IOWA CITY, Iowa – The 25th-ranked University of Iowa women’s gymnastics team has been picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten Women’s Gymnastics Preseason Poll in a vote of the league’s 10 head coaches, it was announced Wednesday by the Big Ten office.
Two Hawkeye underclassmen – sophomore JerQuavia Henderson and freshman Adeline Kenlin – were named to the Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch List. It is the second straight year Henderson has been named to the Watch List.
Henderson, a native of Peoria, Illinois, missed the 2020 season with an Achilles injury. Before joining the Hawkeyes, she placed second at the Eastern Championships (Level 9) in all-around in 2016. In 2017, she placed seventh at the Junior Olympics National Championships in all-around.