re: Alabama Gymnastics (2023)

Another strong showing on the beam. Floor exercise is up next.

Beam Lineup:
Ella Burgess 9.90
Rachel Rybicki 9.875
Mati Waligora 9.875
Gabby Gladieux 9.80
Lilly Hudson 9.875
Luisa Blanco 9.90

The magic continues in Texas. Need to stick vault which is up next.

Floor Lineup:
Mati Waligora 9.875
Shallon Olsen 9.70
Shania Adams 9.90
Gabby Gladieux 9.95
Lilly Hudson 9.95
Luisa Blanco 9.95

Super proud of the ladies. Waiting on the other events to finish but easily their best performance of the year so far

Vault Lineup:
Makarri Doggette 9.925
Lilly Hudson 9.825
Shallon Olsen 9.875
Jordyn Paradise 9.925
Luisa Blanco 9.925
Gabby Gladieux 9.875

Bama finished with a 198 - still awaiting the final scores for the other teams

Fricking Oklahoma!!!!

No. 11 Alabama Gymnastics Scores Season-Best 198.000 at Metroplex Challenge

The No. 11 Alabama gymnastics team scored a season-best 198.000 at the Metroplex Challenge, finishing second to No. 1 Oklahoma in the quad meet. The Tide finished just .125 behind the Sooners (198.125), while finishing ahead of Arkansas (197.125) and Stanford (196.725).

Alabama and Oklahoma went back-and-forth throughout the competition, with the Tide earning a 49.425 on the uneven bars to open the meet with the team lead. UA scored another 49.425 on the balance beam in the second rotation of the night to total a 98.850 at the halfway point, right behind the Sooners at 99.050. Alabama came back strong with a 49.625 on floor exercise, closed out with three consecutive 9.950s, to take a 148.475-148.450 lead heading into the final rotation. Alabama closed out the night with a season-high 49.525 on vault, closing out its season-high team total of 198.000.

Luisa Blanco, Jordyn Paradise and Makarri Doggette all tied for the vault event title with matching scores of 9.925. Lilly Hudson, Doggette and Blanco also led the Tide on the uneven bars with a trio of 9.900s, with Ella Burgess and Blanco leading UA on beam, also with a pair of 9.900s. Alabama's floor rotation ended with four consecutive scores of 9.9-or-higher, with Shania Adams (9.900), Gabby Gladieux (9.950), Hudson (9.950) and Blanco (9.950) leading the Tide to a 49.625, its second consecutive floor score of 49.600-or-better.

Head Coach Ashley Johnston said
"The momentum out there was incredible tonight. I love when we have the opportunity to prepare for championship moments, and that is what tonight felt like. We were neck-and-neck with Oklahoma heading into the final rotation, and our team really stepped up and went big. I think this meet showed a huge amount of growth for our team, on all of the events, but especially on vault in our final rotation. The team continued to just one-up each other, build momentum and stick vault after vault. That sort of attack in the way they compete is what we want to see on a championship floor, and I'm really proud of how the team went for it out there."

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I know the meet wasn’t aired, but is it available now to stream?

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I don’t believe they had any official coverage for the meet. I watched the videos on the team Twitter page (which looked like something one of the support staff filmed).

(Makarri & Gabby)

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