No. 11 GymDogs Travel to No. 12 Auburn

No. 11 Georgia (3-3) vs. No. 12 Auburn (8-2)
Date: Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Start time: 8:00 p.m., ET
Location: Auburn, Ala.
Arena: Neville Arena

Media Information
Streaming: SECN+
Live stats: GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter/X: @UGAGymnastics

ALL-TIME RECORD: Georgia holds an 84-16 record against Auburn.
LAST MEETING: The GymDogs last competed against the Tigers in March at the 2024 SEC Championship in New Orleans, La. where they fell 196.975 – 196.075.

The Georgia GymDogs will travel to Auburn, Ala. to take on the Tigers at 8:00 p.m., ET in Neville Arena this Friday, Feb. 7.

THE BEAM QUEEN IS BACK
Junior Kara Eaker returned to the beam in Athens to represent the Bulldogs for the first time, helping Georgia to their season-high of 196.975 overall.
Eaker, of Kansas City, Mo., won the beam crown with a 9.925 routine, the highest score on any event of the meet. This was Eaker's first time competing since 2023 after stepping away from the sport to be an advocate for mental health in athletics.
The beam specialist's routine helped secure a new season high of 49.425 for the team in the event. The GymDogs also captured their first team win against Alabama since the 2021 season with the contribution of Eaker's beam performance.

NEW HEIGHTS
Freshman Brooke Gleichowski returned to her hometown of Gainesville, Fla. to represent the Bulldogs and came back to Athens with a crown. Gleichowski's 9.950 routine became the highest score from any individual on any event for Georgia's team this season.
The beam specialist set a career high in Florida. Her routine as the Bulldogs' anchor secured a new season record for the team in the event, a 49.350, to lift Georgia up 14 spots to No.19 in the national beam ranking.

SCOTT CONTINUES THE MOONWALK
Sophomore JaFree Scott's beam routine features assumed the Georgia moonwalk tradition. She is the eighth GymDog to perform the moonwalk on the balance beam, following Nikki Childs, Cassidy McComb, Lindsey Cheek, Mary Beth Box, Morgan Reynolds, Sabrina Vega, and Soraya Hawthorne.

OLYMPIANS AMONG US
Co-head coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi and assistant coach Marissa King are both former Olympians.
Canqueteau-Landi competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics for France and King competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Great Britain.
Canqueteau-Landi has also coached in three athletes at three Olympic games- Madison Kocian in 2016 in Rio and Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles in 2020 in Tokyo and 2024 in Paris.
Additionally, Csenge Bácskay competed on vault for Hungary at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AMERICA'S COACH
One-third of the gymnasts in the 2024 USA Olympic Trials were coached by Georgia co-head coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi.  She coached nearly half of the 2024 USA Olympic team, including alternates.

OLYMPIC MEDALS
Co-head coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi has coached three Olympians to 11 medals across three Olympic Games.

NEW FACES AT THE HELM
For the first time in program history, the GymDogs have co-head coaches beginning in the 2025 season.  Hall of Fame USA Gymnastics coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts – who has spent the past six seasons as an assistant coach at Alabama and Georgia –were named co-head coaches of the University of Georgia gymnastics program by J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks on April 25, 2024.
The pair then hired Oleksii Koltakov and Marissa King as assistant coaches after both spent the previous two seasons as assistants at Nebraska.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
The 2025 Georgia roster features 10 newcomers, including three transfers.

FRESH POWER
Six freshmen contributed 132 scores throughout 2024, four of which contributed on multiple events in their rookie season.

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Players Mentioned

Kara Eaker

Brooke Gleichowski