West Chester Gymnasts Scores 192.95 in Tri-Meet At Temple

MEET RESULTS (PDF)

PHILADELPHIA – Jordan Coleman (Bowie, Md.) hit a career high on the uneven bars with a 9.775, and West Chester scored one of its Top 20 team scores in the last 14 years, to lead the Golden Rams at a tri-meet with Temple and University of New Hampshire inside McGonigle Hall Sunday night.
 
West Chester's 192.95 tied for the 19th best score under current head coach Barb Cordova. Two of the Golden Rams' best team scores ever have come at McGonigle. They scored a 193.6 in a meet in 2017 that is the fifth best under Cordova. University of New Hampshire scored a 195.95 and Temple scored a 195.15 as well.
 
Coleman's 9.775 tied for fifth on the bars and was West Chester's top effort in that event. The other three events were the Golden Rams' better events on Sunday.
 
Kiah Johnson (Philadelphia, Pa.) returned to the lineup with a 9.775 on the vault to tie for fourth overall. Kiley Fred (Highland Mills, NY) and Jessica Meakim (Downingtown, Pa.) each scored a 9.675 as well.
 
Freshman Natalie Marshall (Bolton, Mass.) and sophomore Lily McFarland (Baltimore, Md.) led the balance beam performance. Marshall equaled her career high with a 9.825 while McFarland scored a 9.8. Madison Whitaker (Lancaster, Pa.) scored a 9.7.
 
Meakim tied for fifth on the floor exercise with a 9.85. McKenna Kissinger (Chambersburg, Pa.) tied for eighth with a 9.825. Caroline Cascadden (Ashburn, Va.) scored a 9.775 with another outstanding performance.
 
The floor was outstanding," Cordova said afterwards. "They really hit three of the four events and fought hard to the end."
 
The Golden Rams will be back in action at home on Friday evening for their annual Senior Night in a dual against Gymnastics East Conference foe Cornell at 7 p.m.