No. 12 Georgia (0-0)

at No. 21 Ohio State (0-0)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 10
First Serve: 4 p.m. ET
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Arena: Covelli Center
 
Media Information
Streaming: B1G+
   Play-by-play: Greg Franke
Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter/X: @UGAGymnastics
 
The Warm-Up Period
Georgia gymnastics will open the 2026 season on Saturday, Jan. 10, in Columbus, Ohio, taking on No. 21 Ohio State. The meet will begin at 4 p.m. ET at the Covelli Center.
 
The 2026 season will be the second under the direction of co-head coaches Cécile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts.
 
Follow the Bulldogs
– Saturday’s meet will stream live on B1G+. Greg Franke (play-by-play) will be on the call.
– Live results links, provided by StatBroadcast, can be found on the gymnastics schedule on GeorgiaDogs.com.
– Twitter/X updates will be available all season long on the official page of the Bulldogs, @UGAgymnastics.
 
BULLDOGS BULLETIN
Series History
Ohio State
– Georgia leads the series 20-5
– The GymDogs are 1-2 against Ohio State in Columbus: 1984, loss; 1987, loss; 1989, win
– The last meeting between the GymDogs and Buckeyes was in a quad meet in Athens in 2023. Ohio State (196.250) edged out the win over Georgia (196.125), Rutgers (194.675), and Fisk (190.100).
– The last three meetings have been in Athens: 2014, 2019, 2023
– Georgia has opened the season against Ohio State four times: 1988 at Kentucky, 1989 in Columbus, 1990 at West Virginia, and 2019 in Athens
 
Ohio GymDogs Set to Return to the Buckeye State
A trio of GymDogs will travel to their home state of Ohio this weekend. Freshman Avery Moll (Canal Fulton), junior Ady Wahl (Zanesville), and freshman Kelise Woolford (from New Jersey; trained at Buckeye Gymnastics) will make the trip home this weekend to compete against Ohio State.
 
A Look at What’s Ahead
Georgia will open the 2026 home schedule on Friday, Jan. 16, hosting the No. 2 LSU Tigers at Stegeman Coliseum. The GymDog Beach Bash will begin at 7 p.m. and will air live on SEC Network. The first 500 UGA students will receive a GymDog Hawaiian shirt and first 250 kids 12 and under to the Kids Zone will receive a GymDogs Hawaiian shirt.
 
Bulldogs Check in at No. 12 in WCGA Preseason Poll
The Georgia Gymnastics team was voted No. 12 in the WCGA Preseason Poll released on Dec. 16. Despite landing a top-15 preseason ranking, the GymDogs were the lowest-ranked SEC team, with all nine programs appearing in the top 12. Georgia appeared in the top 10 (based on NQS) last season for the first time since 2020.
 
Georgia Looks to Build on Successful 2025 Campaign
In their second year at the helm of the Georgia GymDogs, co-head coaches Cécile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts will look to build on a successful 2025 season a year ago. The GymDogs posted a 6-11-1 record in 2025 with a 3-5 record in SEC competition. The GymDogs went 4-1 at Stegeman Coliseum, ending the regular season at home with a season-best score of 197.975 against No. 1 Oklahoma, the sixth-highest regular-season score in program history. Georgia increased its team score from meet to meet nearly every week during the regular season, posting 197 or better a total of six times. Georgia concluded the season in the regional round of the Seattle Regional as the No. 10 seed, Georgia’s first time seeded in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019.
 
GymDog All-Americans Set for Junior Campaigns
Juniors Lily Smith and Ady Wahl are poised for year three in the Red & Black after garnering First Team All-America honors in 2025. Smith, who was a First Team All-American on bars and beam and Second Team on floor and all-around as a freshman, added another First Team accolade on floor last season. Wahl earned her first All-America nod on vault in 2025. It was the first time since 2019 that multiple Bulldogs were named All-American in a season, and first since 2018 to feature multiple First Team accolades.
 
2026 Roster at a Glance
Georgia’s 2026 roster is made up of 20 gymnasts: 15 returners and five newcomers. Notable returners include 2025 All-Americans Lily Smith and Ady Wahl, 2025 SEC All-Freshman Team member Nyla Aquino, Csenge Bácskay, Kara Eaker, Ja’ Free Scott, Holly Snyder, Anya Turner, and Eryn Williams. The balanced roster comprises five seniors, five juniors, five sophomores, and five freshmen. The newcomers to the roster are all freshmen: Avery Moll, Brooke Pierson, Autumn Reingold, CaMarah Williams, and Kelise Woolford.
 
Williams Joins GymDogs Early
Freshman CaMarah Williams signed with Georgia on Nov. 12, 2025, enrolled early, and officially joined the team on Dec. 11. She competed in all four events two days later in the GymDog Debut on Dec. 13. Williams, a five-star standout from Kansas City, Missouri, trained at EDGE Gymnastics and competed as an elite gymnast.
 
GymDogs Excelling in the Classroom
Georgia Gymnastics achieved a team GPA of 3.613 for the Spring 2025 semester. The mark became the second-highest team GPA in program history. A total of eight GymDogs appeared on the 2024-25 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll, and 12 earned WCGA Scholastic All-America honors while seven more earned a spot on the 2024-25 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll last season. The GymDogs followed it up with a 3.67 team GPA in Fall 2025, topping the new program record mark. Brooke Pierson, Holly Snyder, and Eryn Williams achieved a perfect 4.0 in the Fall.