TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona Gymnastics posted a final score of 196.150, tying their season-high, to take down No. 25 Stanford who earned a final score of 195.225 on Sunday afternoon in McKale Center. Six GymCats earned season-high scores and four earned career-best scores.
Coach's Corner
Vault
The GymCats earned a 49.050 on vault, tying with Stanford after the first rotation.
Payton Bellows earned a season-high of 9.85 and
Jenny Leung tied her career-high of 9.85, both tying for second place on the event.
Maddi Leydin earned a 9.825 and took home fourth place on vault.
Uneven Bars
On the uneven bars, Arizona posted a 49.050 to pull away from Stanford in the second rotation.
Christina Berg earned a 9.925 to earn the first-place crown.
Haylie Hendrickson earned a season-high score of 9.850 in a tie for second place.
Balance Beam
Arizona scored a 48.950 on the balance beam, with two GymCats earning career-high scores. Freshman
Sirena Linton made her beam debut and posted a 9.875 to tie for first place with
Kennedi Davis, who tied her career-high score.
Malia Hargrove scored a 9.825 to tie for fourth place.
Floor
The GymCats earned a 49.100 on floor to close out the meet.
Maddi Leydin tied for second place on the event with a 9.875 and
Malia Hargrove took home fourth place with a score of 9.85.
Christina Berg tied her season-high on floor with a 9.825.
Athlete of the Meet – Sirena Linton
Sirena Linton earned the title of Athlete of the Meet for Arizona with a 9.75 on bars and a 9.875 on beam.
New Season-Highs
Payton Bellows: VT – 9.850
Christina Berg: FX – 9.825 (tied)
Kennedi Davis: BB – 9.875 (tied)
Haylie Hendrickson: UB – 9.850
Jenny Leung: VT – 9.850 (tied)
Sirena Linton: BB – 9.875
New Career-Highs
Kennedi Davis: BB – 9.875 (tied)
Jenny Leung: VT – 9.850 (tied)
Sirena Linton: BB – 9.875
Arizona will travel to the Bay Area to compete against California on Sunday March 1 at 3 p.m. MST before returning home to host Arizona State on March 6 and a tri-meet with Ohio State and Bridgeport on March 8.
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