Career Highs
Vault – 9.775 at Arkansas (1/14/22); vs. Kentucky (2/25/22)
Bars – 9.900 vs. Arkansas (1/26/24)
Beam – 9.975 vs. Missouri (2/11/22)
Floor – 9.950 vs. Fisk, Talladega, and Temple (2/2/24)
Awards and Honors
2023 All-SEC (beam)
2023: Competed on beam in every meet and bars in all but one meet … Finished with a 9.885 NQS on beam, having five scores of 9.9 or better … Set a season high with a 9.95 vs. Penn State (3/10) to win the event title … Tallied four 9.9s – vs. Arkansas (1/20), vs. LSU (2/10), vs. Georgia (2/24), at SEC Championship (3/18) … The 9.9 vs. Georgia secured another event title … Her score and finish at SECs secured All-SEC recognition … Finished with two 9.875s on the year – at Florida (1/13), at Los Angeles Regional (3/30) … Put together a 9.835 NQS on bars, competing 10 times for the Tigers … Set a career high with a 9.875 at Kentucky (3/4) … Had two 9.85s on the season – at Super 16 Challenge (1/7), vs. Arkansas) … Competed on floor eight times … Earned a 9.875 twice to set a career high – vs. Penn State, at Los Angeles Regional … Scored a 9.85 at Kentucky in the event … Choreographed her own floor routine as well as a handful of her teammates’ routines.
2022: Competed on beam in every meet this season … Had a 9.9 NQS in the event … Nine scores of 9.9 or better … Set a career high with a 9.975 vs. Missouri (2/11) to win the beam title … Had a 9.95 vs. Florida (3/4) … Scored 9.925 three times – at Arkansas (1/14); vs. Alabama (1/28); vs. Kentucky (2/25) … Scored a 9.9 at the NCAA Championship Semifinal (4/14) … Competed on vault three time for the Tigers … Set a career-high 9.775 twice – at Arkansas; vs. Kentucky.
2021: Major contributor on beam for the Tigers as a freshman, competing in all nine meets … Reached a season best of 9.95 at Missouri (2/12) … Earned two beam titles this season – vs. LSU (2/5), at Missouri … Scored a 9.925 twice – vs. LSU (2/5), at Florida (2/26) … Finished with a 9.919 NQS, which placed her in the Top 25 nationally … Competed on floor three times and on bars once.
Prior to Auburn: Three-time Junior Olympic Qualifier (2017, 2018, 2019) … 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup Qualifier … Finished seventh on the floor at the 2018 JO Championship … Region 3 Floor Champion in 2017.
Personal: Daughter of Olivia and Patrick McLaughlin … Has a younger brother, Nick … Majoring in media studies with the College of Liberal Arts.
Gabby McLaughlin Season 2022
Gabby McLaughlin Season 2022
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