Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas at Georgia gymnastics

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WHEN 6 p. m. Central WHERE Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga. RECORDS Arkansas 0- 2, 0- 1 SEC; Georgia 2- 1, 1- 1 RANKINGS No. 23 Arkansas ( 194.65 average); No. 16 Georgia ( 195.2 average) SERIES Georgia leads 30- 2- 1 overall COACHES Mark Cook ( 15th year at Arkansas); Danna Durante ( fifth year at Georgia) TV SEC Network QUOTABLE: “They put up some good scores this past weekend. We still feel capable of going in there and upsetting them in their house. We haven’t done that before.” — Arkansas Coach Mark Cook

EVENTS Vault: No. 9 ( tie) Georgia 49.063, No. 23 ( tie) Arkansas 48.825; Bars: No. 14 Georgia 48.988, No. 51 Arkansas 48.088; Beam: No. 16 ( tie) Arkansas 48.838, No. 35 Georgia 48.225; Floor: No. 15 Georgia 48.925, No. 16 Arkansas 48.9. TOP GYMNASTS ( Top 100)

Vault: No. 20 ( tie) Sydney Snead ( UGA) 9.875; No. 32 ( tie) GiGi Marino ( UGA) 9.85; No. 48 ( tie) Sydney McGlone ( Ark) 9.825; No. 71 ( tie) Braie Speed ( Ark), Rachel Dickson ( UGA), Lauren Johnson ( UGA) and Ashlyn Broussard ( UGA) 9.8. Bars: No. 14 ( tie) Snead ( UGA) 9.887; No. 82 ( tie) Morgan Reynolds ( UGA) 9.8. Beam: No. 40 ( tie) Snead ( UGA) 9.838; No. 51 ( tie) Jessica Yamzon ( Ark) 9.825; No. 99 ( tie) Samantha Nelson ( Ark) 9.775. Floor: No. 48 ( tie) Marino ( UGA) 9.838. All- Around: No. 17 ( tie) Snead ( UGA) 39.337; No. 40 ( tie) Yamzon ( Ark) 39.0.

MEET NOTES Arkansas senior Amanda Wellick is out for the season after injuring her right leg during warm- ups on the floor exercise at Barnhill Arena last week. … Arkansas freshman Jessica Yamzon won her first event title last week on the beam ( 9.825). … Arkansas is seeking its first road victory at Georgia, which leads the series 7- 0 at home. … The Razorbacks’ last victory over Georgia came during session II of the 2012 NCAA Gymnastics championsh­ips. … Georgia won at Auburn with a 196.8, then beat North Carolina State with a 196.875 in meets last weekend. … Georgia’s Rachel Shick was named the SEC specialist of the week after scoring career highs to win the bars ( 9.925) and beam ( 9.925).

— Tom Murphy

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