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No. 7 Alabama Faces SEC Foes in Elevate the Stage Quad Meet
3/5/2022 6:53:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide will face Auburn and Georgia for the second time this season and Arkansas for the second time this weekend
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Less than 48 hours after closing out its home schedule with a 198.075-196.000 win over Arkansas, Alabama returns to action, closing out the regular season Sunday at Elevate the Stage in the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala., at 1 p.m. CT.
The meet will serve as a rematch with all three of the Crimson Tide's opponents, Arkansas, Auburn and Georgia. The quad meet will be held on a podium with all four events going on at one time, mimicking the atmosphere of the SEC and NCAA Championships.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Elevate the Stage had been a yearly event on the Tide's schedule. It was the first event canceled on the Alabama's gymnastics schedule in 2020 and wasn't held last season due to COVID restrictions.
Due to the two year hiatus, only the Crimson Tide's six seniors have competed in an Elevate the Stage meet, which began in 2015. The meet will be streamed live via www.FloGymnastics.com.
Last Time Out
- The Crimson Tide's 198.075 Friday against Arkansas tied for the second-best mark in school history, with its match coming in Baton Rouge, La., at the 1996 NCAA Central Regional Championship, which was the first 198 score in UA history
- The Tide's floor exercise tally of 49.700 tied the school record that came against Georgia in 2001
- Alabama's uneven bars score of 49.650 was the top regular-season mark in school history and tied for the second-highest overall
- Alabama has now scored 197.000-or-higher the last seven meets in a row, including five scores of 197.5+
- Alabama took home first on every apparatus and in the all-around against Arkansas
- Overall, Alabama posted 15 scores of 9.900-or-better, including two that went for 9.975
- Jordyn Paradise posted a career-high 9.950 on the vault and a career-best 9.850 on the uneven bars
- Luisa Blanco's 9.975 on the uneven bars tied her career-best mark, while her 9.950 tied her season-best mark on the floor exercise
- Ella Burgess tied her career best of 9.900 on the balance beam
- Makarri Doggette tied her season-best uneven bars score with a 9.950
- Emily Gaskins scored a season-best 9.900 on the floor exercise and a season-best 9.900 to lead off the Tide's uneven bars lineup
- Lexi Graber tied her career-best on the balance beam (9.950) and floor exercise (9.975)
- Lilly Hudson posted a career-best 9.925 on the uneven bars
- Shallon Olsen tied her season-best 9.900 on the vault and posted a career-best 9.925 on the floor exercise
- Sania Mitchell posted a career-best 9.950 on the floor exercise
Up Next
- With the regular season in the books, Alabama has next weekend off from competition before heading to Birmingham, Ala., for the Southeastern Conference Championships, Saturday, March 19
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