Gymnastics Selected as "Team of the Week"
The Centenary gymnastics team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies competed in a pair of meets last week, highlighted by a season-high team score on Saturday.
Shreveport – The Centenary gymnastics team has been selected as Centenary Athletics' "Team of the Week" after the Ladies competed in a pair of meets last week, highlighted by a season-high team score on Saturday.
The Ladies tallied a season-best team score of 185.725 on Saturday evening in a quad meet against host University of Bridgeport, West Chester University, and Cornell University inside the Wheeler Recreation Center in Bridgeport, Conn.
Centenary posted a season-best 47.275 on vault and a season-high score on floor (47.475). The Ladies also finished with a 45.650 on beam and a 45.325 on bars.
Senior Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) was one of several Ladies who recorded season and career-best scores as she finished third in the All-Around with a new season-high score of 38.150. Schmitz also tallied season-bests on bars (9.675), floor (9.40), and on vault (9.50).
Junior Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) posted a career-high 9.475 on vault and a season-high 9.55 on floor. Sophomore Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) set a new career high on bars (9.40) and tied her season high on floor (9.625), and senior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) posted season highs on both beam (9.55) and floor (9.425).
Sophomore Hayden Cagle (Austin, Texas) posted a career-best score on vault for the second week in a row, freshman Chloe Gilbert (Pflugerville, Texas) had a season and career-high 9.40 on vault, freshman Peyton Burford (West Monroe, La.) recorded a season and career-high 9.525 on vault, and sophomore Brooke Murdock (Garland, Texas) had a season-high on beam. Sophomore Cecilia Paredes (Rockwall, Texas) made her debut on floor and earned a 9.475.
The Ladies also made their home debut last Monday and finished third in a tri-meet on versus SEMO (Southeast Missouri State University) and West Chester University and posted a team score of 185.325.
Schmitz competed in the All-Around and finished second with a 38.025 as her best score of the meet was a 9.55 on bars, which earned her a fifth-place finish and she tied for ninth place on beam with a 9.60. Schmitz and Burford tied for seventh place on vault (9.50) and Williams was the Ladies' top finisher on floor with an impressive 9.625 to tie for eighth.
Centenary's next home meet is this Friday night against Greenville University (6 p.m.) which will be "Youth Night".
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2024-25/schedule
Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.
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