School gymnastics is again!
In a good turnaround after New Yr’s, we’ll get a small slate of ladies’s meets and the boys’s CGA All-Star Meet to start the season. Preserve studying for the highest meets to observe, and see the total males’s and girls’s schedules under.
Observe: All rankings included this week are from preseason polls.
Ladies’s opening weekend slate marred by lack of viewing choices
A few of the high girls’s groups within the nation are competing this weekend, however as of publishing, you received’t be capable of watch lots of them due to an absence of viewing choices. We’ll replace this story if that modifications.
We’ll give attention to the highest matchups that will be on TV/streaming, however listed here are the opposite notable meets occurring that don’t have viewing choices:
- Saturday, January 4 @ 3 p.m. ET: #4 California, #19 Oregon State, #10 UCLA (American Gold Ladies’s Collegiate Gymnastics Basic)
- Saturday, January 4 @ 6:45 p.m. ET: #17 Auburn, #27 BYU, #23 Nebraska, #1 Oklahoma (Music Metropolis Championship)
- Saturday, January 4 @ 9:30 p.m. ET: #30 Arizona, Rutgers, #31 Southern Utah, Wilberforce (American Gold Ladies’s Collegiate Gymnastics Basic)
- This meet is very vital as it’s Wilberforce’s program debut. Wilberforce is the third-ever HBCU gymnastics staff and solely one in every of two at the moment lively HBCU groups. Fisk, the primary HBCU program, is the opposite lively staff. Talladega’s program was shut down final summer season after only one season.
The “better of the remainder” remains to be compelling.
Getting the consideration of kicking off the season are Ball State, Illinois State, SEMO, and #9 Missouri, with the Tigers internet hosting. Ball State infamously acquired the primary 198+ of the 2024 season on the Tennessee Collegiate Basic final January. Though that isn’t anticipated right here, the Cardinal did obtain some factors within the preseason ballot – as did Illinois State. Host Missouri begins its season and returns plenty of star energy: Amari Celestine, Hannah Horton, Jocelyn Moore, and Mara Titarsolej to call a number of. Plus, the Tigers have redshirt senior and beam queen Helen Hu again after a short lived retirement in 2024. Head coach Shannon Welker was additionally capable of snag some stellar switch expertise within the offseason, together with Lauren Macpherson (San Jose State) and Abby Mueller (Illinois).
The triple-header continues Friday with No. 32 Iowa State at No. 2 LSU. It’s a battle of star-studded coaches, with the Tigers’ Jay Clark and the Cyclones’ Ashley Miles Greig. Each had robust 2024 seasons underneath completely different circumstances. In her first season as Iowa State’s head coach, Miles Greig led the staff again to the postseason after failing to qualify in 2023. In the meantime, Clark led his squad to its first nationwide championship. On the mat, probably the most notable storyline would be the lack of Haleigh Bryant, who’s week-to-week with an elbow harm. It’s not a significant concern for the reigning nationwide champs proper now, particularly with stars like Aleah Finnegan, KJ Johnson, Konnor McClain, and a stacked freshman class accessible. On Iowa State’s facet, look ahead to Noelle Adams, Hannah Loyim, and Josie Bergstrom-Te Slaa.
Closing out the evening is an in-state rivalry with Utah State vs. No. 5 Utah. This shall be an ideal have a look at the Purple Rocks, who completed third at nationals final 12 months for the fourth 12 months in a row. This season, the staff has returning stars, intriguing freshmen, and one main switch. In fact, so far as returners go, there’s Olympic medalist Grace McCallum, who’s a senior this season, Jaylene Gilstrap, Amelie Morgan, and Makenna Smith – to call a number of. The freshmen are Brit Poppy-Grace Stickler, Canadian Clara Raposo, high recruit Avery Neff, and Zoe Johnson. Notably, 2018 world steadiness beam medalist Ana Padurariu transferred to Utah from UCLA within the offseason. (Observe: 2022 NCAA vault champion Jaedyn Rucker medically retired in December after tearing her Achilles.)
Opening weekend involves a detailed with No. 13 Michigan at No. 12 Denver – certain to be a aggressive matchup. Denver will look to interchange star all-arounder Jessica Hutchinson after shedding her to commencement, however the expertise pool is actually there, together with Rosie Casali, Mia Hebinck, Momoko Iwai, Bella Mabanta, and Madison Ulrich. Michigan is led by graduate college students Carly Bauman, Reyna Guggino, and Jenna Mulligan.
CGA All-Star Meet gives males’s season preview
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The third annual CGA All-Star Meet is Friday, January 3 at 7 p.m. ET, streaming on the CGA YouTube (free).
The meet, which serves as an overarching preview of the season to return, sees East vs. West, with athletes competing head-to-head for the title. Workforce East received the primary two CGA All-Star Meets.
The format is as follows:
- 4v4 on every occasion
- 10.0 scoring system (6 abilities per routine, base rating of seven.6 with all aspect teams accomplished)
- Head-to-head format
- 4 athletes per staff, per occasion
Workforce East
- Paul Juda
- Landen Blixt
- Brandon Dang
- Peyton Cramer
- Fred Richard
- Javier Alfonso
- Kameron Nelson
- Josh Karnes
- Evgeny Siminiuc
- Tate Costa
- Caden Spencer
- Nathan Whitaker
- Jaden Clean
- Will Hauke
- Bobby Alessio
- Will Wilson
- Rithik Puri
- Garrett Schooley
- Landon Simpson
- Jake Islam
Workforce West
- Taylor Christopulos
- Jeremy Bischoff
- Patrick Hoopes
- Aidan Li
- Asher Cohen
- Max Bereznev
- Colt Walker
- Erich Upton
- Zac Tiderman
- Max Odden
- Chase Mondi
- Beau Bice
- Matt Roth
- Ignacio Yockers
- Alex Campbell
- Chris Hiser
- Braxton Jones
- Brandon Nguyen
- Koby Cantu
- Jake Smith
- Carter Kim
- Arun Chhetri
- Asher Hong
- Khoi Younger
- Emre Dodanli
- Nico Hamilton
- Fuzzy Benas
- Luke McFarland
- Alex Nitache
*Italics are inactive all-stars attributable to declining their place or their program hitting its max variety of contributors.
