Results
WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University women's gymnastics team returned home on Friday morning for its fourth and final home meet of the year as the Golden Rams wrapped up their regular season with a Friday morning meet against Gymnastics East Conference foe Cornell. West Chester won three of four events and set a new season-high on floor with multiple career-best performances but fell to Cornell by a 192.175-191.675 final.
Rylee Harada (Runnemede, N.J.) took fifth on vault with a 9.625, while
Lily McFarland (Baltimore, Md.) finished seventh with a 9.525 as West Chester scored a 47.450.
Melina Ringas (Glen Allen, Va.) tied for first on bars with a 9.775, which served as a new career high, while
Jordan Coleman (Bowie, Md.) took sixth with a 9.675.
Tatum McGuinn (Glen Mills, Pa.) also set a new career high on bars with a 9.550 as she finished seventh to help West Chester score a 46.475.
McFarland won the beam with a 9.800, while the trio of
Macarthy Keane (Trumbull, Ct.), McGuinn, and Caroline Cascadden (Ashburn, Va.) finished in a tie for fourth with 9.700s. West Chester scored a 48.575 on this event.
West Chester finished its final home meet of the year with a 49.175 on the floor, which was a season-best team score, led by a career-best 9.900 from McFarland to win the event along with a pair of 9.875s from Cascadden and
Bridget Sullivan (Watertown, Ma.), to finish in a tie for second. Cascadden's 9.875 was a new season-high, while Sullivan's score also set a new career high.
Catherine Keener (Holly Springs, N.C.) also set a new career-high with a 9.825 to finish sixth. This score also goes as the second highest floor score in program history, matching is 49.175 vs William & Mary, Temple, and LIU last March.
Vault 47.450
Bridget Sullivan 9.400
Karah Vargo 9.375
Lily McFarland 9.525
Rylee Harada 9.625
Macarthy Keane 9.400
Corinne Gruber 9.500
Ex.
Shannon Carroll 9.450
Bars 46.475
Vargo 8.950
Sarah Eskew 8.400
Melina Ringas 9.775
Jordan Coleman 9.675
Rylee Harada 8.525
Tatum McGuinn 9.550
Ex.
Shannon Carroll 8.800
Beam 48.575
Keane 9,700
EmmaGrace Kelly 9.675
McGuinn 9.700
Natalie Marshall 9.650
Caroline Cascadden 9.700
McFarland 9.800
Ex. Cat Keener 9.600
Ex.
Hannah Shelton 9.575
Floor 49.175
Lydia Stoner 9.700
Keener 9.825
Cascadden 9.875
McFarland 9.900
Kelly 9.675
Sullivan 9.875
Ex. Marshall 9.675
Ex. Vargo 9.550
Up Next
West Chester will return to action on Saturday, March 22 at the Gymnastics East Conference Championships in Philadelphia as the University of Pennsylvania plays host. The first session, featuring teams that finished fifth through eighth in the GEC standings will be at 12 p.m. while the evening session with the top four teams competing at 6 p.m.
