OSHKOSH, Wis.- UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics started its 2026 campaign with the top placement in a home quadrangular against WIAC opponents at Kolf Sports Center on Saturday (Jan. 3).
 
The Titans hosted Greenville University (Ill.), UW-Stout, and Winona State University (Minn.) in the multi-team meet. The five-time defending conference champions outscored their opponents in all four events to accumulate a combined score of 192.100 points, which extended their run of scoring at least 190 points to 28 dating back to a 190.775-183.9950 win over Winona State on February 16, 2023.
 
UW-Oshkosh tallied 47.500 points on the vault, 48.450 on the uneven bars, 47.525 on the balance beam, and 48.625 in the floor exercise.
 
Reanna McGibboney (Chester Springs, Pa./Downingtown East) led Oshkosh on the vault with a third-place score of 9.575 points. She was followed by Averie Evans (Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell) with 9.525 points for fifth and both Kasha Muraski (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake South) and Amaya McConkay (Broken Arrow, Okla./Union) in seventh at 9.475.
 
The Titans swept the top four positions on the uneven bars, paced by a career-best 9.750-point performance by Lydia Hayden (Broomfield, Colo./Broomfield). Hadley Bretschneider (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southwest) scored a 9.725 in her first meet competing as a scoring gymnast for second place. McGibboney and McConkay matched each other's finish with 9.675 points for third place. Oshkosh earned additional scores of 9.625 from Hannah Hughes (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) and 9.500 from Evans.
 
On the balance beam, Hayden took second place after earning a score of 9.650 points. Talynn Rae Gallegos (Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe) placed fifth at 9.525 in her first collegiate meet and Kristina Jakubiak (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) returned to the gym with a 9.500 for sixth place. Jay Ratkowski (Franklin/Franklin) rounded out the event's top-eight placers with a 9.450-point score.
 
In the Titans' final event of the day, McGibboney claimed the floor exercise title by earning a score of 9.825 points. Jurnee Warkentien (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) and Gallegos recorded matching scores of 9.725 points to place second and Mia Passarella (Atlanta, Ga./Walton) took fifth at 9.700. Aleah Radojevich (Chicago, Ill./Saint Laurence) and Taylor Leaman (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) added scores of 9.650 and 9.600 for ninth and 12th place, respectively.
 
The Titans return to Kolf in each of the next two weeks, hosting UW-Whitewater at 5 p.m. on Friday (Jan. 9) and Hamline University (Minn.) at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 16.