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Pitt Gymnastics Opens Season Saturday at Next Level Podium Challenge
1/10/2025 4:19:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
PITTSBURGH – The Pitt Gymnastics team is set to open the 2025 season Saturday, Jan. 11 at the Next Level Podium Challenge in Battle Creek, Mich. Action opens at 7 p.m. with the Panthers competing against George Washington, Illinois State, and host Western Michigan.
Live stats for the Next Level Podium Challenge are available HERE. Fans can also follow the action on X and Instagram via the Pitt Gymnastics handles @pitt_gym.
Pitt Lineups
Balance Beam – Kennedy Duke, Emily Todd, Meika Lee, Camryn Chiu, Reyna Garvey, Hallie Copperwheat
Floor Exercise – Elizabeth Cesarone, Jordyn Ewing, Hallie Copperwheat, Meika Lee, Emily Todd, Jah'Liyah Bedminster
Vault – Meika Lee, Olivia Giunta, Lila Pileggi, Kennedy Duke, Elizabeth Cesarone, Jah'Liyah Bedminster
Uneven Bars – Kennedy Duke, Jordyn Ewing, Jah'Liyah Bedminster, Jaime Pratt, Emily Todd, Hallie Copperwheat
2025 Roster Highlights
- The Panthers return a pair of 2024 NCAA Regional Championship participants in Jah'Liyah Bedminster and Jordyn Ewing along with two-time NCAA Regional Championship qualifier and 2024 ACC Championship overall runner-up Hallie Copperwheat.
- Beminster and Copperwheat named to 2025 ACC Preseason Watch List.
- Bedminster and Ewing were All-ACC (floor) last season.
- Emily Todd returns after becoming first Panther to earn ACC Newcomer of the Week (1/9) last season following a 9.900 routine on bars at the Keystone Classic.
- Bedminster earned Pitt's first ACC Gymnast of the Week honor (1/15) for her performance against Kent State last season … named ACC Specialist of the Week (2/2) after posting a career- high 9.950 – securing a perfect score on the vault against North Carolina.
- Pitt's seven new additions to the roster including transfers Elizabeth Cesarone (Central Michigan) and Jaime Pratt (Arkansas) along with freshmen Camryn Chiu, Olivia Giunta, Meika Lee, Lila Pileggi, and Darbi Simcox.
- Lee was named to 2025 ACC Preseason Newcomer Watch List.
- Chiu showcased her talents with a strong performance in all four events at the Panther Preview (Dec. 20).
Head Coach Casey Jo MacPherson
- Second season at Pitt ... coaching stops at Arkansas, Western Michigan, and Missouri.
- Led the Panthers to a tied for third at the 2024 ACC Championship.
- 8x All-American and two-time First Team All-SEC honoree at Arkansas.
Celebrating 50 Years of Pitt Gymnastics
- Pitt will celebrate the program's 50-year anniversary of varsity status, dating back to the first season of competition in 1975 under Pitt Athletics Hall of Famer Donna Sanft, throughout the 2025 campaign.
Up Next
- The Panthers open ACC action next Friday, Jan. 17 against Clemson at Fitzgerald Field House.
