![]() On April 3, individual participants were announced for the NCAA Gymnastics Championships based on Regional Round 2 scores, and 5th year senior Alisa Sheremeta, whose season-tying 9.95 beam score qualified her to the event semifinals. In the end, the Tigers would have needed a 197.92 to best UCLA, and while they scored their best Regional score (and season 2nd best total score) of 197.600, it wasn’t enough. I repeat- it’s not even that they did a bad job- they most certainly did not the scores seemed low on bars across the competition, and this did Mizzou no favors. Schreiber led the Tigers with a 9.875, but three 9.85s by Alisa Sheremeta, Helen Hu, and Jocelyn Moore and a 9.80 by Kyra Burns were on the low-end for a team trying to snatch victory away from a blue-blood. Let's hope for a great final rotation on BARS!- Karen S April 2, 2023įinal Rotation (Bars): A little hop here and a little non-completely vertical handstand there, and that was unfortunately the end for this storied group of cats. The top three teams are separated by the teeny-tiniest of margins going into the last rotation. At one point, a Mizzou gymnast approached the coaching staff and very clearly said, “It’s so loud in here.” It was a GREAT start for the Tigers, especially considering the raucous PAC-12 heavy atmosphere. This scores put them in 2nd place behind UCLA, and was good enough to drop Sydney Schaffer’s 9.80. I love this team and this sport so much, y’all.įirst Rotation (Beam): Just off their Round 2 score of 49.475, Mizzou put together a strong 49.400 in their leadoff rotation, led by Helen Hu and Sienna Schreiber’s 9.925 scores after Addy Lawrence led off with a 9.875. If you followed my Twitter during this, I got. Because I haven’t recapped it yet, let’s get that out of the way. There was absolutely NOTHING to be sad about. Īs for the Regional Finals, facing off against Washington and blue-bloods UCLA and Utah, I strongly feel the meet went as well as it possibly could have. And after placing 6th in the SEC Championships with their program-high conference score, the Tigers moved on to the NCAA Los Angeles Regional as a 13-seed where they placed 2nd in Session 2 against UCLA, Boise State and Stanford to move on to the Regional Finals. Auburn (everyone wanted to feast their eyes on Suni) and a 4-3 record in the SEC (4th place by record, 5th by score) with wins over no. The 2023 season also included a Hearnes attendance record February 19 vs. Okay miss Freshman!!! #MIZ /1WmX8otgxA- Mizzou Gymnastics March 4, 2023 We collectively rejoiced watching this team, as these Tigers always looked to be having the MOST fun. We marveled at Helen Hu’s bars and beam work, Sydney Schaffer’s progression at the end of the season, Alisa Sheremeta’s unbelievable consistency on every apparatus, and the return of Kyra Burns to anchor both vault and bars. This season fans were filled with awe at the emergence of freshman Addison Lawrence on beam - her 9.975 tied for tops on the team- the effervescence of Amari Celestine’s floor routines, and the sheer perfection of Jocelyn Moore’s vaults ( still thinking about that perfect 10). Apologies.Īfter a terrific regular season which saw the Missouri Tigers set program-highs in team score in late February at Arkansas, balance beam twice - first against Illinois to kick off the season, and again against Arkansas- uneven bars (also at Arkansas), tie a program-high in vault at Arkansas & again in the Regional Finals, and tie for their second highest score in floor (vs Auburn), the 2023 gymnastics season has reached its conclusion, aside from Alisa Sheremeta (more on her in a bit). Disclaimer: I know, I know, I took a while to get this out.
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