Hey ladies’ fans! It’s sophomore Claire Flores here this week with this week’s Gym Talk.

This week is a going to be a good one because WE HAVE OUR FIRST INTRAQUAD! That’s right, Sunday, November 5th, the Ladies are going to be showing off their awesome gymnastics in the Jill’s!!!

Also Friday of this week, November 3rd, we have our annual Walk Like MADD event. Make sure you come out and join us at 5 p.m. on Jones Rice Field (or virtually) as we walk to honor the former Centenary gymnast, Sylvia Keiter, who lost her life in a drunk driving accident. We work with the MADD organization to promote safe driving and to work towards a future of no more victims. Sylvia was the heart and soul of her team, and her legacy will stand forever.

This past week has been a good one! The ladies are making moves in the gym and working hard to be ready for this season, which is only in 2 short months!!

The Vault Shakers have been killing it! Sophomore Sophie Schmitz put her Yurchenko tuck full onto 3 mats. Super senior Lacey Wedge has been doing some awesome front handspring front pikes! Sophomore Olivia Stratmann did some awesome full on-tuck offs!

Our Bar Stars have also been on fire lately! Freshman Brooke Murdock is working hard on her sky-high tkachevs, as well as making major improvements on her bails! Senior Roxanne Myers has been doing an amazing job at putting her routine together, and our junior Emma Lavelle has been doing great work on her healys!

Of course, our Beam Queens have been nothing short of amazing, with senior Rylie Molina beautifully executing full beam routines, and Junior Mylia Vidtor also showing out with some solid beam routines, including her gainer pike dismount off the end of the beam! And freshman Brooke Murdock again killing the game sticking her gainer back handspring tuck series.

And last but certainly not least, the Floor Roars are getting ready to go for this upcoming season, with sophomore Olivia Stratmann doing her one and a half punch fronts and her double tucks on floor! We also have Senior Izzie Plaza killing it per usual with her brani to full and a half. Also, sophomore Sophie Schmitz was putting up some beautiful double tucks.

Outside of the gym, the we went as a team to support the Ladies soccer team during their final match on Friday night. Those Ladies played hard! We ended the week with a team photo shoot out in the swamp. The Ladies were looking good! Stay tuned for some of those photos to drop soon!

Thanks for tuning in to this week’s gym-talk! Make sure to keep an eye out for next week’s gym-talk with fellow sophomore Emily McClung!