The fifth-year senior sustained a season-ending leg injury during warmups during the Georgia competition.
Alabama will be missing one of its most seasoned gymnasts and top uneven bars competitors for the remainder of the season.
Fifth-year senior Makarri Doggette will miss the rest of the season, Alabama head coach Ashley Johnston announced on Tuesday.
“Unfortunately, Makarri suffered a season-ending leg injury,” Johnston said in a statement. “So we’re incredibly disappointed for her, but I can’t say enough about her team-first attitude. I believe everyone could see her out there on the scooter, even during the Power of Pink event, where she was fully committed.”
Doggette’s injury was the only damper on an otherwise outstanding night for Alabama gymnastics when the team scored a season-high 198.075 to beat Georgia in the Power of Pink Meet on Friday night. She suffered the injury during warmups prior to the first rotation on vault and did not compete in the meet. However, she came back out in a boot on a scooter for the final two rotations to cheer on her teammates.
Doggette has been a contributor for Alabama since her freshman season in 2020. This season, she had competed for the Crimson Tide in the bars lineup of every meet and on vault four times. She had begun working her way back into the floor lineup, competing exhibition on the floor exercise last week in the quad meet at Texas Women’s University. She was the 2021 SEC champion on the uneven bars.
“We’ve talked all year about depth and the importance of depth, and so this team was ready to handle any challenge that was thrown their way,” Johnston told reporters. “That was evident in how everyone stepped up and made significant contributions. Shania Adams’ return to the rosters last week was a significant one, and it paid off for this club.
Doggette has no remaining eligibility and most likely competed in her final performance while wearing a Crimson Tide outfit.
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