History in the Making
USAG nationals was the backdrop to loads of history-making this weekend. Morgan Price became the first athlete from an HBCU to be named all-around national champion. Freshman Kyrstin Johnson of Talladega smashed the team’s records on vault with her huge Yurchenko one and a half en route to the team’s first-ever 39-plus all-around performance. Did we mention she also took the vault national title? With both of these athletes being underclassmen, the future of HBCU gymnastics is bright.
West Chester qualified to the competition’s team final for the first time in program history, Lindenwood closed the team final with a HUGE 49.375 on bars for a new program record and TWU approached its vault record with 49.175. Needless to say, some big gymnastics occurred this weekend and USAGs should not be underestimated.
The Unofficial History Books
Although Southern Connecticut may not have qualified a team to the USAG Nationals, the qualifiers who competed would’ve notched a cumulative floor score of 49.050. And that would be good enough for a top-three team score; but since we’re talking individuals, this won’t be found in the history books.
Going out on Top
This weekend was a bittersweet end for the Lindenwood gymnastics program which has become…
