Play the game, don't let the game play you 😉 Claire Gagliardi had to show Pac-Man who's boss pic.twitter.com/k9rqUYGgC9 [1]
— Ohio State WGYM (@OhioStateWGYM) February 9, 2021 [2]
Growing up, one of the highlight of going to my local Pizza Hut — aside from cashing in that free personal pan pizza from the Book It! program — was playing Pac-Man. As an adult, that transformed to visiting Barcade in Brooklyn to play, you guessed it, more Pac-Man (this time with a beer instead of a personal pan pizza). Ohio State University gymnast Claire Gagliardi is also a Pac-Man fan, so much so that she created an entire floor routine [3] paying homage to the classic arcade game.
The announcers revealed that the Ohio State University gymnastics head coach Meredith Paulicivic has a Pac-Man console in the basement, and Gagliardi actually lost to her head coach — apparently, Paulicivic has never lost a game! Even if she lost at Pac-Man, Gagliardi still scored a 9.550 on this floor routine against Illinois on Feb. 7. Watch above as she flips, twists, and runs away from the ghosts.
