Gymnastics Selected as "Team of the Week"
The Centenary gymnastics team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies posted a season-high score on beam and had multiple individual season and career-high scores on Friday at home against Greenville University.
Shreveport – The Centenary gymnastics team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies posted a season-high score on beam and had multiple individual season and career-high scores on Friday at home against Greenville University.
The Ladies were edged 185.650-185.200 by the Panthers in a very competitive meet in front of a great crowd on "Youth Night" inside the Gold Dome. The Ladies were named the "Team of the Week" for the second week in a row.
The Ladies posted their best event score of the meet on vault (46.950), followed by a 46.400 on floor, a 46.100 on bars, and a season-high 45.750 on beam.
Senior Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) finished second in the All-Around (36.725) behind Greenville's Amara Nelson (37.925). Schmitz's best event finish of the night was a 9.50 on vault as she placed second.
Freshman Chloe Gilbert (Pflugerville, Texas) had the Ladies' top finish on beam with a season and career-high 9.650 and she placed second. Freshman Peyton Burford (West Monroe, La.) finished fourth on vault with a 9.40 and sophomore Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) tied for first on floor with a 9.60. Junior Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) earned a 9.535 on floor to finish fourth and posted a season-best on bars. Freshman Molly English (Newnan, Ga.) tied her season high on vault and senior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) recorded a new season high on bars.
The Ladies are off next weekend and then return to action on Friday, Feb. 14 for the SEMO Tri-Meet against the host SEMO (Southeast Missouri State University) Redhawks and Northern Illinois University at 6:30 p.m. in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2024-25/schedule
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