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ATHENS, Ga. — Senior Rachel Baumann scored a Perfect 10 on floor as the Georgia gymnastics team fell to Florida, 196.975-194.475, at Stegeman Coliseum on Friday Night.
Baumann’s Perfect 10 is the first by a GymDog since Marissa Oakley earned the score on bars at the 2019 Athens Regional. It’s the first Ten on floor since Sydney Snead in 2018, also against Florida.
The GymDogs showed much improvement from the season opener on vault, bars, and floor. Georgia scored a 49.525 on floor, the highest mark the team has reached on this event since 2020.
“This team is an overcoming team,” head coach Courtney Kupets Carter said. “They’ve shown it in the gym and they showed it tonight. Compared to our first meet we improved on three events massively and had what I’m going to call the biggest fluke I’ve ever seen on beam. Looking at the progress they made, it was fantastic. There is so much progress that they have made and there is so much potential for the coming meets ahead.”
The GymDogs got off to a great start, posting a 49.225. In the anchor spot, senior Megan Roberts paced the squad with a 9.925 and fellow senior Mikayla Magee followed with a 9.900.
The GymDogs also enhanced their performance on bars this week, collectively scoring a 49.100. Again, it was Roberts with the high score for the GymDogs with a 9.850. Senior Abbey Ward swung to a career best score of 9.825.
The GymDogs struggled on beam. Magee started off with a 9.825 and then the team had to count four falls.
The GymDogs shined on floor, posting a 49.525. With her Gator sister Alyssa Baumann cheering her on, Rachel Baumann wowed the crowd and the judges with a perfect routine and the first Perfect 10 of her career. Soraya Hawthorne nearly matched that score with a 9.975. Alyssa Perez-Lugones, Rachael Lukacs, and Roberts, all contributed scores of 9.850.
The GymDogs are back in action against LSU next Friday, January 28 at 7:00 in Stegeman Coliseum.
“When I went up, I was so confident in this floor lineup that I could just relax, have fun, actually do what I love and dance,” Baumann said. “I landed that last pass and it was a good feeling. Honestly, I didn’t realize it until they turned the score around. It felt amazing, it’s still unreal.”
“She hits several routines that are 10s on beam and floor in practice,” Kupets Carter said. “So, it’s just about letting her do her normal. When I saw that first pass go straight down, beautiful angle. I sometimes give them a 10 in my head, so I was going to tell her that. Then I said, ‘alright we did it girl.’ It’s just beautiful, it’s so exciting and it’s just one of those moments you know that she and the team is never going to forget. It just makes me really proud of her.”
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FINAL RESULTS
GEORGIA: 194.475 (VT- 49.225, UB- 49.100, BB- 46.625, FX- 49.525)
FLORIDA: 196.975 (VT- 49.250, UB- 49.475, BB- 49.025, FX- 49.225
VAULT- 49.225
Amanda Cashman: 9.800
Mikayla Magee: 9.900
Rachel Baumann: 9.725
Abbey Ward: 9.825
Rachael Lukacs: 9.775
Megan Roberts: 9.925
BARS- 49.100
Amanda Cashman: 9.775
Abbey Ward: 9.825
Katie Finnegan: 9.875
Haley de Jong: 9.625
Emily Schild: 9.775
Megan Roberts: 9.850
BEAM- 46.625
Mikayla Magee: 9.825
Sarah Cohen: 9.150
Emily Schild: 9.125
Soraya Hawthorne: 9.300
Haley de Jong: 9.175
Rachel Baumann: 9.175
FLOOR- 49.525
Alyssa Perez-Lugones: 9.85
Mikayla Magee: 9.775
Megan Roberts: 9.850
Rachael Lukacs: 9.850
Rachel Baumann: 10.00
Soraya Hawthorne: 9.975
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