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CEDAR CITY, Utah — Southern Utah Gymnastics is back at the America First Event Center. Though the Flippin’ Birds have already taken the floor once this season, they will do so at the AFEC for the first time this season. Students are also back in town and will have a great opportunity to see a nationally recognized program take center stage after a long first day of classes.
Last Time Out
The Thunderbirds traveled to Las Vegas for the Super 16 meeting. SUU finished in first place at this meet with a score of 195.800. They started with bars and that would be the Flippin’ Bird’s best event of the night scoring 49.050. The Beam would show to be the weak spot of an impressive showcase with SUU coming in at 48.850. A score of 49.950 would come from the Floor and Vault events. As for the New Hampshire Wildcats, this will be their first meet of the season.
Individual Highlights
The highest individual score of the night came in a 9.900 effort from freshman Trista Goodman on Bars. This was her first collegiate appearance. Karley McClain, a graduate student, took second in the All-Around competition. Hailey Vultaggio had the second-highest individual score of the night with a 9.875 on the Floor. Three Flippin’s Birds scored 9.850 with Aubri Schwartze and McClain doing so on the floor and Kayla Pardue on the vault.
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