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No. 17 Alabama Secures Season-High Team Score on Power of Pink Night
2/21/2025 11:51:00 PM | Gymnastics
Despite a slow start on vault, the Crimson Tide rattled off season-high rotation scores on bars, beam and floor, in addition to posting meet-high scores on both bars and floor
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 17 Alabama gymnastics program posted a season-high team score of 197.350 at its annual Power of Pink meet. Despite a slow start on vault, the Crimson Tide rattled off season-high rotation scores on bars (49.450), beam (49.375) and floor (49.600). Additionally, the team posted meet-high scores on bars and floor, while tying Auburn (10-3, 3-2 SEC) on beam who ultimately defeated Alabama (3-6, 0-6 SEC) 197.750-197.350.
Six gymnasts either scored a career high or tied their career high, while another four gymnasts either tied or bettered their season-high scores. Additionally, six different gymnasts posted 10 scores of 9.900 or higher. UA veteran duo Gabby Gladieux (beam – 9.925; floor – 9.950) and Lilly Hudson (floor – 9.950) earned a combined share of three event titles. Gladieux picked up her first beam title of the season, before sharing the floor title with Hudson. Gladieux now has nine titles on the year, as Hudson has two-straight on floor to move her season-total to eight.
Alabama Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said
"After each meet this season, we go to our locker room and do a quick debrief of what went well – how can we improve, and what is that going to look like? The first thing I can think of is that we are going to be, and are proving to be, one of the most resilient teams in the country. We've had a lot of adversity over the last few weeks and months, and this team continues to battle.
"I'm proud of them, even after the first event that sort of felt like we got a flat tire. It's really tough in that moment [after VT, before UB warmups] to have a voice speaking into the moment and to overcome it. I'm really proud of the squad for doing that organically. We say 'coach-led teams are good and athlete-led teams are great,' and I think, in that moment, they showed that they can be great. They lit a fire, they figured out what they needed to do and they settled in and did a great job on bars, beam and floor."
Team Stats
- Alabama scored a season-high 197.350 team score
- The Crimson Tide earned the meet's highest team rotation scores on the uneven bars (49.450) and the floor exercise (49.600) and tied with Auburn on the balance beam (49.375)
- Four UA gymnasts scored a career high (Corinne Bunagan, BB – 9.875 | Paityn Walker, FX – 9.875 | Chloe LaCoursiere, FX – 9.900 | Lilly Hudson, AA – 39.625) as two additional gymnasts tied their career high (Gabby Gladieux, UB – 9.875 | Rachel Rybicki, FX – 9.900)
- Two Alabama gymnasts recorded a season high (Shania Adams, UB – 9.900 | Gladieux, BB – 9.925), while another pair tied their season high (Hudson, VT – 9.900, UB – 9.900 | Rybicki, BB – 9.850)
- Six gymnasts posted 10 scores of 9.900 or higher
- Gladieux earned a share of the event title on the balance beam (9.925) and the floor exercise (9.950) for nine event titles this year
- Hudson captured her second consecutive event title on the floor exercise (9.950) and eighth overall
How it Happened
Vault
- Alabama opened with a 48.925
- UA's anchor Lilly Hudson highlighted the rotation, scoring a season-high-tying 9.900 for the second time in as many weeks
Uneven Bars
- The Crimson Tide captured a season-high and meet-high 49.450 rotation score
- Hudson, Ryan Fuller and Shania Adams all stuck a 9.900 score to lead Alabama on the apparatus
- The performance was a season-high-tying score for Hudson and a season-high score for Adams
- Gabby Gladieux tied her career high (9.875)
Balance Beam
- Alabama posted another season high, this time on beam with a meet-tying 49.375 rotation score
- Fuller made her career debut on the apparatus, scoring a 9.825
- Rybicki tied her season-high score of a 9.850
- In her first season competing on beam, Corinne Bunagan captured a career-high 9.875
- Gabby Gladieux highlighted the rotation with a season-high 9.925 on the apparatus
Floor Exercise
- The Tide closed the rivalry meet by posting its third-straight, season-high team rotation score, this time rolling to a meet-high 49.600
- The feat marks the third consecutive meet where Alabama has upped its rotation score on the apparatus
- The Crimson Tide's lowest-counted score on floor was a 9.900 as all five countable scores were either a 9.900 or a 9.950
- Paityn Walker scored a career-high 9.850 as UA's lead off
- Rybicki tied her career-high 9.900 score for the second consecutive meet
- Chloe LaCoursiere performed a career-high 9.900
- Adams garnered her second 9.900 score of the night, hitting a 9.900 on both events (bars, floor) she competed on
- Hudson captured her second-straight score of a 9.950-or-higher, while Gladieux secured her fifth 9.950-or-higher score of the season and third consecutive on the apparatus
Additional Comments from Johnston
"I also want to highlight Power of Pink. I hope everybody - our community, our fans – sees that our program is rooted in giving back, in serving and in using our platform to really make a difference. Tonight was such a special night – I just think it's a testament to what [Sarah and David Patterson] have built, and what our program is built on. I promise you, this team's not done; they're just getting started. I love that Lilly [Hudson] said, 'it's just a slightly different timeline than what we initially had planned.' I task our community, our fans, the people that have been a part of this program, to believe in these ladies. They put their heart and soul out there, they're giving it everything they have, and I'm excited to see them write this comeback story."
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