PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania gymnastics team begins its 2025 season with a trip to Happy Valley, taking on No. 21 Penn State and New Hampshire Sunday in a tri-meet.
Winners of three consecutive Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) championships, the Quakers are coming off a "treble" for the first time in program history, winning the Ivy Classic, GEC regular season title, and GEC championship title last season.
Meet 1: Penn at #21 Penn State, vs. New Hampshire
Sunday, January 5 | 2 p.m. | Rec Hall | University Park, Pa.
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*Penn returns five All-GEC first-team selections (
Jordan Barrow,
Emma Davies,
Skyelar Kerico,
Sophia Paris, and
Samantha Wu) and three second-team honorees (
Zara Gazdak,
Marissa Lassiter, and
Isabel Song) from its championship-winning campaign.
*Kerico enters her junior season as the reigning GEC Gymnast of the Year. The Toms River, N.J. native shattered the Penn record books, claiming the top three all-around scores in program history. At the GEC Championships, she won the balance beam and the all-around, becoming the first Penn gymnast to win two individual titles since head coach
Kirsten Becker did it herself at the 2012 ECAC Championships.
*Freshmen
Mimi Fletcher,
Manama Fofana,
Skylar Goodstadt,
Luci Toczydlowski,
Sienna Zuccaro, and sophomore
Makenna Damhorst are all set to begin their Penn careers on Sunday.
*Becker is back for her fourth season at the helm. Last year, she became the first head coach in program history to win three conference championships. She's joined alongside assistant coach
Casey Zacot.
*The Quakers and Nittany Lions faced off at last year's Keystone Classic at The Palestra. Penn State won the meet with a team score of 194.725 while Penn placed third with a score of 192.575.
*Penn and New Hampshire competed against each other three times in the 2023 season. They split road meet wins before the Wildcats (195.600) narrowly edged out the Quakers (195.100) at the Maryland Quad Meet.
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