Full Results
ANCHORAGE, Ak.- The West Chester women's gymnastics team (3-0) returned to action on Friday night on the road at Alaska Anchorage (0-1) in the first of two meets against the Seawolves this weekend. West Chester, competing in just its second meet of the season, registered a season-high score of 191.000, thanks in part to a pair of event scores north of 48 to pick up a 191.000-189.175 victory.
West Chester swept all four events on Friday night, winning the vault by a 48.075-47.425 final while also capturing the bars 46.875-46.775, the beam 47.6-47.125, and the floor exercise by a 48.45-47.85 final en route to the meet victory.
First-year
Sarah Eskew (Pittsburgh, Pa.) won the vault with a collegiate-best 9.75, while
Kristina Rodriguez (Cincinatti, Oh) finished in a tie for third with a season-best 9.6, just ahead of three Golden Rams who finished in a three-way tie for fifth, as
Caitlyn Allen (Forest Hill, Md), Kiah Johnson (Philadelphia, Pa.), and Lily McFarland (Baltimore, Md.) all registered a 9.575. For Allen and McFarland, this score also set a new season-high vault score for each of them.
West Chester also picked up an individual event victory on the floor exercise as grad student
McKenna Kissinger (Chambersburg, Pa.) registered a 9.75 to win this event, while Rodriguez was third with a score of 9.725, followed by
Anna Lacey (Bethlehem, Pa.) in fourth with a 9.675.
Caroline Cascadden (Ashburn, Va) and GEC Co-Specialist of the week
Rose Fanara (Fredricksburg, Va.) finished in a tie for fifth with identical scores of 9.65 to round out a strong contingent of Golden Rams in this event.
Jordan Coleman (Bowie, Md.) and Eskew also led the way on bars for West Chester, finishing in a tie for second with season-best scores of 9.450 before Lacey took second on the beam with a collegiate-best score of her own of 9.75.
Natalie Marshall (Bolton, Ma.) finished fifth on the beam, registering a season-high score of 9.625, while McFarland was close behind with a 9.575 to finish sixth.
Up Next:
West Chester returns to action on Sunday afternoon at 6 p.m. eastern/2 p.m. local time vs Alaska Anchorage in the second meet of the weekend between the two squads.
