TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State gymnastics will hold its annual Maroon and Gold Scrimmage on Thursday evening in Desert Financial Arena, giving Sun Devil nation its first look at the 2020 squad in a full meet in this free event.
The Gym Devils will be split into two teams to compete against each other on all four events. The number of participants on each event will vary, but only the top three scores will be counted. The teams will be as follows:
Jay and Jessica Santos led the Gym Devils to a successful season in 2019, the first since 2014 to have a winning record (11-10) in the regular season. The team was ranked in the top-25 on Road to Nationals all year and earned four wins over top-25 teams throughout the season. They scored a 196.000 or better six times and had a team RQS (Regional Qualifying Score) of 196.320 at the end of the year.
To start off the postseason, the Sun Devils took fifth at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, the best team finish since 2006. At NCAA Regionals, the team finished in seventh, but Cairo Leonard-Baker won the regional bar title with a 9.925, automatically qualifying her for nationals as an individual. At the NCAA Championships, she scored a 9.900, earning Second Team All-America honors in that event.
The Gym Devils return seven gymnasts who have played key roles for ASU in past seasons. The team is led by junior Leonard-Baker, who has earned All-America honors in each of her two seasons in Tempe. Arizona State has seven new faces on the team, including six freshmen.
The meet will begin at 6:30 p.m. MST and will be free to the public. For fans who are not in the area, it will be broadcast on the ASU Live Stream.
The Gym Devils will be split into two teams to compete against each other on all four events. The number of participants on each event will vary, but only the top three scores will be counted. The teams will be as follows:
Maroon | Gold |
Morgan Hart | Juliette Boyer |
Cairo Leonard-Baker | Jessica Ginn |
Alina Miller | Jasmine Gutierrez |
Isabel Redmond | Kaitlin Harvey |
Hannah Scharf | Jordyn Jaslow |
Megan Thompson | Gracie Reeves |
Maya Williams | Ashley Szafranski |
Graycee Zaugg | Morgan Wilson |
Jay and Jessica Santos led the Gym Devils to a successful season in 2019, the first since 2014 to have a winning record (11-10) in the regular season. The team was ranked in the top-25 on Road to Nationals all year and earned four wins over top-25 teams throughout the season. They scored a 196.000 or better six times and had a team RQS (Regional Qualifying Score) of 196.320 at the end of the year.
To start off the postseason, the Sun Devils took fifth at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, the best team finish since 2006. At NCAA Regionals, the team finished in seventh, but Cairo Leonard-Baker won the regional bar title with a 9.925, automatically qualifying her for nationals as an individual. At the NCAA Championships, she scored a 9.900, earning Second Team All-America honors in that event.
The Gym Devils return seven gymnasts who have played key roles for ASU in past seasons. The team is led by junior Leonard-Baker, who has earned All-America honors in each of her two seasons in Tempe. Arizona State has seven new faces on the team, including six freshmen.
The meet will begin at 6:30 p.m. MST and will be free to the public. For fans who are not in the area, it will be broadcast on the ASU Live Stream.