College Gymnastics Is Over For the Season — Here's a Look Back at Some Perfect-10 Routines

On Thursday, March 12, the NCAA announced that Division 1 men's and women's basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining Winter and Spring collegiate sporting events, were cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health threat. That meant, for gymnastics, the 2020 season came to an abrupt end without a national championship. For seniors in particular, it also meant their careers in the sport were officially over.

Oklahoma's Maggie Nichols, who won back-to-back national all-around titles and received 22 perfect 10s during her collegiate career, posted a long farewell message on Instagram that read in part, "It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that i will never have the opportunity to compete for OU again with my team..... but knowing i poured my heart & soul into this sport my whole entire career, and ended on a positive note eases my mind knowing i gave it EVERYTHING i had." UCLA senior and 2012 Olympian Kyla Ross shared on her own page, "These past 20 years have been an absolute dream! Thank you gymnastics for everything and so much more."

The 2020 season saw a lot of showstopping performances full of stuck landings, personality (on floor especially), and the precision, power, and grace gymnasts are best known for. Ahead, check out some of the greatest perfect-10 routines from this year. These routines are from student athletes across the board, not just seniors, but to those who ended their careers knowing they recorded 10.00s in 2020 — or otherwise — you should be oh-so proud!

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Trinity Thomas Perfect 10 on Floor For Florida

University of Florida sophomore Trinity Thomas received a 10.00 on floor at a March 7 meet against Penn State. Her leaps and jumps are beautiful, and she nails her tumbling down solid. Thomas, who is currently training for the Olympic Games, received four perfect 10s this season.

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Kyla Ross Perfect 10 on Bars For UCLA

Watch Kyla Ross's flawless bar routine at UCLA's opening home meet of 2020. This was Ross's 20th perfect 10 of her career, and she ended her career with two more!

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Alexis Vasquez Perfect 10 on Beam For Denver

Denver sophomore Alexis Vasquez scored a perfect 10 for her beam routine on Feb. 16. It was her second 10.00 on this event, having received one at the very first competition of the season. She does her tumbling series — a front aerial walkover into a back handspring step out and layout step out — almost like she's on the floor. Power and flexibility? It's a winning combo!

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Maggie Nichols Perfect 10 on Vault For Oklahoma

Here, senior Maggie Nichols scores a perfect 10 on vault. It's a yurchenko (round-off on the springboard to a back handspring on the vault) with one and a half twists. The last vault of her career also received a perfect 10, and it marked her final 10.00 of her career as well: number 22.

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Abby Paulson Perfect 10 on Beam For Utah

Abby Paulson, a freshman at the University of Utah, got a perfect score for this beam routine, which features a side aerial to a back layout step out, in a February meet against UCLA. That stuck landing is everything! "I love beam, unlike most people," Paulson told Desert News.

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Trinity Thomas Perfect 10 on Bars For Florida

This perfect-10 bar routine from Thomas was actually the first 10.00 of her collegiate gymnastics career! It took place against LSU on Jan. 24 — and the crowd's reaction to her stuck double layout dismount is priceless!

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Kyla Ross Perfect 10 on Vault For UCLA

This was Ross's last perfect 10 of her career: a short and sweet (and totally special) 10.00 on vault. Plus, it was the first perfect score for her on vault this season, and the skill, like Nichols's, is a yurchenko one and a half.

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Trinity Thomas Perfect 10 on Beam For Florida

Thomas received two perfect scores on beam this season. She's all grace and all strength — and her one-arm back handspring into a layout step out is absolutely gorgeous in this Valentine's Day 10.00 routine.

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Gracie Kramer Perfect 10 on Floor For UCLA

Remember Gracie Kramer's spooky floor routine featuring Billie Eilish's "Bad Guy" at the end? This performance earned the UCLA senior a 10.00, and rightfully so!

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Grace Glenn Perfect 10 on Beam For UCLA

Senior Grace Glenn made NCAA history earlier this year when she earned the first-ever leadoff perfect 10 on beam in a meet against Utah. Note: this means she was the first up to go on the event and, typically, judges give 10.00s to gymnasts later on in the six-person lineup.

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Evanni Roberson Perfect 10 on Beam For Washington

Evanni Roberson, a senior at the University of Washington, became the first gymnast in UW history to earn a perfect 10 on beam. It was her second perfect 10 on the event, and she just flows through this routine! (Check out that layout step out combo!)

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Kim Tessen Perfect 10 on Vault For Utah

Kim Tessen, a senior at the University of Utah, stuck her yurchenko one and a half and received her first career perfect 10!

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Rachel Gowey Perfect 10 on Beam For Florida

University of Florida senior Rachel Gowey received a 10.00 on beam during a meet against Penn State, the same competition where her Gators teammate, Thomas, got a perfect score on floor. Gowey's dismount is called a "gainer full," meaning you flip forward and sideways off of the beam in a laid-out position with a full twist. Impressive!