Saturday, March 22
Greensboro, NC
2:30 PM
Pitt
vs
ACC Championship
Panthers Ready for ACC Championship in Greensboro
3/21/2025 10:27:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Pitt Gymnastics team is primed for the ACC Gymnastics Championship at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. on Saturday. The No. 6 seed Panthers will compete in the first session at 2:30 against No. 5 seed Clemson. A quad meet consisting of No. 1 Cal, No. 2 Stanford, No. 3 NC State and No. 4 North Carolina will take place at 7 p.m. The best team score of the six programs will be crowned the ACC Champion on Saturday night.
Live stats for the meet are available HERE. Fans can also follow the action on X and Instagram via the Pitt Gymnastics handles @pitt_gym and on the ACC Network.
Pitt Lineups
Balance Beam – Meika Lee, Emily Todd, Reyna Garvey, Julie Røttum Madsø, Darbi Simcox, Elizabeth Cesarone
Floor Exercise – Elizabeth Cesarone, Jaime Pratt, Jordyn Ewing, Meika Lee, Emily Todd, Jah'Liyah Bedminster
Vault – Olivia Giunta, Jaime Pratt, Camryn Chiu, Kennedy Duke, Jah'Liyah Bedminster, Elizabeth Cesarone
Uneven Bars – Jah'Liyah Bedminster, Jordyn Ewing, Jaime Pratt, Julie Røttum Madsø, Camryn Chiu, Emily Todd
Success in Columbus
- Multiple Panthers recorded season or career highs at the Ohio State quad meet last weekend.
- Jaime Pratt had a career day as she recorded a 9.850 on vault, replacing her previous personal best, 9.825.
- Julie Røttum Madsø registered a career-high 9.825 on bars for the second straight meet.
Big Jay
- Jah'Liyah Bedminster ended the regular season strong as she recorded a season-high 9.900 on vault and tied a season best with a 9.850 on bars.
- She led the Panthers to a season-high 49.175 on vault, and her 9.900 score on the event is the best by a Panther this season.
Last Time Out
- The Panthers tied for third last season alongside North Carolina at the ACC Championships in Greensboro with a 196.300 score.
- Jah'Liyah Bedminster was named to the All-Championship Floor and Bars Team after registering a pair of career-high 9.900s, and Jordyn Ewing joined her on the floor squad with a personal best 9.950.
History Made
- Pitt posted a 196.575 score against West Virginia, a season best and the second highest in program history.
- The floor squad recorded a 49.350, one tenth of a point off the program record.
Career High Day
- Six Panthers registered career highs against the Mountaineers.
- Darbi Simcox recorded a personal best 9.925, the highest score recorded by a Panther this season.
- Jaime Pratt and Meika Lee both earned a 9.900, and Kennedy Duke notched a career-high 9.850 on bars.
- Julie Røttum Madsø notched a 9.825 on bars, improving upon her previous best 9.800.
- Freshman Olivia Giunta rounded out the day with a 9.800 on vault.
Team Effort
- Pitt recorded season highs on vault, beam, floor and total team score in the meet against West Virginia.
- The Panthers' 196.575 score was set after registering the previous season high of 195.650 against Kent State.
- Kennedy Duke and Jah'Liyah Bedminster's 9.850 on bars secured a share of the bars title.
- Simcox earned her first individual event title of her career on beam after she notched a 9.925.
Winning Ways
- Three Panthers dominated and earned individual event titles against Kent State.
- Jaime Pratt and Emily Todd shared a first-place finish on bars with a 9.875.
- Elizabeth Cesarone won her first beam title of the season after recording a career-high 9.900.
Saving the Best for Last
- Elizabeth Cesarone has been impressive in her final year of eligibility.
- She recorded a career-high 9.900 on beam against Kent State in only her second time competing in the event this season.
- Cesarone earned a previous personal best 9.850 on beam against Cal, and she has registered at least a 9.825 on vault in seven meets.
Career Days!
- Multiple Panthers matched or recorded career highs against Kent State.
- Meika Lee matched a career-high 9.850 on beam, and Jaime Pratt earned a previous personal best 9.825 on floor.
Bars Squad
- Jaime Pratt earned her first individual event title of the season with a 9.875 on bars.
- Emily Todd joined Pratt with a 9.875 of her own, a season high.
- This marked Todd's second individual event title of the 2025 campaign, with both coming on bars.
Meika Making it Happen
- Freshman Meika Lee recorded two personal bests against North Carolina.
- Lee notched a 9.850 score on beam and a 9.875 on floor.
- Her 9.875 was good for a share of first place, marking Lee's first individual title of her early career.
Floor Queen
- Senior Jordyn Ewing has continued to dominate on floor all season long.
- She recorded a 9.900 on floor for the second time this season against Cal.
- Ewing notched a 9.875 alongside Lee against the Tar Heels, securing at least a share of her third floor title this season.
Madso Magic
- Sophomore Julie Rottum Madso recorded a career best with a 9.850 on beam against NC State.
- She improved upon her previous 9.700 score in Clemson.
- Madso tied for first in beam alongside NC State's Maddie Hall.
- This marked the first individual event title of her early career.
The Freshie Shines
- Darbi Simcox exploded onto the scene in Clemson, setting a previous personal and team best 9.875 on beam.
- This was only the freshman's second career meet she competed in.
- She has recorded at least a 9.800 in five of the seven meets she has competed in.
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.
- Bedminster and Copperwheat were named to the 2025 ACC Preseason Watch List.
- Bedminster and Ewing were All-ACC (floor) last season.
- Emily Todd returns after becoming the 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 include 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.
Head Coach Casey Jo MacPherson
- Second season at Pitt ... coaching stops at Arkansas, Western Michigan, and Missouri.
- Led the Panthers to tie for third at the 2024 ACC Championship.
- 8x All-American and two-time First Team All-SEC honoree at Arkansas.
Success in the Season Opener
- Pitt Gymnastics (6-8, 0-6 ACC) opened the season with wins over Illinois State, George Washington and Western Michigan as Jah'Liyah Bedminster (bars), Elizabeth Cesarone (vault), and Jordyn Ewing (floor) claimed event titles at the Next Level Podium Challenge.
- The Panthers had 10 podium finishes and posted a team score of 195.575 to outpace Illinois State (195.100), George Washington (194.375), and host Western Michigan (192.850) Saturday evening at Kellogg Arena.
- The Panthers powered their way to the victory with a 49.025 on the uneven bars in the final rotation of the night. Bedminster claimed the top spot with a 9.850, while Emily Todd and Jaime Pratt finished tied for second with matching 9.825s. Hallie Copperwheat posted a 9.800 to reach the podium with a tie for third finish.
- Pitt took two of the top three spots on floor as Ewing (9.900) and Bedminster (9.850) delivered strong performances on the floor to pace Pitt to a 49.000. Ewing posted the top score in the event for her 11th career individual title and the fifth first place finish in floor exercise of her career.
- Cesarone, making her Pitt debut, posted an impressive 9.850, while Kennedy Duke added a 9.800 on the vault as the Panthers scored a 48.875. Cesarone tied for first to claim her fifth career first place finish in the vault, while Duke was tied for third overall.
- The Panthers recorded a 48.675 on the beam with Todd posting a team-best 9.775 to tie for third overall.
- Meika Lee finished second in the all-around with a total of 38.400 to reach the podium in her first collegiate meet. She posted a 9.750 on the balance beam for her top scoring event of the night.
Celebrating 50 Years of Pitt Gymnastics
- Pitt celebrates 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.
Pitt in the Rankings
- Pitt Gymnastics is currently 43rd in the Road to Nationals rankings.
- The Panthers are 34th on vault, and Elizabeth Cesarone is 92nd in the nation after recording at least a 9.825 in seven meets.
- Jordyn Ewing sits right outside of the top 100 in floor, coming in at 107.
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