2008 Woodie Awards
Gymnastics team drops three meets over break
By: Sean Shapiro
Issue date: 3/11/08 Section: Sports
The Bowling Green gymnastics team had a tough spring break as they failed to register a win in all three meets they competed in.
Their final meet during the break came Sunday night in a four-team meet at Raleigh, N.C. In the meet the Falcons finished third out of four as host North Carolina won with a 195.075. BG recorded the third-place finish with an overall team score of 190.950.
"I was happy we continued from our last week score. Overall, we were a little disappointed that we haven't we been back up to some of our higher scores of the season," coach Kerrie Beach said.
The finish continued the Falcons free-fall in recent weeks, as they have not won a meet since Feb. 16 against Central Michigan.
BG's first rotation came on the uneven bars, where they scored a team score of 47.775. Leading the Falcons was sophomore Breanne Guy, who finished sixth in the meet with a career-high score of 9.775.
Following the uneven bars the Falcons went to the beam for the second rotation. The beam had been BG's best event the prior week, but they struggled as a team in North Carolina. Queenita Gamble was the Falcons' best athlete on the beam, recording a score of 9.700 - the third time in four weeks she recorded 9.700 or higher. Katie Follett also had a strong night, finishing 10th with a score of 9.650.
However the Falcons' most disappointing event was the floor, an event in which they usually succeed as a team. The reason for the struggles spurn off sophomore Morgan Balzer still being out with injury, leading the Falcons to only have five athletes compete in the event.
"After Morgan Balzer's injury at Kent State last week, we have not been able to fill her spot yet. It has been challenging, since she was such a big part of the line up. We have some other athletes training on floor, so hopefully this Friday we should be able to fill the spot," Beach said.
Jacque Bernhardt was the best athlete on the floor, scoring a 9.725 and coming in seventh for the competition.
BG's best and final event turned out to be the vault, as they scored a team score of 48.100. Guy's 9.800 tied her for first in the competition, the only Falcon to win an event or finish in the top three all evening.
Their final meet during the break came Sunday night in a four-team meet at Raleigh, N.C. In the meet the Falcons finished third out of four as host North Carolina won with a 195.075. BG recorded the third-place finish with an overall team score of 190.950.
"I was happy we continued from our last week score. Overall, we were a little disappointed that we haven't we been back up to some of our higher scores of the season," coach Kerrie Beach said.
The finish continued the Falcons free-fall in recent weeks, as they have not won a meet since Feb. 16 against Central Michigan.
BG's first rotation came on the uneven bars, where they scored a team score of 47.775. Leading the Falcons was sophomore Breanne Guy, who finished sixth in the meet with a career-high score of 9.775.
Following the uneven bars the Falcons went to the beam for the second rotation. The beam had been BG's best event the prior week, but they struggled as a team in North Carolina. Queenita Gamble was the Falcons' best athlete on the beam, recording a score of 9.700 - the third time in four weeks she recorded 9.700 or higher. Katie Follett also had a strong night, finishing 10th with a score of 9.650.
However the Falcons' most disappointing event was the floor, an event in which they usually succeed as a team. The reason for the struggles spurn off sophomore Morgan Balzer still being out with injury, leading the Falcons to only have five athletes compete in the event.
"After Morgan Balzer's injury at Kent State last week, we have not been able to fill her spot yet. It has been challenging, since she was such a big part of the line up. We have some other athletes training on floor, so hopefully this Friday we should be able to fill the spot," Beach said.
Jacque Bernhardt was the best athlete on the floor, scoring a 9.725 and coming in seventh for the competition.
BG's best and final event turned out to be the vault, as they scored a team score of 48.100. Guy's 9.800 tied her for first in the competition, the only Falcon to win an event or finish in the top three all evening.
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