O’Hara Garners SEC Specialist of the Week Award

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Graduate Gymback Maggie O’Hara garnered the first weekly award for the Gymbacks on Tuesday, announced as the SEC Co-Specialist of the Week by the league office. It marks just the fifth time ever that a Razorback was selected for the honor.

O’Hara earned her first beam title and second bars title of the season in Friday’s home-opener vs LSU. For the second week in-a-row, O’Hara beautifully executed her blind-change jaeger and bail handstand on the uneven bars. She would stick her double-layout dismount, securing a career-high 9.950 in the event.

Her 9.950 on the bars also ties the highest score by an Razorback senior in program history, now sharing the title with Braie Speed (2018) and Jaime Pisani (2012).

She continued to ‘wow’ the crowd in Barnhill Arena on the beam, scoring a 9.925 with her side-ariel back handspring series and side-ariel 1.5 dismount. O’Hara and the rest of the beam team finished with an overall score of 49.325, the best beam score of the Jordyn Wieber-era and 8th best in program history.

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