Hu Records First 10 of 2025 Season in Mizzou’s Meet at Oklahoma

NORMAN, Okla. — Helen Hu (Chicago, Illinois) of the University of Missouri gymnastics team recorded the sport’s first perfect 10 of the 2025 season during her balance beam routine at the Tigers’ Southeastern Conference opener against top-ranked Oklahoma on Friday evening at Lloyd Noble Center.

No. 10 Mizzou (5-2, 0-1 SEC) ultimately fell to the No. 1 Sooners (7-0, 1-0 SEC) by a 197.775-196.750 margin. 

Hu’s performance is the fourth time a Mizzou gymnast finished with a 10 on beam, most recently done by Sienna Schreiber on March 3, 2024, against Arkansas. Before last season, the feat had not been accomplished by a Tiger since Lauren Schwartzman did so twice in the 2004 campaign. Five of the seven 10s in Mizzou gymnastics history have come since 2023.

SHOW STOPPERS

Senior Jocelyn Moore (Hillsborough, New Jersey) captured the meet’s highest score on vault with a 9.975 in addition to Hu’s perfect 10 and event title on beam. On bars, Mara Titarsolej (Zutphen, Netherlands) anchored the team’s rotation and posted a 9.900 for the second consecutive contest. Freshman Railey Jackson (Forest Park, Illinois) had the best night of her young collegiate career, setting two personal bests on beam and floor, each with scores of 9.875.

RECAP

Uneven Bars

-Titarsolej’s score of 9.900 is the 31st time in her career that she has reached or surpassed the mark on bars.

–Kyra Burns (Blue Springs, Missouri) finished with a season-best 9.875 from the leadoff spot.

Vault

-Mizzou’s 49.300 during its second rotation on vault marked the team’s highest score on the event this season. 

-Moore scored a 9.975 or better for the fourth time in her career. She holds the program’s lone perfect 10 on vault and two additional scores of 9.975.

–Hannah Horton’s (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota) 9.875 marked her best season result on the apparatus. 

-Moore and Horton’s results on vault mark the first- and second-best scores on the event in 2025, respectively.

-Freshman Kaia Tanskanen (Howell, Michigan) improved her vault score for the third straight week. Her collegiate-best is now 9.825. 

-Moore has now reached the 9.900 threshold on vault 20 times.

Floor

-The Tigers’ two best performances on floor came from Jackson and Horton, who claimed a 9.875.

-Jackson had previously recorded a 9.825 in her previous two meets competing on floor.

–Elise Tisler (Fairfax Station, Virginia) opened the Tigers’ rotation for the second-straight meet and scored a 9.825.

Beam

-Hu previously scored a 9.975 on six different occasions prior to her first perfect 10 on Friday evening.

-The only other time a Mizzou gymnast recorded a 10 on beam on the road was by Schwartzman on March 12, 2004, at the Texas Women’s University Invitational.

–Addison Lawrence (Olathe, Kansas) and Amy Wier (St. Louis, Missouri) went first and second on the rotation respectively and each earned a 9.825.

UP NEXT

Mizzou returns to Columbia for its first meet this season inside Hearnes Center, competing against No. 8 Kentucky for its conference home opener. The Tigers are 16-21 all-time versus the Wildcats. UK most recently defeated No. 3 Alabama on Friday evening by a score of 197.300-196.100.

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