Gophers Open 2024-25 with Intrasquad Meet

MINNEAPOLIS -- The No. 18 University of Minnesota women's gymnastics team gets its 2024-25 season started with the annual Maroon and Gold Intrasquad meet. It's set to begin at 11 a.m. inside Maturi Pavilion and B1G+ will stream.

MEET INFORMATION
Maroon vs. Gold Intrasquad
Friday, Dec. 20
11 a.m. CT
Maturi Pavilion
Minneapolis, Minn.
TV/Stream: B1G+
Broadcasters: Lexy Bergeland (Ramler) and Halle Remlinger
Stats: Virtius

EVENT ROTATION ORDER:
Maroon: Beam-Vault-Floor-Bars
Gold: Vault-Beam-Bars-Floor

GOPHERS IN 2024

The Gophers are coming off a 2024 season that saw them go 20-11 (6-3 Big Ten) and finish second at the Big Ten Championships. The Gophers went to the NCAA Regional Finals for the third time in the last four seasons and their No. 12 final ranking was the highest finish of any Big Ten team.
The Gophers finished fourth in the B1G regular season standings with a 6-3 league record. Minnesota then finished second at the Big Ten Championships on March 23 with a score of 197.500, missing winning the conference crown by .100 to Michigan State (197.600). It was the second-best finish at Big Ten's since 2006 (won Big Ten title in 2021).
Minnesota made its 43rd NCAA Regionals appearance all-time in 2024 in year 50 of program history. The Gophers have made regionals for the past 28 seasons (not including 2020 COVID year).
Four Gophers (Gianna Gerdes, Mya Hooten, Lauren Pearl, Ella Sirjord) were named All-Big Ten. Hooten (bars, floor, vault) won three Big Ten individual titles while Sarah Moraw (beam) won a B1G championship as well.
Mya Hooten was named a WCGA regular season First Team All-American on both floor and vault. It was her fourth straight first team honor on floor and third straight on vault (two-time second team honoree).
The Gophers best performance of the season came in their senior day quad with a dazzling 197.725. They went over 197 four times in 2024, including Feb. 3 at Penn State (197.525), March 8 at Alabama (197.400) and Feb. 10 against Michigan (197.175).

HEADING INTO 2025

Minnesota is ranked No. 18 coming into the 2025 season in the WCGA Preseason Poll.
Jenny Hansen is heading into year 11 of her tenure at Minnesota. The Gophers have been to nine NCAA Regionals under her watch, with three trips to nationals. Assistant coaches Geralen Stack-Eaton (11th year), Rich Stenger (11th year) and Kiki Parenteau (4th year) are all back in 2025.
The Gophers were picked to finish fifth in the Big Ten Preseason Coaches' Poll, the conference announced Tuesday. Seniors Mya Hooten and Lauren Pearl were named Big Ten 'Gymnasts to Watch'. Each is coming off All-Big Ten honors in 2024.
Minnesota returns 11 student-athletes that competed in meets last year. The Gophers also added six true freshmen to the fray. Four redshirt freshmen return after competing in exhibitions only in 2024.
2024 Big Ten Champions Mya Hooten (Vault, Bars, Floor) and Sarah Moraw (Beam) return in addition to Second Team All-Big Ten selection Lauren Pearl.
Redshirt sophomore Brooklyn Rowray is healthy after returning from an achilles injury that she suffered in warmups before the first home meet in 2024. In her lone competition of the season, she earned a 9.975 on beam in Las Vegas.
True freshman Ava Stewart is about to make her Gophers debut after competing for Team Canada in the 2024 Summer Olympics. She helped Team Canada place fifth at the Women's Team Final and got 19th in the Women's All-Around Final.

HOOTEN EARNS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA ON FLOOR AND VAULT

For the fourth straight season, University of Minnesota senior gymnast Mya Hooten was named an All-American by the WCGA. Hooten was named a First Team All-American on both floor and vault. She's a four-time WCGA First Team All-American on floor and a three-time WCGA All-American on vault (two-time second team).
Now a seven-time WCGA All-America honoree, Hooten joins Lexy Ramler (2018-22) as the only Gophers to earn All-America honors in four consecutive seasons.
Hooten earned three perfect 10s on floor last season, bringing her career total to nine.

2025 SCHEDULE NOTES

The 2025 slate features five home contests, two neutral site events and four away meets.
In conference play, Minnesota hosts Penn State, Washington and Nebraska. It travels to Iowa, Michigan State and Ohio State before competing in the Big 4 against Illinois, Maryland and Michigan in College Park, Md.
The 'U' travels to New Hampshire on Jan. 11 during non-conference play.
It also hosts Illinois State for Senior Day on March 8 before competing in a quad meet at the Minneapolis Armory on March 15.
The Big Ten Championships are set for March 22 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

UP NEXT
No. 18 Minnesota opens its 2025 regular season on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m. against Central Michigan. The meet will be streamed on B1G+ at 4 p.m.

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Ella Sirjord

Ava Stewart