Shaffer, Hambrick Post Top 25 Performances at NCAA Championships

Among the many nation’s hardest competitors on Thursday, Gymbacks Sarah Shaffer and Kennedy Hambrick represented Arkansas properly at NCAA Gymnastics Championships.

Shaffer, a person bars qualifier, tied for twenty fourth total and twelfth within the afternoon session in her last routine at Arkansas. Hambrick added top-25 performances on vault (T24, 9.8625) and all-around (39.325), through which she tied for seventeenth total. Within the afternoon session, all however one in all her routines got here within the prime 15 and her vault rating tied for tenth.

Shaffer set to work early and was first up on bars with Alabama. The Crimson Tide set the tempo effectively and completed off their rotation with a 9.875, the very best among the many workforce’s rivals. The vitality proved to be contagious as Shaffer delivered a wonderful routine full with a caught dismount to match the excessive rating of 9.875. She saved a few of her finest for final because the routine marked the tip of her six-year run with the Gymbacks.

As Shaffer completed up on bars, Hambrick took the ground for her first routine of the day with Utah. She earned a 9.7125 to kick issues off, after which moved over to vault. She executed a clear Yurchenko 1.5 with a nearly-stuck touchdown for a 9.825.

On bars, Hambrick matched her rating within the earlier rotation and capped off a stable routine with a caught full twisting double again dismount. She saved the momentum up from there as she rotated to beam for her final routine of the day. She floated by every of her acro abilities and caught the gainer full dismount for her highest mark of the day, 9.8875. Her all-around whole for the day got here in at 39.325, sixth place within the afternoon session.

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