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Four Rotations: Gymnastics at American Gold Classic
Jan 03 | Women's Gymnastics
The four things to know before the Scarlet Knights open 2025 against Arizona, Southern Utah, & Wilberforce on Sat., Jan. 4
The Four Things to Know...
| TEAM 50 |
Rutgers concluded the 2024 regular season in grand fashion on Sunday at the George Washington quad meet, scoring a 196.825 for its second-highest score in program history in a high-scoring and closely-contested event. The full-team effort led to a massive list of records, milestones, and career-highs by meet's end in the nation's capital. The score marked the school record for a road meet, while the team's 49.300 on bars comes in second all-time at RU and the 49.225 on vault is third all-time in team history.
| RU WATCHING? |
Freshman Delaney Adrian and junior Gabrielle Dildy of Rutgers gymnastics have been named 2025 Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch. Adrian enters her first collegiate season with a Big Ten accolade earned from six years as a Level 10 gymnasts. Hailing from Columbia, Missouri, Adrian competed with Show Me Gymnastics and qualified for five National Championship meets. She won the 2023 beam title at the Regional Championship, then finished seventh in the all-around ath the 2023 National Championships. This past season, Adrian placed third on floor and sixth in the all-around at the 2024 Regional Championships.
Dildy was voted the Most Valuable Gymnast for the Scarlet Knights in 2024. Her breakout season hit a new high in the home finale at Jersey Mike's Arena. Dildy opened her evening with her first collegiate 9.9, sticking her Yurchenko full in front of the home crowd and winning the event in the tri-meet. She ended the night with a 9.8 on beam and her second 9.9 of the night on floor to help Rutgers score a season-high 49.395, the fifth-highest score in team history, while taking tying for the event's top score. Dildy then scored a 9.9 on vault in the regular season finale at George Washington and completed an excellent Big Ten Championships with a 9.85 on vault, a 9.825 on beam, and a 9.9 on floor - which earned seventh place out of 60 at the conference championship meet.
| LEESE LATELY |
Graduate student Emily Leese returns for one final year "On the Banks." She was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team for her performance throughout the 2024 season. This marks the first All-Conference award for Leese, who becomes the program's fifth All-Conference winner since joining the league in 2014. The Lancaster, Pennsylvania native capped the regular season by tying her own program record on vault with a score of 9.925 performing the 10.0-start value Yurchenko 1.5. It was the second time Leese reached 9.925 on the apparatus. She added a 9.9 on floor in that same meet. Leese completed 38 routines this season without a single fall across vault, beam, and floor. She reached three scores of 9.9 or higher on vault and four on floor, including tying her career-high twice with 9.925's. The big numbers added up to 11 event wins scattered across those three events in dual, tri, and quad meets in 2024.
| BALSER ON BARS |
Graduate student Avery Balser also returns for her final season at RU after qualifying for her first NCAA Regional Championships in 2024. Balser scored a 9.850 at Regionals, tying for the program's best bars score at NCAA's. The postseason routine put a bow on a consistently excellent 2024 campaign that saw the senior from Carroll, Ohio hit the 9.850 mark nine times, including the regional championships in Florida. She finishes the season with 15 hit routines without a fall.
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