No. 8 University of Georgia gymnastics team defeated No. 6 Utah with a season-best score of 197.525 over the Utes’ 197.450 on Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum.
This marks the sixth score of 197.000 or better this season for the GymDogs, which is the most since 2014.
The GymDogs honored their senior, Sydney Snead, in pre-meet celebrations. She completed regular season competition with all 9.900’s or better on vault.
“Today was a strong meet against a top-10 opponent and we achieved our season-high score,” Georgia head coach Courtney Kupets Carter said. “Our goal has been to continue to be the Georgia GymDogs and build momentum. This was actually the first meet, oddly enough, that we haven’t had a fall within the meet. We have had meets where we didn’t count a fall, but this was one where they really stepped up as a team and that momentum is huge continuing one event to the next. This team really does have what it takes so it is just building that confidence and consistency through practice and competitions. They are really getting there as we head into postseason.”
Georgia started strong on vault, notching a new season-high score of 49.475. Freshman Rachael Lukacs scored her season-best 9.950 and Snead followed with a 9.900. Mikayla Magee, Sabrina Vega and Rachel Dickson each scored a 9.875 for the GymDogs.
Marissa Oakley led the GymDogs on bars, scoring a 9.925. Before her, Dickson scored a 9.875, followed by three 9.825’s from Alexa Al-Hameed, Snead, and Lukacs for a team 49.275 for the event.
Georgia kept the momentum going on beam, posting a 49.425. Vega and Rachel Baumann earned scores of 9.900, while Snead, Dickson and Magee each contributed a 9.875. Magee’s score marks a new season-high for the event.
Georgia captured the meet on floor, scoring a 49.350. Dickson led the squad with a 9.925 and Vega contributed a 9.900 for her routine. Baumann and Lukacs each earned 9.850’s for the GymDogs, and freshman Sami Davis scored her season-high 9.825.
Up next, the GymDogs head to New Orleans for the SEC Championship on Saturday, March 23. The bottom-seeded teams will compete in the afternoon session, before the top-four teams compete in the evening. The afternoon session, beginning at 2 p.m. ET, will be televised on the SEC Network, before flipping to ESPN2 for the evening session at 8 p.m. ET.
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FINAL RESULTS-
GEORGIA: 197.525 (VT- 49.475, UB- 49.275, BB-49.425, FX-49.350)
UTAH: 197.450 (VT- 49.325, UB- 49.325, BB-49.425, FX-49.375)
VAULT– 49.475
Mikayla Magee: 9.875
Abbey Ward: 9.800
Sabrina Vega: 9.875
Rachel Dickson: 9.875
Rachael Lukacs: 9.950
Sydney Snead: 9.900
BARS– 49.275
Megan Roberts: 9.800
Rachael Lukacs: 9.825
Sydney Snead: 9.825
Alexa Al-Hameed: 9.825
Rachel Dickson: 9.875
Marissa Oakley: 9.925
BEAM– 49.425
Sydney Snead: 9.875
Rachel Dickson: 9.875
Mikayla Magee: 9.875
Marissa Oakley: 9.850
Rachel Baumann: 9.900
Sabrina Vega: 9.900
FLOOR–
Sami Davis: 9.825
Rachel Baumann: 9.850
Rachael Lukacs: 9.850
Rachel Dickson: 9.925
Sabrina Vega: 9.900
Sydney Snead: 9.775