Amanda Elswick - Gymnastics - Arkansas Razorbacks

Amanda Elswick

AA | Senior | 5-1 | Austin, Texas | Capital Gymnastics

Personal Bests
VT: 9.925 at Denver Quad, March 13, 2022
BB: 9.950 (2x), last vs. Alabama, March 4, 2022
FX: 9.875 at Elevate The Stage, March 8, 2019

Senior Season (2022)
Appeared in every meet of her senior campaign on beam and all but once on vault… Won the vault title against Auburn on Jan. 14 and matched her career high with a 9.900… Again matched her personal best of 9.900 on vault and set a new career high of 9.950 on beam against SEMO on Feb. 6… Finished second in beam at Missouri Tri-Meet on Feb. 20 with 9.925… Took vault and floor titles against Georgia on Senior Night with matching 9.900 scores… Matched her career high of 9.950 on beam at Alabama and tied for first… Posted a new personal-best 9.925 on vault at Denver, which helped push the Razorbacks to a program-high 49.500 on the event and clinched the meet victory in the final rotation… Finished in the top 15 on vault at SECs with a score of 9.850… Posted a top-15 vault finish in the Norman regional semifinal (9.825)… Added a 9.900 on beam in the regional final to tie for sixth… Finished in the top three of her events 11 of 19 times in the regular season and earned four event titles

Junior Season (2021)
Finished the year with a team-best vault average of 9.841… Tied her career-high of 9.900 at LSU in the season opener… Hit all eight of her vaults, never scoring less than a 9.750 and scoring 9.850 or better in five of eight… Appeared on BB five times with a season-best 9.875 at NCAA Regionals in Tuscaloosa (April 2).

Sophomore Season (2020)
Missed the first five meets due to injury … Returned to the lineup against No. 10 Georgia on Feb. 7 and won her first career event title with a 9.875 on the vault … Followed it with three consecutive 9.85s on the apparatus at Alabama (Feb. 14), versus Auburn (Feb. 21) and at LSU (Feb. 28) … Competed four times on the balance beam and scored a season-high 9.875 twice, once against Auburn and again at TWU (March 6) … Led Arkansas with a beam average of 9.856.

Freshman Season (2019)
WCGA Scholastic All-American … SEC First-Year Honor Roll recipient … Finished the regular season ranked 43rd in the country in the Vault with a team-best NQS of 9.865 … Competed in 12 meets as a freshman for the Gymbacks in 2019 … Made her collegiate debut in the vault on Jan. 12 against Arizona in Tuscon, scoring 9.825 in the event, the second-highest score for Arkansas in the meet … Became a regular in the vault lineup, competing 12 times in the event in 2019, adding balance beam for the final 10 meets and floor exercise in the last seven competitions … Recorded the team’s highest score in vault at the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 26, checking in at 9.8750 … Hit the same mark a week later at No. 6 Georgia to pace the team for the second consecutive meet … Debuted on floor (9.800) and hit her first of back-to-back 9.8500 scores in beam against No. 11 Auburn on Feb. 15 … Put together her best meet to that point in the season on Feb. 22, earning scores of 9.8750 on vault and 9.8500 on beam & floor against No. 5 LSU … Notched her top mark of the year in floor at Elevate The Stage on March 8 with a 9.8750, also scoring the same on vault to match her then-season-best for the third time … Earned the top score in Arkansas’ session at the SEC Championships in vault with a personal-best 9.900, earning All-SEC honors in the event … Also tied the team-high 9.900 on beam at the event and scored a 9.850 on floor to earn All-Freshman accolades at the meet … Her 9.900 in vault matched the highest score by a Gymback at the SEC Championships and was the highest since Amanda Wellick’s in 2015 … Competed in the same three events at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, tallying scores of 9.850 (FX), 9.800 (VT) and 9.725 (BB) in second round action for the Gymbacks.

Prior To Arkansas
Club
Comes to Arkansas from Capital Gymnastics in Cedar Park, Texas … Competed at Level 10 since 2014 … Placed third in the all-around at the state championships with a score of 38.000 while taking first on beam and second on floor … Placed a score of 9.900 or higher on vault three times in 2017 … Scored a perfect 10 on vault at the 207 WOGA Classic … The Perfect score was one of just five perfect 10s on vault during the 2017 season among Level 10 athletes … Qualified for the Junior Olympic Nationals in 2016 and 2017.

Personal
Elswick is the younger sister of former All-SEC Razorback Heather Elswick and the daughter of Mike and Kathy Elswick … She attended Westlake High School in Austin, Texas.

Amanda Elswick Club Bests (Level 10):
Vault: 10.000 | Bars: 9.100  | Beam: 9.700 | Floor: 9.700  | AA: 38.000

2019 Performances 

DateOpponentVaultBarsBeamFloorAll-Around
Jan. 5Oklahoma
Jan. 12 at Arizona9.8250
Jan. 18at Kentucky9.6500
Jan. 26Metroplex Challenge9.87508.3500
Feb. 1at Georgia9.87509.5500
Feb. 8Alabama9.80009.6750
Feb. 15at Auburn9.82509.85009.8000
Feb. 22LSU9.87509.85009.8500
Mar. 1Florida9.80009.55009.7000
Mar. 8Elevate The Stage9.87509.75009.8750
Mar. 16Arkansas Quad9.75009.65009.1000
Mar. 23SEC Championships9.90009.90009.8500
April 4NCAA Regionals9.80009.72509.8500
April 19NCAA Championships
Season Average9.8239.5699.696