Results
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.- EmmaGrace Kelly (Bradenton, Fl.) captured the beam competition with a career-high matching 9.800 to help lead the West Chester University women's gymnastics team (6-8, 1-3) at Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) foe William & Mary on Sunday afternoon. West Chester fell to its hosts in the GEC dual meet by a 193.325-189.950 final.
West Chester started its evening on bars with a 46.350, led by a pair of top-five finishes from
Melina Ringas (Glen Allen, Va.) and
Jordan Coleman (Bowie, Md.) who took third and fourth with scores of 9.625 and 9.600, respectively.
Tatum McGuinn (Glen Mills, Pa.) also scored a new season and career-high on the bars with a 9.375.
In its second rotation of the day, the vault, West Chester scored a 47.775 led by a sixth-place finish from
Bridget Sullivan (Watertown, Ma.) who posted a career-best 9.625.
Rylee Harada (Runnemede, N.J.) was seventh with a 9.600.
Coleman also recorded a new season-high with a 9.475.
On the floor,
Cat Keener (Holly Springs, N.C.) led the way with a career-high matching 9.750, which was good enough to finish in a tie for second, while Sullivan finished in a tie for fifth with a season-best 9.675, which helped West Chester record a team score of 47.575.
West Chester turned in its top event score of the day on the beam in its final rotation when
EmmaGrace Kelly (Bradenton, Fl.) scored a career-high matching 9.800 to take first, while McGuinn finished in a tie for second with a career-best score of 9.775.
Caroline Cascadden (Ashburn, Va.) finished in a tie for sixth with a 9.700.
Bars 46.350
Karah Vargo 9.150
Kristina Rodriguez 8.425
Rylee Harada 8.600
Tatum McGuinn 9.375
Melina Ringas 9.625
Jordan Coleman 9.600
Sarah Eskew (Exhibition) 8.925
Vault 47.775
Bridget Sullivan 9.625
Vargo 9.500
Lily McFarland 9.525
Harada 9.600
Coleman 9.475
Corinne Gruber 9.525
Floor 47.575
Gruber 9.050
Cat Keener 9.750
Caroline Cascadden 9.225
McFarland 9.425
EmmaGrace Kelly 9.500
Sulivan 9.675
Lydia Stoner (Exhibition) 9.650
Beam 48.250
Keener 9.675
Kelly 9.800
McGuinn 9.775
Natalie Marshall 9.175
Cascadden 9.700
McFarland 9.300
Ringas (Exhibition) 9.700
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action next weekend at Ursinus in a quad meet against the Bears, Bridgeport, and William & Mary before a well-deserved week off ahead of its next home meet against Alaska Anchorage on March 7.