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THE SCHEDULE OVERALL 0-2 | SEC 0-1 | H: 0-1 | A: 0-1 | N: 0-0 vs No. 1 Oklahoma January 20, 2020 | 1:30 p.m. | Norman, Okla. | Lloyd Noble Center DATE OPP. LOC. FINAL 3 LiveStats: | Stream: Fox Sports Oklahoma Jan. 10 Florida* Gainesville, Fla. L, 197.350 - 194.400 › Jan. 17 Denver Fayetteville, Ark. L, 197.350 - 196.825 THE MATCHUP Jan. 20 Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 1:30 PM > As the reigning National Champions, the Sooners are opening their home slate at 5-0, most Jan. 24 Kentucky* Fayetteville, Ark. 6:00 PM recently outscoring Alabama in Tuscaloosa, 198.250 – 197.400. Their victory made the Sooners the Jan. 31 Missouri* Columbia, Mo. 6:00 PM first team of the season to surpass the 198 mark. Oklahoma scored higher than the tide in all four Feb. 7 Georgia* Fayetteville, Ark. 7:00 PM Feb. 14 Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6:00 PM events highlighted by a perfect ten on the vault by senior Maggie Nichols. Nichols finished the Feb. 21 Auburn* Fayetteville, Ark. 6:30 PM night with a 39.825 all-around, the highest in the nation. Feb. 28 LSU* Baton Rouge, La. 7:00 PM > The Razorbacks will be looking for their first win over Oklahoma since 2009, when Arkansas March 6 TWU/LSU/Centenary Denton, Texas 7:00 PM defeated the Sooners 196.900 – 195.625 in Norman. Arkansas is 1-15 all time against Oklahoma. March 13 Penn State Fayetteville, Ark. 7:00 PM March 21 SEC Championships Duluth, Ga. April 3 NCAA Regional Second Round Site TBD › PROBABLE LINEUPS April 4 NCAA Regional Final Site TBD VAULT Yamzon Gainfagna Hickey Rogers Shaffer Hambrick April 17 NCAA Semifinal Forth Worth, Texas April 18 NCAA Championships Forth Worth, Texas BARS Yamzon Gianfanga Garner Lovett Hambrick Laird BEAM Yamzon Gianfagna Lovett Hamrick Shaffer Carter FLOOR Yamzon Gainfagna Hickey Hambrick Lovett Carter MEET THEMES › NOTES January 17 vs Denver Pack The Barn > The Gymbacks are hitting the road after a 197.350 - 196.825 loss to No. 3 Denver in front of a January 24 vs Kentucky Crowns and Capes February 7 vs Georgia Glow Hogs record crowd in Barnhill Arena on Friday night. The Gymbacks had 14 of 24 scored routines hit for February 21 vs Auburn Women's Empowerment Night 9.800 or better and redshirt freshman Bailey Lovett and junior Sophia Carter shared the floor title March 13 vs Penn State Stripe The Barn - Senior Night after posted back-to-back 9.950s to close out competition. > Arkansas will host five teams at Barnhill Arena over the course of the 2020 season, beginning NUMBERS TO KNOW with Denver on Friday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. The Gymbacks will also square off with Kentucky (Jan. 24), After seeing just six of 24 Georgia (Feb. 7), Auburn (Feb. 21) and Penn State (March 13) as part of their home slate. qualifying scores hit 9.800 or > Arkansas gymnastics began the year ranked 19th by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Associ- 58% higher at Florida - the Gymbacks posted 14 of 24 scores of 9.800+ ation (WCGA). It marks the 14th consecutive year the Gymbacks have been ranked in the top 20 in against Denver on Friday. the debut rankings. Last season, Arkansas started the year at No. 12 and climbed as high as 10th in Arkansas has claimed one event the WCGA poll. title through two meets. Bailey > The Arkansas gymnastics team finished third at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Second Round Lovett and Sophia Carter tied One for the floor title on Friday with Semifinal I, falling to second place finisher Minnesota by 0.125. Senior Hailey Garner and Junior -So 9.950 in the event. It's the first phia Carter went one to compete individually on beam and floor respectively but did not advance for Lovett and tenth for Carter. past the SII session in Fort Worth. The Razorbacks saw eight > Friday’s meet at Florida opened the head coaching career of Arkansas’ Jordyn Wieber. A member of performances garner Top the U.S.’s gold medal team at the 2012 Olympics and 2011 World all-around champion, Wieber served as 100 Rankings after week Eight one. team manager at UCLA for three seasons and was the Bruins volunteer coach the last three seasons. The Bruins advanced to the NCAA team final each of the last four seasons, winning the 2018 NCAA Championship. She replaced Mark Cook, who led the Razorbacks from the program’s first season in FOLLOW THE SHOW Twitter | @RazorbackGym #RISE Instagram | @RazorbackGym #RISE BY THE NUMBERS (AVG) Facebook | Arkansas Razorback Gymnastics 48.763 48.988 48.650 49.213 195.613 TELEVISION INFO VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR RQS 49.392 49.508 49.425 49.433 197.758 MEET 3 at NO. 1 OKLAHOMA | JAN 20, 2020 1 2020 Razorbacks ALPHABETICAL ROSTER BY STATE NAME EVENTS CLASS Ht. HOMETOWN CLUB GYM Illinois Sophia Carter AA Junior 5-2 Blue Springs, Mo. Great American Gymnastics Madison Hickey Sycamore, Ill. Katarina Derrick AA Sophomore 5-5 Pearland, Texas Pearland Elite Gymnastics Amanda Elswick AA Sophomore 5-1 Austin, Texas Capital Gymnastics Indiana Hailey Garner UB, BB, FX Senior 5-1 Memphis, Tenn. Gymstars Gymnastics Kiara Gianfagna Brownsburg, Ind. Kiara Gianfagna AA Freshman 4-11 Brownsburg, Ind. Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center Kailey Gillings AA Junior 5-4 Beach City, Texas Stars Gymnastics Missouri Kennedy Hambrick AA Sophomore 5-3 Pearland, Texas Reflex Gymnastics Sophia Carter Blue Springs, Mo. Madison Hickey V, FX Freshman 5-0 Sycamore, Ill. Energym Gymnastics Claire Rogers Kansas City, Mo. Sydney Laird UB, BB Junior 5-2 Kings Mountain, N.C. First In Flight Gymnasitcs Bailey Lovett AA R-Freshman 5-2 Greensboro, N.C. Kristie Phillips Athletic Center Nevada Carissa Patton V, UB Freshman 5-3 Plano, Texas World Olympic Gymnastics Academy Jessica Yamzon Las Vegas, Nev. Savannah Pennese VT, FX Sophomore 5-3 Porter, Texas Rowland Ballard Gymnastics Claire Rogers AA Freshman 5-0 Kansas City, Mo. Fuzion Gymnastics North Carolina Sarah Shaffer AA R-Junior 5-9 Tyler, Texas Texas East Gymnastics Sydney Laird Kings Mountain, N.C. Jessica Yamzon AA Senior 5-0 Las Vegas, Nev. Gymcats Gymnastics Bailey Lovett Greensboro, N.C. COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF TITLE NAME EXPERIENCE ALMA MATER Tennessee Head Coach Jordyn Wieber First Season UCLA, ‘17 Hailey Garner Memphis, Tenn. Assistant Coach Chris Brooks First Season Oklahoma, ‘09 Assistant Coach Catelyn Orel First Season Nebraska, ‘19 Texas Director of Operations Julie Muhlendorf First Season Alabama, ‘11 Katarina Derrick Houston, Texas Kimberly Hinton Trainer Fourth Season Virginia Tech, ‘07 Amanda Elswick Austin, Texas Whitney Smith Strength & Conditioning Sixth Season Arkansas, ‘10 Kailey Gillings Beach City, Texas Kennedy Hambrick Pearland, Texas Carissa Patton Plano, Texas Savannah Pennese Porter, Texas Sarah Shaffer Tyler, Texas BY CLASS FRESHMEN (4) Kiara Gianfagna Freshman Madison Hickey Freshman SOPHIA CARTER KATARINA DERRICK AMANDA ELSWICK HAILEY GARNER KIARA GIANFAGNA Carissa Patton Freshman AA | JR | 5-2 AA | SO | 5-5 AA | SO | 5-1 UB-BB-FX | SR | 5-1 AA | FR | 4-11 Bailey Lovett RS-Freshman SOPHOMORES (4) Katarina Derrick Sophomore Amanda Elswick Sophomore Kennedy Hambrick Sophomore Savannah Pennese Sophomore JUNIORS (4) KAILEY GILLINGS KENNEDY HAMBRICK MADISON HICKEY SYDNEY LAIRD BAILEY LOVETT Sophia Carter Junior AA | JR | 5-4 AA | SO | 5-3 V-FX | FR | 5-0 UB-BB | JR | 5-2 AA | R-FR | 5-2 Kailey Gillings Junior Sydney Laird Junior Sarah Shaffer RS-Junior SENIORS (2) Hailey Garner Senior Jessica Yamzon Senior CARISSA PATTON SAVANNAH PENNESE CLAIRE ROGERS SARAH SHAFFER JESSICA YAMZON PRONUNCIATIONS V-UB | FR | 5-3 VT-FX | SO | 5-3 AA | FR | 5-0 AA | R-JR | 5-9 AA | SR | 5-0 Katarina Derrick CAT-A-REENA Amanda Elswick ELS-WICK Hailey Garner GAR-NUR Kiara Gianfagna KEY-R-UH JON-FON-YA Kailey Gillings JILL-INGS Bailey Lovett LOVE-EHT Savannah Pennese PEN-EASY Sarah Shaffer SHAY-FUR Jessica Yamzon YAM-ZAHN Jordyn Wieber WEE-BUR JORDYN WIEBER CHRIS BROOKS CATELYN OREL Catelyn Orel OR-ELL HEAD COACH ASST. COACH ASST. COACH 2 GYMNASTICS TOP 25 SEC STANDINGS (2020) Road To Nationals Weekly Poll TEAM RANK RECORD SEC WIN PCT. AVE. HIGH Bold denotes Arkansas and/or Opponents Florida No. 2 7-2 6-1 .778 197.350 197.350 RANK TEAM AVG LAST WK LSU No. 7 8-3 5-2 .727 196.225 196.725 1. Oklahoma 197.513 1 Alabama No. 9 11-3 4-3 .786 197.680 198.175 2. Florida 197.350 -- Kentucky No. 11 10-4 4-3 .714 197.195 197.525 3. Denver 196.725 3 4. Utah 196.713 4 Georiga No. 17 10-5 4-3 .667 196.900 197.250 5. UCLA 196.688 3 Missouri No. 19 7-7 3-4 .500 197.085 197.525 6. Minnesota 196.475 -- Auburn No. 20 8-11-1 2-5 .425 196.385 196.800 7. LSU 196.225 7 Arkansas No. 32 5-12 0-7 .294 196.310 197.000 8. Maryland 196.150 -- NOTEBOOK CONTINUED 9. Alabama 196.025 -- 2020 Signing Class all-around performer for the Cornhuskers. Along 10. Nebraska 195.988 -- Wieber’s inaugural signing class features an im- with her duties as a volunteer assistant coach, she 11. Kentucky 195.938 10 pressive quartet of gymnasts from four different will also serve as the team’s lead choreographer. 12. Iowa State 195.750 -- states who have all competed at the highest level 13. Illinois 195.688 6 in their states and at the national levels. The four 14.