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Women's Gymnastics

Stanford Takes on Trio of Top-15 Teams at No. 10 Denver

  • Stanford women's gymnastics continues its three-meet road swing in Denver Sunday, Jan. 21, competing in a quad meet with No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 10 Denver, and No. 11 UCLA in Magness Arena. The Sunday matinee is scheduled for a 1 p.m. PT start and will be streamed on Denver Live Stream.
  • Stanford women's gymnastics opened its 2024 season Friday Jan. 12, falling 197.725-193.625 at No. 20 Michigan inside Crisler Center. Fifth-year Chloe Widner led all Cardinal gymnasts with her 39.525 all-around total. She earned the meet's second-highest all-around total behind Michigan's Sierra Brooks' program record-setting all-around score of 39.850. 
  • In its season-opening meet, Stanford saw seven career-best or matching performances, including two Cardinal debuts from sophomores Ashley Carter and Ava Sorrento. The night also saw two career-best matching efforts from senior Amanda Zeng on vault and floor of 9.800 and 9.850, respectively, while sophomore Claire Dean led off on beam with a career-best 9.925 and fellow sophomore Taralyn Nguyen totaled a 9.900 on floor.
  • The Cardinal capped off its first meet of the season tying the country's second-best beam rotation of the season with its 49.425 team score. Stanford currently sits as the nation's second-best beam team, an event led by Rodgers Family Director of Gymnastics Tabitha Yim. Stanford has scored a 49.075-or-better on beam in 12 of its last 14 meets. 
  • Stanford also saw success on floor in Michigan, garnering a 49.300 team score. Since the hiring of assistant coach Hallie Mossett, the team has scored above the 49.000+ on floor in all but one meet. 
  • Stanford was picked to finish sixth while Utah was picked to win the 2024 Pac-12 women's gymnastics conference crown in a preseason poll of league coaches. Utah received 46 points and five first-place votes, with UCLA garnering 43 points and three first-place votes. Cal collected 40 points, followed by Oregon State with 30. Arizona State received 22 points while Stanford collected 19 points, followed by Washington with 14 points, and Arizona rounding out the standings with 10. The Pac-12 starts out the 2024 season with all eight conference teams ranked in the top 25 of the WCGA poll, released earlier in December. Utah was picked to finish fourth, followed by UCLA placing fifth, California earning seventh, Oregon State capturing 13th, Arizona State collecting 19th, and Stanford, Washington, and Arizona finishing 20th, 21st, and 22nd, respectively.
  • The Cardinal will compete in 11 regular-season meets during the 2024 season and is slated to meet 12 opponents, 10 ranked in the top 25 of the 2023 standings, throughout its campaign. Including its opener at Michigan (finished 2023 at No. 9), Stanford will meet four 2023 top-10 foes in the first two weeks of its season, also taking on No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 5 UCLA and No. 8 Denver in Denver on Jan. 21 (now No. 1, No. 10 and No. 11).