Perfect 10 Watch: Gymnasts Who Could Reach Perfection this Season

Avery Neff, after her perfect 10 on vault, courtesy of KSL News

Utah's Avery Neff, UCLA's Jordan Chiles, and LSU's Kailin Chio have all scored perfect 10s this season. Who will join them next?

Perfect 10 Watch

Lauren Williams, after scoring a 9.975 on vault, courtesy of Arkansas Gymnastics

In her second meet back after elbow surgery, Lauren Williams nailed her Yurchenko 1.5. She scored a near-perfect 9.975, which set a new career high for her and tied the best score in program history. Arkansas has yet to see its first perfect 10 on any event, but if Williams continues to find her landing, that could change this season!

Hannah Horton on vault, courtesy of Sam Simon Photography

Hannah Horton has also scored a 9.975 on vault this season to set a new career high. The Missouri junior has great amplitude and form on her Yurchenko 1.5, and if she can control her power and hone in on the landing, I see a 10 for her in the near future!

Azaraya Ra-Akbar after scoring a 9.975 on bars, courtesy of Alabama Gymnastics

Azaraya Ra-Akbar is only a freshman, one of the best freshmen in the nation at that, but she performs with the confidence of a veteran. She takes on the role of Alabama's bar anchor perfectly, hitting her routines and putting up big scores in that spot. In her first-ever collegiate bar routine, she scored a 9.975. She followed that up with a 9.950 the next week. Her routines are so clean, and all she needs is a solid, stuck landing, and that 10 on bars is hers!

Chloe Cho on bars, courtesy of Illinois Women's Gymnastics

Illinois sophomore Chloe Cho has come out strong on bars this year. Her best scores on the bars last year were 9.900 and 9.950. In her first two meets this season, she put up a 9.950 both times! Cho started in the lead-off position on bars, and there is no better way to set the tone for the Illini on the event. Now, she's in the anchor position, which puts her in a better position to reach perfection.

Kayli Boozer on beam, courtesy of Kim Dowis-Brown Photography

Kayli Boozer contributed solid beam scores for Michigan last season, including two 9.900s and a 9.950, but she's on a whole other level this year. Michigan proved to be a threat on beam when they opened their season with their best score in program history, and Boozer is essential to the lineup. In her first two routines of the season, she matched her personal best score of 9.950. I think she has a 10 coming her way soon!

Joscelyn Roberson on beam, courtesy of Roberson on Instagram

As aforementioned, Arkansas doesn't have a 10 on any event yet, and another athlete could change that soon: Joscelyn Roberson. The sophomore is always cool, calm, and collected on the beam, tumbling across it like she's on the floor and smiling throughout her routine. Roberson always puts up big scores for the Razorbacks as their anchor. She's scored a 9.900 or better thirteen times on the event, including three 9.950s to start this season. After both of her routines, you couldn't help but ask, "How was that not a 10?" and I think in the next couple of weeks we won't have to ask that!

Sydney Seabrooks in her first floor appearance, courtesy of North Carolina Gymnastics

Sydney Seabrooks is only a freshman, but her control in her tumbling and level of performance quality already make her the perfect anchor on floor for North Carolina. She scored a 9.950 in her first collegiate floor routine and matched that score the following week. Seabrooks has to have a 10 coming her way soon!

Cecilia Cooley on floor, courtesy of Denver Gymnastics

Cecilia Cooley put up scores of 9.800 or better on floor in every meet for Denver last year, but this year she's better than ever. Her career-high on the event coming into the season was a 9.900, and she opened up the year with a 9.975. She followed that up with a 9.950 in the following week. Between her control and confidence, Cooley is capable of perfection.

Gym Slam Watch

The "Gym Slam," scoring a perfect 10 on every event, is an incredibly rare feat in NCAA gymnastics. Only fifteen gymnasts have recorded Gym Slams (Maggie Nichols, Kyla Ross, and Jade Carey did so twice, and Trinity Thomas did so five times). Two athletes are on Gym Slam Watch this season: UCLA's Jordan Chiles and Florida's Selena Harris-Miranda.

Jordan Chiles on beam, courtesy of Chiles on Instagram

Chiles has scored five perfect 10s on bars and six on floor, and recently scored her first one on vault, so she only needs one on beam. It's a matter of when, not if, for Chiles' Gym Slam, as she has scored a 9.975 three times on beam, with two coming just this season!

Selena Harris-Miranda on floor, courtesy of Harris-Miranda on Instagram

Harris-Miranda has scored a perfect 10 six times on vault and once on both bars and beam. The Gators senior only needs to reach perfection on floor, an event she's incredibly strong on. She's scored a 9.950 or better eight times in her career, and has reached the 9.975 mark twice. With her track record of putting up big scores every time she steps onto the event, I think Harris-Miranda will join the Gym Slam club!

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Edited by Mithzi Silva