Gymnastics Wraps up Weekend in Missouri with Second-Place Finish on Sunday
The Centenary Ladies gymnastics team finished second on Sunday afternoon to host Southeast Missouri in a dual meet at the Show Me Center as the Ladies wrapped up their weekend visit to the state of Missouri.
Cape Girardeau, Mo. - The Centenary Ladies gymnastics team finished second on Sunday afternoon to host Southeast Missouri in a dual meet at the Show Me Center as the Ladies wrapped up their weekend visit to the state of Missouri.
The Ladies finished with a total score of 188.00 while the host Redhawks finished with a 194.275. Centenary and SEMO also met on Friday night along with fellow Midwest Independence Conference member Illinois State in a tri-meet at the Show Me center. Centenary placed third in Friday's meet as the Maroon and White earned an overall team score of 183.425.
Centenary recorded a 47.525 on vault Sunday, its highest score in any of the four individual events and finished with a 47.475 on floor, a 47.325 on beam, and a 45.675 on bars. SEMO earned a 48.800 on floor, its best score of the meet, and earned a 48.575 on beam, 48.525 on bars, and 48.375 on vault.
Ladies' Junior All-American Kendall Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) won the all-around competition with a score of 38.025, highlighted by a pair of season-best scores on beam (9.700) and floor (9.725) to place third and fifth respectively. She scored a 9.375 on vault and a 9.225 on bars. finished fourth in the all-around with a score of 37.075 in Friday's meet.
Sophomores Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) and Lauryn Stiff (Branson, Mo.) each earned a 9.575 on vault tie for the Ladies' top scores in the event. Huff also earned a season and career-best score on floor (9.500) and Stiff recorded a new season and career-best 9.475 on floor.
Junior Xian Baumgartner (Albuquerque, N.M.) had the highest score on bars with a 9.425, a new season-best mark for her and scored another season-best on beam (9.575). Senior Jenny Jackson (Monticello, Fla.) scored a season-high 9.475 on vault and freshman Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) scored a season and career-best 9.550 on beam
The Ladies remain on the road next weekend as they face TWU and Oklahoma again on Sunday, March 7 in Denton, Texas at 2 p.m. The Ladies will celebrate their three seniors in the final home meet of the regular season on March 12 against TWU at 6 p.m.
The Ladies' complete 2021 schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2020-21/schedule.
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