Alexa Solomon has big shoes to fill in her upcoming senior season. They’re her own from last year. She holds a career high on bars of 9.900 and is one of San Jose State’s three captains for 2023. While she’s grateful to have those statistics, she’s most excited to say she made it to her fourth year as a Division I gymnast. Pushing through the last three years of recovery and schoolwork on top of the actual gymnastics is an accomplishment she prides herself on.
Her personal goal as well as the team’s are both to top last season’s highs, which included a host of program records and a berth to regionals. She often hears the phrase, “You are your own biggest competitor,” and so she aims to better that competition for herself.
Solomon looks back on 2022 as her first “normal” collegiate season after COVID and injuries hampered her freshman and sophomore years. No less a part of the team, she’s enjoyed watching the program grow in her time as a Spartan. Day in and day out, the team improves. “It’s just [about] showing everybody what we’ve been working on, the hard work that the coaches and all the girls have been doing.” On her account, the gymnasts do a good job of staying in their bubble and focusing on the work that lies ahead.
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