The long-awaited 2023 gymnastics season finally arrived with a thrilling first week of competition that started with the Super 16 mega meet and debut of HBCU Fisk and ended with a couple of exciting Monday night duals. Despite the lighter-than-normal slate, so many things still happened, so it’s natural you missed at least something along the way. Catch up below with superlatives, recaps and results.
Superlatives
History in the Making
Naimah Muhammad finished with a solid routine. She made history as the FIRST HBCU gymnast to compete at an NCAA intercollegiate meet. That is forever and I am emotional.
— Arielle (Ari) Chambers (@ariivory) January 6, 2023
Fisk’s debut lived up to the hype leading up to its first meet in program history, and Brockport transfer Naimah Muhammad officially kicked things off on floor for the Bulldogs.
Best Choreography
You may have thought this would be a UCLA or Oklahoma routine, or maybe Derrian Gobourne’s fifth-year set. And while all of those routines are phenomenal as always, our early favorite for best of 2023 goes to BYU’s Rebekah Ripley. Show us something more fun than this. We’ll wait.
Debut of the Week
ABSOLUTELY ATE. pic.twitter.com/QCBMBz91Bt
— Ian (he/him) (@karasrings_) January 6, 2023
Former five-star recruit…
