2022-23 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Roster
Harkness, Delanie

Delanie Harkness
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Leslie
- Hometown:
- Leslie, Mich.
Bio
CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault - 9.775 (at UC Davis w/ Sacramento State, 1/9/22)
• Bars - 9.950 (6x, most recent vs. Central Michigan, Fisk, Greenville, 3/9/24)
• Beam - 9.900 (3x, most recent at NCAA University Park Regional Final, 4/5/25)
• Floor - 9.950 (3x, most recent vs. Iowa, 1/28/24)
• All-Around - 39.175 (at UC Davis w/ Sacramento State, 1/9/22)
2025: Second Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Appeared in every bars and floor lineup for MSU while making four appearances in the beam lineup ... Opened the season with a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor vs. Western Michigan (1/4) ... Scored a 9.900 on bars at the Florida Quad (1/10) ... Earned 9.875s on bars and floor against Michigan (1/17) ... Posted a 9.800 on bars at Ohio State (1/24) ... Scored a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on floor at UCLA (2/1) ... Scored 9.850s on bars and floor vs. Minnesota (2/8) and at Nebraska (2/15) ... Earned a 9.850 on bars and season-high 9.900 on floor vs. Rutgers (2/22) ... Tied a season-high 9.900 on bars and scored a 9.875 on floor in the leadoff spot at the Big Four Meet (3/2) ... Earned a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor at Elevate the Stage (3/9) ... Closed the regular season with a 9.850 on bars and 9.825 on floor vs. Bowling Green (3/16) ... Competed on bars and floor and made her first appearance of the season on beam at the Big Ten Championships (3/22), earning a 9.850 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.875 on floor ... Tied a season-high 9.900 on floor and scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on beam in the second round of the NCAA University Park Regional (4/3) ... Tied a career-high 9.900 on beam in the regional final (4/5) and scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor ... Appeared in the bars, beam and floor lineups in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships (4/17).
2024: Second Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Competed in the anchor spot in every meet on bars and appeared in all but one floor lineup while making five appearances on beam ... Started the season with a career-high tying 9.950 on bars at the Super 16, also appearing in the bars and floor lineups (1/5) ... Scored a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on floor at the Collegiate Quad (1/19) ... Won her first event title of the season with a 9.900 on bars at Penn State (1/19) ... Earned her second-straight bars title vs. Iowa with a 9.900 (1/28) and tied a career-high 9.950 on floor ... Earned a 9.925 on bars and 9.875 on floor at Michigan (2/4) ... Scored a 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on floor vs. Illinois, collecting her third bars title of the season (2/9) ... Earned a 9.800 on bars and 9.875 on floor vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Helped MSU to its second-consecutive Big Ten regular season title at the Big Five Meet with a 9.900 on bars and 9.850 on floor (2/23) ... Won her first floor title of the season vs. New Hampshire with a 9.925 ... Also earned a 9.875 on bars vs. UNH (3/1) ... Tied a career-high 9.950 on bars and 9.900 on beam while adding a 9.925 on floor vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9) to earn Big Ten Specialist of the Week honors on March 12 ... Scored a 9.850 on bars, 9.825 on beam and 9.900 on floor at Illinois State with Lindenwood (3/16) ... Competed on bars, beam and floor at the Big Ten Championships, posting a 9.850 on bars and 9.875 on floor to help MSU to its first Big Ten championship (3/23) ... Competed on bars and floor at the NCAA Gainesville Regional, scoring a 9.900 on bars and 9.875 on floor in the second round (4/5) and 9.850 on bars and 9.900 on floor in the regional final (4/7).
2023: First-Team All-Big Ten ... Competed on bars and floor at Alabama ... Scored a 9.850 on bars in the anchor spot at Alabama (1/6) ... Earned event titles on bars (9.900) and floor (9.925) at NC State, tying her then-career high on floor (1/14) ... Earned her second-straight bars title vs. Michigan with a 9.875 (1/22) ... Scored a 9.850 on floor vs. Michigan ... Won her third-straight bars title at Maryland, scoring a 9.900 to tie her then-season high (1/29) ... Also scored a 9.875 on floor at Maryland ... Scored a 9.900 on bars vs. Penn State (2/4) ... Scored a 9.850 on bars and 9.725 on floor at Iowa (2/11) ... Scored a 9.850 on bars, 9.900 on floor and made her debut in the beam lineup with a 9.700 at Big Fives (2/25) ... Won the bars title at Illinois with a 9.900 and earned a 9.875 on beam and 9.825 on floor (2/17) ... Scored 9.900s on bars and floor at Eastern Michigan w/LIU (3/3) ... Won the floor title vs. Bowling Green and LIU with a career-high 9.950 (3/5) ... Also scored a career-high 9.900 on beam and tied a career-high 9.950 on bars vs. Bowling Green and LIU ... Scored 9.950s on bars and floor vs. Northern Illinois, also scoring a 9.800 on beam (3/11) ... Tied her career high with a 9.950 on bars at the Big Ten Championships, winning the event title (3/18) ... Also earned a 9.875 on beam and floor at the Big Ten Championships ... Scored 9.925s on bars and floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) ... Posted a 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Finals (4/1) ... Qualified to the NCAA Championships on floor, scoring a 9.875 (4/13).
2022: Competed all-around in the tri-meet with UC Davis and Sacramento State on 1/9 ... Made her career vault debut, scoring a 9.775 ... Won the uneven bars event with a 9.9, tying her career-high ... Set a new career-best beam score with a 9.875 ... Topped the podium in all-around at the meet with a final score of 39.175 ... Won a share of the bars title on 1/15 against Bowling Green and Illinois State with a 9.850 ... Set a new career-best in the floor event on 1/5 with a 9.800 ... Won a share of the bars title and set a new career-best score against Iowa on 1/22, scoring a 9.925 ... Set a new career-high 9.900 on her floor exercise at Michigan on 1/30 ... Captured the bar title against Illinois on 2/13 with a score of 9.900 and won a share of her first-ever floor title with a career- best 9.925 ... Named Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week on 2/15 ... Tied for fifth overall with her floor routine at the Big Five Meet, posting a 9.900 ... Posted a career-best 9.950 and won the uneven bars title on 3/5 against Western Michigan, tying for the third-highest bars score in MSU history and the fifth occurrence of a 9.950 ... Tied for third overall and tied her career-high of 9.925 on floor ... Posted a 9.850 on bars and a 9.875 on floor at the Big Ten Championships ... Tied for third on bars with fifth on floor with a 9.900 on both at NCAA Regionals Second Round on 3/31 ... Posted another 9.900 on floor at the Regional Finals ... Second Team All-Big Ten selection.
2021: Competed in bars, beam and floor in her debut season … Earned a share of the bars title with a 9.850 in her debut at the MSU Tri-Meet vs. NEB and OSU … In the tri-meet vs. OSU and Illinois, her 9.900 on bars was a season and career high that also tied for the No. 19 in the Spartan record book.
Prior to MSU: Attended Leslie High School … Trained at Twistars Gymnastics Club, coached by Brett Wargo and Kathryn Geddert … Eight-year level 10 competitor … Three-time Level 10 Region 5 Regional All-Around Champion and All-Star Team member … 2014 Uneven Bars and All-Around Junior Olympic National Champion … Five-time J.O. Nationals qualifier and as an Elite in 2014, qualified to the U.S. Covergirl Classic and P&G Championships … Named the 2014 J.O. Athlete of the Year … Represented Region 5 and the USA on All-Star team assignments to the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico … Placed second all-around, first on bars, second on vault and first on bars at the 2020 Circle of Stars … Finished first in the all-around competition, first on bars, second on floor and third on vault at the 2020 Born to Fly … Placed second on bars and floor at the 2020 Winter Cup Classic … Placed ninth on floor at the 2019 J.O. National Championships … Finished first in all-around and on bars and beam, second on floor and third on vault at the 2019 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed first on bars and third on floor at the 2019 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed ninth on bars at the 2018 J.O. National Championships … Finished first on floor and sixth all-around at 2018 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed third all-around, second on bars, beam and floor and fourth on vault at the 2018 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed second on bars, fifth on floor at the 2017 J.O. National Championships … Placed second on bars, fifth on floor at the 2017 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Finished fourth all-around, first on bars and fifth on floor and vault at the 2017 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed third on bars and ninth on floor at the 2016 J.O. National Championships … Won the all-around competition with first place finishes on floor, beam and bars at the 2016 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed first on floor, fourth on bars at the 2016 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed ninth on bars at the 2014 P&G Championships … Placed ninth on bars at the 2014 U.S. Secret Classic … Won the all-around competition with first place finishes on floor and bars at the 2014 J.O. National Championships … Tied for fifth in the all-around, with a first place finish on floor and tying for first on bars at the 2014 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed third in the all-around, with a first place finish on floor, second on bars and fifth on beam at the 2014 Michigan Level 10 State Championships.
Personal: Daughter of Shannon and Jim Harkness.
• Vault - 9.775 (at UC Davis w/ Sacramento State, 1/9/22)
• Bars - 9.950 (6x, most recent vs. Central Michigan, Fisk, Greenville, 3/9/24)
• Beam - 9.900 (3x, most recent at NCAA University Park Regional Final, 4/5/25)
• Floor - 9.950 (3x, most recent vs. Iowa, 1/28/24)
• All-Around - 39.175 (at UC Davis w/ Sacramento State, 1/9/22)
2025: Second Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Appeared in every bars and floor lineup for MSU while making four appearances in the beam lineup ... Opened the season with a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor vs. Western Michigan (1/4) ... Scored a 9.900 on bars at the Florida Quad (1/10) ... Earned 9.875s on bars and floor against Michigan (1/17) ... Posted a 9.800 on bars at Ohio State (1/24) ... Scored a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on floor at UCLA (2/1) ... Scored 9.850s on bars and floor vs. Minnesota (2/8) and at Nebraska (2/15) ... Earned a 9.850 on bars and season-high 9.900 on floor vs. Rutgers (2/22) ... Tied a season-high 9.900 on bars and scored a 9.875 on floor in the leadoff spot at the Big Four Meet (3/2) ... Earned a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor at Elevate the Stage (3/9) ... Closed the regular season with a 9.850 on bars and 9.825 on floor vs. Bowling Green (3/16) ... Competed on bars and floor and made her first appearance of the season on beam at the Big Ten Championships (3/22), earning a 9.850 on bars, 9.800 on beam and 9.875 on floor ... Tied a season-high 9.900 on floor and scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on beam in the second round of the NCAA University Park Regional (4/3) ... Tied a career-high 9.900 on beam in the regional final (4/5) and scored a 9.825 on bars and 9.850 on floor ... Appeared in the bars, beam and floor lineups in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships (4/17).
2024: Second Team All-Big Ten ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Competed in the anchor spot in every meet on bars and appeared in all but one floor lineup while making five appearances on beam ... Started the season with a career-high tying 9.950 on bars at the Super 16, also appearing in the bars and floor lineups (1/5) ... Scored a 9.875 on bars and 9.850 on floor at the Collegiate Quad (1/19) ... Won her first event title of the season with a 9.900 on bars at Penn State (1/19) ... Earned her second-straight bars title vs. Iowa with a 9.900 (1/28) and tied a career-high 9.950 on floor ... Earned a 9.925 on bars and 9.875 on floor at Michigan (2/4) ... Scored a 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on floor vs. Illinois, collecting her third bars title of the season (2/9) ... Earned a 9.800 on bars and 9.875 on floor vs. Maryland (2/18) ... Helped MSU to its second-consecutive Big Ten regular season title at the Big Five Meet with a 9.900 on bars and 9.850 on floor (2/23) ... Won her first floor title of the season vs. New Hampshire with a 9.925 ... Also earned a 9.875 on bars vs. UNH (3/1) ... Tied a career-high 9.950 on bars and 9.900 on beam while adding a 9.925 on floor vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville (3/9) to earn Big Ten Specialist of the Week honors on March 12 ... Scored a 9.850 on bars, 9.825 on beam and 9.900 on floor at Illinois State with Lindenwood (3/16) ... Competed on bars, beam and floor at the Big Ten Championships, posting a 9.850 on bars and 9.875 on floor to help MSU to its first Big Ten championship (3/23) ... Competed on bars and floor at the NCAA Gainesville Regional, scoring a 9.900 on bars and 9.875 on floor in the second round (4/5) and 9.850 on bars and 9.900 on floor in the regional final (4/7).
2023: First-Team All-Big Ten ... Competed on bars and floor at Alabama ... Scored a 9.850 on bars in the anchor spot at Alabama (1/6) ... Earned event titles on bars (9.900) and floor (9.925) at NC State, tying her then-career high on floor (1/14) ... Earned her second-straight bars title vs. Michigan with a 9.875 (1/22) ... Scored a 9.850 on floor vs. Michigan ... Won her third-straight bars title at Maryland, scoring a 9.900 to tie her then-season high (1/29) ... Also scored a 9.875 on floor at Maryland ... Scored a 9.900 on bars vs. Penn State (2/4) ... Scored a 9.850 on bars and 9.725 on floor at Iowa (2/11) ... Scored a 9.850 on bars, 9.900 on floor and made her debut in the beam lineup with a 9.700 at Big Fives (2/25) ... Won the bars title at Illinois with a 9.900 and earned a 9.875 on beam and 9.825 on floor (2/17) ... Scored 9.900s on bars and floor at Eastern Michigan w/LIU (3/3) ... Won the floor title vs. Bowling Green and LIU with a career-high 9.950 (3/5) ... Also scored a career-high 9.900 on beam and tied a career-high 9.950 on bars vs. Bowling Green and LIU ... Scored 9.950s on bars and floor vs. Northern Illinois, also scoring a 9.800 on beam (3/11) ... Tied her career high with a 9.950 on bars at the Big Ten Championships, winning the event title (3/18) ... Also earned a 9.875 on beam and floor at the Big Ten Championships ... Scored 9.925s on bars and floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) ... Posted a 9.925 on bars and 9.900 on floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Finals (4/1) ... Qualified to the NCAA Championships on floor, scoring a 9.875 (4/13).
2022: Competed all-around in the tri-meet with UC Davis and Sacramento State on 1/9 ... Made her career vault debut, scoring a 9.775 ... Won the uneven bars event with a 9.9, tying her career-high ... Set a new career-best beam score with a 9.875 ... Topped the podium in all-around at the meet with a final score of 39.175 ... Won a share of the bars title on 1/15 against Bowling Green and Illinois State with a 9.850 ... Set a new career-best in the floor event on 1/5 with a 9.800 ... Won a share of the bars title and set a new career-best score against Iowa on 1/22, scoring a 9.925 ... Set a new career-high 9.900 on her floor exercise at Michigan on 1/30 ... Captured the bar title against Illinois on 2/13 with a score of 9.900 and won a share of her first-ever floor title with a career- best 9.925 ... Named Big Ten Co-Event Specialist of the Week on 2/15 ... Tied for fifth overall with her floor routine at the Big Five Meet, posting a 9.900 ... Posted a career-best 9.950 and won the uneven bars title on 3/5 against Western Michigan, tying for the third-highest bars score in MSU history and the fifth occurrence of a 9.950 ... Tied for third overall and tied her career-high of 9.925 on floor ... Posted a 9.850 on bars and a 9.875 on floor at the Big Ten Championships ... Tied for third on bars with fifth on floor with a 9.900 on both at NCAA Regionals Second Round on 3/31 ... Posted another 9.900 on floor at the Regional Finals ... Second Team All-Big Ten selection.
2021: Competed in bars, beam and floor in her debut season … Earned a share of the bars title with a 9.850 in her debut at the MSU Tri-Meet vs. NEB and OSU … In the tri-meet vs. OSU and Illinois, her 9.900 on bars was a season and career high that also tied for the No. 19 in the Spartan record book.
Prior to MSU: Attended Leslie High School … Trained at Twistars Gymnastics Club, coached by Brett Wargo and Kathryn Geddert … Eight-year level 10 competitor … Three-time Level 10 Region 5 Regional All-Around Champion and All-Star Team member … 2014 Uneven Bars and All-Around Junior Olympic National Champion … Five-time J.O. Nationals qualifier and as an Elite in 2014, qualified to the U.S. Covergirl Classic and P&G Championships … Named the 2014 J.O. Athlete of the Year … Represented Region 5 and the USA on All-Star team assignments to the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico … Placed second all-around, first on bars, second on vault and first on bars at the 2020 Circle of Stars … Finished first in the all-around competition, first on bars, second on floor and third on vault at the 2020 Born to Fly … Placed second on bars and floor at the 2020 Winter Cup Classic … Placed ninth on floor at the 2019 J.O. National Championships … Finished first in all-around and on bars and beam, second on floor and third on vault at the 2019 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed first on bars and third on floor at the 2019 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed ninth on bars at the 2018 J.O. National Championships … Finished first on floor and sixth all-around at 2018 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed third all-around, second on bars, beam and floor and fourth on vault at the 2018 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed second on bars, fifth on floor at the 2017 J.O. National Championships … Placed second on bars, fifth on floor at the 2017 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Finished fourth all-around, first on bars and fifth on floor and vault at the 2017 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed third on bars and ninth on floor at the 2016 J.O. National Championships … Won the all-around competition with first place finishes on floor, beam and bars at the 2016 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed first on floor, fourth on bars at the 2016 Michigan Level 10 State Meet … Placed ninth on bars at the 2014 P&G Championships … Placed ninth on bars at the 2014 U.S. Secret Classic … Won the all-around competition with first place finishes on floor and bars at the 2014 J.O. National Championships … Tied for fifth in the all-around, with a first place finish on floor and tying for first on bars at the 2014 Region 5 Level 10 Regionals … Placed third in the all-around, with a first place finish on floor, second on bars and fifth on beam at the 2014 Michigan Level 10 State Championships.
Personal: Daughter of Shannon and Jim Harkness.
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