No. 10 Georgia Set to Compete at NCAA Washington Regional in Seattle

Date: Friday, April 4, 2025
Start time: 4:00 p.m., ET
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Arena: Alaska Airlines Arena

Media Information
Streaming: ESPN+
Live stats: https://gado.gs/cyb
Twitter/X: @UGAGymnastics

SEATTLE, Wash. — The Georgia Gymnastics team will compete in the NCAA Washington Regional this Friday at 4:00 p.m., ET/1:00 p.m, PDT, streaming on ESPN+.

Regional competition will begin on Thursday, April 3, with the first round featuring Illinois and UC Davis at 5 p.m. ET. The winner will advance to the second round on Friday, April 4.

Round two will be split into two sessions. Session I will include No. 7 seed Missouri, No. 10 seed Georgia, Arizona, and Arizona State at 4 p.m. ET.  Session II will feature No. 2 seed Oklahoma, No. 15 seed Auburn, and Nebraska, as well as the first-round winner at 10 p.m. ET.

The top two teams from each second-round session will advance to the Regional Final at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 6.

ALL-TIME RECORD against Missouri: 24-14
LAST MEETING: The GymDogs last competed against Missouri in March at the 2025 SEC Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Georgia fell 195.950-197.400 to the Tigers.

ALL-TIME RECORD against Arizona: 17-1
LAST MEETING: Georgia last faced Arizona at the 2016 Athens Regional where the GymDogs defeated the Wildcats 196.850 - 195.900.

ALL-TIME RECORD against Arizona State: 14-7
LAST MEETING: The Bulldogs last matched up with Arizona State at the 2013 Corvallis Regional. Georgia took the Sun Devils 197.425 – 195.700.

A NEW ERA
The Georgia Gymnastics team earned a national seed in the NCAA Gymnastics Tournament for the first time since 2019, ranked No. 10, with the help of first-year Co-Head Coaches Cécile Canqueteau-Landi and Ryan Roberts.

Under the duo's leadership, 2025 marked the first season since 2001 that the GymDogs earned six consecutive 197.000+ overall scores in the regular season.

So. Lily Smith was named to the All-SEC Team and WCGA All-American Second Team (bars, floor), and Fr. Nyla Aquino secured a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team under the leadership of Landi and Roberts.

REGULAR SEASON ROUND_UP
The GymDogs finished out the regular season with a bang, posting a season high 197.975 against Oklahoma, the sixth highest regular season meet score in program history and the highest score of its kind since 2009.

The team earned season highs on bars (49.575), floor (49.675) and vault (49.350). Notably, So. Lily Smith and Fr. Nyla Aquino both secured a season high 9.975 at the meet, Smith on bars and Aquino on floor, to win their respective events. Fr. Aquino also captured a career high 9.950 to win the vault rotation.

The Bulldogs competed a season-high 197.975 against Oklahoma, their sixth straight week to pass the 197.000 benchmark, making it the first time to happen for the GymDogs in the regular season since 2001.

THE RACE TO A PERFECT 10
Going into the NCAA Washington Regional, no GymDog has captured the elusive perfect 10 in 2025. So. Anya Turner, So. Lily Smith and Fr. Nyla Aquino have all neared, securing a 9.975 on beam, bars and floor, respectively.

DEFENDING THE STEG
The Georgia Gymnastics team's victory over Kentucky marked the first time since 2017 that the program has remained undefeated at home for the first four meets of the season.

So. Lily Smith clinched the win for the Bulldogs, anchoring on floor to a 9.925 and matching the team's then season high of 49.450 in the event. Smith also met her career and season highs on beam with a 9.950 against the Wildcats, capturing first place on the apparatus.

SUCCESS ON THE FOUR INCH STAGE
The Bulldogs' seventh meet brought immense accomplishment on the beam rotation, leading the team to capture a new season high of 49.550 in the event. This score ties for the fifth highest single meet beam score in Georgia Gymnastics history, making it the highest team score in the event since the 2019 season.

This success was championed by So. Anya Turner who secured a 9.975, earning the honor of SEC Specialist of the Week for her career-high routine.

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 Bacskay 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 as well.

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No. 10 Georgia Set to Compete at NCAA Washington Regional in Seattle

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