Friday, January 12
Iowa City, IA
4:30 PM
University of Washington
196.250
at
196.400
Iowa
Huskies Earn 196.250 In Close Battle With Iowa
January 12, 2024 | Gymnastics
IOWA CITY – The Washington gymnastics team fought until the very end of Friday night's dual matchup with the Iowa Hawkeyes, narrowly coming in second with a score of 196.250 to the Hawkeyes' 196.400.
Tonight's meet marked just the fourth time these two teams have faced each other, and the first time in a dual meet. Washington had outscored the Hawkeyes in all previous meetings.
Where the GymDawgs struggled last weekend were amongst some highlights of tonight, including a team bars score of 49.125 to start the evening.
Washington lost their lead with the second rotation when they weren't able to find their rhythm on vault, only earning one 9.8+ individual score.
The last two events helped keep the numbers tight, with the GymDawgs earning a 49.050 on the floor.
Caitlin McWilliams etched a career-high 9.850 on her floor exercise to match Skylar Killough-Wilhelm for a team-high on the event.
Outscoring the Hawkeyes on beam with an impressive 49.325 was almost enough to take a late lead, but the Hawkeyes earned their highest score on their final event with a 49.300 on floor.
The Beam Dawgs were led by Killough-Wilhelm who matched her career-best 9.925 on the event.
Taylor Russon notched a new career-high on beam with a 9.875 and Chelsea Hallinan and Emily Innes both put up 9.850s for the Huskies.
TOP RESULTS BY EVENT
Bars (49.125)
NEXT UP
Washington will head home to Alaska Airlines Arena to host California on Saturday, Jan. 20 for the Purple Strong meet. The meet will begin at noon and will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks.
GYMDAWG INFO
Season tickets for the 2024 season are available now. Buy tickets for one of Washington's four home meets here and purchase season tickets at this link.
Click on this link for the full 2024 schedule.
For more information on Washington gymnastics, follow @UWgymnastics on Instagram and X.
Tonight's meet marked just the fourth time these two teams have faced each other, and the first time in a dual meet. Washington had outscored the Hawkeyes in all previous meetings.
Where the GymDawgs struggled last weekend were amongst some highlights of tonight, including a team bars score of 49.125 to start the evening.
Washington lost their lead with the second rotation when they weren't able to find their rhythm on vault, only earning one 9.8+ individual score.
The last two events helped keep the numbers tight, with the GymDawgs earning a 49.050 on the floor.
Caitlin McWilliams etched a career-high 9.850 on her floor exercise to match Skylar Killough-Wilhelm for a team-high on the event.
Outscoring the Hawkeyes on beam with an impressive 49.325 was almost enough to take a late lead, but the Hawkeyes earned their highest score on their final event with a 49.300 on floor.
The Beam Dawgs were led by Killough-Wilhelm who matched her career-best 9.925 on the event.
?? @SkylarKillough closes us out & ties her career-high 9??.9??2??5?? on BEAM! #GoHuskies x #WinWithin pic.twitter.com/bz3P0WWwvi
— Washington Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) January 13, 2024
Taylor Russon notched a new career-high on beam with a 9.875 and Chelsea Hallinan and Emily Innes both put up 9.850s for the Huskies.
Beam Dawgs are crushing it ??@TaylorRusson just earned herself a new career-high on beam with a 9.875! pic.twitter.com/la99XZCeDc
— Washington Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) January 13, 2024
TOP RESULTS BY EVENT
Bars (49.125)
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (9.850)
- Kristin Lin (9.825)
- Taylor Russon (9.825)
- Lilly Tubbs (9.825)
- Lilly Tubbs (9.800)
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (9.775)
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (9.850)
- Caitlin McWilliams (9.850, career-high)
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (9.925, tied career-high)
- Taylor Russon (9.875, career-high)
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (39.400)
NEXT UP
Washington will head home to Alaska Airlines Arena to host California on Saturday, Jan. 20 for the Purple Strong meet. The meet will begin at noon and will be broadcast on Pac-12 Networks.
GYMDAWG INFO
Season tickets for the 2024 season are available now. Buy tickets for one of Washington's four home meets here and purchase season tickets at this link.
Click on this link for the full 2024 schedule.
For more information on Washington gymnastics, follow @UWgymnastics on Instagram and X.
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