Hello, friends and gymnastics fans! Welcome to the first session of the newly renamed Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championship, formerly known as the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championship.
This year’s session features Bridgeport, SEMO, Southern Connecticut, and newcomer Greenville. The Panthers are making their debut as a full team at a national championship—a milestone for the program. Greenville previously sent two representatives to the NCGA national meet, where Ashlie Leage earned first-team All-America honors on bars.
Bridgeport enters with a season-high score of 194.000, set on senior night, and carried that momentum into the GEC championship. Senior Abigail Kenney has been a consistent all-arounder and could be in podium contention if she hits, with the potential to break the 39.000 mark.
Southeast Missouri State comes in hot off a season-high 194.725 at the conference meet. Keep an eye on MIC all-around champion and NCAA regional qualifier Taylor Ingle, who has been a standout all season.
Southern Connecticut State has been on the road since mid-February, so the Owls are eager to make the most of this national stage. They’ll look to set the tone with a strong bars rotation and build from there.
This session also includes several standout individuals. Wilberforce’s Diamond Cook is the lone representative for her team and is sure to turn heads with her dynamic floor routine. Fisk will be represented by Ciniah Rosby, Liberty Mora and Allie Berkley. Rosby is a powerful all-arounder, Mora is a former beam All-American, and Berkley returns to this meet after winning a team title with Lindenwood.
Get ready for a full weekend of gymnastics—this is just the beginning.
Rotation 1: Greenville VT, Southern Connecticut UB, SEMO BB, Bridgeport FX
Gilmer (GU): Tsuk layout, strong shaping in the air with a step back.
Axell (SCSU): Geinger, slightly close to the bar on the catch. Overshoot to horizontal. Blind full double tuck, pulled in some with a step back.
Reader (SEMO): Front toss from the knee to BHS. Strong opening series. Hitch kick switch half. Broke the connection on the front toss to beat. Gainer pike to finish is stuck.
Viles (UB): Opened with a strong combo pass. Rudi to double stag jump. Chest up there. Switch side half to straddle jump.
Feltman (GU): Full on to back tuck off, chest a touch down with a step.
Fitzgerald (SCSU): Blind, piked Jaeger to overshoot. A touch close so had to drag her feet. Blind full, double tuck. got the chest up and the stick.
Napolitano (SEMO): Switch leap, split 3/4. Small bobble. BHS BHS LOSO. Money. Gainer tuck full off the end, another hit.
Singletary (UB): Triple full and just dance out. Like it’s hard? Double tuck, went for the two foot stick, just an adjustment. LOVED that routine, so entertaining!
Miller (GU): Yurchenko full with a step back. Good position in the air.
Christenson (SCSU): Blind, Jaeger. Some knees. Short HS. Loose on the overshoot. Double layout with a pace back.
Kuehn (SEMO): BHS LOSO. Another hit series. Switch side, not quite the full straddle position. Chest down on the straddle 3/4 and had to take the fall. Double full with a hop back. The pressure is on.
Schneiders (GU): A deeper squat on the Yurchenko tuck full.
Sepulveda (UB): Front through to 2.5 punch front. Such a hard comb pass. Rudi, LOSO. Great rise on the second flip there.
Parton (SEMO): BHS LOSO. A lean, but held onto the minimal deduction. Switch leap, arm wave, beat to double stag. Gainer full.
Dinisoe (SCSU): Front giant, half turn to overshoot, toe up to high. Unique toe on front half is stuck to finish.
Nelson (GU): Landed with her feet a little behind her and pogo’d her landing. Yurchenko full was pretty in the air.
Vulchev (UB): Front double full, back on her heels some. Could’ve used a touch more amplitude. Switch ring, switch half. Rudi, to back tuck. A touch mistimed but managed. 9.700
Kossuth (SEMO): BHS BHS LOSO. Another lean to the side that is held to minimize. She’s fighting. Cat leap, switch side 1/4. Gainer full. 9.775
Munshi (SCSU): Ray. Toe hand, overshoot, a touch short of HS. Double tuck to her back. 8.325
Leage (GU): Yurchenko layout, strong shaping. Just a step back. 9.275
Kenney (UB): Back 2.5 is well controlled to open. Combo pass has great timing, more rise on the second flip. Rudi to finish. Rock on. 9.800
Ingle (SEMO): BHS BHS LOSO. Flirts with the end. A smile. She’s on it. Switch leap, straddle 1/4. Yes ma’am. Double full with a small hop back. Way to fight back and not count a fall for the Redhawks. 9.825
Rosby (Fisk): Yurchenko full, a touch of pike down at the end, leading to a medium step back. 9.675
Sitty (SCSU): Toe hand, Geinger, overshoot, might have hit a heel on the kip on low. Double layout with a hop forward. Strong set from her. 9.525
Coyle (UB): Rudi to double stag. Hello amplitude! Switch half, wolf full. Yes’m. The team is in it. Tucked rudi to double stag. Back 1.5 to front pike. Bridgeport is getting the fire started. How you feelin’? HOT HOT HOT. 9.800
Cook (WU): Ready to WORK! Back 1.5 to front layout, strong opening connection pass. Wolf 1.5. This is easily my favorite choreo in the NCAA. Front lay, front full to finish. Mic drop on the rotation. 9.750
After 1: Bridgeport 48.750, SEMO 48.625, Greenville 47.325, SCSU 46.125
What a start! Bridgeport started off strong with high tumbling and strong landings. SEMO showed some resilience, avoiding counting an early lineup mistake to post a strong team score. Greenville was steady on vault, getting the job done. Southern Connecticut will look to put bars behind it as it moves to beam.
Rotation 2: Bridgeport VT, Greenville UB, Southern Connecticut BB, SEMO FX
Singletary (UB): Yurchenko tuck full, very on the front of the table. Controlled well on the landing.
Carter (GU): Toe hand, maloney, overshoot. Blind full double tuck. Stuck with the chest up. Strong lead off routine.
Zebdi (SCSU): Front toss, back tuck. Nice. Kept the arms moving. Gainer pike, a hip up adjustment to keep the stick.
Hamilton (SEMO): Back 2.5 to open. A little awkward step on the landing. Tour jete half, wolf full. A little under on rotation. Back 1.5 to front lay. Great shape.
Walker (UB): Some pike down on the Y layout full. A medium step back.
Schnieders (GU): Blind, piked Jaeger to overshoot. So high, a touch close on the catch to have the momentum for the shoot. Not quite over the bar on the blind at the end. Blind full, double tuck, step back.
Stanfa (SCSU): BHS BHS LOSO. Back hip turned out too much and had to take the fall. Great straddle position on the leap. Back 1.5, a step and jump off the landing mat.
Hernandez (UB): Put my pen down for that Yurchenko full. Great pop off the table allowed for open hips throughout the rest of the routine. Just a step back.
Phillips (SEMO): Double pike, had to adjust that front foot. Forward momentum on the front lay, front full. Back 1.5 to front layout.
Dinisoe (SCSU): Switch leap, split 3/4. Some foot form on the back leg. BHS LOSO. Right on. Front aerial. In it. Tucked, back 1.5. Strong set to bring it back on track for the Owls.
Kenney (UB): Yurchenko half on, front tuck off. A little squatted on the landing.
Nelson (GU): Geinger is a bit close but managed. some leg form on the overshoot. Blind full, double tuck. A mini hop.
Lee (SCSU): Front toss, sissone ,switch half. A couple leans in there. Front arial, BHS. Floaty. Some wobbling on dance. Front full off the side, a hop forward.
Crouch (SEMO): Rudi to double stag. Back 1.5, front full. Back on her heels but controlled well.
Sepulveda (UB): Great height on the Yurchenko full. Minor piking at the end, medium step back.
Leage (GU): Toe hand Ray to overshoot. Massive release there, slightly close. Toe hand, toe front pike half, a mild hop back.
Melanson (SCSU): Front aerial, BHS BHS. Some loose legs. Finessed. A chest forward lean on the straddle 1/4. Right on on her side aerial. Tuck one and a half with a slight foot adjustment.
Staruk (UB): Tsuk full, good open hips in the air. Just a step back.
Parton (SEMO): Double tuck, chest a bit low but controlled. Front full, front layout. Slightly off of the switch half ring. Rudi. Nice finish.
Allen (SCSU): HS BHs LOSO. Big smile. Back one and half to her butt. Unfortunate ending to a good routine overall.
Russo (GU): Blind, Jaeger. VERY close. Overshoot. Lost her rhythm there. Blind full, double tuck. Not rotating enough. Chest down on the landing and had to put her hands down.
Greene (SEMO): Front layout to Rudi. So much rise on that combo pass. Double tuck to finish. A touch too power and had to adjust the back leg in the lunge.
Berkley (Fisk): BHS LOSO. Right on Cat leap, side aerial, leg up wobble. Gainer full is stuck.
Brannon (GU): Blind, Jaeger. Close to the bar with some leg form in the air. Had to take a couple steps under the bar to manage the dismount.
Ingle (SEMO): Back 2.5 to front tuck. Amazing. So bouncy. Front lay, Rudi. Off to the side some.
Mora (Fisk): Front aeiral, back tuck. Chest a bit forward with a hop to manage. Switch leap, sheep jump. A small check. Cat leap, gainer full. Stuck.
Rosby (Fisk): Maloney, overshoot to HS, toe hand. Toe hand, toe front pike half. EXCLAMATION POINT. Loved that set.
After 2: Bridgeport 97.150, SEMO 97.125, SCSU 94.125, Greenville 92.750
Bars is shaping up to be the nemesis of the day so far, although Greenville did have Ashlie Leage’s sky high routine as a highlight. Bridgeport kept the momentum rolling in rotation two with solid vaults, bringing the difficulty. SEMO floor also had a strong showing, highlighted by anchor Taylor Ingle’s sassy, fun routine. Southern Connecticut had some bright sport on beam including Hanna Zebdi’s lead off routine and Gabriela Dinisoe in the middle of the lineup.
Rotation 3: SEMO VT, Bridgeport UB, Greenville BB, Southern Connecticut FX
Kossuth (SEMO): Yurchenko full, a little straight legs on the landing with a step forward.
Carter (GU): BHS LOSO, a foot adjustment. Pretty double stag jump. Switch leap, split 3/4. Some lack of 180 on the split position. Gainer pike with a step back.
Imbarlina (UB): Toe hand, Tkachev. A little low. Overshoot hand. Blind full double back. A step back.
Fitzgerald (SCSU): Strong control on the opening pass. Back 1.5 front layout combo pass. Rudi, double stag jump. Some loss of control.
Reader (SEMO): Y tuck full, a bit close to the table.
Feltman (GU): BHS LOSO. Tight arm positionings. Side aerial, split jump. Such a sharp beam worker Back 1.5 with a pace forward.
Solis (UB): Clear hip, Geinger. Overshoot. Toe steps back out of the blind full double tuck.
Kelly (SCSU): Double tuck with good control, chest up. Is this Pony? Front lay, front full, front tuck. DEEP on the landing.
Hernandez (SEMO): Yurchenko layout full, good pop off the table with a step back.
Leage (GU): Front aerial, BHS. SLOW connection but kept it moving. A little off on the Liukin but managed. Switch leap, pause, beat to split full. A leg up wobble. Cartwheel gainer full. Stuck.
Kuehn (SEMO): Yurchenko layout half.
Nokes (UB): Blind, Jaeger, overshoot. Nice connection. Blind full, double tuck. An awkward tap killed her momentum, had to put her hand down.
Royer (SCSU): Front full, front layout. Great body shape in the air. Rudi to finish.
Ford (GU): Front tuck mount. HS, BHS LOSO. Small check. Switch leap… beat jump by itself. Will she do a leap connection? Moon walk for funsies. I love. Front gainer full. Stuck.
Greene (SEMO): Chest forward on the landing today with a medium step forward on the Yurchenko full.
Zebdi (SCSU): Double tuck, chest up. Nearly stuck. Switch ring, tour jete half with a ring. Front full, front tuck. A little low on the tuck. Rudi to split jump. Some backward momentum but well controlled.
There is a bars intermission as one of the cables is not tightening correctly?
Ingle (SEMO): Nearly stuck Yurchenko layout full. Slight directionality issue toward the right.
Nelson (GU): A hand stand mount. BHS LOSO. Off kilter. Side aerial. Managed. Stuck dismount.
Beyer (SCSU): Great opening double tuck. Floated through the air. Rudi to finish. Great set.
Pujals (UB): Toe hand, Maloney. Pak salto. Blind full, double tuck. stuck.
Hernandez (UB): Clear hip. Balked on her release, did a sole circle. Going again. Maloney, pak. A bit close. Pirouette was over. Double layout with a hop back.
Russo (GU): BHS BHS LOSO. Small adjustment. Gainer full off the end in a piked position. So hard. Also very much stuck. I’m impressed.
Allen (SCSU): Double pike. Left no crumbs. Combo pass. Double tuck to finish. She ATE.
Kenney (UB): Shaposh. Clear hip, Overshoot hand, toe up to high. Clear hip, toe front pike half. Small shuffle.
Rosby (Fisk): Wolf full turn. Front aerial, BHS. A smidge slow on connection. Switch leap switch half. GREAT LINES. BHS back 1.5 is stuck. Obsessed with that routine. Have yourself a day Ms. Rosby!
Mora (Fisk): RO double pike. Chest down with a step forward. Switch ring, switch half ring. Front lay, front full. Killed that one. The music cut out in the middle, but she kept it pushing.
Okay. So we are circling back and doing a mulligan. ENCORE! ENCORE! STUCK double pike. Watching the coach run from corner to corner is a sport in itself. Switch half, switch half ring. Front lay, front full, a side step and a touch squatty.
After 3: SEMO 145.375, Bridgeport 144.800, Southern Connecticut 142.975, Greenville 140.725
SEMO stormed into the lead following a strong showing on vault, once again highlighted by Taylor Ingle in the anchor spot. Bridgeport had a couple hiccups on bars but finished strong. Southern Connecticut killed it on vault, with Libby Allen anchoring with a 9.850. Greenville put together an excellent beam rotation, with the anchor posting a 9.750 with her unique routine composition.
Rotation 4: Southern Connecticut VT, SEMO UB, Bridgeport BB, Greenville FX
Zebdi (SCSU): Yurchenko tuck full. A little off on the entry.
Crouch (SEMO): Maloney, overshoot. Toe pike front half. Nearly had the stick.
Krenzel (UB): Liukin. So smooth. so pretty. Switch leap, split jump. Great positioning. Front aerial, BHS. She’s killing this. Beat, double stag. Stuck gainer front full.
Leage (GU): Front lay, front full. Finessed the leap around. LOSO…I’m assuming to fulfill the backward skill requirement. Rudi to her knees.
Kelly (SCSU): Tucked Yurchenko full. A bitter staggered in her feet on the landing.
Hernandez (UB): BHS LOSO. FIGHTTTTT. Leg up and saved. Front toss, beat jump. Well connected. Cat leap, switch side. Feet flexed.
Hamilton (SEMO): Vault over. Sky high Geinger to overshoot. FTDT was quite close to the bar.
Wilson (SCSU): A Yurchenko timer. Mistimed some.
Feltman (GU): Back 2.5, slight crossover step. Switch leap, tour jete half. Very squatty on the combo pass with a couple steps back. .
Viles (UB): RO two feet layout. A leg up. Straddle half on the side of the beam. Back 1.5 with a hop forward.
Jones (SEMO): Blind, piked Jaeger. Overshoot hand. Blind full double tuck. Stuck.
Allen (SCSU): Tsuk tuck full. Great block, textbook.
Barry (UB): BHS LOSO. Some softness in the knees. Front aerial, connection. Finessed. Switch leap, straddle 1/4. Squatty landing on the gainer front full dismount.
Jones (GU): Double back to open.
Sitty (SCSU): Full on back tuck off. A hop and step. Powerful!
Johnston (SEMO): toe hand, Maloney, pak. Great line on the pak salto. Blind full, double tuck. stuck.
Dorr (SCSU): Tucked Yurchenko full
Kenney (UB): Front tuck, check. Walk it back. Standing front, back tuck. Great this time. It cannot be overstated how hard that series is. Cat leap, switch half. Double full dismount with a small hop.
Gilmer (GU): Double to open. Possible OOB. Switch leap, switch half ring. Front full, front layout to finish.
Ingle (SEMO): Blind, straddle Jaeger. Right to HS, overshoot HS. Blind full, double tuck a pace back.
Imbarlina (UB): Front aerial, check. Split, straddle 1/4 jump. Switch leap, straddle 1/4. BHS back 1.5 with a hop forward.
Berkley (Fisk): Yurchenko layout full, chest up. Just a hop in place.
Hernandez (SEMO): Toe hand, Maloney, overshoot. Slightly short. Blind full, double tuck stuck. YES MA’AM. Loved that.
Nelson (GU): Double tuck controlled nicely. Switch side half, straddle jump. Right to 180. Back 1.5, front layout. Some loss of height on the second flip. Switch side, popa.
Miller (GU): Double pike. Tippy toed on that OOB line to keep it in. Huge switch side popa. Front lay, front full. Amplitude goes crazy. Double tuck, well controlled to finish.
Rosby (Fisk): Front double full, cross over step. Switch ring, switch half. Back 1.5, front full, some leg form but controlled.
FINAL: SEMO 193.725, Bridgeport 193.325, Southern Connecticut 190.900, Greenville 187.875
SEMO and Bridgeport will be advancing to the team final after a hard-fought first session, keeping things close until the end. Taylor Ingle had herself a day, putting herself in the lead in the all around race thus far. Top individual scores will also qualify to Sunday’s event finals, top 5 on each event.
VT: Taylor Ingle (SEMO), 9.825
UB: Taylor Ingle (SEMO), 9.775
BB: Taylor Ingle (SEMO), 9.825
FX: Libby Allen (SCSU), 9.850
AA: Taylor Ingle (SEMO), 39.225
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