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Four Event Winners Propel No. 9 Alabama to Second Quad Meet Victory
2/19/2024 6:34:00 PM | Gymnastics
Senior Cameron Machado’s career-high 9.975 on uneven bars propelled the Crimson Tide to a season-high score of 197.675
DENTON, Texas – The No. 9 Alabama gymnastics program got back to its winning ways Monday, finishing first in the TWU quad meet behind a season-high score of 197.675. The Tide rolled past the No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks (197.375), the No. 17 Arizona Wildcats (196.950) and the TWU Pioneers (195.725) inside Kitty Magee Arena.
The Tide started its day on the balance beam, featuring a season-high-tying 9.825 from Lilly Hudson. From there, UA steamrolled its way through floor exercise as four gymnasts scored a 9.900-or-higher score to propel Alabama to a season-high 49.550 to take the lead through the first two events.
Super senior Makarri Doggette highlighted the Tide's vault rotation, posting a season-high 9.900 before the Tide closed out the day with a blistering uneven bars rotation. Three gymnasts scored three 9.925-or-higher scores to post a season-high-tying 49.600 score to claim the highest finish in its second quad meet of the season.
Senior Cameron Machado highlighted the rotation with a career-high 9.975, effectively securing at least one score of a 10.000 for the first time in her career.
Competing in the all-around for only the second time of her career, Gabby Gladieux secured her first all-around title, posting a 39.525 en route to the first-place finish.
Alabama had four event winners (Doggette | vault | 9.900; Machado | uneven bars | 9.975; Hudson | floor exercise | 9.950; Gladieux | all-around | 39.525), and six total podium finishes en route to its season-high 197.675 team score.
Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said
"I'm really proud of how the team approached the competition today. All week, we've been challenging them to step into any situation, any environment and find a way to overcome the challenges and thrive. And I'm really proud of how they carried that practice into competition today. That was a great reset for this team as we go into the second half of the season.
"We're really looking forward to Power of Pink on Friday – it's always a special competition. We strategically scheduled a Monday meet to then go home and compete again on Friday. This will closely mimic what it looks like to compete back-to-back in the postseason. It's going to be important for our team to recover, rest and dial in on how we need to prepare going into Friday's meet."
Inside the Score Sheet
- Alabama bettered its team score for the fourth time this season
- UA posted at least one season-high rotation score for the fifth meet this season
- Cameron Machado's career-high 9.975 on uneven bars secured her the event title, as three total UA gymnasts reached the podium in the event
- Gabby Gladieux won the all-around title in only her second time competing in the event
- UA claimed four event titles – vault (Makarri Doggette – 9.900), uneven bars (Machado – 9.975), floor exercise (Hudson – 9.950) and all-around (Gladieux – 39.525)
- Nine gymnasts either tied or set new season-high score across the four events
Up Next
- Alabama will return home to Coleman Coliseum, Friday, Feb. 23, for the 20th annual Power of Pink meet against the Georgia Bulldogs at 7 p.m. CT
- The meet will be broadcast on SEC Network+
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