THIS WEEK IN ALASKA ANCHORAGE GYMNASTICS ...
 
Fri., Mar. 11, 7 pm AST — Alaska Airlines Center — Anchorage, Alaska
Air Force (6-10) at Alaska Anchorage (2-14)
 
LIVE VIDEO: youtube.com/c/UAASeawolves
LIVE SCORING: roadtonationals.com/results/schedule/meet/27432
SOCIAL MEDIA: Check the @GymnasticsUAA Twitter feed for in-meet updates & final scores.
TICKETS: GoSeawolves.com … as part of Military Appreciation Night, one free ticket with valid military ID ... additionally, UAA Athletics is assisting the Seawolf Food Pantry in stocking their shelves to help students who experience good insecurity. Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted, with tickets discounted to a special rate of $5 for those who donate.
 
PROMOTIONS: Several promotions will take place in conjunction with Friday's meet, including complimentary 'swag bags' and t-shirts courtesy of ConocoPhillips Alaska, and a chance to win urBeats by Dr. Dre earbuds ... fans can also join the Seawolves' 'stick-a-thon' via their mobile devices at https://app.mobilecause.com/f/3flj/n?vid=pbdob and become a part of reinstating UAA Gymnastics.
 
DONATE: The UAA gymnastics program still needs to raise funds to guarantee its existence beyond 2022. To donate, surf to: saveuaagymnastics.wixsite.com/saveuaagymnastics
 
SENIOR NIGHT FINALE: Friday's meet will be the final appearance for just one senior as Kylie Reese will be honored in postmeet ceremonies ... after her former program, Seattle Pacific, dropped gymnastics following the 2020 season, Reese transferred to UAA and stuck with the Seawolves throughout the pandemic, quickly becoming a team leader ... in her lone competitive season in Green & Gold, the Oregon native has been a staple in the lineup, performing all-around a team-high five times, and posting new career highs on vault (9.7), bars (9.7) and floor (9.8).
 
SEAWOLF SUPERLATIVES: UAA has produced program top-20 bars totals in two of its last six meets, with the 48.650 against Centenary tying the 7th-best mark and the 48.450 at Air Force equaling the 17th-best mark ... the 48.675 on floor at Air Force meet tied the 11th-best Seawolf total on that apparatus ... Fr. Alyssa Manley made her collegiate debut Jan. 28 by tying the 15th-best bars score in program history with a 9.825 at Air Force, and she bettered that with a 9.85 against Centenary ... Manley has earned a 9.675 or better on all eight of her bars routines and 9.525 or better on seven or her eight floor routines ... the New Mexico native has also cracked the 38-point plateau on two of her three all-around efforts, including a UAA season-high 38.425 in the last meet at UC Davis ... the most experienced Seawolf, Jr. Rachel Decious earned the first three event victories of her career against Centenary, producing career highs on both beam (9.875) and bars (9.825) ... the Arizona native also owns UAA's best average on floor at 9.667 and second-best average on beam at 9.671 ... Fr. Jessica Johnson owns the Seawolves' top averages on beam (9.728) and trails only Manley on bars at 9.681 ... Johnson recorded UAA's season high on floor with a 9.825 at Air Force, along with 9.8s against Centenary (Feb. 13) and at UC Davis ... Sr. Kylie Reese (9.557) and Fr. Brooklyn Kopsack (9.556) are virtually tied for UAA's best average on vault this year, while Fr. Allie McClure owns the team's top individual effort with a 9.725 at Pitt on Feb. 6 ... the lone Alaskan on the roster, Kopsack is the only Seawolf to earn 9.5 or better on all eight vaults this year.
 
THE SERIES VS AFA: AFA leads 35-20
In Anchorage: UAA leads 14-9
Last: AFA 193.550-191.900 (2/20/22 at UCD)
Streak: AFA 5
Notes: UAA's last win came 194.125-191.975, at home in the 2016 regular-season finale ... this week marks first trip to Anchorage since 2018 ... with 55 head-to-head meetings, UAA has faced AFA more than any other program except Sacramento State (60) ... first meeting was in UAA's inaugural season on Jan. 24, 1985.