Braelynn Carnes put together a standout beam season last year, reaching a career-high 9.575 at Regionals. Her routine combines impressive difficulty with plenty of performance quality, highlighted by a back handspring-back handspring-layout series, switch leap-layout stepout, big 180° jumps, cat leap-aerial, and a round-off 1.5 dismount. Carnes brings an engaging presence to the event while maintaining the confidence and control needed to make each skill count. She’s also been training exciting upgrades, including an aerial-side somi and back handspring-1.5 dismount. Entering her senior season with momentum and new skills in the works, Carnes is a gymnast college coaches should have on their radar.

Braelynn Carnes brings power, personality, and impressive tumbling difficulty to the floor exercise. Her routine features fun choreography, a double pike, a front full to front pike, and a 1.5 to front pike, showcasing her ability to combine dynamic skills with strong performance quality. As she continues to develop upgrades like a front through to double pike, full-in, double layout, and front full to front layout, Carnes is building an exciting routine with the potential to make an immediate impact in a lineup.

Vault: 9.2 | Bars: 8.95 | Beam: 9.275 | Floor: 9.35 | All-Around: 36.775

Carnes delivered a strong all-around performance highlighted by clean execution and versatility across all four events. She showcased powerful vaulting with both a Yurchenko full and Yurchenko layout, and added solid bar work featuring a piked Jaeger, a Bail release, and a double tuck dismount. On beam, she connected a back handspring to layout and a switch leap to layout step-out series while also including an aerial for added difficulty. Carnes closed with a confident floor routine highlighted by a double pike and a front full to front pike connection, rounding out a consistent and competitive meet.