Women's Gymnastics
Cori Rechenmacher - Women's Gymnastics - University of Kentucky Athletics

CoriRechenmacher

  • height 5-1
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Batavia, Illinois
  • High school Rosary High School

2015 SEC All-Freshman Team

2015 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

2018 (Senior): Made beam season debut at SEC Championships and scored 9.8 … Posted two 9.825s on Senior Night against Ohio State … Went career high 9.875 in meet vs. Missouri … Won bars Excite Night title with 9.85 … Competed in every meet for UK in 2017 … Had a 9.875 on the beam in win over Alabama

2017 (Junior): Saw action in every meet for the Wildcats in 2017 and competed on the bars, beam and floor … Had a season best 9.850 on bars twice at Florida and at the Kentucky Quad Meet … Hit 9.875 in historic win at Alabama on beam, just shy of her career best … Had a season best 9.850 in back-to-back meets at Florida and against Auburn … Scored 9.8 or better three times on bars, five times on beam and five times on the floor.

2016 (Sophomore): Competed in 11 meets over the course of the season …. Competed primarily on uneven bars (10 appearances) and balance beam (nine appearances) … Posted a pair of 9.875 scores against Florida (3/4) on uneven bars and balance beam … 9.875 on bars against Florida marked a career high … Played a key role in the balance beam lineup, scoring a 9.8 or higher five times over the season … Posted a career-best 9.9 on balance beam against Arkansas (2/26) … Two of her season scores on uneven bars and three scores on balance beam ranked among the top-10 scores on the team this season … Earned her first career event title on balance beam against Auburn (1/15), scoring a 9.85 … Led UK on balance beam twice in 2016 … Helped Kentucky to the second and third highest team scores in program history against Arkansas (196.7) and Florida (196.65) in back-to-back weeks … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2015 (Freshman): Became the first Wildcat in program history, along with teammate Sydney Waltz, to be named to the SEC All-Freshman Team … Competed in every meet on uneven bars and balance beam in an impressive freshman campaign … Led the Wildcats on bars four times and on beam twice … Posted a 9.825 on uneven bars and a 9.800 on balance beam at the SEC Championships … Posted a career-best 9.875 on beam on Feb. 20 vs. Arkansas … Recorded a career-high-tying 9.850 on bars on Feb. 13 at Oklahoma after setting a career best on the event in the home opener on Jan. 16 with a 9.850 … Led UK on bars and beam on Jan. 24 at Georgia with a 9.800 on bars and a 9.825 on beam.

 

Pre-College: Competed for Legacy Elite under the leadership of Jiani Wu, Yuejiu Li and Jing Wei. Competed at level 10 since 2012, placed third on uneven bars at regionals in 2013 and qualified for nationals … At the Illinois State Championships, placed second on beam and all-around and third place on uneven bars after winning all-around, balance beam, floor and vault at the LGA Invitational … In 2012, won the balance beam and floor events and finished second on uneven bars and in the all-around at the Illinois State Championships in addition to a first-place mark in the all-around, balance beam, floor and uneven bars at the Gliders Invitational … At level 9 in 2010, won both the all-around and balance beam at the Eastern Championships and regionals … Attended Rosary High School and was a member of the National Honor Society.

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