Mizzou gymnastics punches ticket to fourth-ever NCAA Championship Semifinal
SEATTLE, Wash. (KMIZ)
For just the fourth time in program history, Mizzou gymnastics is moving onto the NCAA Championship Semifinal, following a top-two finish in Sunday's NCAA Regional Final in Seattle, Washington.
Head coach Shannon Welker and company finished just one spot behind Oklahoma with a team score of 197.425, knocking both Auburn and Arizona out of the postseason. It came down to the wire, separated from Auburn by just a tenth of a point, but another clutch performance from MU star Helen Hu on the beam cemented the trip to Forth Worth for NCAA Semifinal action.
The Tigers did not have an individual champion in any event, but senior Amari Celestine finished in fourth place in all-around scoring.
You can find a full look at Mizzou's scores, by rotation, below.
Floor: 49.550
- Rayna Light - 9.8975
- Kaia Tanskanen - 9.875
- Kennedy Griffin - 9.925
- Hannah Horton - 9.900
- Amari Celestine - 9.900
- Jocelyn Moore - 9.950
Vault: 49.300
- Kennedy Griffin - 9.800
- Kaia Tanskanen - 9.850
- Elise Tisler - 9.800
- Hannah Horton - 9.950
- Jocelyn Moore - 9.825
- Amari Celestine - 9.875
Uneven Bars: 49.300
- Kyra Burns - 9.825
- Hannah Horton - 9.750
- Jocelyn Moore - 9.825
- Olivia Kelly - 9.850
- Amari Celestine - 9.850
Balance Beam: 49.275
- Amy Wier - 8.925
- Amari Celestine - 9.825
- Railey Jackson - 9.850
- Addison Lawrence - 9.850
- Olivia Kelly - 9.825
- Helen Hu - 9.925
Up next - Welker and his squad will prepare for the fourth NCAA Championship Semifinal in program history. Mizzou will kick off the action at Dickies Arena in Forth Worth, Texas on Thursday, April 17.
