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National Champions! Michigan wins first-ever NCAA title in women’s gymnastics
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Michigan captured its first women’s gymnastics championship in program history on Saturday night.
The Wolverines got it done in thrilling fashion, out-scoring Oklahoma on the final routine of the season.
Junior Abby Heiskell scored a 9.9250 on beam to put her team over the top. Michigan’s overall score of 198.2500 is the third-best National Championship-winning score of all time.
Here’s the dismount of Heiskell’s National Championship-winning performance:
We love to see it:@AbbyHeiskell and @UMichWGym making the Sports Center Top Ten 😍🔥🤸♀️ 🎉 pic.twitter.com/tT87ullXO6
— Karla Fuentes, MPH (@karlainafrica) April 18, 2021
This is 32 years I’ve been waiting for this feeling,” head coach Bev Plocki said in a release. “It’s just an unbelievable pride and just an admiration for what our team has been through and the sacrifices that they’ve made.”
Here’s a clip of Plocki reacting to her team’s victory on Saturday:
A feeling unlike any other!#GoBlue 〽️ pic.twitter.com/yyooGPuQma
— Michigan Women’s Gymnastics (@UMichWGym) April 17, 2021
Here’s highlights from Michigan’s tremendous performance on vault:
These @UMichGym vaults 😍
The Wolverines are on 🔝 heading into the third rotation! pic.twitter.com/oWVQDGJutZ
— espnW (@espnW) April 17, 2021
The Wolverines beat out Oklahoma, Utah and Florida for the title.
Michigan is now the seventh program to win a National Championship in women’s gymnastics. It joins Georgia, Utah, UCLA, Alabama, Oklahoma and Florida.
Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.