Ladies Set For Friday Tri-Meet
The Centenary gymnastics team will face the host Air Force Academy Falcons and the UC-Davis Aggies in a tri-meet on Friday evening set for 7 p.m. inside Cadet West Gym.
US Air Force Academy, Colo. - The Centenary gymnastics team will face the host Air Force Academy Falcons and the UC-Davis Aggies in a tri-meet on Friday evening set for 7 p.m. inside Cadet West Gym.
Live results and live video are available for Friday's meet at the links below:
Results: https://virti.us/session?s=xrhclIf-bz
Video: https://goairforcefalcons.com/sports/2018/7/31/mountain-west-digital-network
The Ladies earned a season-best 189.150 in both of their home meets last weekend – on Friday night in a tri-meet against Alaska Anchorage and Talladega College and then on Sunday in a quad-meet against Alaska Anchorage, Greenville University, and Talladega.
The Falcons won their home opener last weekend with a 194.875 score against SEMO and Sacramento State. The Aggies were edged at San Jose State, 196.400-196.175 last Friday.
Centenary enters the weekend ranked 83rd in the country in the latest Road to Nationals rankings while Air Force, a division 1 program, checks in at 54th, and UC-Davis, also a D1 school, is 43rd.
On Sunday, Centenary earned its best event score on vault (48.100) followed by a 47.425 on beam, a 46.975 on floor, and recorded a 46.650 on bars. On Friday, the Ladies' best event scores of the meet came on both floor (47.350) and vault (47.350) and they finished with a 46.775 on bars and a 46.675 on beam.
SUNDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
BARS:
Sophomore Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) recorded a season-high 9.50 to finish eighth as she earned the Ladies' top finish and score in the event on Sunday.
BEAM:
Junior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) recorded a season-high 9.65 on Sunday to tie for seventh.
FLOOR:
Freshman Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) earned a season-high 9.55 to finish 12th in Sunday's meet.
VAULT:
Senior Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) had the Ladies' best finish on Sunday as she tied for fourth place with a season-best 9.725. Senior Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.) recorded a season-best 9.675 to finish seventh, sophomore Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) earned a season-high 9.625 to finish 10th, and sophomore Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) recorded a season-high 9.60 to tie for 11th place.
FRIDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS:
BARS:
Lavelle tied for ninth place with a season-high 9.525 and Flores finished 11th with a season-high (at the time) 9.425 which she bested on Sunday.
BEAM:
Foret scored a season and career-best 9.80 to tie for third place, and senior Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) also earned a season and career-best 9.75 to tie for sixth, and Schmitz earned a season-best 9.5755 to finish 11th.
FLOOR:
Wedge tied for third place with a season and career-high 9.75 and senior Isabel Plaza (San Antonio, Texas) tied for eighth place with a season-high 9.575.
VAULT:
Schmitz earned a season-high (at the time) 9.575 to finish third which she bested on Sunday.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2023-24/schedule
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests. Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.
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