Personal Bests
UB: 9.950 (3x), last vs Kentucky, Feb. 23, 2024
BB: 9.925 at Missouri, March 3, 2024
FX: 9.975 vs Nebraska, March 15, 2024
Junior Season (2024)
Added beam to her repertoire for the season as a regular three-event competitor… Appeared in every bars and floor lineup and 13 times on beam… Was Arkansas’ points leader on the season with 421.7875 points… Scored 9.900+ on bars six times during the season with three event titles, including one against Kentucky on Feb. 23 with a new career high of 9.950… Earned her first-ever beam title in her debut appearance on the event on Jan. 12 with a 9.900 score and added three more 9.900+ marks on the event throughout the season… Set a new personal best of 9.925 on beam at Missouri on March 3 for a share of second place… Scored 9.900+ on floor in 12 of 13 meets and finished with a 9.912 average for 2024, third best on the team… Tied the Arkansas program record of 9.975 on floor on March 15 for the event title and a new career high… Recorded 9.900 marks on beam and floor at SEC Championships and earned All-SEC honors on floor… Back-t0-back SEC Community Service Team honoree
Sophomore Season (2023)
Appeared in every floor lineup and 10 of 12 bars lineups for Arkansas… Scored 9.850+ on bars seven times, including a five-meet streak of 9.850+… Went 9.800 or higher on floor nine times… Set a new personal best of 9.950 on bars at Kentucky on Feb. 17, receiving a 10 from one judge and earning a share of first place… Matched her 9.950 on bars at Georgia on March 5 for her second event title… Scored a season-high 9.900 on floor four times, the last at the Norman Regional on March 30
Freshman Season (2022)
Competed in all but two meets in her freshman season, 11 times on floor and 10 on bars… Made collegiate debut in season opener on floor and scored a 9.800… Placed in the top five on bars and floor against SEMO… Set a new career high on floor against Kentucky and earned her first event title at Arkansas with a 9.900, also matched her bars high of 9.850… Took second on bars and set a new career high with a 9.925 at Missouri Tri-Meet on Feb. 20… Tied for second on bars (9.850) and fourth on floor (9.875) against Georgia… Set a new career high of 9.925 on floor at Elevate the Stage and tied for fourth place… Tied for third on floor at Denver Quad with a score of 9.9875… Posted a pair of 9.900 scores on bars and floor at Norman regional semifinal, both of which helped push the Gymbacks to new regional bars (49.450) and floor (49.375) records… Scored 9.850 or higher in 67% of her routines, the best percentage by any freshman in Arkansas history
Prior to Arkansas
Jones, a Cornelius, North Carolina native comes to Arkansas as a three-time Junior Olympic National qualifier. Jones, who trains at Southeastern Gymnastics, is also a three-time regional floor champion and secured the floor exercise title at the 2018 Junior Olympic Nationals.
