Georgia Concludes Season at NCAA Semis

Friday, April 20

St. Louis, MO

1:00 PM

University of Georgia

NCAA

April 20, 2018 | Gymnastics

ST. LOUIS --- Four GymDogs earned NCAA All-America honors as the Georgia gymnastics team closed out its season with a fourth place finish in the first semifinal session of the NCAA National Championship at Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis on Friday.

UCLA (197.5625), LSU (197.4750) and Nebraska (197.0125) advanced to the Super Six, finishing first through third, respectively. Georgia (196.6875) finished fourth, followed by Alabama (196.6250) and Arkansas (196.4250). The other half of this year's Super Six will be determined in this evening's semifinal session, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU.

After finishing in the top four of their respective event, junior Sydney Snead (vault), freshman Marissa Oakley (bars), sophomore Rachel Dickson (bars), and Sabrina Vega (floor) claimed NCAA All-America honors.

"This was a win for this team," first-year head coach Courtney Kupets Carter said. "We did this with half a team (after having to compete five gymnasts on vault and bars). They should be very proud. They gave it everything they had and they've been pushing. I don't know if there has ever been another team who has had five athletes competing on several events throughout the season and making it as far as we did. They did a fantastic job and we are very proud of them."

Georgia started competition on floor, scoring a 49.0125. Sabrina Vega led the GymDogs in the rotation by claiming a 9.9 in the anchor position. Sydney Snead, who performed immediately before Vega, also displayed an impressive routine with a 9.850.

Snead stole the show in the second rotation, posting the best score of the first semifinal with a 9.9 on vault. Her score led the GymDogs to a team mark of 49.1250.

"Everyone stuck it in front of me and was going crazy," Snead said. "I knew I had to stick it too. The feeling of sticking it is the best feeling ever."

After a bye, Georgia competed on bars and received a 49.3125 as a team. A stuck landing by freshman Marissa Oakley was matched by sophomore Rachel Dickson as the pair led the GymDogs for the event with scores of 9.9125. Snead and freshman Emily Schild both contributed scores of 9.850.

The GymDogs finished competition on beam in the fifth rotation with a 49.2375 to take the lead with a total score of 196.6875, but ultimately waited their fate during the sixth rotation with LSU, UCLA, Nebraska, and Arkansas still competing. Snead led Georgia with a 9.8875, while Dickson and Vega both contributed scores of 9.875 on beam.

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FINAL RESULTS
UCLA- 197.5625 (VT-49.1875, UB- 49.3750, BB- 49.5375, FX- 49.4625)
LSU- 197.4750 (VT-49.3500, UB-49.5000, BB- 29.2250, FX- 49.4000)
Nebraska- 197.0125 (VT-49.2375, UB- 49.0625, BB- 49.3750, FX- 49.3375)
Georgia- 196.6875 (VT-49.1250, UB- 49.3125, BB- 49.2375, FX- 49.0125)
Alabama- 196.6250 (VT-49.1375, UB- 49.1625, BB- 49.0750, FX- 49.2500)
Arkansas- 196.4250 (VT-48.7500, UB- 49.2875, BB- 49.2625, FX- 49.1250)

VAULT- 49.1250
Marissa Oakley- 9.8125
Jasmine Arnold- 9.71250
Sabrina Vega- 9.8250
Rachel Dickson- 9.8625
Sydney Snead- 9.9000
Emily Schild- 9.5625

BARS- 49.3125
Emily Schild- 9.8500
Natalie Vaculik- 9.7875
Sydney Snead- 9.8500
Marissa Oakley- 9.9125
Rachel Dickson- 9.9125

BEAM- 49.2375
Sydney Snead- 9.8875
Rachel Dickson- 9.8750
Emily Schild- 9.8000
Marissa Oakley- 9.8000
Vivi Babalis- 9.2750
Sabrina Vega- 9.8750

FLOOR- 49.0125
Jasmine Arnold- 9.7250
Jordyn Pedersen- 9.650
Vivi Babalis- 9.7125
Rachel Dickson- 9.8250
Sydney Snead- 9.8500
Sabrina Vega- 9.900