This weekend marks the anniversary of Michigan’s historic three-10 vault lineup at Rutgers that scored a 49.875. That lineup had perfect 10s from Reyna Guggino, Natalie Wojcik, and Abby Heiskell. It was a record-setting vault score for the Wolverines, and it was Guggino’s and Heiskell’s first career 10s.
“I feel like all of the hard work paid off,” said Reyna Guggino. “I think that gymnastics is just very based on being perfect, especially in college, and that’s the ultimate goal.”
The historic vault lineup at Rutgers gave Michigan three of its eight 10s that were earned in the 2022 season. That’s six more 10s than the Wolverines earned in 2021, the year they won their first national championship.
“Looking back on it, I’m like ‘You know, I honestly think I’ve done vaults that have been a little bit better,” said Abby Heiskell. “In the moment, I was like ‘No way! This is impossible!”
It’s no secret that some college gymnastics teams tend to get scored higher than others. You’ll see more obviously imperfect beam routines score in the 9.9s in the SEC than you will in the EAGL. Most gymnastics fans can see the differences in judging across the various conferences, but could there be other factors? Why did Michigan score…
