The USAG hit an upswing this week. Bridgeport hit its first 191 since 2020. Lindenwood surpassed the 196 threshold en route to a second place finish behind only program record-breaking Ball State. Yale got a season high of its own on the road. Texas Woman’s captured its first home victory of the year, with both Air Force and Centenary putting on strong performances as well. The shuffling of ranking positions has begun and likely won’t stop anytime soon.
Superlatives
Meet Day but Make It Vibes and Aesthetics
Bridgeport, always on top of the social media game when it comes to sharing training videos, upgrades, and making sure to save them so you can go back and watch over and over has added another layer to social media: meet day aesthetics, with a focus on meet day battle glamour.
Social Media Coverage of the Week
SEMO and Lindenwood competed at the Tennessee Classic. With no video coverage, SEMO stepped up its Twitter game, posting lineups, snippets from every routine, and scores.
Now That’s What You Call a Handstand
The elusive vertical handstand on bars. This is your A+ of cast handstands, the crème de la crème, the “ohh, that’s what it’s supposed to look like.”
Top Meet of the Week
Air Force, Centenary and UW-Eau Claire at Texas Woman’s
Why Should You (Re)Watch? Texas Woman’s came back in the final rotation to take the victory at home, with Alix Pierce’s fun floor routine capturing the crowd’s attention. Air Force vault and floor came to play. Centenary posted a 48.600 on beam in the first rotation.
Are These Teams Trending Up or Down? Overall, all four teams seem to be on the rise. Three of the four teams posted season high totals, while Air Force was bogged down by a slow start on bars. There’s no sign that the Falcons’ struggles will be long-term ones, though.
Underrated Meet of the Week
Bridgeport, Cornell, LIU at Temple
Why Should You (Re)Watch? Welcome to an EAGL and GEC showdown, with an excellent variety of gymnastics across each team. Read: You’re not going to get the same Yurchenko vaults and back handspring layout step-out beam series over and over again. If you wanted compulsory routines, you’d watch your cousin’s club meet or pull up a YouTube video from the 1996 Olympics. While these teams may not be fitting for a place on the podium at nationals, there’s something exciting and infectious about teams that actually look like they’re having fun competing, and not just going through the motions.
Are These Teams Trending Up or Down? Not the score Temple would’ve wanted this meet, especially after opening the season nearly half a point higher, so Temple is wavering, but first it will need to fix the downward trajectory on bars. Fellow EAGL team LIU finds itself in the same downward trajectory on the same event, plagued by an uncharacteristically fall-plagued bar lineup this weekend. Vault and beam did them no favors either. The foil to the EAGL? The GEC teams shined. Bridgeport continues to trend up on all four events and scored four and a half points better than its season high. Cornell added an extra point and a half onto its team score, trending up on everything, with beam holding steady.
Editors’ Choice Meet of the Week
Tennessee Collegiate Classic
Why Should You (Re)Watch? This is a trick question because there was actually no video coverage of this competition. However, this meet was full of season highs and program records. Ball State broke three program records, Lindenwood surpassed the 196 mark and Aaliyah Reed-Hammon became the first Fisk gymnast to score a 9.925 on any event. Highlight videos can be found on Instagram and Twitter.
Are These Teams Trending Up or Down? Based on scores alone, it’s tempting to say everyone is moving up. However, this meet is known for being on the higher scoring side, so it’s too soon to tell what these performances mean in the bigger picture.
Overall Standings
| Place | Team | Average |
| 1 | Lindenwood | 194.256 |
| 2 | Air Force | 193.938 |
| 3 | SEMO | 193.492 |
| 4 | Texas Woman’s | 193.292 |
| 5 | Brown | 192.425 |
| 6 | Yale | 192.075 |
| 7 | West Chester | 191.519 |
| 8 | Cornell | 190.675 |
| 9 | Centenary | 189.725 |
| 10 | Southern Connecticut | 187.917 |
| 11 | Bridgeport | 187.725 |
Top Scores
| Gymnast | Team | Event | Score |
| Alix Pierce | Texas Woman’s | Floor | 9.900 |
| Madison Greene | SEMO | Vault | 9.875 |
| Gayla Griswold | Lindenwood | Floor | 9.875 |
| Jaly Jones | Lindenwood | Bars | 9.875 |
| Hannah Moon | Lindenwood | Bars | 9.875 |
| Hannah Appleget | Lindenwood | Floor | 9.850 |
| Trinity Caffey | Lindenwood | Vault | 9.850 |
| Trinity Caffey | Lindenwood | Floor | 9.850 |
| Briona Carswell | Air Force | Beam | 9.850 |
| Madeline Gose | Texas Woman’s | Beam | 9.850 |
| Madison Greene | SEMO | Floor | 9.850 |
| Taylor Ingle | SEMO | Beam | 9.850 |
| Reagan Jones | Lindenwood | Floor | 9.850 |
| Raegan Walker | Yale | Bars | 9.850 |
| Julia Bedell | Brown | Floor | 9.825 |
| Abby Contello | Brown | Vault | 9.825 |
| Ruby Goad | Texas Woman’s | Beam | 9.825 |
| Kylee Greene | Air Force | Floor | 9.825 |
| Gayla Griswold | Lindenwood | Beam | 9.825 |
| McKenna Kissinger | West Chester | Floor | 9.825 |
| Janelle Lopez | SEMO | Vault | 9.825 |
| Janelle Lopez | SEMO | Bars | 9.825 |
| Sydney Lopez | Lindenwood | Floor | 9.825 |
| Nyah Reader | SEMO | Beam | 9.825 |
| Nyah Reader | SEMO | Floor | 9.825 |
| Raegan Walker | Yale | Beam | 9.825 |
| Daisy Woodring | Texas Woman’s | Floor | 9.825 |
| Hannah Appleget | Lindenwood | Beam | 9.800 |
| Amber Boll | Air Force | Beam | 9.800 |
| Velandra Brochi | Air Force | Floor | 9.800 |
| Abby Contello | Brown | Bars | 9.800 |
| Kaylee Cooper | Lindenwood | Bars | 9.800 |
| Riley Daniels | Lindenwood | Bars | 9.800 |
| Gayla Griswold | Lindenwood | Vault | 9.800 |
| Jaly Jones | Lindenwood | Beam | 9.800 |
| Jaly Jones | Lindenwood | Floor | 9.800 |
| Jordan Jones | SEMO | Floor | 9.800 |
| Carissa Martinez | Centenary | Beam | 9.800 |
| Riley Meeks | Yale | Beam | 9.800 |
| Jolie Miller | SEMO | Bars | 9.800 |
| Ciana Rios | SCSU | Bars | 9.800 |
| Hannah Straus | Yale | Floor | 9.800 |
| Lydia Webb | SEMO | Vault | 9.800 |
| Lydia Webb | SEMO | Floor | 9.800 |
| Daisy Woodring | Texas Woman’s | Vault | 9.800 |
| Angela Xing | Brown | Beam | 9.800 |
Results
Click and expand the events below to see results from each meet, as well as individual career highs and team program records.
New Hampshire, West Chester and West Virginia at Towson
Bridgeport, Cornell and LIU at Temple
Tennessee Collegiate Classic
Air Force, Centenary and UW-Eau Claire at Texas Woman’s
Rhode Island College and Springfield at Southern Connecticut
Illinois State at Greenville
UW-Stout and Yale at North Carolina
Around the Gymternet
Interested in how all the teams around the country performed this week? Check out our recaps of the top matchups in our other various Dismounts.
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