FORT WORTH, Texas – Senior Chloe Widner finished her senior season Thursday morning competing in the all-around competition at the NCAA Championships Semifinals Session I. The Frisco, Texas native shined on beam, earning a 9.9500 and placing tied-for-fourth to notch the best individual beam score in program history in its current format at an NCAA Championships event.
Widner also earned a 8.7875 on floor, a 9.775 on vault and a 9.850 on bars. She finished with an all-around total of 38.3625.
The Frisco, Texas native's performance on beam highlighted her day, as five of six judges awarded her the final score of 9.9500. Widner's performance also earned her NCAA First-Team All-America honors, as she finished as one of the top four on her event in the first session.
Her effort was the top finish in the first session and was matched by UCLA's Emma Malabuyo, Oklahoma's Olivia Trautman, Kentucky's Isabella Magnelli in the second session. Utah's Maile O'Keefe won the event with a perfect score of 10.0000, while fellow Pac-12 gymnasts Jade Carey and Cristal Isa earned second-place with scores of 9.9625.
The senior's performance concluded the 2023 season for No. 19 Stanford. The Cardinal's 2023 campaign included scores of 196.000-or-better in every regular season meet and the program's top score in its home gym since at least 1999 of 197.575, earned against Oregon State on Feb. 24.
