ChesneyBennett

PERSONAL BESTS

ALL-AROUND
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VAULT
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BARS
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BEAM
9.900
FLOOR
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NOTABLES

• Competed on beam 10 times in freshman season, scoring 9.900 twice (including once at NCAA Regional)
• 2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• Level 10 Gymnast at Gymnastics Academy of Charleston
• Four Start Recruit according to College Gym News
• Nine-time SC State Champion
• 2024 Region 8 Beam and All-Around Champion
• National Champion in 2022 on floor exercise

CAREER MEET-BY-MEET SCORES

2025 SEASON
01/11 Collegiate Quad: BB – 8.975
01/18 ALABAMA: DID NOT COMPETE
01/26 at Missouri: DID NOT COMPETE
01/31 AUBURN: BB- 9.750
02/07 at Oklahoma: BB- 9.750
02/14 TEMPLE: BB- 9.775
02/21 LSU: BB- 9.750
03/02 at Georgia: DID NOT COMPETE
03/07 ARKANSAS: BB- 9.900
03/14 at Florida: BB- 9.675
03/22 SEC Championship: BB- 9.775
04/03 NCAA Regional Semifinal: BB- 9.900
04/05 NCAA Regional Final: BB- 9.775

PERSONAL

• Hobbies: Reading, cooking, singing
• Mom was collegiate cheerleader and professional bodybuilder; Dad was a collegiate wrestler
• Nickname: Chez
• Why Kentucky: “I chose Kentucky because I felt so incredibly welcomed here. The coaches and team made me feel wanted, and I knew I would feel at home here. The family atmosphere is unmatched and I literally could not imagine going anywhere else!”
• One thing people might not know about you: “I LOVE Kobe Bryant, and I genuinely think he is the greatest athlete of all time. I have a wall dedicated to him and other amazing athletes in my room!”
• Hidden talents: “I can make myself sound like a car alarm!”