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Meet Three 2019 SCHEDULE ALABAMA AT Georgia Opponent TV Time (CT)/Result JANUARY 4 QUAD MEET SECN+ 1st of 4 (194.750) / / (SEMO, NIU, Temple) JANUARY 18, 2019 6:30 P.M. CT ATHENS, GA. 11 QUAD MEET SECN+ 2nd of 4 (196.175 (Michigan, Denver, BGSU) STEGEMAN COLISEUM (10,224) 18 at Georgia SEC Network 6:30 p.m. 25 LSU 1 SEC Network 8 p.m. NETWORK: SEC NETWORK FEBRUARY (John Roethlisberger & Alicia Sacramone Quinn) 1 at Missouri SEC Network 7:30 p.m. 8 at Arkansas SECN+ 7 p.m. 15 FLORIDA 2 SEC Network 7:30 p.m. CRIMSON TIDE BULLDOGS 22 at Kentucky 3 SECN+ 6 p.m. Head Coach: Dana Duckworth Head Coach: Courtney Kupets Carter MARCH 1 AUBURN SEC Network 6:30 p.m. Record at UA (Years): 93-42-0 (5) Record at UGA (Years): 13-18-0 (2) 9 Auburn 4 7 p.m. Career Record (Years): Same Career Record (Years): Same 15 Oklahoma 6:45 p.m. 23 SEC Championships 2019 Preseason Ranking: 6 2019 Preseason Ranking: 7 Session I SEC Network 2 p.m. 2018 NCAA Championship Finish: 8 2018 NCAA Championship Finish: 7 Session II ESPN2 6 p.m. 2019 Regular-Season Record: 5-1-0 2019 Regular-Season Record: 1-1-0 APRIL 2019 SEC Record: 0-0-0 2019 SEC Record: 0-0-0 5-7 NCAA REGIONAL 5 TBA 19 NCAA Championships Semifi nals 2019 High Score: 196.175 2019 High Score: 196.600 Session I ESPNU 12 p.m. Seniors: 3 Seniors: 1 Session II ESPNU 6 p.m. 20 NCAA Team Final ESPNU 6 p.m. Juniors: 3 Juniors: 2 1 Alumni Meet/Taped Delay Broadcast - ESPN2 on 1.28.19/9 p.m. CT Sophomores: 5 Sophomores: 2 2 Power of Pink Meet Freshmen: 6 Freshmen: 9 3 Taped Delay Broadcast - ESPN2 on 2.24.19/5 p.m. CT 4 Elevate the Stage Meet in Birmingham, Ala. 5 NCAA Regionals are now 4 sessions spanning three days at 4 EVENT ORDER predetermined sites NCAA RANKINGS V UB BB FX TEAM Alabama 5 10 48 10 17 FRIDAY’S MEET Georgia 4 24 16 11 10 • Alabama opens its road and Southeastern Conference schedule Friday, Jan. 18 with TOP SCORES V UB BB FX TEAM archrival Georgia. Alabama 49.175 49.100 48.675 49.275 196.175 • Named one of the best rivalries in collegiate Georgia 49.300 49.200 49.075 49.200 196.600 athletics by ESPN, the two legendary programs have combined to win 16 NCAA Championships and 25 SEC titles • In her fi fth year as Alabama’s head coach, Dana Duckworth is in her 24th as an active member of the Crimson Tide program – a tenure that also Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook includes four years as an NCAA Champion and SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram @BamaGymnastics at BamaGymnastics All–America gymnast, nine as a volunteer coach and six as a full–time assistant coach. Follow ALABAMA GYMNASTICS on the social media for up-to-date news, • Georgia is led by Courtney Kupets Carter, who is exclusive content and more. | #RollTide | #FridaysAreForGymnastics in her second season as the Bulldogs’ head coach.

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THE 2019 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GYMNASTICS TEAM

5-2 • Senior 5-4 • Junior 5-3 • Junior 5-1 • Freshman 5-8 • Sophomore ABBY ARMBRECHT WYNTER CHILDERS MADDIE DESCH ASIA DEWALT KYLIE DICKSON

Mobile, Ala. Spearfi sh, S.D. Lenexa, Kansas Spring, Texas Spanish Fort, Ala.

5-1 • Freshman 5-3 • Senior 5-3 • Freshman 5-0 • Sophomore 5-1 • Senior EMILY GASKINS ANGELINA GIANCROCE JENSIE GIVENS LEXI GRABER ARIANA GUERRA

Coral Springs, Fla. Aiken, S.C. Newport Beach, Calif. Cape Coral, Fla. League City, Texas

5-3 • Freshman 5-3 • Sophomore 5-3 • Sophomore 5-3 • Sophomore 5-3 • Junior GRIFFIN JAMES BAILIE KEY TIA KIAKU ALONZA KLOPFER SHEA MAHONEY

Virginia Beach, Va. Montgomery, Texas Apex, N.C. Boonton, N.J. Algonquin, Ill.

DANA BILL RYAN

5-2 • Freshman 5-3 • Freshman DUCKWORTH LORENZ ROBERTS

SANIA MITCHELL SHALLON OLSEN Head Coach 5th Year Assistant Coach 5th Year Assistant Coach 1st Year

Tuscaloosa, Ala. Vancouver, British Columbia ALABAMA, 1993 MASSACHUSETTS, 1998 UMASS-AMHERST, 2003

AJA SIMS

Volunteer Coach 1st Year

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2019 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GYMNASTICS ROSTER

Name Year Exp. Ht. Hometown Club Team NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS (1) Abby Armbrecht Sr. 3L 5-2 Mobile, Ala. Planet Gymnastics Lexi Graber (2): 2018 — All-Around, Vault Wynter Childers Jr. 2L 5-4 Spearfi sh, S.D. Spearfi sh Gymnastics Academy Maddie Desch Jr. 2L 5-3 Lenexa, Kan. Great American Gymnastics Express SEC CHAMPIONS (1) Asia DeWalt Fr. HS 5-2 Spring, Texas AIM Athletics Ariana Guerra 2018 — Floor Exercise Kylie Dickson So. 1L 5-8 Spanish Fort, Ala. All Olympia Gymnastics Center Emily Gaskins Fr. HS 5-3 Coral Springs, Fla. Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy ALL-SEC (4) Angelina Giancroce Sr. 3L 5-3 Aiken, S.C. Hayden’s International Gymnastics Acad. Wynter Childers 2017 — Freshman Jensie Givens Fr. HS 5-3 Newport Beach, Calif. South Coast Gymnastics Maddie Desch 2017 — First Team, Lexi Graber So. 1L 5-1 Cape Coral, Fla. Coast Elite Gymnastics Academy Freshman Ariana Guerra Sr. 3L 5-1 League City, Texas Texas Dreams Academy Lexi Graber 2018 — Freshman Griffi n James Fr. HS 5-3 Virginia Beach, Va. Gymstrada Gymnastics Ariana Guerra 2018 — First Team Bailie Key So. 1L 5-3 Montgomery, Texas Texas Dreams Gymnastics Tia Kiaku So. TR 5-3 Apex, N.C. High Point Gymnastics Academy Alonza Klopfer So. 1L 5-3 Boonton, N.J. North Stars Gymnastics Academy SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICAN (10) Shea Mahoney Jr. 2L 5-3 Algonquin, Ill. Legacy Elite Gymnastics Abby Armbrecht, Wynter Childers, Maddie Sania Mitchell Fr. HS 5-2 Tuscaloosa, Ala. JamJev Gymnastics Desch, Kylie Dickson, Angelina Giancroce, Lexi Graber, Ariana Guerra, Bailie Key, Alonza Shallon Olsen Fr. HS 5-3 Vancouver, B.C. Omega Gymnastics Klopfer and Shea Mahoney

HEAD ASSISTANT ASSISTANT VOLUNTEER COACH COACH COACH COACH SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (10) Dana Duckworth Bill Lorenz Ryan Roberts Aja Sims Abby Armbrecht, Wynter Childers, Maddie 5th Year 5th Year 1st Year 1st Year Desch, Kylie Dickson, Angelina Giancroce, Lexi Graber, Ariana Guerra, Bailie Key, Alonza PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Klopfer and Shea Mahoney

Abby Armbrecht Arm-Breck Ariana Guerra Guh-erra Angelina Giancroce Gee-ehn-crow-ch Tia Kiaku Kee-ah-koo Lexi Graber Gray-ber Alonza Klopfer Klaw-fer GYMNASTICS SUPPORT STAFF

Director of Gymnastics Operations: Rita Martin Administrative Assistant: Robin Kelley Academic Advisor: Heather Anders Athletic Trainer: Monica Kirkpatrick Student Athletic Trainers: Faith Baxter, Autumn Dawkins and Makayla Zammett Strength and Conditioning Coach: Deanna Brown Student Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Eliza Harris and Laken Pineda Managers: Blaine Harris, Zan Jones, Trey Stamps and Neely Townes Performance Nutrition: Amy Bragg Digital Productions: Josh Cohen Marketing and Promotions Director: Meaghan Hall STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA (3) FLORIDA (2) NORTH TEXAS (3) Abby Armbrecht Emily Gaskins CAROLINA (1) Asia DeWalt Kylie Dickson Lexi Graber Tia Kiaku Ariana Guerra Sania Mitchell Bailie Key ILLINOIS (1) SOUTH BRITISH Shea Mahoney CAROLINA (1) VIRGINIA (1) COLUMBIA (1)* Angelina Giancroce Griffi n James Shallon Olsen KANSAS (1) Maddie Desch SOUTH DAKOTA (1) *Canada CALIFORNIA (1) Wynter Childers Jensie Givens NEW JERSEY (1) Alonza Klopfer CLASS BREAKDOWN SENIORS (3) JUNIORS (3) SOPHOMORES (5) FRESHMEN (6) Abby Armbrecht Wynter Childers Kylie Dickson Asia DeWalt Angelina Giancroce Maddie Desch Lexi Graber Emily Gaskins Ariana Guerra Shea Mahoney Bailie Key Jensie Givens Tia Kiaku Griffi n James Alonza Klopfer Sania Mitchell Shallon Olsen ALABAMA GYMNASTICS PAGE 3 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA / CRIMSON TIDE / GYMNASTICS

ALABAMA GYMNASTICS

OVERALL REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 481-139-5/45 years — 6 NCAA Team Championships – — 72 athletes have earned 355 All-America honors THE ALABAMA RECORD 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012 — 99 athletes have earned 260 Scholastic All- — 36 Consecutive NCAA Championship America honors (since 1991) Regular NCAA Appearances – 1983-2018 — 5 SEC Athletes of the Year Season SEC Regional NCAA — NCAA-best 23 NCAA Championship top-3 — 3 SEC Scholar Athletes of the Year fi nishes Year Record Finish Finish Finish — 67 individual SEC Championships 2019 5-1-0 - - - — NCAA-best 23 Super Six Team Finals — 104 All-SEC honors 2018 7-4-0 2nd 1st 8th — 9 SEC Team Championships – 1988, 1990, 1995, — 11 SEC Postgraduate Scholarships 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 2017 7-4-0 3rd 2nd 6th — 343 SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades 2016 8-5-0 2nd 1st 3rd — NCAA-best 32 Regional Team Championships — 6 SEC Gymnast of the Year honors -1983-85, 1987-96, 1998-2003, 2005-16, 2018 2015 8-3-0 1st 1st 4th — 3 SEC Freshman of the Year honors — 5 NCAA Today’s Top Ten honorees 2014 10-3-0 1st 1st 4th — 8 NCAA Region Gymnast of the Year honors 2013 7-2-1 2nd 1st 3rd — 1 Honda Cup (Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year) — 157 individual NCAA Regional Championships 2012 11-1-0 2nd 1st 1st — 8 Honda Awards (National Gymnast of the Year) — SEC single-meet attendance record (15,162 vs. 2011 11-1-0 1st 1st 1st Florida; 1/20/06) 2010 9-2-0 2nd 1st 3rd — 27 individual NCAA championships — SEC single-season attendance record (13,786 2009 8-5-0 1st 1st 2nd — 21 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships per meet; 2010) 2008 10-4-0 2nd 1st 6th — 7 NCAA Elite 90 honors 2007 8-2-0 3rd 1st 9th 2006 14-1-0 2nd 1st 3rd 2005 11-3-0 3rd 1st 2nd 2004 12-1-0 2nd 2nd 3rd DANA DUCKWORTH CAPSULE AS AN ATHLETE 2003 10-7-0 1st 1st 2nd Family: Husband – Joe Record at Alabama/Years: 48-7-0/4 2002 12-3-0 2nd 1st 1st Daughter – Camryn — 1 NCAA Team Championship – 1991 2001 15-2-1 2nd 1st 4th Son – Jace — 1 SEC Team Championship – 1990 2000 14-3-0 1st 1st 5th Hometown: Sterling Heights, Mich. — 4 NCAA Regional Team Championships 1999 8-3-0 2nd 1st 3rd Education: University of Alabama – 1990-93 1998 10-3-0 4th 1st 3rd Telecommunications & Film, 1993 1997 13-2-0 4th 2nd 9th Master’s of Business Administration, 1998 — 2 NCAA Balance Beam Championships – 1992, 1993 1996 12-1-0 2nd 1st 1st THE TIDE WITH DUCKWORTH — 8 All-America honors 1995 15-1-0 1st 1st 2nd — NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship 1994 7-3-1 2nd 1st 2nd As a Coach (4 as head coach, 6 as assistant coach and 9 — SEC Postgraduate Scholarship 1993 9-2-0 2nd 1st 2nd as volunteer coach) — NCAA Woman of the Year – State Honoree 1992 9-4-0 2nd 1st 3rd Regular Season Record at Alabama/Years: 179-54-1/20 1991 16-0-0 2nd 1st 1st — Second-team GTE/CoSIDA Academic — 3 NCAA Team Championships All-American 1990 14-1-0 1st 1st 2nd - 2002, 2011, 2012 — SEC Academic Honor Roll 1989 13-3-0 2nd 1st 3rd — 5 SEC Team Championships 1988 14-3-2 1st 1st 1st - 2003, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 — SEC Champion and All-SEC honoree 1987 12-5-0 3rd 1st 4th — Regional Champion — 16 NCAA Regional Team Championships 1986 18-2-0 3rd 2nd 3rd - 1998-99, 2002-03, 2005-16, 2018 1985 16-4-0 2nd 1st 4th — 15 individual NCAA Championships 1984 15-5-0 2nd 1st 6th — 204 All-America honors 1983 15-1-0 2nd 1st 4th — 206 Scholastic All-America honors 1982 17-2-0 2nd 2nd — — 251 SEC Academic Honor Roll honors 1981 14-1-0 4th — — — 45 individual SEC Championships 1980 16-4-0 — — — — 69 All-SEC honors 1979 7-7-0 — — — 1978 6-7-0 — — — 1977 1-7-0 — — — 1976 3-7-0 — — — 1975 4-4-0 — — —

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ALABAMA RECORDS TEAM RECORDS

TEAM TOTALS OF 197.250 OR BETTER (95) 197.400 SEC Championships 3.18.17 Jacksonville, Fla. 198.2500 Stanford 3.7.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3875 NCAA Semifinals 4.15.16 Forth Worth, Texas 198.0750 NCAA Regional 4.13.96 Baton Rouge, La. 197.3750 @Auburn 3.16.07 Auburn, Ala. 198.0250 NCAA Super Six 4.26.96 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3750 West Virginia 2.14.16 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 198.0000 NCAA Regional 4.7.01 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3500 @Missouri 3.6.15 Columbia, Mo. 197.9750 Auburn 3.1.03 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3500 Auburn 2.27.09 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.9500 SEC Championships 3.20.04 Gwinnett, Ga. 197.3500 LSU 2.2.01 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.9250 Auburn 3.14.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3500 NCAA Semifinals 4.19.13 Los Angeles, Calif. 197.9250 Florida 1.30.04 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3500 NCAA Super Six 4.20.13 Los Angeles, Calif. 197.9000 NCAA Regional 4.6.02 Morgantown, W.Va. 197.3500 Auburn 2.17.17 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.8750 SEC Championships 3.22.14 Birmingham, Ala. 197.3250 Arkansas 2.27.04 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.8500 NCAA Super Six 4.21.12 Duluth, Ga. 197.3250 Auburn 2.6.15 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.8250 Florida 2.3.17 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3250 LSU 2.21.97 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.8250 LSU 3.6.99 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3250 SEC Championships 3.29.08 Duluth, Ga. 197.8000 @UMass 2.21.99 Amherst, Mass. 197.3000 @PSU Quad 2.20.16 State College, Pa. 197.8000 Boise State 2.13.15 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3000 NCAA Regional 4.1.00 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.8000 SEC Championships 3.23.13 Little Rock, Ark. 197.3000 NCAA Regional 4.12.08 Norman, Okla. 197.7500 SEC Championships 3.19.16 Little Rock, Ark. 197.3000 Penn State 3.14.08 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.7250 @LSU 3.8.13 Baton Rouge, La. 197.3000 SEC Championships 3.21.09 Nashville, Tenn. 197.7250 @Michigan 3.12.04 Ann Arbor, Mich. 197.3000 @Auburn 3.22.03 Auburn, Ala. 197.7250 Florida 2.3.12 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.3000 @Auburn 2.23.18 Auburn, Ala. 197.7000 @Georgia 3.5.17 Athens, Ga. 197.3000 Auburn 3.9.18 Huntsville, Ala. 197.6750 @Georgia 2.20.15 Athens , Ga. 197.2750 Kentucky 2.18.11 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.6750 Florida 2.28.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.2750 NCAA Regional 4.2.11 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.6750 @Georgia 2.25.11 Athens , Ga. 197.2750 NCAA Super Six 4.18.15 Forth Worth, Texas 197.6750 NCAA Semifinals 4.20.12 Duluth , Ga. 197.2750 @Oklahoma 3.5.00 Norman, Okla. 197.6750 NCAA Super Six 4.16.11 Cleveland, Ohio 197.2500 @Auburn 2.12.16 Auburn, Ala. 197.6500 Arkansas 2.17.12 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.2500 @Georgia 3.15.03 Athens, Ga. 197.6500 Auburn 2.15.13 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.2500 LSU 3.2.07 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.6500 NCAA Semifinals 4.18.14 Birmingham, Ala. 197.2500 Auburn 2.10.02 Birmingham, Ala. 197.6500 UCLA 3.16.02 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.2500 Arizona 2.19.00 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.6250 North Carolina 3.16.12 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.6000 @LSU 1.23.04 Baton Rouge, La. VAULT 197.600 NCAA Semifinal 4.14.17 St. Louis, Mo. 49.775 NCAA Super Six 4.26.96 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.5750 NCAA Regional 4.4.15 Auburn, Ala. 49.750 SEC Championships 3.35.95 Gainesville, Fla. 197.5750 NCAA Super Six 4.17.09 Lincoln, Neb. 49.675 Georgia 2.20.04 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.5750 NCAA Super Six 4.19.02 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.650 @Kentucky 2.26.10 Lexington, Ky. 197.5750 SEC Championship 3.29.03 Birmingham, Ala. 49.625 Auburn 3.1.03 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.5750 NCAA Super Six 4.25.03 Nebraska, Neb. 49.625 SEC Championships 3.20.04 Gwinnett, Ga. 197.5750 Michigan 3.19.00 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.625 NCAA Super Six 4.22.05 Auburn, Ala. 197.5500 Georgia 2.20.04 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.625 NCAA Super Six 4.21.12 Gwinnett, Ga. 197.5500 Georgia 2.26.16 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.625 Stanford 3.7.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.5500 Georgia 3.1.96 Tuscaloosa, Ala. UNEVEN BARS 197.5500 NCAA Regionals 4.5.14 Seattle, Wa. 49.650 SEC Championship 3.22.14 Birmingham, Ala. 197.5500 NCAA Super Six 4.19.14 Birmingham, Ala. 49.625 NCAA Regional 4.7.01 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.5250 @Florida 1.29.16 Gainesville, Fla. 49.600 @Penn State 2.19.99 State College, Pa. 197.5250 @PSU Quad 3.17.01 State College, Pa. 49.600 @PSU Quad 2.20.16 State College, Pa. 197.5250 Oklahoma 3.15.13 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.575 NCAA Regional 4.6.02 Morgantown, W.Va. 197.5250 SEC Championships 3.21.15 Duluth , Ga. 197.5250 North Carolina 3.2.18 Tuscaloosa, Ala. BALANCE BEAM 197.5000 @Auburn 2.14.14 Auburn, Ala. 49.725* NCAA Regional 4.6.02 Morgantown, W.Va. 197.5000 Georgia 2.16.01 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.650 Auburn 3.14.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.5000 Georgia 2.7.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.625 @UMass 1.21.99 Amherst, Mass. 197.5000 Oklahoma 3.13.15 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.600 NCAA Semifinals 4.20.12 Gwinnett, Ga. 197.4750 Auburn 1.26.07 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.600 Missouri 1.20.17 Columbia, Mo. 197.4500 Arkansas 1.22.00 Tuscaloosa, Ala. FLOOR EXERCISE 197.4375 NCAA Super Six 4.16.16 Fort Worth, Texas 49.700 Georgia 2.16.01 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.4250 @Kentucky 3.8.02 Lexington, Ky. 49.675 SEC Championships 3.20.04 Gwinnett, Ga. 197.4250 SEC Championship 3.23.01 Birmingham, Ala. 49.675 Stanford 3.7.14 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.4250 Florida 2.12.00 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.675 NCAA Super Six 4.19.14 Birmingham, Ala. 197.4000 Florida 1.23.15 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.650 Auburn 3.21.08 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.4000 LSU 2.14.03 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 49.650 Iowa State 3.10.17 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 197.4000 NCAA Regional 4.6.13 Tuscaloosa, Ala. * NCAA Record 197.4000 NCAA Super Six 4.22.05 Auburn, Ala. 197.4000 NCAA Regional 4.10.00 Lexington, Ky. In 2016, the NCAA Championships went to a six judge panel, changing scoring from three decimal places to four. ALABAMA GYMNASTICS PAGE 5 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA / CRIMSON TIDE / GYMNASTICS

FRIDAY NIGHT HEIGHTS • Dana (Dobransky) Duckworth, in her fi fth and third in the month of January, taking • Alabama travels to Athens, Ga., for its year as the Crimson Tide’s head coach, on LSU at 8 p.m. CT. The match-up will third meet of the season and fi rst road competed for Alabama from 1990- be broadcast live on the SEC Network. contest, taking on the Georgia Bulldogs. 93. Courtney (Kupets) Carter, is in her It will also be Gymnastics Alumni Night • The meet will also be the Southeastern second season as the head coach of her in the coliseum and Alabama will be Conference opener for both Alabama alma mater (2006–09). honoring the 2009 SEC Championship and Georgia. • Both women were All–Americans and team, celebrating its 10th anniversary • Friday is Alabama’s fi rst dual meet of the CoSIDA Academic All–Americans and this season. season after opening with a pair of quad won NCAA individual and team titles at meets. their respective schools. OPENERS • Alabama comes into Friday’s meet • Both, coincidently also worked in • Alabama opened the 2019 season by sporting a 5-1-0 record after hosting a television following graduation, with winning its home quad meet against pair of quad meets, while the Bulldogs Duckworth working for NBC during Northern Illinois, Temple and Southeast are 1-1-0 after opening the season with the 1996 Olympic Games and Kupets Missouri State. a home win over Ohio State before working as an analyst for the SEC • With the win, the Crimson Tide is now falling on the road to Oklahoma Network. 62-11-1 since 1979 in season openers and 52-2-1 in home openers over that ALABAMA-GEORGIA LAST TIME OUT same span. • Alabama is 11-1-0 against Georgia • The Alabama gymnastics team posted • The Tide opened the 2019 season at under head coach Dana Duckworth. That a 196.175 in its second quad meet of home for the fi rst time since 2015 tally includes a 4-0-0 mark during the the season in front of 10,361 fans in and just the second time during Dana regular season, a 4-0-0 mark at the SEC Coleman Coliseum Friday night, fi nishing Duckworth’s tenure as head coach. Championships, a 1-0 mark at the NCAA a tenth of a point behind Denver and a • Alabama head coach Dana Duckworth is Regional Championships and a 2-1 mark tenth and a half ahead of Michigan. 6-1-0 in home openers. at the NCAA Championships. Bowling Green State rounded out the • It was the Tide’s fi rst non-dual meet • Alabama and Georgia last met during meet with a 189.675. season opener for Alabama since the regular season on Jan. 12, 2018 in • The Tide’s second home quad meet of January 6, 2006, when the Tide won the Tuscaloosa, Ala., with the Tide coming 2019 also marked the fi rst time that last of the Super Six Challenges, which out on top, 196.525-194.525. The 2018 Alabama has opened a season with featured three SEC teams and three at- regular-season meeting was also the back-to-back home meets since the large teams, in Baton Rouge, La. SEC opener for the Tide. 2004 season • Alabama last faced the Bulldogs in • Sophomore Lexi Graber and freshman CLASSROOM CHAMPIONS Athens on March 5, 2017, with the Tide Shallon Olsen shared top honors on the • The Crimson Tide gymnastics team once getting the win, 197.700-197.325. fl oor exercise, while Graber tallied a again fi nds itself coming off a strong fall • Among the six current Alabama season-best 39.300 in the all-around. semester academically. gymnasts who were on the roster the • Alabama closed the meet strong with • As a team, Alabama carries a 3.75 last time the Tide competed in Athens, 49.275 on the fl oor exercise, paced by a cumulative grade point average into fi ve contributed at least routine. 9.875 from senior Abby Armbrecht and a the spring semester with a total of 16 • The two teams met four times last pair of 9.9s from Graber and Olsen. gymnasts earning better than a 3.0 season, the most over the last four • The Crimson Tide started the night with grade point average, 11 coming away years, with the Tide going 3-1 against a 49.175 on the vault, led by 9.875s with a 3.5-or-better GPA, eight scoring UGA. from Olsen and Graber. Freshman Emily better than 3.7 and three posting a 4.0 • Over the last four years, the largest Gaskins and senior Ariana Guerra for the semester. margin of victory between the two scored matching 9.85s on the uneven • Junior Maddie Desch and freshman teams was two points in Alabama’s bar, pushing the Tide to a 49.050 team Shallon Olsen both received President’s dual meet win on Jan. 12, 2018, while score. List (4.0 GPA) honors in the fall. Senior the smallest margin came in last year’s • Armbrecht came up after a fall, and Abby Armbrecht earned a 4.0 of her NCAA Championships Semifi nals, when proceeded to lead the way on the own while pursuing a master’s degree UGA fi nished .0625 ahead of the Tide. balance beam, where the Tide made the in digital and social media marketing. most improvement from a week ago, Graduate school does not offer THE HEAD COACHES tallying a 48.675. President’s List honors. • Alabama and Georgia are led by head • Freshman Emily Gaskins, senior coaches that have similar backgrounds. UP NEXT Angelina Giancroce, sophomore Lexi • Both have fi rst-hand knowledge of the • Following its fi rst road meet of the Graber, freshman Jensie Givens, rivalry as alumnae of the program they season in Athens, Ga., on Jan. 18, senior Ariana Guerra, freshman Griffi n lead. Alabama returns to Tuscaloosa on Jan. James, sophomore Bailie Key and 25 for its third home meet of the season junior Shea Mahoney all earned Dean’s

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List (3.5-or-better GPA) accolades in • Alabama has also won nine SEC titles, the Tigers on March 9 at 7 p.m. CT in the fall. In addition to perfect GPAs by including four of the past 10 Legacy Arena. Armbrecht, Desch and Olsen, Gaskins, • The fi rst session of the SEC Giancroce, Graber, Givens, James, Key TOP-FIVE FRESHMAN CLASS Championships (March 23/New Orleans) and Mahoney all tallied fall GPAs better • There Crimson Tide’s 2019 freshmen will get underway at 3 p.m. CT on the than 3.80. rank fi fth nationally according to SEC Network, while the second session CollegeGymFans.com. starts at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. 2019 PRESEASON COACHES POLL • The Crimson Tide’s current freshman • The Alabama gymnastics team is ranked class is six strong and includes NEW POSTSEASON LOOK sixth in the preseason coaches’ poll. 2016 Olympian and 2018 World • The postseason will have a new look • Alabama will face six members of Championships silver medalist on vault in 2019. For the fi rst time since 1999, the preseason top 10, including No. 3 Shallon Olsen, as well as Asia DeWalt, there have been signifi cant changes to Florida, No. 4 LSU and No. 9 Michigan Emily Gaskins, Jensie Givens, Griffi n the way teams advance to the NCAA at home in Coleman Coliseum and No. James and Sania Mitchell. Championships. 2 Oklahoma, No. 7 Georgia and No. 10 • The number of teams that advance Kentucky on the road. TV (& STREAMING) GUIDE to regionals, 36, remains the same, • Overall, the Crimson Tide will face 10 • The Crimson Tide’s 2019 schedule but starting this season, the regional teams in the top 20, including No. 12 includes 11 regular-season meets with competition goes from six regional sites Arkansas, No. 13 Denver, No. 14 Auburn 10 that will be streamed live and six that featuring a single six-team session, and No. 19 Missouri, giving Alabama will be broadcast on the ESPN family of with the top-two teams advancing to one of the nation’s toughest schedules networks. the NCAA Championships, to a four- again this season. • Alabama gymnastics will once again regional, three-day affair that includes signal the start of the weekend this four sessions. THE 2019 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE season, with 10 of its 11 regular-season • The fi rst day includes the two lowest- • There are 17 gymnasts on the 2019 meets coming on Friday night, including seeded teams in a dual meet format roster – three seniors, three juniors, fi ve all fi ve home contests. competing for the fi nal spot in the next sophomores and six freshmen • Alabama’s SEC home opener against day’s semifi nal round. • Alabama returns 17 of its 24 routines LSU on Jan. 25 will start at 8 p.m. CT • On day two, there are two four-team from its 2018 NCAA Championships and will air on the SEC Network and will sessions, with the top-two teams from lineup re-air on ESPN2 on Jan. 28 at 9 p.m. CT. each advancing to the regional fi nals. • There is one individual SEC champion on The Tide’s home contests against Florida • On the fi nal day of regional competition, this year’s team – Ariana Guerra – and (Feb. 15) and Auburn (March 1) will both the top-two squads from the four- one NCAA Regional champion – Lexi be broadcast on the SEC Network and team fi nal advance to the NCAA Graber are slated to get underway at 7:30 p.m. Championships Semifi nals, which will • Dana Duckworth, in her fi fth season as CT and 6:30 p.m., respectively. be held in Fort Worth, Texas, this year. the Tide’s head coach, is in her 24th • Alabama opens its SEC schedule at • The regional round is not the only one to season with the Tide, including four Georgia on Jan. 18. The meet starts at see a major overhaul. For the fi rst time years as a gymnast, nine as a volunteer 6:30 p.m. CT and will air on the SEC since 1987, there will not be six-team coach and six as an assistant coach Network. sessions at the national championships • Bill Lorenz is in his fi fth season as an • The Tide’s road schedule also includes and for the fi rst time since 1992, there assistant coach at Alabama back-to-back SEC meets at Missouri will be no Super Six Team Final. • Ryan Roberts is in his fi rst season as an (Feb. 1/7:30 p.m. CT) on the SEC • The NCAA Championships will now assistant coach at Alabama Network, and at Arkansas (Feb. 8/7 p.m. include two four-team semifi nal sessions • The Crimson Tide is coming off its 36th- CT) streamed live on the SEC Network+. followed by four teams on the fl oor the consecutive NCAA Championships • The Tide also faces Kentucky (Feb. 15/6 fi nal night of the season competing for appearance, making it one of only p.m. CT) in Lexington and Oklahoma the national title. two schools in the nation with an (March 15/6:45 p.m. CT) in Norman active streak of more than 19 national during the regular season. The meet POSTSEASON SITES championship appearances in a row against the Wildcats will be streamed • The SEC Championships will be held in • Alabama is one of just six teams to win live on the SEC Network+ and broadcast New Orleans, La. (March 23), while the an NCAA championship, taking home on ESPN2 on a delayed basis Feb. 24 at NCAA Championships will be held in Fort the crown in 2012, 2011, 2002, 1996, 5 p.m. CT. Worth, Texas (April 19-20). This year’s 1991 and 1988 • In between the Kentucky and Oklahoma NCAA Regional Championships will be • The Crimson Tide has won an NCAA-best meets, the Tide will face Auburn in held over three days of competition at 32 regional championships, including back-to-back weeks, at home on March one of four sites – Baton Rouge, La., Ann the 2018 Tuscaloosa Regional title 1 before traveling to Birmingham for the Arbor, Mich., Athens, Ga. and Corvallis, annual Elevate the Stage meet against Ore. – April 4-6.

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THE TIDE ADDS FOUR FOR 2020 • Four gymnasts - Emily DeSantis, Makarri Doggette, Mary Orosco and Kam Ryan - are set to join the Tide for the 2019-20 school year. • A six-time state champion, Emma DeSantis is coached by Cynthia Dedeaux and Alysha Talley at the Brook-lin Center. A fi ve-time Region 8 qualifi er, she has posted nine top- 15 fi nishes at the Region 8 Championships. A Magna Cum Laude, 2019 Mississippi Scholars and Mississippi Honors Graduate at South Jones High School, she is the daughter of Mandy and Robert DeSantis. • A four-time member of the USA Junior Olympic National Team, Makarri Doggette is a nine-time USA Junior Olympic National Champion, including two all-around titles, Doggette is coached by Kittia Carpenter, Li Li and Gabe Milam at Buckeye Gymnastics. She won the national J.O. titles in the all- around and all four individual events in 2018, while also winning the all-around, vault and fl oor exercise in 2017. Doggette is just the second gymnast in history to win all four individual events and the all-around at the J.O. national championships in the same year. The Pickerington, Ohio, native is a member of the National Honor Society. A senior at Pickerington Central High School, she carries a 3.8 cumulative grade point average. She is the daughter of Rebeckah and Cecil Doggette. • The 2018 Alamo Classic uneven bars champion, Mary Orosco is coached by April Pyle, Chris Brashier and Beatrice Mihaila- Crivineanu at Empire Gymnastics. A native of Arlington, Texas, she is a three-year regional qualifi er. An honor-roll student at Martin High School, she is the daughter of Mary and Eric Orosco. • A two-time Louisiana state champion, Kam Ryan is the 2018 Louisiana Junior Olympic State all-around and vault champion, She is coached by Hillary Hebert, Toby Barentine and Randy Scott at Elmwood Gymnastics Academy. A member of the USA Level 9 National team, she was also fi rst alternate for the USA Junior Olympic National Team. The Luling, La., native is a member of the National Honor Society and has served as class president and student council president as a junior and senior. The Hahnville High School Student of the Year as a senior, she was earned the Tulane Book Award and was selected to Louisiana Girls State. She is the daughter of Brandy and Mike Ryan.

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THE 2019 SEASON

TEAM RESULTS TEAM SCORES Date UA Rank UA Score Opp. (Rank) Opp. Score Att. Site Overall SEC Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals Jan. 4 No. 6 194.750 8,449 Tuscaloosa, Ala. Quad Meet 1 49.075 49.100 47.700 48.875 194.750 Northern Illinois 193.325 1-0-0 0-0-0 Quad Meet 2 49.175 49.050 48.675 49.275 196.175 Temple 191.925 2-0-0 0-0-0 High Scores 49.175 49.100 48.675 49.275 196.175 SE Missouri St. 187.800 3-0-0 0-0-0 SEASON HIGH SCORES Jan. 11 No. 18 196.175 Denver 196.275 10,361 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3-1-0 0-0-0 Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Michigan (6) 196.025 4-1-0 0-0-0 Armbrecht 9.850 – 9.825 9.875 – Bowling Green St. 189.675 5-1-0 0-0-0 Childers – 9.800 9.300 9.800 – Desch – – 9.700 9.800 – Dickson – 9.800 – – – Gaskins 9.800 9.875 9.250 – – Giancroce – 9.450 – 9.725 – Givens – – 8.925 – – Graber 9.875 9.775 9.775 9.900 39.300 Guerra 9.800 9.850 – 9.800 – Klopfer – – 9.700 – – Mahoney 9.825 9.800 – 9.750 – Olsen 9.875 – 9.675 9.900 –

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Abby Armbrecht V UB BB FX AA A. Giancroce V UB BB FX AA Shea Mahoney V UB BB FX AA Quad Meet 1 9.850 — 9.725 9.750 — Quad Meet 1 — 9.450 — 9.725 — Quad Meet 1 9.800 9.800 — 9.750 — Quad Meet 2 9.775 — 9.825 9.875 — Quad Meet 2 — — — 8.975e — Quad Meet 2 9.825 9.800 — 9.300 — Career Best 9.875 9.725 9.875 9.950 39.075 Career Best — 9.875 — 9.875 — Career Best 9.875 9.975 — 9.825 —

Wynter Childers V UB BB FX AA Jensie Givens V UB BB FX AA Sania Mitchell V UB BB FX AA Quad Meet 1 — 9.800 9.300 — — Quad Meet 1 — 9.650e 8.925 — — Quad Meet 1 9.725e — — — — Quad Meet 2 — 9.725 — 9.800 — Quad Meet 2 — 9.825e 9.575e — — Quad Meet 2 9.625e — — — — Career Best 9.900 9.875 9.925 9.875 39.425 Career Best — — 8.925 — — Career Best — — — — —

Maddie Desch V UB BB FX AA Lexi Graber V UB BB FX AA Shallon Olsen V UB BB FX AA Quad Meet 1 — — 9.250 9.750 — Quad Meet 1 9.775 9.775 9.750 9.825 39.125 Quad Meet 1 9.875 — 9.500e 9.875e — Quad Meet 2 — — 9.700 9.800 — Quad Meet 2 9.875 9.750 9.775 9.900 39.300 Quad Meet 2 9.875 — 9.675 9.900 — Career Best 9.950 — 9.900 9.950 — Career Best 9.950 9.925 9.900 9.900 39.575 Career Best 9.875 — 9.675 9.900 —

Kylie Dickson V UB BB FX AA Ariana Guerra V UB BB FX AA Quad Meet 2 — 9.800 — — — Quad Meet 1 9.775 9.850 — 9.800 — Career Best 9.775 9.900 — — — Quad Meet 2 9.800 9.850 — — — Career Best 9.875 9.900 — 9.925 — Emily Gaskins V UB BB FX AA Quad Meet 1 9.750 9.875 9.675 — — Quad Meet 2 9.800 9.875 9.250 — — Career Best 9.750 9.875 9.675 — —

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ALABAMA QUAD MEET 1| TUSCALOOSA, ALA. | 01.04.19 ALABAMA QUAD MEET 2| TUSCALOOSA, ALA. | 01.11.19 No. 6 Alabama ______194.750 UA Record – 3–0–0; 0–0–0 SEC No. 6 Alabama ______196.175 UA Record – 5–1–0; 0–0–0 SEC ______Attendance – 8,449 ______Attendance – 10,361

Alabama’s Top Finishers _____ UA Routines By Class Alabama’s Top Finishers ______UA Routines By Class All–Around ______Graber (1st – 39.125) Gymnasts in the competitive lineup ____10 All–Around ______Graber (4th– 39.300) Gymnasts in the competitive lineup _10 Vault______Olsen (1st – 9.875) Seniors ______3 gymnasts; 8 routines Vault______Graber & Olsen (4th – 9.875) Seniors ______2 gymnasts; 5 routines Uneven Bars ______Gaskins (1st – 9.875) Juniors ______3 gymnasts; 7 routines Uneven Bars _ Gaskins & Guerra (3rd – 9.850) Juniors ______3 gymnasts; 7 routines Balance Beam ______Graber (1st – 9.750) Sophomores ____ 1 gymnasts; 4 routines Balance Beam _____ Armbrecht (4th – 9.825) Sophomores __ 3 gymnasts; 6 routines Floor Exercise ______Graber (1st – 9.825) Freshman ______3 gymnasts; 5 routines Floor Exercise __ Graber & Olsen (1st – 9.900) Freshman ____ 2 gymnasts; 6 routines

• Alabama opened its season Friday, Jan. 4 in a quad meet against • Alabama scored a 196.175 and fi nished second to Denver in its Northern Illinois, Temple and Southeast Missouri State, taking second meet of the season, which was also its second quad meet the win with a 194.750 in a row • Freshman Shallon Olsen made her Crimson Tide debut on the • The Crimson Tide beat Michigan for the second me in a row vault, earning the win with a 9.875 after bettering the Wolverines in last springs NCAA Regional • Freshman Emily Gaskins won the uneven bars with a 9.875 Championships in Tuscaloosa • The freshman duo of Shallon Olsen and Emily Gaskins posted • The Tide’s second home quad meet of 2019 also marked the fi rst the highest scores of the meet on the vault and uneven bars, time that Alabama has opened a season with back-to-back home respectively, with matching 9.875s meets since the 2004 season • Freshman Jensie Givens made her Crimson Tide debut in • Freshman Shallon Olsen and sophomore Lexi Graber shared top Alabama’s competitive lineup on the balance beam honors on the fl oor exercise with matching scores of 9.900 • Sophomore Lexi Graber won the all-around (39.125), balance • Olsen’s fl oor exercise routine was her fi rst in the Tide’s competitive beam (9.750) and fl oor exercise (9.825) lineup, after going exhibition on the fl oor in the Tide’s fi rst meet of the season • Graber matched her career-best fl oor exercise score with a 9.9 • Sophomores Kylie Dickson and Alonza Klopfer made their 2019 debut in Alabama’s competitive in the uneven bars and balance beam lineups, respectively

No. 6 Alabama Quad Meet | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | 01.04.19 No. 18 Alabama Quad Meet | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | 01.11.19 VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR Totals VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR Totals Alabama 49.075 49.100 47.700 48.875 194.750 Denver 49.025 49.275 49.000 48.975 196.275 Northern Illinois 48.500 48.450 48.100 49.275 193.325 Alabama 49.100 49.050 48.675 49.275 196.175 Temple 48.075 48.525 47.050 48.257 191.925 Michigan 49.350 48.975 49.025 48.675 196.025 SE Missouri St. 47.750 46.775 46.500 46.775 187.800 Bowling Green St. 48.625 46.200 47.200 47.650 189.675

Alabama ______Alabama ______

Vault ______49.075 Balance Beam ______47.700 Vault ______49.175 Balance Beam ______48.675 Emily Gaskins ______9.750 Emily Gaskins ______9.675 Emily Gaskins ______9.800 Alonza Klopfer ______9.700 Abby Armbrecht ______9.850 Wynter Childers ______9.300 Abby Armbrecht ______9.775 Maddie Desch ______9.700 Shea Mahoney ______9.800 Jensie Givens ______8.925 Shea Mahoney ______9.825 Emily Gaskins ______9.250 Shallon Olsen ______9.875 Maddie Desch ______9.250 Ariana Guerra ______9.800 Abby Armbrecht ______9.825 Ariana Guerra ______9.775 Abby Armbrecht ______9.725 Shallon Olsen ______9.875 Lexi Graber ______9.775 Lexi Graber ______9.775 Lexi Graber ______9.750 Lexi Graber ______9.875 Shallon Olsen ______9.675 Running Total ______49.075 Running Total ______145.875 Running Total ______49.175 Running Total ______146.900 Uneven Bars ______49.100 Floor Exercise ______48.875 Uneven Bars ______49.050 Floor Exercise ______49.275 Wynter Childers ______9.800 Maddie Desch ______9.750 Wynter Childers ______9.725 Wynter Childers ______9.800 Angelina Giancroce ______9.450 Angelina Giancroce ______9.725 Emily Gaskins ______9.850 Maddie Desch ______9.800 Emily Gaskins ______9.875 Shea Mahoney ______9.750 Kylie Dickson ______9.800 Shea Mahoney ______9.300 Lexi Graber ______9.775 Abby Armbrecht ______9.750 Lexi Graber ______9.750 Abby Armbrecht ______9.875 Ariana Guerra ______9.850 Lexi Graber ______9.825 Ariana Guerra ______9.850 Lexi Graber ______9.900 Shea Mahoney ______9.800 Ariana Guerra ______9.800 Shea Mahoney ______9.800 Shallon Olsen ______9.900 Running Total ______98.175 TOTAL ______194.750 Running Total ______98.225 TOTAL ______196.175

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