Gymnastics to Open Up Season Friday at Iowa State

Friday, January 10

Ames, Iowa

7:30 p.m. ET

Brown University

Iowa

Photo by: Kayleigh Halasz

Gymnastics to Open Up Season Friday at Iowa State

1/9/2025 11:19:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Brown gymnastics team will open up its 2025 season this Friday evening with a tri-meet at Iowa State, joining the host Cyclones and the University of Iowa. The action is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

MEET INFORMATION
Brown at Iowa State Tri-Meet
Teams: Iowa, Iowa State
Friday, January 10, 2025 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
Livestream: ESPN+ | Live Stats
Meet Notes: Brown Meet Notes

SEASON OPENERS
Brown has put up its highest season-opening team scores each of the last two seasons, posting a 192.950 in the 2024 opener at Oregon State and a 191.225 at Yale in 2023 (both dual meets).

NCAA REGIONALS
Junior Julia Bedell was the only Ivy League gymnast to compete at NCAA Regionals in 2024 when she competed on floor at the Florida Regional in Gainesville, posting a score of 9.650.

2023 USAG RECAP
Last season, Brown had six athletes qualify for the individual finals at USAG Nationals, who combined for 10 All-America accolades. Four of those gymnasts return in 2025, with six All-America honors between them including Julia Bedell (vault), Maya Davis (bars and floor), Sophia Dewar (vault and floor) and Liza Marcus (beam).

GEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Brown finished third at the 2024 GEC Championships, scoring 194.450 points and having four athletes combine to earn five All-GEC Championship team honors. The Bears have finished in the top four at each of the first three GEC Championships since the inaugural meet in 2022.

ALL-GEC HONOREES
Earned based on regular season National Qualifying Scores
FIRST TEAM
Julia Bedell (vault and floor)*, Angela Xing (vault)
SECOND TEAM
Sophia Dewar (vault and floor)*, Asta-Sollilja Farrell (bars), Lauren McKeown (bars), Liza Marcus (beam)*, Angela Xing (beam), Maya Davis (floor)*
*- denotes a returner for 2025

NATIONAL QUALIFYING SCORES
The Bears have posted the three highest National Qualifying Scores in program history the last three regular seasons, with a 194.315 in 2023, 194.020 in 2024 and 193.695 in 2022.

The Bears ranked 59th nationally in both 2022 and 2023, tying for their highest rank in program history.

ALL-IVY
The Bears return a pair of All-Ivy performers from the 2024 Ivy Classic in Julia Bedell (vault and floor) and Sophia Dewar (vault). Graduated senior Lauren McKeown (bars) also garnered All-Ivy last season.

Click here to read Brown's full meet notes

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