Southeast Gymnastics

Spots remain open for the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics kids camp on July 14, while there is limited availability for the Redhawks' High Performance camp on July 27. The kids camp, which is for children ages 6-12, costs $60 per camper and will run from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Campers will have an opportunity to learn all four Olympic events from a well-trained staff in a safe environment. A snack and a gift, provided by the coaches, will also be available to each camper...

Southeast Missouri State student-athletes combined to post a 3.20 grade point average for the 2016-17 academic year. The women's tennis team led the way with a 3.79 cumulative GPA, while women's cross country and women's soccer were close behind with a 3.75 and a 3.70 GPA, respectively...

Southeast Missouri State softball was swept in its home opener doubleheader Saturday. Eastern Illinois' Jessica Wireman picked up both wins and had nine strikeouts on the day as SEMO fell to 0-6 in the Ohio Valley Conference. EIU (19-5, 5-1 OVC) won Game 1 7-5 and Game 2 4-1...

Southeast Missouri State's Alexis Brawner will compete in the all-around competition Saturday at an NCAA Regional on the campus of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Brawner finished the season second in the Midwest Independent Conference in the all-around with a regional qualifying score of 39.120. She finished fifth on vault (9.810), second on bars (9.805), 15th on beam (9.710) and fourth on floor (9.840)...

Southeast Missouri State gymnast Alexis Brawner is headed back to the NCAA tournament. The junior was selected to compete in the Fayetteville Regional hosted by the University of Arkansas, the NCAA announced Monday. "We are heading back to Arkansas, an arena we have competed in before," coach Kristi Ewasko said in an news release. "We're looking forward to Alexis really capitalizing on all of her success so far this season and fighting for a chance to make the NCAA Nationals."...

Southeast Missouri State gymnastics ended the season Saturday with a fifth-place finish at the six-team Midwest Independent Conference championship. The Redhawks scored a 192.500. SEMO's Alexis Brawner won the all-around title, equaling her career-high score with a 39.225. Brawner also was named first-team all-conference on the vault and bars and earned second-team all-conference on the beam...

The Southeast Missouri State women's tennis team continued its winning ways with a third straight victory, as it took down Lipscomb 4-1 on Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee. SEMO (8-3) won twice in doubles play, with Isabella Krupa and Oleksandra Doroshenko taking their match 6-3 and the pair of Mila Majtan and Ana Canahuate-Torres winning by default, with Lipscomb (3-10) unable to field three doubles teams...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team split a pair of games in the Leon Smith Classic on Friday and Saturday in Oxford, Alabama. The Redhawks dropped an 8-6 decision against Valparaiso on Friday before knocking off Alabama A&M 7-2 on Saturday. On Friday, Southeast (11-5) erased a six-run deficit, but the Crusaders scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull out the victory...

Alexis Brawner capped off a stellar weekend with some recognition from the Midwest Independent Conference. Brawner, a junior on the Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team, was named the MIC Gymnast of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. She was instrumental in two meet victories for the Redhawks, collecting scores of 9.700 or better in all but one event. Brawner claimed four event titles and posted two all-around scores above 39.000, including a career-high score of 39.225...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team extend its winning streak to seven games with two wins Saturday at the We Back Pat tournament. The Redhawks defeated Missouri State 2-1 in Game 1 and University of Missouri-Kansas City 4-2 in Game 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. They are the fifth Ohio Valley Conference school to reach 10 wins this season...

Southeast Missouri State softball swept Alcorn State in a doubleheader Saturday. SEMO beat the Braves 8-0 in Game 1 and 7-5 in Game 2. In the first contest, Southeast (8-2) had 12 hits as the top three hitters -- Brooke Rheinecker, Mykaela Arellanes and Addison Barnouski -- went a combined 7-for-9 with five runs and five RBIs in the blowout. ...

Junior Alexis Brawner tied her career-high all-around score of 39.125 to lead Southeast Missouri State’s gymnastics’ team (4-8) to a 190.750-187.950 victory over Centenary on Friday night in Cape Girardeau. Brawner clinched the victory for the Redhawks with a 9.900 on the floor exercise, the first time she had ever scored 9.900 in any event...

The Southeast Missouri State softball team got off to a good start Saturday, winning its first two games of the season at the Jackson State Tournament. In shortened, five-inning affairs due to the lopsided scoreline, the Redhawks (2-0) defeated Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee State 9-1 and cruised past Jarvis Christian College 17-2...

Southeast Missouri State gymnastics begins a slate of two meets in three days tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Harley Davidson Meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the Wisconsin Center, SEMO will face a trio of teams in Wisconsin-Whitewater, Winona State and Wisconsin-Eau Claire that it has a 29-2 dual record against...

Far from the bright lights of the Olympic gymnastics arena -- or even the Dancing with the Stars stage -- where she made her name, 2008 Olympic gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson pulled on a Southeast Missouri State gymnastics T-shirt Monday afternoon and got to work doing something that might be just as important -- influencing the next generation of gymnasts...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team took second at a three-team meet Friday in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State finished with a 195.775 to claim first place, followed by the Redhawks with a 189.475 in second and Centenary College (183.300) in third. Ashley Thomas (38.775) finished third in the all-around to lead Southeast, while teammate Alexis Brawner (38.525) was close behind in fourth...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team took second at a three-team meet Friday in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State finished with a 195.775 to claim first place, followed by the Redhawks with a 189.475 in second and Centenary College (183.300) in third. Ashley Thomas (38.775) finished third in the all-around to lead Southeast, while teammate Alexis Brawner (38.525) was close behind in fourth...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team finished third in a three-team meet on Sunday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. The Redhawks finished with a team score of 190.500, while Northern Illinois took first with 194.425 points. Kent State finished in a close second with 194.375 points...

Sophomore distance runner Kaitlyn Shea set the pace for Southeast Missouri State track and field during the two-day Indiana Relays on Friday and Saturday in Bloomington, Ind., as she claimed two person records and a pair of top-two finishes. On Friday, Shea PRed the 3000-meter run, claiming first with a time of 9:53.58...

The Southeast Missouri State athletics department recognized 220 student-athletes who achieved a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or higher during a banquet Wednesday night at the Show Me Center. For the second year in a row, more than 60 percent of the school's student athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team was handed a narrow defeat against Midwest Independence Conference rival Lindenwood on Friday evening at Houck Field House. The Redhawks were outscored 191.025-190.625. Alexis Brawner led the way for the Redhawks, taking first place in the vault (9.825), bars (9.825) and all-around (38.475)...

The Southeast Missouri State gymnastics team opened the 2017 season with a third-place finish at the State of Missouri Meet on Sunday in St. Charles, Missouri. The Redhawks racked up 190.650 points behind Missouri (196.225) in first place and Midwest Independent Conference foe Lindenwood (193.400) in second...

Southeast Missouri State gymnastics added a new recruit ahead of the upcoming season. Mackenzie Slee signed with SEMO, the university announced Monday. The New Zealand native will enroll at Southeast for the second semester and thus be eligible to compete when Southeast's season begins on January 15, 2017. She graduated from Christchurch Girls High School earlier this month...