re: Alabama Gymnastics (2024-25)

Three Alabama gymnasts earned Southeastern Conference accolades for the 2025 season, the league office announced Wednesday.

Gabby Gladieux was named to the All-SEC Team after holding a top-eight, regular-season score on the floor exercise. The announcement marks the second year Gladieux has earned All-SEC honors and the first since her freshman year. Lilly Hudson was also named to the All-SEC Team on both the floor exercise and in the all-around, marking the third time in her career to receive All-SEC recognition. In her first season as a collegiate gymnast, Ryan Fuller reached the All-Freshman Team after securing a top-four, regular-season score, by a freshman, on the uneven bars.

The All-SEC Team is comprised of the student-athletes with the top-eight scores (including ties) on each event, and in the all-around competition, from the regular season based on National Qualifying Score (NQS). The All-Freshman Team is comprised of the freshmen student-athletes with the top-four scores (including ties) on each event, and in the all-around competition, from the regular season based on NQS.

Regionals this week

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Roll Tide! Good luck ladies.

Decent score but will probably need around 197.9 to keep on advancing

Will probably head down for the Sunday meet. Will be though to advance but certainly possible. Not to sound defeatist but probably three teams fighting for the second spot behind the Gators.

RTR

So this is it. We meet our destiny.

We are now as far as the our seeding says we should go.

Florida has a lock on #1 barring a disaster, and Cal has been rock solid consistent at mid 197 for weeks. Alabama has scored well enough to beat them once. We met in Huntsville and should have beaten one of their rare low 197s.

But we're now in Coleman Coliseum. If Ashley Priess Johnston was evil genius pacing us to peak at the perfect moment, it's now or never.



Regardless of what happens, it's crystal clear we probably should have seen this rebuilding year coming. Cam Machado, Mati Waligora, Ella Burgess, Makarri Doggette and Luisa Blanco all departing at once, an entire rotation of 9.9 threats gone was always going to take a miracle to replicate anything resembling their 2nd place SECs finish in 2023 and 2024. To be frank, I can't remember losing that much talent at once, even going back to the Sarah Patterson days.

Positives to take away are Ryan Fuller and Paityn Walker emerging as 9.9 potential talents and vaunted recruit Love Birt has had to delay her debut till 2026. More importantly, those ladies represent the first class handpicked by Ashley Johnston, so next year will be the first team not majority Duckworth commits, who seem to have plateaued without Dana. In any event, next year will be loaded with experience with Lilly Hudson being the lone major loss.

Needless to say, the Johnston regime can put away a lot of the growing pains this year with a single very possible upset Sunday and taking this "last place" SEC team all the way to Texas and the National Championships. Anything beyond that is icing.