When Georgia signed Cécile Canqueteau-Landi as co-head coach in April 2024, they weren’t just looking for a fresh start, but they were aiming for a revival. Georgia showed its intent to reclaim national relevance. Could the coach behind Team USA’s Olympic success end the GymDogs’ years-long struggle? She arrived in Athens fresh off coaching the U.S. women to team gold in Paris, with Simone Biles adding four more medals to her legendary collection and turned a program that hadn’t reached NCAA Conference Championships for six Years. Now, ahead of the SEC Championships on March 22, the GymDogs are back in the conversation and have made many achievements on the way!

Georgia Gymnastics handed Cecile Canqueteau-Landi a $340,000 salary, the highest in program history to lead its revival. The impact? Immediate. For the first time since 2020, the GymDogs broke into the top 10, climbing as high as No. 9. But the real transformation wasn’t just on the leaderboard it was in the stands. An average of 9,193 fans packed Stegeman Coliseum per meet, the highest attendance in years, with a total of 45,965 across five home competitions..

Georgia last enjoyed a crowd like this in 2020, a season filled with promise that never got its proper ending. The GymDogs had built momentum, with their floor and beam squads ranked among the top 10. They posted a 197.325 early in the season, one of the first teams in the country to do so, and delivered electrifying performances, including a 49.600 on the floor against Auburn.

But just as they were gearing up for a postseason run, COVID-19 shut everything down. The fans, who had packed Stegeman Coliseum with an average of 9,515 per meet, never got to see what could have been. Since then, Georgia struggled to recapture that energy. The next year, the stands were emptier, not by choice, but by circumstance. COVID-19 restrictions kept attendance low, and even when fans returned, the buzz wasn’t the same.

By 2022, the numbers had dipped to 8,729 per meeting, and 2023 and 2024 saw more or like this. The excitement that once defined Stegeman Coliseum felt like a thing of the past. But in 2025? Something changed. The Georgia Gymnastics weren’t just competing again, they were pulling the crowd back in. So how their season has been?

Georgia Gymnastics 2025 season recap

The Georgia GymDogs’ 2025 season was anything but predictable. One moment, they were falling short in close battles. The next? They were rewriting program history. But was it enough? It started in Denver, a quad meet that exposed early-season struggles. Losses to Missouri and Denver stung, but a win over Long Island kept them steady. Then came the home opener. Stegeman Coliseum roared as Georgia outclassed Boise State with a 196.825. Momentum? Not quite.

A trip to Florida ended in a crushing 198.125-196.825 loss. The back-and-forth continued. A gutsy 196.975-196.575 win over Alabama. A heartbreaking 197.200-197.300 loss at Auburn. Against Arkansas, they clung to victory by just 0.075. Then came the defining stretch. A thriller against Kentucky, won by the slimmest margin. A showdown at LSU, where they fell but proved they belonged. And then? No. 1 Oklahoma rolled into Athens. The GymDogs didn’t flinch.

A season-high 197.975. The sixth-highest regular-season score in Georgia history. The crowd of 8,525 felt it, this wasn’t just another meet. Freshman Nyla Aquino’s 9.975 on floor. Lily Smith’s 9.975 on bars. Anaya Smith’s final vault at Stegeman, a 9.900 farewell. It wasn’t a win, but it was a statement.

Now, it’s SEC Championship time. Georgia has taken the punches. They’ve delivered their own. The question is, can they finish the fight? March 22 holds the answer.