NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Senior
Raegan Walker (Temecula, Calif.) of the Yale gymnastics team has been named Gymnastics East Conference Co-Gymnast of the Week and first year
Gigi Sabatini (Clarks Summit, Pa.) has been named Gymnastics East Conference Rookie of the Week. The conference announced the award on Wednesday. This is the third time this season Walker has earned the Gymnast of the Week Award.
Walker had a spectacular final home competition for the Bulldogs Sunday against Bridgeport and Rhode Island College. She won two out of the three events she competed in. Walker had the team's highest vault score with a beautiful yurchenko half, scoring a 9.725 for first place. On bars she had the second-highest score of the meet with a 9.75, coming in clutch in the fifth lineup spot after a few mistakes earlier in the lineup. On beam, Walker tied her career high with a 9.9, which was also good for first place.
Sabatini shined in all four events for the Bulldogs, scoring a 9.7 or higher on each, as well as earning the all-around title with a 38.825. On vault she came in second place overall, scoring a 9.7. On bars Sabatini executed a strong hit routine in the third spot, keeping the momentum after a previous fall in the lineup, scoring a 9.7. She followed her bar routine with another hit on the beam, scoring a 9.725. Sabatini anchored floor for Yale, scoring another 9.7. She is currently Yale's only all-around competitor.
This is the second season for the Gymnastics East Conference, which features eight of the top gymnastics programs on the East Coast: Bridgeport, Brown, Cornell, Penn, Southern Connecticut, West Chester, William & Mary and Yale.
Yale competes in a five-team meet at Maryland this Sunday at 12:00 p.m.
Yale's Weekly GEC Awards 2023
