FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 7 Stanford ended its 2026 season Thursday afternoon with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships Semifinal Session I, held at Dickies Arena.
Florida won the meet with a team total of 197.7875. LSU was second with a score of 197.4375, and both the Gators and Tigers advance to the NCAA Championship Final on Saturday. Georgia finished third with a 197.2625, and the Cardinal earned a fourth-place finish with a team score of 196.9375.
At the end of the first semifinal, freshman Ana Bărbosu and Konnor McClain shared the meet’s top scores on beam, both posting scores of 9.950. Jung-Ruivivar also earned a podium finish on beam, placing third in the session with a 9.9375.
With their top-three finishes, Bărbosu and Jung-Ruivivar earned NCAA First Team All-America honors on beam. Jung-Ruivivar also tied for fifth in the all-around and tied for sixth on bars, earning two NCAA Second Team All-America honors. Bărbosu finished eighth in the all-around competition, good for NCAA Second Team All-America honors. Senior Anna Roberts and junior Sienna Robinson were also named second-team All-Americans on beam, finishing seventh and tied for eighth, respectively. Robinson added a second-team All-America award on bars with a tie for eighth.
Stanford began its semifinal on floor, posting a 49.250 team total. Roberts led with a 9.8875, followed by Jung-Ruivivar at 9.8625, Bărbosu at 9.850, sophomore Alana Walker at 9.8375 and Robinson at 9.8125.
After the first rotation, Stanford was third, .225 points behind leader LSU (49.4750).
Vault was Stanford’s toughest event, posting a 48.875 total led by senior Taralyn Nguyen’s 9.8375. Jung-Ruivivar started with a 9.7625, Bărbosu scored 9.700, and freshmen Summer Gronski and sophomore Ui Soma each posted 9.7875.
Stanford fell to fourth after two rotations. Florida led with a 98.9000, followed by LSU (98.6625), Georgia (98.4000) and the Cardinal (98.1250).
The Cardinal regained momentum on bars, tallying a 49.2875 led by Jung-Ruivivar's leadoff 9.900 routine. Robinson scored 9.875, Roberts 9.8625, Bărbosu 9.8375, and both senior Ava Sorrento and Soma added 9.8125.
Florida held the lead through three rotations at 148.1250, with Georgia in second (147.9375), LSU third (147.9125) and Stanford fourth (147.4125).
The Cardinal’s best event was beam, recording a meet-best team score of 49.525. Bărbosu anchored with her 9.950, tied for the top session score, and Jung-Ruivivar posted a 9.9375 for to earn the session’s third-best total. Roberts scored a 9.900 in the fifth spot, Robinson added a 9.8875 in the third, and junior Temple Landry scored a 9.850 in the second position.
Stanford’s 2026 highlights included four regular-season WCGA All-America honors, three ACC individual titles (Sienna Robinson and Temple Landry on beam, Ana Bărbosu on floor), 14 All-ACC honors by seven gymnasts, three perfect 10.000 scores from Roberts, and the program’s first 198.000-plus total since 2004, and the first ever on the road.
The Cardinal finished the regular season ranked seventh in the nation, the best regular-season finish of Rodgers Family Director of Women’s Gymnastics Tabitha Yim’s tenure. Stanford held a top-10 ranking since Week 3, marking the most weeks in the top 10 in a season since 2011. The season also saw Stanford win its first ACC regular-season title with a perfect 6-0 conference record. At the Baton Rouge Regional, Stanford earned its second NCAA Championship berth in the past three seasons—the program’s longest streak since reaching nationals five straight years from 2012 to 2016.
Only eight of the team’s 24 NCAA Championship routines will graduate, with incoming freshmen Sydney Fleming (Orlando, Florida), Raeya Linton (Columbia, Maryland) and Alicia Zhou (San Antonio, Texas) set to bolster the Cardinal’s depth.