Sarah is back and you know what that means, college women’s gymnastics is back! Hear her preview of the 2025 season!
WCGA Preseason Coaches Poll:
https://usagym.org/college/national-rankings/010125/
1. Oklahoma (6th in 2024)
1. The most unfinished business from 2024
2. The #1 recruiting class in the nation - including Addison Fatta and Lily Pederson
3. First season competing in the SEC
2. LSU (1st in 2024)
1. Defending champions - how will they handle it?
2. Most of last year’s team is returning, including Haleigh Bryant
3. Strong freshman class including former elites Zoe Miller, Lexi Zeiss, and Kaliya Lincoln
3. Florida (4th in 2024)
1. The second-most unfinished business from 2024: NCAA finals + Olympic Trials heartbreak
2. Skye Blakely and Kayla DiCello are back from achilles tears
3. Leann Wong is still Leann Wong
4. Selena Harris transfer from UCLA
4. California (2nd in 2024)
1. Returning strong talent (Mya Lauzon, eMjae Frazier) but also losing strong talent (And Li, Gabby Perea)
2. Can they continue to rise to the challenge when it counts?
5. Utah (3rd in 2024)
1. Never count out Utah!
2. Strong freshman class, including #1 recruit Avery Neff
3. Transferred in Ana Padurariu from UCLA
More on conference realignment:
Big10
Preseason poll: https://bigten.org/wgym/article/blt55b8b3496f721786/
* UCLA is now in!
* Michigan State leads the coaches’ poll over UCLA
Big 12: Oklahoma is out, Utah and the Arizonas are in
ACC: Cal and Stanford are in - how will the East-coast teams hold up?
Mountain West Conference
* Boise State is the favorite to repeat as champions
* Utah State is ranked second in the preseason poll - huge potential for growth from last year
Other Olympians back in action
* 2x Olympic Champion Jade Carey (Oregon State)
* Jordan Chiles is back at UCLA
* Georgia under new leadership + Kara Eaker returns!
How to watch / save the dates!
ESPN, SEC Network, ACC Network, Big 10 Network
Regionals: April 2-6
Nationals: April 17 and 19
