gophers gymnastics team started 2024 strong, winning its tournament at the Men Girls Super 16 Championships in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The Gophers finished No. 18 with a score of 196.850, topping No. 13 Oregon State (196.525), No. 24 Southern Utah (196.025) and No. 31 Brigham Young (195.900).
Senior Gophers Gianna Gerdes She won with a score of 39.425 – scoring 9.900 on bars, 9.875 on both beam and floor and 9.775 on vault.
“I’m very excited for this team. This has been a great start,” Gophers coach Jenny Hansen He said. “We had a lot of new people today, and they did exactly what they were doing in the gym. I think some of the most exciting things for us was that we had seniors competing for the first time. They were building and building for this moment, and they crushed it.”
The Gophers’ score was tied for sixth in the nation entering Sunday and best in the Big Ten. Mia Houghton And Ella Sirgurd He scored a 9.875 on bars. Brooklyn Ruray He earned a 9.975 on beam (second in the country); Hooten matched Gerdes with a 9.875 on floor, and Hooten led the team with a 9.875 on vault.
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