UCLA senior gymnast Samantha Peszek won her first NCAA all-around title on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, tying for first place with Florida’s Kytra Hunter with scores of 39.600. Both gymnasts competed in the afternoon semifinal session and had to wait through the final rotation of the evening session to see if their scores would hold up.
Auburn’s Caitlin Atkinson and Rheagan Courville of LSU fell short in second semifinal, finishing tied for third at 39.55.
“If I could give it up to win the team national championship, I would,” Peszek said. “But to end on this note for myself, and to leave this sport in peace knowing that I did everything that I could possibly do and have no regrets, is something that I will forever remember.