University of Washington Athletics

SEATTLE – The Washington GymDawgs earned a quad-meet win in their final meet before the Pac-12 Championships, putting up a season-best 196.975 against UC Davis, Illinois, and Yale. Washington earned its highest bars score since 2004 with a 49.575, the second time this year the GymDawgs have put up bars scores that have not been bested since 2004.

"This team is showing such grit and determination right, I am so proud of them," said Elise Ray-Statz. "Through so much adversity, they're continuing to improve in competition and that's a testament to who they are. We did our job and now we wait to see how the chips fall for Pac-12 placement."

Washington's 49.325 was also impressive, coming in as the second-highest team beam score of the season. The GymDawgs earned scores of 49.000 or higher in every event, the second time in the last three meets Washington has reached that mark.

Madison Copiak recorded a score of 9.975 on bars, narrowly missing a perfect 10 and putting up the best bars score by any individual GymDawg since 2004. That was one of eight scores of 9.900 or higher in the meet, including all five counting scores on bars.

.@MadisonCopiak does her thing on bars scoring a 9.975! #GymDawgs // #NoPressureNoDiamonds?? pic.twitter.com/mVQ4EP3mIv

— Washington Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) March 16, 2019

		VAULT
Copiak tied her career high with a 9.875, earning another event title. Geneva Thompson had a 9.825 on vault. Kristyn Hoffa also earned a 9.800.

 

		BARS
Copiak's 9.975 was the highest on any event for Washington this season. Michaela Nelson broke her career high with a 9.900. Thompson also set a new career high, earning a 9.900. Maya Washington's score of 9.900 was also a career high. Monica Riley earned a 9.900 as well.

 

		BEAM
Malory Rose set a career high and won the event title with a 9.925. Copiak matched Rose with a 9.925, earning a share of the event title. Washington's 9.875 was a career high. Nelson earned a 9.825 on beam.

 

		FLOOR
Hoffa earned another 9.900 on floor. Washington earned a 9.875. Thompson matched her career high with a 9.825.

 

		UP NEXT
Washington will head to West Valley City, Utah next weekend for the Pac-12 Championships. Make sure to follow the GymDawgs on Twitter with the username @UWGymnastics and on Instagram at uwgymnastics.