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Mental fight: Jones eyes a comeback to gymnastics after knee injury (1/30/23)During the 2022 gymnastics season, senior Jordan Jones performed a two-and-a-half twist on the floor event. While attempting her stunt, she over-rotated and tore her lateral collateral ligament (LCL) and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). After conquering physical and mental obstacles, Jones is eyeing her return to SEMO gymnastics for the 2023 campaign...
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SEMO Gymnastics vs. Texas Woman's University (1/28/23)The Southeast gymnastics team hosted Texas Woman's University on Friday, Jan. 27 at Houck Field House. SEMO posted a program record score of 196.175 en route to the victory. This win brought the Redhawks' record to 4-4 on the year. Southeast will travel to Muncie, IN on Sunday, Jan. 29 to take on Ball State University, the University of Pittsburgh and Fisk University.
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Senior gymnast Anna Kaziska brings home the gold in final performance, reflects on career (4/14/22)On April 10, senior gymnast Anna Kaziska performed in the final competition of her career, winning gold medals in the balance beam and floor exercise at the 2022 USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships. She scored 9.95 on both performances, tying her career best in each.
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Results from SEMO gymnastics meet at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Washington (4/1/22)On Mar. 31, Anna Kaziska and Jolie Miller represented SEMO’s women's gymnastics with three performances on floor, bars, and beam at the 2022 NCAA Seattle Regional.
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SEMO gymnast breaks 18-year long record (2/25/22)On Feb. 25, junior Southeast gymnast Jolie Miller broke a long-standing record on bars in the anchor position with a career-best 9.950 score. The record was previously held at 9.925 by head coach Ashley Lawson (2004) and Malia Roberts (1999).
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SEMO gymnastics will compete against Arkansas in meet Sunday (2/4/22)Southeast Missouri State University’s women’s gymnastics team will compete against #13 Arkansas at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark. on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. The meet was originally scheduled for Feb. 4, but postponed due to inclement weather.
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SEMO gymnast receives MIC Performance of the Week award (2/2/22)Southeast Missouri State University gymnast, Anna Kaziska, was awarded the Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) Performance of the Week award for her floor routine Saturday at Lindenwood University’s dual meeting in the Robert F. Hyland Arena.
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Gymnastics brings home the gold at collegiate championships (4/16/21)The Redhawks flew above the rest on their way to their first-ever National Championship when they squared off against the Air Force Academy, Centenary College, Lindenwood University and Texas Woman’s University in the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championship on April 10-11. As a team, Southeast scored a total of 195.025 points, enough to edge out Lindenwood, who finished in second place with 194.875 points.
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Anna Kaziska revisits experience and her path to NCAA Regionals (4/13/21)Junior gymnastics all-arounder Anna Kaziska recently qualified and competed at the NCAA Regionals in Salt Lake City to perform on the floor and beam on April 2. She qualified for regionals because of her performances on the floor and beam, which placed her in the top 12 for individual gymnasts in the Midwest Independent Conference.
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Gymnastics win Collegiate National Championship (4/10/21)The Southeast gymnastics team won the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship with a team score of 195.025 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. This marked the first time the Redhawks participated as a team in the National Championships. The Southeast gymnastics team won the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championship with a team score of 195.025 at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau. This marked the first time the Redhawks participated as a team in the National Championships.
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Lawson wins back-to-back MIC Coach of the Year honors (4/2/21)Southeast gymnastics are nearing the conclusion of their third season under the leadership of coach Ashley Lawson. Lawson was recently awarded the Midwest Independent Conference Coach of the Year for the 2021 season, making her the winner in back-to-back years.
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Redhawks gymnastics add Temple transfer Heidi Vanderboom (9/11/20)Sophomore gymnast Heidi Vanderboom brings valuable championship experience to the Redhawks gymnastics team. Vanderboom joins the Redhawks squad after transferring from Temple University. Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Gymnastics Coach Ashley Lawson receives national recognition (4/5/20)Passion for a sport can drive people to build their entire lives around it. This is the case for Southeast gymnastics coach Ashley Lawson, who recently received two awards for her work with the gymnastics team.
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Southeast gymnastics capture win in home opener (2/3/20)Southeast gymnastics grabbed grabbed a close 192.775-192.475 win over the Illinois State Redbirds on Friday at Houck Field House. The Redhawks outscored their previous season-high of 191.450.
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SEMO gymnastics showing improvement already (1/15/20)Coming off of a winless 2019 season, the Southeast gymnastics team had nowhere to go but up entering the new decade. In the first meet of the season, the Redhawks beat their 2019 season-high point total with a score of 191.275 at a tri-meet with Missouri and Illinois. The team's best match of the year came in the Midwest Independent Conference Championships with a score of 190.275.
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Anna Kaziska: Gymnastics' quiet, focused leader (5/10/19)Now more than ever, freshman gymnast Anna Kaziska is in love with her sport. Her second-place finishes in both the beam and floor events at the 2019 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships Individual Event Finals were the result of a life’s worth of training and hard work, as well as the beginning of a promising college career...
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Southeast gymnastics starts a new tradition with high hopes (3/19/19)Southeast is the only school from the Ohio Valley Conference with a gymnastics program as of 2019, which makes it tough for the program to create annual rivalries for competitive meets. Junior gymnast Kendra Benak and assistant coach Chris Licameli put a plan into action at a tri-meet Feb. 24 in Muncie, Indiana, between Southeast, Illinois State and host Ball State,...
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Southeast claims top three all-arounds in dual against University of Pennsylvania (3/1/19)The Southeast Redhawks lose 188.8751-191.900 against University of Pennsylvania at their third home meet of the season on March 1. The Redhawks secured the top three all-around scores of the night. Sophomore Michael Sanders took home third with a total of 37.150. Top two were held by sophomore Alana Fischer with 37.700 and freshman Anna Kaziska with 38.500...
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Kaziska captures floor, all-around crowns against NIU (2/12/19)Southeast gymnastics hosted its second home meet of the season Feb. 8, with the Redhawks falling to Northern Illinois University 194.725-186.825. Freshman Anna Kaziska continued her breakout season as she took the floor title with a score of 9.875, and won the all-around title by beating out fellow Redhawk sophomore Alana Fischer with a 38.425. Fischer finished with a 37.725...
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Gymnastics drops first home meet of the year (1/22/19)Southeast gymnastics kept it close, but lost their first home meet of the season at Houck Field House 193.225-189.800 to the San Jose State University Spartans on Friday, Jan. 18. This was a major improvement for the Redhawks from their previous meet, as they were only able to manage 180.925 points at Iowa. The 189.800 was a season high for Southeast...
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Future looking bright for Southeast gymnastics (11/19/18)
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Gymnastics team adds two new freshmen to roster (9/4/18)Gymnastics coach Ashley Lawson announced the addition of freshmen Makenzie Marciniak and Maya Tren to the roster. Marciniak, from Nixa, Missouri, and Tren, from Las Vegas, Nevada will join newcomer Anna Kaziska as part of the freshman class. “Makenzie being one of the only in-state kids, this being my third year, there wasn’t a lot of Missouri kids being recruited,” assistant coach Chris Licameli said. ...
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Southeast gymnastics first time competing at the national championship (4/29/18)This year marks the first time Southeast gymnastics team sent seven members to compete at the 2018 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Championships. Seniors Alexis Brawner and McKinzie Jones both advanced to individual event finals Sunday, April 15...
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Senior Spotlight: Alexis Brawner (4/4/18)Senior gymnast Alexis Brawner is inching closer to walking the stage at the Show Me Center and receiving her diploma on Saturday, May 12. She still has two meets remaining: the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional in Alabama, Saturday and the USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships in Texas, April 15.
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Lindsey Bates named MIC 'Newcomer of the Week' (1/26/18)Freshman Lindsey Bates was named Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) Newcomer of the Week on Wednesday, Jan. 17 following her first two career all-around title against Illinois State (38.950 on Jan. 12) and Lindenwood (38.250 on Jan. 15). This marks her first career MIC honor. She also won the beam (9.800) title on Monday, January 15 against Lindenwood...
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Gymnastics prepares to grind for upcoming season (10/2/17)Southeast Missouri State’s gymnastic team is starting to practice for the upcoming season headed by Senior Alexis Brawner and Senior McKenna Stanley. Head coach Kristi Ewasko is excited about this upcoming season. Ewasko’s vision for this year’s team is to continue to improve from what the team has done in the past...
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Gymnastics coach looks to earn master's degree at Southeast (9/6/17)A mother, head coach and student are just three terms that describe Kristi Ewasko, who has been coaching for Southeast women's gymnastics team since 2008. Four years ago, Ewasko decided to go back to school and get her master’s in higher education and athletic management...
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Gymhawks team earns highest score yet (2/15/17)On Feb. 3 the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team took second in the tri-college meet against Iowa State University and Centenary College in Ames. Iowa. With the first season win on the board, the team is looking toward gaining more wins as the season progresses...