NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State gymnastics head coach Cassandra Ringer has announced a competitive 2027 slate that features 11 meets and several top gymnastics programs from around the country.
The team will host an intrasquad scrimmage on Tuesday, Dec. 15, as a warmup for the regular-season opener on Saturday, Jan. 9 at the Next Level Podium Challenge in Battle Creek, Michigan, against Western Michigan, Northern Illinois and UW Oshkosh. The Redbirds will then host their first meet of the season on Sunday, January 17, when they welcome in West Chester and Northern Illinois.
ISU will then hit the road for a pair of meets to end the month of January, with the first taking place on Sunday, January 24, at Central Michigan. A road contest against MIC foe Southeast Missouri State will follow on Friday, January 29, before the Redbirds return home to host a quad meet on February 5 against Centenary, Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois.
The Redbirds will go back on the road on Valentine's Day for a tri-meet at Eastern Michigan with Southeast Missouri State joining in, before ISU hosts its final home meet of the season on Friday, February 19, against Southeast Missouri State.
ISU will have four road meets to wrap up the regular season, with the first coming at Ball State on Sunday, February 21. The following Sunday, the Redbirds will head to Northern Illinois for a dual meet and will open the month of March with a road contest against Big Ten Conference foe Ohio State on Sunday, March 7. The regular season will wrap up on Saturday, March 13 in Minneapolis in quad meet against host Minnesota, Central Michigan and Air Force.
The Redbirds will then head to Denton, Texas, for the MIC Championships on Friday, March 19, hosted by Texas Woman's University to cap off the season before the NCAA Regionals.
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