THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE GYMNASTICS ...
 
Women's Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championships
Gold Dome – Shreveport, La.
Alaska Anchorage, Bridgeport, Centenary, Greenville,
Southeast Missouri, Southern Connecticut State, West Chester, Texas Woman's
 
Friday, Apr. 11 – Team Semifinals
11 am ADT – Session 1 (Bridgeport, Greenville, SEMO, SCSU)
4 pm ADT – Session 2 (UAA, Centenary, West Chester, TWU)
Saturday, Apr. 12 – Team Finals
4 pm ADT – First- and second-place teams from Friday
Sunday, Apr. 13 – Individual Event Finals
11 am ADT – Qualifying gymnasts, all teams

LIVE VIDEO/SCORING: Friday – https://virti.us/session?s=yscEOuDCpb
                                        Saturday – https://virti.us/session?s=aXmeqjuUVY
                                        Sunday – https://virti.us/session?s=a2jlERgdpn
 
TITLE TALES: The Seawolves head to Cajun country to conclude the 2025 season this weekend at the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championships ... UAA is among eight teams chasing postseason team and individual titles ... formerly known as the USAG Championships, the Seawolves are competing in the event for the first time since 2005 ... from 1985-2005, UAA produced 39 USAG 'All-American' certificates among 12 gymnasts, including titles by Elena Tkacheva (AA & FX 1997), Jessi Simmons (VT 1998) and Dominique Ingram (VT & FX 2004).
 
WCGNIC FORMAT: The top two teams from each session in Friday's team semifinal round will compete for the team title in a quad meet Saturday ... UAA will be in Friday's second session against Texas Woman's, host Centenary and West Chester ... the team champion will be determined solely from the results of Saturday's competition ... on Sunday, the top five gymnasts from each event in each Friday session will compete for individual event finals; every athlete who makes the event finals will be considered an WCGNIC 'All-American.'
 
LAST TIME OUT: UAA hosted the MPSF Championship for the first time since 2015 when it welcomed Sacramento State, Southern Utah and UC Davis to the Avis Alaska Sports Complex on March 22 ... the Seawolves finished last with a 191.875 score, despite tying the No. 9 vault total in program history at 48.500 ... sophomore Jada Niles tied for 5th place on bars with a career-high 9.8, while freshmen Hannah Boyd (9.75) and Verena Wong (9.7) set and tied their respective bests on vault ... Montana Fairbairn led UAA to a 48.525 total on floor with a 9.825, and fellow senior Grace Costello paced a 48.325 beam total with a 9.75.
 
STICKIN' IT: The Seawolves recorded the second-best floor NQS (48.450) and are on pace for the third-best floor average (48.336) in the program's Div. I history (since 2002) ... UAA's overall (191.325) and beam (47.948) averages each currently rank fifth on the program lists ... the 193.325 and 193.000 scores Feb. 21 and 23 ranked as UAA's best ever in back-to-back regular-season meets and ranked 10th and 12th on the program list ... UAA's 49.025 floor score ranked No. 2 in program history, while the 48.650 Feb. 10 at Oregon State tied for No. 16 ... the Seawolves matched the No. 4 bars total (48.900) in program history with their Mar. 9 performance at Towson, while the 48.450 Feb. 21 tied for No. 19 ... the 48.500 vault score at the MPSF meet tied for No. 9 on the program list and was UAA's second-best on that apparatus since 2017.
 
'WOLF BITES: Senior Montana Fairbairn went from two to 10 career victories with her performances against Greenville and Sacramento State ... with her 9.9 floor routine Feb. 21, the Canadian became just the fourth Seawolf to earn 9.85 or better at least three times on that apparatus, joining former standouts Dominique Ingram (2004-06), Mandi Burdick (2001-04) and Elena Tkacheva (1994-97) ... Fairbairn has scored 9.625 or better on 29 of her 33 routines this season, after leading UAA last year with 30 scores of 9.6 or higher ... Fairbairn's 9.811 floor average is on pace to break the school record of 9.798 (Sophia Hyderally in 2019), while her 9.835 NQS was No. 2 all-time at UAA ... junior Ariana DeSouza is also on pace for a top-4 program mark with a 9.758 floor average, scoring between 9.65 and 9.85 on all 10 routines, including a 9.8 at MPSFs ... senior Grace Costello has earned 9.55 or better on 24 of her 29 routines, including nothing lower than 9.575 on all but one beam routine ... Costello's 9.640 beam average currently ranks No. 13 on the UAA single-season list ... UAA is enjoying one of its most consistent seasons on vault with the addition of four key pieces in 2025, getting no lower than a 9.3 from Boyd, freshman Maribelle Albert, sophomore Jamilia Duffus and freshman Verena Wong on 34 of their 36 vaults ... a transfer from Talladega, Duffus has also strengthened the bars lineup, earning a team season-high 9.825 on Feb. 23 ... junior Madelyn Gomez (9.8), sophomore Avery Tillmanns (9.775) and sophomore Claudia Lessig (9.725) all recorded career highs on bars Mar. 9 at Towson, while Duffus (9.8) recorded her fifth score of 9.7 or better.
 
BOYD IS THE WORD: After helping UAA to a trio of historic scores, Hannah Boyd was chosen the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnastics Freshman of the Week for Feb. 17-23 ... the Minnesotan started her weekend with scores of 9.5 on beam, 9.55 on floor and a then-career-best 9.625 on vault, aiding the 10th-best total team score in program history at 193.325 ... in Sunday's rematch with Sacramento State, she boosted a 193.300 total – No. 12 on the UAA list – with a 9.6 on beam and career highs of 9.7 on vault and 9.8 on floor ... her floor routine was critical to a 49.025 total, which was No. 2 on the school's all-time list, while her vault boosted a team season-high 48.275.
 
2025 SEAWOLF INDIVIDUAL HONORS
HANNAH BOYD
Second Team All-MPSF (All-Around)
MPSF Freshman of the Week, Feb. 17-23
GRACE COSTELLO
Second Team All-MPSF (BB)
JAMILIA DUFFUS
Second Team All-MPSF (UB)
MONTANA FAIRBAIRN
Second Team All-MPSF (VT)
Second Team All-MPSF (FX)