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Mizzou Gymnastics is Lexington-bound! Fresh disconnected a sixth spot decorativeness astatine nan SEC Championships this past play (recap still to come), nan no. 8 nationally classed Tigers will proceed postseason play successful nan Bluegrass State wherever they are nan 2nd highest seed. Honestly, this was beautiful overmuch each pre-determined going into Monday’s show pinch nan information and nan locations of nan apical 4 seeds readily disposable to nan public, truthful this was much of a formality than anything.
The Tigers were portion of nan first announced region connected ESPN’s Selection Show and will look nan likes of 3-seed Arkansas, NC State and Maryland successful Session II connected Friday, April 3 astatine 12pm CT astatine Historic Memorial Coliseum.
“I honestly really for illustration our grouping arsenic we spell into this regional. I deliberation that’s really bully for us,” Shannon said to his squad and nan crowd during nan team’s Selection Show watch statement astatine Memorial Stadium’s Columns Club. “You know, of nan apical 4 seeded teams, we’ve beaten 2 of those teams 2 times. We conscionable did it past weekend, and we did it successful nan regular season. And truthful we’re excited astir that. We’ve competed astatine Kentucky and won astatine Kentucky this year, truthful we’re excited to spell backmost location again.”
Different this twelvemonth is nan apical seeds really get to pick nan events they commencement on, arsenic opposed to a random draw! (The SEC has been doing this, but nan NCAA has apparently only conscionable wised up.) So, being that Mizzou is nan apical seed successful their session, arsenic yet different perk of beating Arkansas astatine nan SEC meet, nan Tigers will get first dibs of wherever they will commencement nan meet.
”I deliberation that gives nan higher seeded squad immoderate opportunity, an advantage that they should person earned each play long. You know, we vanished nan twelvemonth again astatine .500 aliases supra for only nan 3rd clip successful programme history. And truthful that was really exciting,” Shannon said.
“I consciousness for illustration we’ve opened nan past fewer weekends beautiful beardown connected bars,” he said, alluding possibly to what they’ll determine to do. “I would expect you’ll spot a batch of america starting connected bars nan adjacent fewer meets during our location rounds, and I deliberation that’s been a bully arena for america to commencement on. And we conscionable ended really beardown astatine SEC championships connected vault. So that really benignant of puts those 2 successful play, astir apt some days.”
It nan bracket holds, Regional Finals rather virtually will beryllium conscionable different SEC meet, pinch nan Sooners, Tigers, Gymbacks and Wildcats facing off. The talent successful this convention is truthful good.
- #8 Mizzou (197.178 NQS) is coming disconnected a sixth spot decorativeness astatine nan SEC Championships pinch a 197.025 squad people that really came connected arsenic a consequence of a very beardown backmost half of nan meet. After opening nan meet pinch a decent bars people (49.275, 2nd highest successful convention I), they had immoderate oopsies connected beam, earning conscionable a 49.00. In nan last 2 events, however, nan Tigers shined, finishing pinch nan 3rd highest people of some sessions mixed pinch a 49.450 connected a level rotation that featured 4 (4!!!) 9.90 scores, arsenic good arsenic a season-high 49.350 connected vault which featured a metallic badge for Hannah Horton, who earned a 9.95, and a stuck Yurchenko Full for freshman Kimarra Echols that should besides person notched a 9.95, if we’re being honest.
- Mizzou ended nan regular play classed no. 7 connected Floor, no. 10 connected Bars, no. 10 connected Vault, and no. 11. connected Beam.
- Per College Gym News, Kimarra Echols is predicted to beryllium a Second Team Regular Season All-American connected bars owed to her n0. 15 nationalist ranking, and Addi Lawrence is apt to beryllium First Team Regular Season All-American connected beam owed to her no. 8 nationalist ranking.
- High Scores connected each event: VAULT— Hannah Horton 9.975 | BARS— Hannah Horton/Kimarra Echos 9.95 | BEAM— Addison Lawrence 9.95| FLOOR— Hannah Horton 9.95
- #9 Arkansas (197.170 NQS) is coming disconnected a seventh spot decorativeness astatine SECs, earning a 196.975. They earned a 49.150 connected vault, 49.125 connected bars, 49.350 connected beam and 49.350 connected floor. They, for illustration Missouri, vanished strong, but not truthful beardown to flooded nan slower start.
- This will beryllium nan 3rd clip nan Tigers look disconnected against nan GymBacks this season. In Mizzou’s last location meet connected March 1, they earned a 197.225 to nan Tigers’ 197.425, outscoring Mizzou connected vault (49.20 to 49.125) and beam (49.425 to 49.35), but trailing connected bars (49.475 to 49.175) and level (49.475 to 49.425).
- Arkansas’ precocious people this play was a 197.700 astatine February’s Metroplex Challenge. Their adjacent highest was a 197.500 astatine location against Oklahoma. There is rather of spot of scoring inconsistency successful nan GymBacks’ results, arsenic they besides had a 195.975 astatine Florida and 3 196 scores. In fact, six of their 7 lowest scores this play came connected nan road.
- Arkansas vanished nan play no. 6 connected vault and beam, no. 11 connected level and no. 16 connected bars.
- High Scores connected each event: VAULT— Morgan Price 10.0 | BARS— Morgan Price 9.975 | BEAM— Joscelyn Roberson 9.975 | FLOOR— Joscelyn Roberson 9.975
- North Carolina State (no. 21, 195.845 NQS), is coming disconnected a 4th spot decorativeness (out of six teams) astatine nan ACC Championships pinch a 196.500. They scored a 49.025 connected vault, 49.175 connected bars, 49.150 connected beam and a 49.150 connected floor.
- Their precocious people this play was a 197.150 group connected March 1 successful a quad meet pinch Towson, Ursinus College, and West Virginia. They recorded 1 different 197 people this season, a 197.125 group astatine location connected February 8. Aside from 2 195 scores connected January 24 and February 1, each of nan Pack’s different scores autumn successful nan 196 range.
- The Wolfpack ended nan regular play classed no. 18 connected bars and level and no. 22 connected vault and beam.
- High Scores connected each event: VAULT— Ashley Knight 9.925 | BARS— Elle Hadrick 9.975 | BEAM— Maddie Hall/Syniya Thomas/Autumn Rardin/Adasyn Tackett 9.90 | FLOOR— Syniya Thomas 9.975
- Maryland (no. 27, 195.845 NQS), is coming disconnected a tenth spot decorativeness astatine nan Big 10 Championships pinch a 195.300. They scored a 48.825 connected vault, 48.55 connected bars, 48.70 connected beam, and 49.225 connected floor.
- Their highest people this play was a 196.675 astatine Penn State connected January 24. They besides had 5 different 196 people this season, arsenic good arsenic six 195 scores and a 194.625.
- The Terps ended nan regular play classed no. 26 connected vault, no. 27 connected floor, no. 28 connected beam, and no. 35 connected bars.
- High Scores connected each event: VAULT— Rayna Engelmayer 9.90 | BARS— Madeline Komoroski/Aine Reade 9.90 | BEAM— Madeline Komoroski 9.95 | FLOOR— Madeline Komoroski 9.975
Should nan Tigers spot successful nan apical 2 — they should easy beryllium successful nan apical 2 of their session, barring immoderate gymcastrophes— they’ll past look nan apical 2 from nan day’s later session, which includes #1 Oklahoma, #16 Kentucky (also nan big school), #18 Ohio State, and nan victor of nan April 1 play-in, #31 Central Michigan and #36 Rutgers. That convention is slated to commencement astatine 6pm CT connected Friday connected ESPN+. The Regional Final will beryllium connected Sunday, April 5 astatine 4pm CST connected ESPNU.
“We’re operating astatine a ace precocious level,” Shannon told nan crowd, “But there’s room for growth, and I deliberation we’re going to spot that arsenic we deed nan adjacent mates of weekends arsenic we activity our measurement done nan period of April.”
“We intend to proceed to get amended and put ourselves successful a position to do arsenic we benignant of deed this location play and we’ll proceed to get amended arsenic we spell to NCAA championships, if we do our occupation successful this upcoming week.”
To nan media connected hand, he besides added, “We still person immoderate group getting better, and successful a two-day format weekend, we’re going to request everybody disposable for that. And I still deliberation we person routines that possibly we haven’t seen successful an accumulation spot that we whitethorn request complete those 2 days. We person a batch of bodies that person been doing a batch of activity for us, and we’re going to request nan imaginable to plug personification successful and beryllium fresh… We person to person those group disposable and getting better, truthful we tin person them arsenic options to put our squad successful nan champion position to triumph that day.
Bring it on.
I’ll person MUCH much present astatine Rock M Nation, pinch previews, pressers, different intrasquad this play and a recap from nan SEC Championships.
“I deliberation from a recreation standpoint, for our squad and our fans, that’s astir arsenic bully arsenic we could person asked for. So we’re excited to spell and we conscionable sewage immoderate mentation to do this week.” —Shannon Welker
Here’s nan full bracket.
