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No. 17 Alabama Soars Past Arkansas behind Season-High Team Score
2/28/2025 9:33:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide’s 197.650 team score was captured via season-high rotation scores on bars and floor
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 17 Alabama gymnastics program rolled past the No. 16 Arkansas Razorbacks Friday night behind a season-high team score 197.650-197.425. The Crimson Tide reached the mark after earning season-high apparatus scores on the uneven bars (49.475) and the floor exercise (49.675).
Alabama (4-6, 1-6 SEC) accumulated five event titles on the night – Karis German on vault behind a career-high 9.925, and a tie between Shania Adams (season-high) and Chloe LaCoursiere (career-high) on bars via a 9.950. Gabby Gladieux ended the night tying her career-high score of 9.975 for the event title, before also winning the all-around via a 39.525.
Alabama Head Coach Ashley Johnston Said
"I'm really proud of the team tonight. They fought and worked so incredibly hard to be able to come out here and just be their average. It was just exciting to see them translate all their work in the gym out on the competition floor and put a lot of those puzzle pieces together to create what was a really beautiful masterpiece tonight. So many individual breakthroughs, but I think the most important thing was the fire in their soul that continues to ignite, and a night like this reminds you that all the work, the failures, the losses and the hard moments along the way are absolutely part of every story and they lead to the breakthroughs and the highest-of-highs when you see those things pay off."
Team Stats
- Alabama scored a season-high 197.650 team score en route to its first Southeastern Conference win
- The Crimson Tide recorded a season-high mark on both bars (49.475) and floor (49.675)
- UA upped its rotation score on the floor exercise for the fourth straight meet
- Three gymnasts set a new career high (Chloe LaCoursiere – 9.950, UB; Karis German – 9.925, VT; Rachel Rybicki – 9.925, FX and 9.900, BB), while two others upped their season-high (Adams – 9.950, UB and 9.925, FX; Jamison Sears – 9.990, FX)
- Gabby Gladieux tied her career high on floor (9.975) for the second time this season as the Tide's anchor
How it Happened
Uneven Bars
- Alabama opened the night with a season-high and meet-high 49.475 on the apparatus
- Chloe LaCoursiere recorded a career-high 9.950 on the apparatus that spearheaded a run of three-straight 9.900-or-higher scores, including two 9.950s
- Anchor Shania Adams registered a season-high 9.950 to close the event with an exclamation point
Vault
- The Crimson Tide scored a meet-high 49.250 on the apparatus – the third-highest of UA's season
- Karis German highlighted the event with a career-high 9.925 to lead Alabama
Floor Exercise
- Alabama scored a season-high 49.675 on the apparatus – its fourth-straight meet upping the mark
- Jamison Sears (9.900) and Adams (9.925) both recorded season-high marks
- Rachel Rybicki scored a career-high 9.925
- Lilly Hudson gathered her third consecutive 9.950 score on the apparatus
- Gabby Gladieux tied her career-high 9.975 score for the second time this season
Balance Beam
- The Crimson Tide concluded its night in Fayetteville with a 49.250 on the apparatus
- Rybicki tied her career-high on the apparatus, scoring a 9.900
- Gladieux tied her season-high score of a 9.900
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