Notes: Gymhawks Regular Season Finale at Minnesota

THIS WEEK
The 20th-ranked University of Iowa women’s gymnastics team heads to Minneapolis to close out the regular season for a quad meet against No. 13 Minnesota, Illinois and Northern Illinois on Sunday. Action inside Maturi Pavilion begins at 2 p.m.

FOLLOW LIVE

• The meet will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).
• Fans can follow along via live results at hawkeyesports.com or via X (@IowaGymnastics). 
  
  LAST TIME OUT
• The GymHawks dominated the quad meet with a 196.500, defeating Central Michigan, Southeast Missouri and Northern Illinois.
• Iowa secured an undefeated season (9-0) at home for the first time since 2022.
• The Hawkeyes recorded a 49.375 on bars, tying for the fifth-best score in program history.
• Sophomores Aurélie Tran and Sydney Turner notched two event titles each with career-high routines. Turner won vault (9.950) and beam (9.925) titles, while Tran earned bars (9.975) and all-around (39.600) titles.
• Fifth-year JerQuavia Henderson posted a season-best 9.950, earning the floor title.
• Tran’s 9.975 on bars tied the school record set by Alexis Maday in 2004.  
• The GymHawks scored a season high on vault rotation with a 49.275. 

IN THE RANKINGS

• Iowa enters the week as the 20th-ranked team in the nation with an NQS score of 196.444.
• The Hawkeyes rank No. 11 on bars (49.241), No. 17 on vault (49.084) and No. 22 on floor (49.188).
• Aurélie Tran ranks 11th nationally in the all-around (39.420) and fourth in the Big Ten. Tran also ranks 20th nationally and third in the conference on bars (9.910).
• Sophie Schriever ranks 22nd nationally in the all-around (39.345) and eighth in the Big Ten. 

SCOUTING MINNESOTA

• Minnesota enters the meet with a 9-4 overall record and 7-2 in Big Ten competition.
• The Gophers rank No. 13 in the nation based on their NQS score of 196.834. Minnesota ranks No. 6 on beam (49.303), No. 17 on bars (49.153), No. 16 on vault (49.106) and No. 14 on floor (49.281).

SCOUTING ILLINOIS

• Illinois enters the meet with a 4-12 overall record and 1-8 in the Big Ten competition.
• The Illini set a season best on floor (49.150) in their last meet against Alabama. 

SCOUTING NORTHERN ILLINOIS 

• Northern Illinois enters the meet with a 3-12 overall record and 0-6 in conference competition.
• The Huskies set a season high on beam (48.400) in their last meet at the Iowa quad meet.

REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS

• Iowa set a program team record with a 197.225 against Nebraska.
• The GymHawks set a new program record on bars with a 49.450 (vs. Penn State). 
• Six Hawkeyes have landed in the program record book this season. They are as follows:
• Aurélie Tran T-11th - 9.925 - All-Around
• Aurélie Tran T-10th - 39.600 - All-Around
• Aurélie Tran T- 1st - 9.975 - Uneven Bars
• Daisy Bowles T-2nd - 9.950- Uneven Bars
• Aurélie Tran T -8th- 9.925 - Uneven Bars
• Sophie Schriever  T-8th - 9.925 - Uneven Bars
•  Sydney Turner T-15th - 9.925 - Beam
•  JerQuavia Henderson- T-12th- Floor
• Sydney Turner- T-10th - 9.950- Vault 

O’ CANADA!

• The Hawkeyes have three Canadians on the roster for 2026, including three 2024 Olympians in sophomores Aurélie Tran, Cassie Lee and Sydney Turner.
• Tran leads the team with 14 event titles (5x all-around, 5x bars, 3x vault, and 1x beam).
• After competing in the all-around at every meet, Tran earned Iowa’s female Student-Athlete of the Month for January.
• Turner has six event titles (4x beam,1x floor and vault) and was tabbed a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch.

SHINING SCHRIEVER 

• Sophie Schriever is the only freshman to compete in the all-around for the Hawkeyes, posting a career-high 39.475 (vs. Nebraska).
• The newcomer has captured five titles (2x all-around, 1x on bars, beam and vault).

HOME SWEET CARVER

• The Hawkeyes secured an undefeated season (9-0) at home for the first time since 2022.
• Against Nebraska (2/7), the Hawkeyes set a new attendance record of 4,100. 
• The GymHawks hosted every meet at Carver-Hawkeye Arena this season.

Q’S COMEBACK

• JerQuavia Henderson returned to the lineup in 2026 after last competing in 2023.
• Henderson has notched a total of five titles (2x floor, 1x on bars, vault and all-around).
• Henderson was named a Big Ten Gymnast to Watch.

NEW FACES ON THE MAT

• The freshman class includes Oklahoma native Maggie Ball, Nevada native Daisy Bowles, Arizona native Stella DePaola and Utah native Sophie Schriever.
• Bowles earned Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week (2/24).

FOLLOW THE HAWKEYES
For a behind the scenes look at the program, follow the GymHawks via social media at Facebook/IowaGymnastics, X/@IowaGymnastics, and Instagram (@IowaGymnastics).

UP NEXT
The nationally-ranked GymHawks head to Champaign, Illinois, for the Big Ten Championships in session two on Saturday, March 21.  Action inside State Farm Center begins at 12 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on Big Ten Network.