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No. 11 Arkansas gymnast Cami Weaver will miss the rest of the season after tearing her ACL in Friday’s meet against Auburn.
The meet was the first-ever gymnastics event inside Bud Walton Arena. A school-record 10,345 people attended in the one-off event as Hogs gymnastics normally meets in Barnhill Arena. The record is the second the Gymbacks have set since Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber has been coach as her home debut as coach in 2020 set the attendance record that was then broke Friday.
Weaver, a freshman from Alabama, was injured on her landing off the vault in her first-ever collegiate meet in her first-ever collegiate rotation.
“She tore her ACL, which is super unfortunate and a huge loss for us,” Wieber said. “My heart goes out to her. She’s still going to be an important team member for us. … It was just kind of a fluky vault for her and just the reality of our sport sometimes.”
Arkansas next takes the floor Friday at No. 5 LSU. The Tigers were off last week after being forced to postpone against Missouri because of COVID. Arkansas is dealing with its own such issues, too, Wieber said.
“I think every program is dealing with that a little bit right now,” Wieber said.