Britney Ward Named SEC Specialist of the Week
1/19/2016 10:26:00 AM | Gymnastics
Freshman Britney Ward won both the vault and beam titles at Alabama last Friday
COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 14 Mizzou gymnastics freshman Britney Ward (Ozark, Mo.) was named the Southeastern Conference Specialist of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday (Jan. 19). Ward claimed two event titles after a pair of career high scores at No. 6 Alabama last Friday.
Ward became the second Tiger gymnast to earn SEC weekly honors since Mizzou joined the conference for the 2013 season, joining current sophomore Shauna Miller, who claimed SEC Freshman of the Week last year.
At Alabama on Jan. 15, Ward opened her night with a personal best 9.925 on vault to earn top honors on the event. Then in Mizzou's final routine of the night, she won the beam title with a career high 9.900. Ward's scores helped the Tigers post season best team outputs on both vault (49.025) and beam (49.050), while also notching the team's highest overall score of the young season (196.050).
In only three collegiate meets, Ward has two vault and two beam titles to her credit. In addition to her wins at Alabama, she also won beam in the season opener against Illinois (9.850) and tied for the vault crown at Lindenwood (9.825).
Mizzou returns home to host No. 9 Georgia on Friday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. at Mizzou Arena in the annual Pink Out meet. The first 500 fans will receive free pink t-shirts.
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