First Home Meet This Weekend For GymDawgs

SEATTLE - With an impressive first two weeks in the books, the #11 Washington GymDawgs host their first home meet of the 2019 season this Saturday, competing against #19 Oregon State. Washington is on the cusp of the nation's top ten after an excellent showing at Arizona last weekend, including four individual scores of 9.900 or better in the 196.525-195.650 win.

The GymDawgs have pushed their way into the nation's top 25 in every event this year, led by their seventh-ranked beam squad. At Arizona, the squad earned scores of 49.275 on bars and 49.400 on beam, the highest scores in either event for Washington since March 9, 2018.

This will be the second year in a row that Washington has hosted Oregon State. Last year, the GymDawgs took home the win with a score of 197.000, the first of the team's four scores of 197 or higher on the year. Washington has not lost to Oregon State in Seattle since 2014.

		VAULT
Two GymDawgs earned their first event titles of the year on vault at Arizona. Geneva Thompson and Madison Copiak tied for the event title, marking the first event title of Thompson's career and Copiak's second career vault title. Thompson is leading the GymDawgs on vault thus far this year, having earned a score of 9.800 or higher in both meets.

		BARS
Copiak won the event title on bars as well as vault, the first time in her career she has won multiple event titles at the same meet. Copiak earned a score of 9.900 on bars, matching her career high. That performance came after Copiak had a score of 9.875 at Nebraska, putting her 15th in the country on bars thus far in 2019. Thompson and Brenna Brooks finished just behind Copiak at Arizona, each earning scores of 9.850.

		BEAM
Evanni Roberson won the event title on beam with a score of 9.950, the highest score by a GymDawg on beam since 2004. Only four other GymDawgs ever have recorded a higher score on beam than Roberson did at Arizona. Roberson wasn't the only GymDawg to impress at Arizona, with Malory Rose and Copiak each earning scores of 9.900 to match career highs. Brooks also had a score of 9.850 on beam at Arizona, while Maya Washington made it five GymDawgs earning scores of 9.800 or higher in the event with her score of 9.800.

		FLOOR
Washington nearly took home the floor title at Arizona as well, with Roberson finishing second with a score of 9.875, matching a career best. Roberson is the leader in average score on floor for Washington at 9.838. Kristyn Hoffa and Maya Washington are just behind, with Hoffa averaging a score of 9.825 and Washington averaging a score of 9.800.

		UP NEXT: OREGON STATE
Tied with Arizona State for 19th in the country Have had team scores of 195.225 and 195.450 thus far Ranked seventh in the country on floor

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Brenna Brooks

Madison Copiak

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