Gymnastics 2022-23 Season

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Gophers Women's Gymnastics are #4 in the Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll.

Last season the Gophers finished 6th at the NCAA Championships, the best showing ever for the program.

 

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No more Loper or Ramler to rely on.

 

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Gophers won Best of Minnesota Meet at Maturi Pavilion.

Gophers Begin 2023 Season With Success at Best of Minnesota Meet - University of Minnesota Athletics

The University of Minnesota women's gymnastics opened their 2023 season with success, posting a 196.075 team score on Friday night.

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Mya Hooten Floor 9.900 || Best of Minnesota Meet || January 6, 2023​

 

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Gophers in Utah representing Minnesota.

UCLA at the meet will be a Big Ten competitor starting 2024.

 

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9.05 and 9.20 on the beam.

 

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Again we ran into the same issue we had last year, the dreaded beam. Respectable scores on the FX and Bars. Vault which is usually one of our better rotations, had some missteps tonight.

 

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Again we ran into the same issue we had last year, the dreaded beam. Respectable scores on the FX and Bars. Vault which is usually one of our better rotations, had some missteps tonight.

Freshman Seria Johnson with a great score in her first floor routine.

Junior Mya Hooten of Chanhassen scores a 9.925. Entering the season, Hooten was named a 2023 Big Ten Gymnast to Watch.

 

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Minnesota ranked #19 in the nation, as of last week, ranked by average of all scores. New ranking to come out soon.



Big Ten has seven teams in the top 25 plus -- plus one more team for UCLA that will join the Big Ten in 2024.

Standings

Standings : NCAA Gymnastics results, statistics, schedules, teams, and gymnasts. Building the most comprehensive source on the web.

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Minnesota ranked #19 in the nation, as of last week, ranked by average of all scores. New ranking to come out soon.

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Big Ten has seven teams in the top 25 plus -- plus one more team for UCLA that will join the Big Ten in 2024.

Standings

Standings : NCAA Gymnastics results, statistics, schedules, teams, and gymnasts. Building the most comprehensive source on the web.

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Minnesota moved up 3 spots to #16, today! Great job Gophers!

Standings

Standings : NCAA Gymnastics results, statistics, schedules, teams, and gymnasts. Building the most comprehensive source on the web.

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Freshman Seria Johnson named Big Ten Freshman of the Week!

Johnson Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week - University of Minnesota Athletics

MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota freshman Seria Johnson earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after her impressive performance on Saturday ...

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"The Woodstock, Ga. native finished the meet with an all-around score of 39.350 in her first all-around performance. In her very first collegiate appearance on floor, she recorded a score of 9.900, placing her in a tie for sixth place just behind Olympic Medalist Jordan Chiles of UCLA."

 

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Elsewhere around the world of college gymnastics, star Suni Lee from St Paul, Minnesota...

 

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Freshman Seria Johnson's floor debut last week that won her Big Ten Freshman of the Week!

A bright future ahead for Johnson and the Minnesota Gophers gymnastics program.

 

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A 9.925 from Mya Hooten! Look at that landing. Wow.

 

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What a shot. An award should go to that photographer too!

 

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I knew what was gonna happen on beam that was why I switched over to NFL playoffs. A 48.3 on beam.

 

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I knew what was gonna happen on beam that was why I switched over to NFL playoffs. A 48.3 on beam.

The Achilles heal of this team, as you explained. They need one more athlete with a strong score there, it appears.

Some consider that event the toughest.

Balance beam: The most treacherous — and mesmerizing — 10 centimeters in sports

The balance beam — 'the most nerve-wracking event to watch' — is barely wider than a hockey puck and stands 1.2 meters above the ground.

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Lots of highlights to watch on Twitter. This team is loaded with talent!

Probably would be a great ticket to see in person!

 

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Mya Hooten scoring a perfect 10 last year!

 

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Mya Hooten wins of of the Big Ten Player of the Week awards this week.

Event Specialist of the Week
Mya Hooten, Minnesota
Jr. – Woodbury, Minn. – Chanhassen High School

• Posted a 9.900 or better to finish at the top of the podium for all three of her events in the Gophers’ victory against Penn State on Jan. 21
• Scored 9.900 on vault, 9.925 on bars and 9.950 on floor, steadily improving as the Gophers progressed through their Big Ten opener
• Ranks sixth nationally on floor (9.925 average), 12th on vault (9.900) and 20th on bars (9.892)
• The Academic All-Big Ten honoree collects her fifth career Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week honor and her first of the season
• Last Minnesota Event Specialist of the Week: Mya Hooten (March 14, 2022)

Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota and Rutgers Earn Women’s Gymnastics Weekly Honors

Hawkeyes’ Kenlin, Spartans’ Smith, Gophers’ Hooten and Scarlet Knights’ Joyner claim weekly awards

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Had a chance to take it.

 

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I saw the women's hockey game today and tinight attending the men's basketball game. So I thought I'd check out the gymnastics meet between, a first.

I just saw Mya Hooten score a perfect 10 on Floor!

 

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A 196.875 is good enough to beat B1G opponents, but you need to consistently score 197 or higher if you wanna compete on the national stage. With Michigan coming up, that meet will be a good measuring stick of this team's potential.

 

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A 196.875 is good enough to beat B1G opponents, but you need to consistently score 197 or higher if you wanna compete on the national stage. With Michigan coming up, that meet will be a good measuring stick of this team's potential.

As you pointed out, they are weak on the beam. One player today fell off. I felt bad because she's a talent. Another player wobbled.

I was impressed by the uneven parallel bars event, the way they precisely fly from one to another. I've never seen that in person before.

 

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I saw the women's hockey game today and tinight attending the men's basketball game. So I thought I'd check out the gymnastics meet between, a first.

I just saw Mya Hooten score a perfect 10 on Floor!

I was there and enjoyed watching it. Great crowd there, too.

 

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She's amazing!



Mya Hooten.

Mya Hooten - Gymnastics - University of Minnesota Athletics

Mya Hooten - HONORS & AWARDS Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23) All-Big Ten First Team (2021, 2023) All-Big Ten Second Team (2022) Bi...

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Michigan's lowest score was a 49.250 and they also had 2 scores higher than 49.600, you ain't losing a lot of meets with those numbers. Proud of the way the Gophers battled, first meet all season they scored 49.000 or higher in every rotation.

 

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Gophers set a season team score record. Great job by both teams. Michigan is top elite. Great job bringing the scores close. Looking at the university history, Minnesota Gymnastics is doing historically well.



Road to Nationals Rankings:

 

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For the second week in a row, Mya Hooten has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week (Specialist of the Week):