Armbrust Named Region's Top Assistant
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Arkansas assistant gymnastics coach Jaime Armbrust has been named the South Central Region’s Assistant Coach of the year, the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W) announced Saturday evening.
Charged with coaching the team’s balance beam squad, the Ringwood, New Jersey native has coached the Razorbacks to numerous records while counting just one fall on the event all season. Despite competing five underclassmen in the beam rotation, the Razorbacks had just five falls on the event this season.
Under Armbrust’s tutelage, the Razorbacks set four of the highest individual scores in program history on the event this season, including a pair of 9.975’s from freshman Sophia Carter against Georgia and in Arkansas’ Tri Meet against Denver and Iowa State. In Arkansas’ meet against Georgia, two additional Razorbacks in sophomore’s Michaela Burton and Jessica Yamzon tied the previous record score on beam with scores of 9.950 each.
Armbrust’s beam squad has set two of the three highest scores in program history on the balance beam with a 49.425 against Georgia and a 49.400 against Arizona. Her group began the season ranked as one of the top-five beam teams in the country for seven-consecutive weeks, and has not dropped out of the top-10 in Road To National’s beam rankings all season.
In 12-of-13 meets this season, she has coached the group to event scores of 49.000 or higher. Last season, the Razorbacks posted a 49.000 event score on beam in just six-of-12 meets. At the SEC Championships in St. Louis, sophomore Hailey Garner posted a 9.925 on the balance beam, tying the highest score by a Razorback at the Conference Championships in team history.
Armbrust is in her fifth season as an assistant under head coach Mark Cook. She was previously an All-American gymnast with the program and was the team’s Director of Operations before being promoted to assistant coach.
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