Hailey Garner - Gymnastics - Arkansas Razorbacks

Hailey Garner

UB, BB, FX | Senior | 5-1 | Memphis, Tenn. | Gymstars Gymnastics

Quick Hits
2018 Second Team All-American with a 9.8875 on beam.
Tied the highest score recorded by a Razorback at the SEC Championships in 2018 with a 9.925 on the beam.
Set the program record on the bars with a 9.975 in Arkansas’ Tri Meet (March 26).

Personal Bests
VT: 9.725, at NCAA Columbus Regional, April 7, 2018
UB: 9.975, at Arkansas Tri Meet, March 16, 2018
BB: 9.925, (2x) last at SEC Championships, March 24, 2018
FX: 9.875, at Alabama, Feb. 2, 2018
AA: 39.175, at Oklahoma, March 12, 2018

Senior Season (2020)

Competed for the first time this season in the home opener against No. 3 Denver (Jan. 17) and competed on the uneven bars in eight of the nine following meets … had a season high 9.875 on two occasions, versus No. 3 Denver and against No. 10 Georgia (Feb.  7) … averaged a 9.719 on the UB with eight scores.

Junior Season (2019)
NCAA Championships qualifier … Competed in all 14 meets as a junior for the Razorbacks … Appeared on uneven bars in every meet until the NCAA Championships, where she competed on balance beam … One of six meets to compete on beam … Tied for the team-high on bars in the season opener against No. 2 Oklahoma with a score of 9.775 … Also registered the same mark on beam vs. OU … One of four meets to record the team’s highest score in an event …Turned in her best regular season beam score the following week at No. 18 Arizona at 9.875 … Her score of 9.875 on bars on Feb. 15 against No. 11 Auburn paced the squad … Hit a season-best 9.925 on the uneven bars at the Arkansas Quad meet on March 16 … Her 9.925 on UB is the highest by a junior at Arkansas, passing 9.900, which had been scored eight times since the first in 2009, with the most recent coming by Amanda Wellick in 2016 … Inserted into the beam rotation at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional, notching a 9.900 to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships … Recorded the top score in the round two session on the floor after not competing in the event since Jan. 26 … Also posted a 9.800 on uneven bars in the regional … Scored a 9.6375 at the NCAA Championships on April 19 on the beam.

Sophomore Season (2018)
All-SEC Team …. Scored a personal-best 9.875 on floor exercise against Georgia on Jan. 26 and a second-time at Alabama on Feb. 2…. Competed for the first-time of the season on All-Around at GymQuarters on Feb. 16 with an all-around score of 38.250… Scored a personal-best 39.175 on All-Around at Oklahoma on March 9… Set the program record bars score with a 9.975 at the Arkansas-Tri Meet on March 16 … Scored the highest at the SEC Championships for the Razorbacks with a score of 9.925 on the balance beam … Led Arkansas with a 9.8875 on beam to earn Second Team All-American honors while recording a 9.8500 on bars … Competed in the all-around three times in 2018, while competing in at least two events in each meet.

Freshman Season (2017)
Earned All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman honors with a 9.875 on uneven bars in the first session of the SEC Championship… Made her collegiate debut against UCLA on Jan. 7, scoring a 9.825 on uneven bars and a  9.825 on balance beam… Returned to the starting lineup on balance beam against Alabama on Jan. 27, scoring a career-best 9.850… Returned to the starting lineup on uneven bars at Auburn on Feb. 3, scoring a 9.850… Tied for first place on uneven bars with a 9.900 against LSU on Feb. 10 for her first career individual event title and the team’s first title in the event this season… Tied for first place on balance beam with a career-best 9.900 at Kentucky on March 3 for her second career individual title… Also made her career debut on floor exercise at Kentucky on March 3… Helped Arkansas score a season-best 49.150 on balance beam in the meet… Won her second career uneven bars title with a career-best 9.925 against Centenary and San Jose State on March 10… Her 9.925 was the highest score by an Arkansas gymnast this season and 0.025 shy of matching the Arkansas freshman and Barnhill Arena records in the event.

Prior to Arkansas

Club
Competed for Gymstars Gymnastics … Competed at Level 10 since the beginning of 2012 … At the 2015 J.O. National Invitation Tournament, was balance beam (9.7) and uneven bars (9.475) champion … At the 2015 Region VIII Championships, finished second on vault (9.775) and bars (9.575) … Was beam (9.625) and floor exercise (9.475) champion at the 2015 Tennessee State Championships … Has a bars mount named after her.

High School
Graduated one year early from Faith Heritage Academy in Millington, Tenn.

Personal
Born on Aug. 25, 1998 … Daughter of Fred and Linda Garner … Her father, Fred, is a maintenance manager, while her mother, Linda, is an attorney … Has one brother, who is a musician … Majoring in criminal justice and sociology with a minor in Spanish.

2019 Performances 

DateOpponentVaultBarsBeamFloorAll-Around
Jan. 5Oklahoma9.77509.7750
Jan. 12 at Arizona9.45009.8750
Jan. 18at Kentucky9.75009.0250
Jan. 26Metroplex Challenge9.82509.0500
Feb. 1at Georgia9.8000
Feb. 8Alabama9.0500
Feb. 15at Auburn9.8750
Feb. 22LSU9.7750
Mar. 1Florida9.8000
Mar. 8Elevate The Stage9.8250
Mar. 16Arkansas Quad9.9250
Mar. 23SEC Championships9.7750
April 4NCAA Regionals9.80009.9000
April 19NCAA Championships9.6375
Season Average9.7199.431

2018 Performances

  VaultBarsBeamFloorAA
Jan. 5at LSU9.5759.000
Jan. 12Kentucky9.725
Jan. 19at Missouri9.2759.750
Jan. 26Georgia9.4259.875
Feb. 2at Alabama9.875
Feb. 9Auburn9.7009.9009.800
Feb. 16GymQuarters9.5259.0259.8509.85038.250
Feb. 24at Florida9.6509.825
Mar. 2Arizona9.6759.9259.7009.77539.075
Mar. 9at Oklahoma9.6259.8759.9259.75039.175
Mar. 16Denver | Iowa State9.9759.800
Mar. 24SEC Championship9.7009.8509.925
April 8Regionals9.7259.8758.975
April 20NCAA Championships8.88759.85009.8875
AVERAGE9.6359.6009.8259.71138.833

2017 Performances

  VaultBarsBeamFloorAA
Jan. 7at UCLA9.8259.825
Jan. 13Missouri9.0259.675
Jan. 20at Georgia
Jan. 27Alabama9.850
Feb. 3at Auburn9.825
Feb. 10LSU9.9009.775
Feb. 17Florida9.8509.150
Feb. 25at Michigan State9.8009.750
Mar. 3at Kentucky9.8259.9009.325
Mar. 10San Jose State, Centenary9.9259.8008.700
Mar. 18SEC Championship9.8759.850
Apr. 1NCAA Regional9.909.775
AVERAGE9.7789.7439.013