2022 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI GYMNASTICS GUIDE ANDAVEA ALEXANDER
ANDAVEA ALEXANDER ASSISTANT COACH
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he 2022 season marks the third for Andavea Alexander as a member of the Southeast Missouri Gymnastics coaching staff. Alexander served as the Volunteer Assistant in 2020 and was promoted to head coach Ashley Lawson’s top assistant on Sept. 28, 2020. Alexander is the Redhawks bars and beam coach and choreographer. In their first year competing as a team and hosting, the Redhawks secured the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championship April 10 at the Show Me Center with a team score of 195.025. Trailing Lindenwood 145.725-145.650 entering the final rotation, SEMO tied a program-best 49.375 on beam to secure the Championship.
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SECOND YEAR // LINDENWOOD, 2019 SEMO’s beam score matched the program-record set at the 2003 MIC Championships (March 29, 2003) where Lawson (then Godwin) led SEMO on the event with a 9.975. SEMO also recorded a 48.900 on vault at the 2021 USAG Championship, which tied for the seventhhighest score in SEMO program history. Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso won the 2021 USA Gymnastics All-Around crown with 39.225. The score tied for 11th in SEMO history. Solorzano-Caruso posted a 9.750 on vault, 9.800 on bars, 9.825 on beam and 9.850 on floor. Alexander was selected as the 2021 USAG Assistant Coach of the Year while head coach Ashley Lawson was named the Ken Anderson USAG Coach of the Year. Makenzie Marciniak
was also awarded the Mari Rae Sopper Spirit Award at the conclusion of the 2021 USA Gymnastics Championships. SEMO earned 18 USA Gymnastics All-American selections in 2021. Alexander helped coach Anna Kaziska who secured the 2021 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Beam Championship with a 9.912 to win the event title after finishing as the runner-up at the 2019 edition of the Championships. She also finished as the runnerup on floor at the 2021 USAG Championship with a 9.875 for Silver after also earning second at the 2019 USAG Championships. Alana Fischer tied for second on beam, compiling a career-best matching 9.850 in her third career USAG Individual Event
appearance, for Silver. SEMO registered a team score of 194.825 to take third at the 2021 MIC Championships. Eight Redhawks earned All-MIC honors for their performances at the Championships. Dahlia Solorzano-Caruso paced the Redhawks with five All-MIC team honors and finished as the runner-up in the all-around competition with 39.150. Solorzano-Caruso and Anna Speller also tied for Bronze at the Championships on beam with 9.825. Anna Kaziska represented the Redhawks at the 2021 NCAA Salt Lake City Regional. Kaziska registered a 9.900 on floor to tie for second in the session and third overall at the Regional. She also recorded a 9.875 on beam, which tied for ninth overall at the Regional.
4-TIME MIC CHAMPIONS | 2021 USA GYMNASTICS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
