Clemson gymnastics hosted its first tri-meet, winning 195.825 over Texas Woman’s University’s score of 193.975 and the University of New Hampshire’s score of 192.325.
To close out the meet, Brie Clark headed to the floor. Despite a rocky start to the season, Clark has had five consecutive scores of 9.900 or higher on the event. Her first tumbling pass looked a little different this week, where she ended it with a double layout half twist, also known as the Biles 1.
Although she had a slight step out of bounds, she landed the tumbling pass, making her the first collegiate gymnast ever to complete the skill. This also makes her the first collegiate gymnast to complete any Biles skill.
“That was history in the making tonight,” head coach Amy Smith said. “It’s not an easy skill and there is a reason she is the first one to ever execute it at the collegiate level.”
While it is one of the hardest skills to execute on the floor at the collegiate level, the skill weighs the same as a regular double layout, resulting in a score of 9.800 in the historic floor routine for Clark.
Clemson had an event winner in all four events at its first tri-meet, with Eve Jackson winning floor with a score of 9.875 and Clark winning beam after scoring 9.875.
Tara Walsh set her career high on vault, tying with Madison Minner to win the event, scoring a 9.875, and Hannah Clark won bars with the same score.
Clemson will travel to Washington, D.C. on March 9 to compete in another tri-meet against George Washington University and Penn State at 1 p.m.