Gymnastics Meet Guide • Michigan & Elevate the Stage

Meet 9: No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 9 Michigan

• Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, 6:45 p.m. ET
• Ann Arbor, Mich. • Crisler Center
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• Clemson Record Book

Meet 10: Elevate the Stage

• No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 6 Georgia, No. 17 Auburn, & Pitt
• Sunday, Mar. 8, 2026, 4 p.m. ET
• Huntsville, Ala. • Von Braun Center
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CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 14 Clemson (4-4, 3-3 ACC, 196.550 NQS) has a pair of meet this week when it goes to No. 9 Michigan (197.146 NQS) in Ann Arbor, Mich. on Friday at 6:45 p.m. and then the Elevate the Stage meet in Huntsville, Ala. on Sunday at 4 p.m. Clemson will face off with No. 6 Georgia (197.293 NQS), No. 17 Auburn (196.464 NQS) and Pitt (195.150 NQS) in the neutral-site quad meet. 

Clemson has just three regular-season meets remaining, including the home finale against N0. 24 BYU on Mar. 13, before the ACC Championships on Mar. 21 in Greensboro, N.C.

The Tigers were off last week after two consecutive dual meet wins over Pitt in which Clemson upped its streak of scoring 196.500 or higher to four consecutive performances. Four of Clemson’s top ten scores all-time have come in the past four meets, including three of the top five.

STEADY CLIMB

• In its first season under Co-Head Coaches Justin Howell and Liz Crandall-Howell, Clemson has already taken big strides.
• Three of Clemson’s five best team scores ever have come in the past four meets.
• Clemson has moved up to 14th in NQS (196.550), it’s highest rank in the program’s history.
• 2025 Final rank by event: AA29, VT24, UB32, BB35, FX22
• 2026 Thru 8 meets: AA14 (+15), VT20 (+4), UB11 (+21), BB15 (+20), FX17 (+5)
• Clemson’s 21-spot jump on bars from 2025 is the biggest jump nationally
• Clemson’s 20-spot jump on beam from 2025 is second-best nationally
• In 2026, 129 of 192 (67.2%) of routines have been a 9.800 or above
• Clemson has surpassed 196.500 five times in 2026 in eight meets (including 4 in a row) after doing so five times in its first 25 meets.

COMPETING WITH THE BEST

• Including this weekend, Clemson will have competed against eight top-25 teams in nine meets –  No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Stanford, No. 12 UNC, No. 20 Cal and No. 21 NC State prior to the weekend and adding No. 6 Georgia, No. 9 Michigan, and No. 17 Auburn.

SO FAR, SO GOOD

• Brie Clark has won floor in each of her eight appearances in 2026 and has won beam in two road meets. She has 20 career floor and five beam event wins at Clemson
• Clark ranks fifth in the nation in floor with a 9.935 NQS. She has a 9.900 or higher in all eight meets this season and scored a career-best 9.975 in her most recent outing.
• Ella Cesario posted her best all-around performance at Clemson with a 39.475 all-around (3rd best in school history) at Pitt on Feb. 15. She is averaging a 9.827 on 27 routines in 2026
• Tara Walsh has competed in 24 events in 2026, with 20 at 9.8 or above and 16 of those scored a 9.850 or higher; She has five vault titles in 2026 and is averaging a 9.859 on VT
• Emma Malewski earned her first event title with a 9.900 on bars at Pitt
• Lilly Lippeatt has 16 routines of 9.800 or higher in 2026, including 9.900s on bars and beam.
• Molly Arnold returned to the floor lineup for the first time in 2026 on 2/20 against Pitt, and Trinity Brown exhibitioned on bars on 2/20, her first routine in a meet since an achilles injury in Jan. 2025.

CLEMSON LOVES GYMNASTICS

• Clemson is ranked 8th in the nation in 2026 with 7,280 fans per meet. Through Week 8, Clemson’s 36, 401 fans are 4th in the nation in total attendance.
• Clemson has ranked in the top ten in attendance nationally in each of its first two seasons in Littlejohn Coliseum with 41,843 fans in 2025 (8,368 per meet – 8th nationally); 42,542 fans in 2024 (8,508 per meet – 8th nationally)