The 2024 season will mark the third season for Assistant Coach Lydia Test as a member of the Gymahwks coaching staff as she steps into the full-time role. Test will oversee the vault and floor routines for the Redhawks.
A season ago, Test helped guide SEMO gymnastics to a fourth place finish at the Midwest Independent Conference Championships as four different Redhawks earned All-MIC honors. Taylor Ingle (first team), Ava Johnsnton (second team), Lydia Webb (second team), and Madison Greene (second team) all finished as All-MIC gymnasts in 2023.
Test served as the Redhawks Student Assistant Coach and the team choreographer for the last two seasons as the Redhawks set a program record 197.050 at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic, including a perfect 10.000 from Lindsay Ockler on bars.
Test competed for SEMO for two seasons before medically retiring from the sport. She appeared in eight meets on both vault and beam in 2021, helping the Redhawks capture the USA Gymnastics Team title.
Test recorded five scores of 9.700 or higher including a career-best beam mark of 9.825 against Centenary and Illinois State (2/26/21) and a personal-best vault of 9.750 at the 2021 USA Gymnastics Championships Team Finals (4/10/21) to help the Redhawks capture the team title.
In the classroom, Test has been named a Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athlete and a USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Nationals Scholar Athlete.
