Gymnastics and wrestling were top Mizzou programs this year

Missouri gymnastics coach Shannon Welker, left, talks to his team alongside freshman Jocelyn Moore during a meet in the 2022 season at Hearnes Center in Columbia, Mo.COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou rules the mats. That was the case in 2021-22, an otherwise unsteady year for sports at the University of Missouri, a school year defined more by personnel turnover and disappointment than grand results.

There were two exceptions to the trend: a breakthrough gymnastics season and another championship for the wrestling program.

Shannon Welker’s gymnastics team made its first appearance at the NCAA Championships in more than a decade then pulled off its best finish in team history, taking fifth at the national…