While the rest of the USAG is slowly inching into 2023, Lindenwood dove in head first with its first double meet weekend of the season. Yale had a few hiccups and uncharacteristic falls, but Bridgeport came flying into the season, holding off Southern Connecticut while West Chester took the first win in a GEC-only meet. TWU began its season in Denver, posting a solid opening total.
While the gymternet waits for Centenary and the rest of the Ivies to join in on the fun, let’s take a look at high points from Week 1.
Superlatives
Nerves? I Don’t Know Her
Yale had a few hiccups in the Bulldogs’ opening meet of the 2023 season on the road against LIU, but freshman Hana Strause pointed Yale in the right direction with a nerves-of-steel lead-off routine.
Stamina of the Week
It’s Week 1, and Lindenwood managed to complete two meets already. Not to mention that the competitions were more than 900 miles apart. The fact that the Lions’ Sunday meet was an improvement over Friday’s after a long day of travel is really impressive. Shout out to Jaly Jones for competing seven solid routines for Lindenwood in her debut weekend!
Triple Series for the Soul
Not only does West Chester’s Caitlyn Allen grace us with a triple series, but she…
