No. 6 GymDogs Down No. 23 Kentucky, 197.275-197.025

TEAM SCORES

    No. 6 Georgia: 197.275

    No. 23 Kentucky: 197.025

Georgia’s Season Record: 10-3, 3-3 SEC

GymDogs Event Scores:

Vault: 49.375 | Bars: 49.175 | Beam: 49.350 | Floor: 49.375

 

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The sixth-ranked Georgia gymnastics team posted a team score of 197.275 en route to a victory over No. 23 Kentucky (197.025) on Friday evening at Historic Memorial Coliseum.

 

FAST FACTS

• Friday’s win is the first SEC road win in the Cécile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts era at Georgia. The GymDogs’ 197.275 is their highest SEC road score of the season.
• Freshman Autumn Reingold captured a share of the bars title, scoring a 9.875 on the event. Fellow freshman Brooke Pierson scored a 9.825, a season high, in her second bars routine of the season.
• Senior Ja’ Free Scott and sophomore Nyla Aquino each shared the vault title, putting up a 9.900 each.  Scott tied her career high. Georgia did not count a score lower than 9.850 on vault Friday, tying its third-best vault score of the season with a 49.375.
• Junior Ady Wahl and freshman CaMarah Williams each won a share of the floor title with a 9.925 on the event. Wahl tied her career high. Senior Nicole King made her season debut on floor, scoring a 9.875, finishing fifth on the event.
• Freshman Kelise Woolford won the beam title outright, tying a season-best 9.950. Scott anchored Georgia’s beam lineup with a 9.900 to clinch the win for the GymDogs in the final rotation.
• For the second time this season, all five of Georgia’s freshmen competed in Friday’s meet: CaMarah Williams (vault: 9.875, floor: 9.925, beam: 9.075), Kelise Woolford (bars: 9.765, beam: 9.950), Avery Moll (vault: 9.850), Autumn Reingold (bars: 9.875), and Brooke Pierson (bars: 9.825).

 
KEY QUOTES
Co-Head Coach Cécile Canqueteau-Landi
On Friday’s performance…
“I’m really proud of the team! They showed true grit and determination during the entire meet!”
 
UP NEXT
Georgia Gymnastics hosts No. 7 Missouri at Stegeman Coliseum on Friday, March 6 in the final home meet of the season. Friday’s meet will begin at 7 p.m. Georgia will honor its seniors following the meet.

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