Ohio State Opens 2025 Season at ESPN Events’ Sprout Farmers Market Collegiate Quad

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s gymnastics team opens the 2025 season this weekend at the 2025 Sprouts Farmers Market Collegiate Quad. The Buckeyes will compete against Arkansas, Kentucky and No. 12 UCLA Saturday, Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. ET from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
 
The session will be televised on ESPN2 with John Roethlisberger and Aly Raisman on the call. The meet is ESPN Events’ owned-and-operated gymnastics invitational and features 12 teams in three quad meets that will be presented on ESPN platforms.
 
Buckeyes in a Nutshell

• Ohio State was voted 16th in the WCGA preseason coaches’ poll. The team finished the 2024 regular season 13th in the Road to Nationals standings.
• The Buckeyes return 12 student-athletes for the 2025 season. The team is comprised of six freshmen, seven sophomores, four juniors, two seniors and a graduate student.
• Payton Harris and Tory Vetter were named Gymnasts to Watch by the Big Ten Conference for the second straight season. Vetter is the reigning Big Ten beam champion. Harris finished the 2024 regular season top five in the conference in the all-around with an NQS of 39.490.
• The Ohio State all-around record of 39.625 has been tied twice in the last two seasons by current Buckeyes. Vetter hit the record in a dual meet at Iowa while Payton Harris scored the mark at the 2023 NCAA Regional Final to earn a spot at the national championship meet.
• Ohio State returns its leading performers on vault and beam this season. Harris and Vetter led vault with a 9.925 while Courtney McCann paced the beam team with a 9.975. McCann earned the program record-tying score in her collegiate debut on the apparatus last season.
• Jojo Warga returns to the Buckeye roster for a fifth season in 2025. The Girard, Ohio native is a beam specialist for the Buckeyes who has competed in 13 meets on the apparatus in her career with a career-high of 9.925 hit three times.
• The Buckeyes closed the 2024 with its second straight NCAA Regional Final appearance. The team earned a program record nine scores of 197 or higher on the year and had a regular season All-American in Ella Hodges for the first time since 2013.
• Ohio State is led by eighth-year head coach Meredith Paulicivic. Paulicivic has earned a 78-47 record in her time at Ohio State. She is assisted by Randy Monahan, Mickayla Stuckey and Quest Hayden.

 
Up Next
Ohio State hosts Iowa in its home opener Jan. 18 at the Covelli Center. The meet starts at 4 p.m. and will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required).
 
The Buckeyes will host five meets at the Covelli Center in 2025, including the Big Four meet against Nebraska, Rutgers and UCLA. Tickets for Ohio State women’s gymnastics meets can be purchased HERE.
 

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