April 16, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas – Junior Kennedy Hambrick and graduate Maggie O’Hara absolutely shined at the NCAA Championship in Fort Worth on Friday.
O’Hara began the afternoon in Session I, scoring a 9.925 on bars and garnering first-team All-America honors with her fourth-place finish. O’Hara let her veteran calmness show, as she beautifully executed her routine from her blind-change jaeger to her stuck-cold double-layout dismount. Her 9.925 established a program-best on bars for a Gymback at the NCAA Championships.
Hambrick picked up right where O’Hara left off, starting her all-around performance on bars and excelling through the evening. Hambrick started with a 9.900 on bars, sticking her full-twisting double back dismount with ease. She moved along to beam where her back-handspring layout and cartwheel gainer full dismount earned her a solid 9.9125 from the judges.