COLUMBIA, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Gymnastics opened the 2025 campaign at the Missouri Quad-Meet on Friday night and turned in a 190.475 from Mizzou Arena. 
 
Freshman Joselene Hernandez, making her collegiate gymnastics debut, finished fourth overall in the all-around with a 38.600 performance missing third place by just .300. 
 
Hernandez recorded a 9.650 on Vault, a 9.575 on bars, a 9.650 on beam, and a 9.750 on floor in her first meet in a Redhawk leotard. 
 
Floor
The Redhawks began the night on the floor led by Kailyn Hamilton. The junior recorded a 9.550 to open the scoring for the Gymhawks. 
 
Two spots later came Hernandez, as she turned in the highest score of the rotation with her 9.725 from number three. Taylor Ingle tied her with a 9.725 of her own in spot five. 
 
Madison Greene anchored the lineup and turned in a 9.550 and at the end of the rotation, the Redhawks turned in a 47.425. 
 
Vault
The Gymhawks would turn to the vault in rotation two, started off by a 9.675 from ingle. Nyah Reader went above a 9.400 in the third spot of the rotation as she turned in a 9.475. 
 
Hernandez continued her hot start, recording a 9.650 just after Reader in spot four. 
 
Seniors Janelle Lopez and Lindsay Ockler rounded out the rotation in spots five and six, respectively, turning in a 9.525 and 9.550. 
 
At the end of two rotations, the Redhawks had a running score of 95.300.
 
Bars
The Bars rotation was the best rotation of the night for the Gymhawks, headlined by two-time Midwest Independent Conference Bar Champion, Lindsay Ockler. 
 
Ockler, who missed a majority of last season with an injury, anchored the Bars lineup on Friday night and turned in a 9.800, the highest score of any Redhawk all night. 
 
Joselene Hernandez started the rotation on bars, turning in her 9.575. Sydney Crouch and Kailyn Hamilton were second and third, respectively, recording a 9.425 and 9.575. 
 
Taylor Ingle and Janelle Lopez got it going with a 9.750 and 9.700, respectively, to bring up Ockler as the Redhawks recorded a 48.400 in rotation three. SEMO had a 143.700 heading into the final rotation. 
 
Beam
The Beam was headlined by Nyah Reader who from her sixth position recorded a 9.750 which was the highest score on the rotation. 
 
Janelle Lopez turned in a 9.575, followed by Ailey Kuehn who recorded a 9.500. 
 
Looking Ahead
Gymnastics will return to competition next Sunday, January 12, when they take part in the Ball State Quad-Meet. Competition is slated for 1 p.m. in Muncie, Indiana.