‘A good step forward’: Gymnastics enjoys successful Preview Meet

AUBURN, Ala. – The Auburn gymnastics team returned to Neville Arena Monday night for the program’s annual Preview Meet and enjoyed solid evening in front of the Auburn fanbase.

“Tonight was a good step forward” head coach Jeff Graba said. “We have new people that needed to get used to competing in an arena and experienced people working in new routines. Overall, I thought it was really good. We were obviously being very cautious right now and down some routines, but we know we’ll be in a really good spot come January.”

Leading the way were juniors Julianne Huff, Olivia Greaves and Emma Wehry as the three competed in all four events. Wehry, a transfer from West Virginia, and Greaves shined on beam and floor, while Huff put together three strong routines on vault, bars and floor.

“I thought these all-arounders did really well,” Graba said. “Having the Preview Meet this late is hard. We haven’t had much practice in the last 10 days, so this really tested us. Especially the three doing all four events and I was really impressed with how they handled it.”

Senior Hannah Hagle and junior Alex Irvine did three events for the squad, while sophomores Olivia Ahern, Bryn Bartman, Sophia Bell and Marissa Neal did two. Bell debuted her double on vault and closed out the night as anchor on floor, while Ahern and Neal were rock solid once again on beam. Irvine made her first appearance on floor as an Auburn Tiger and she and Bartman showcased solid bars routines.

The home crowd got to see four freshmen make their debut in Neville Arena in Charlotte Booth, Adriana Consoli, Mia Leverton and Rebekah Smith. Booth competed on bars, beam and floor, while Leverton did vault and floor. Consoli shined on beam and Smith anchored vault in the first rotation.

Auburn opens the 2026 season at home in Neville Arena, hosting NC State on January 9. The Tigers and the Wolfpack will go head-to-head at 7 p.m. CT and the meet will be streamed on SEC Network+.