Last season's top dog in the Mid-American Conference women's gymnastics competition is starting out this season as the underdog.
Needless to say, Western Michigan (11-4 overall in 2023) wants to be the top dog again and the Broncos may just be able to do that as they return three 'super seniors' as 11th year head coach Penny Jernigan calls her trio who started as freshmen in 2020. WMU also has three seniors who were part of the 2021 class returning on a team with 21 members.
This is 'Team 50' as Jernigan is calling her squad because this is the 50th anniversary of women's gymnastics at Western Michigan,
In 2023, the Broncos tied Ball State for the Mid-American Conference regular season title with a 5-1 record, but WMU edged the Cardinals in the head-to-head dual.