Ladies Set To Host MIC Championships On Friday
The Centenary gymnastics program will host the annual Midwest Independent Conference Championships on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. inside the Gold Dome.
Shreveport – The Centenary gymnastics program will host the annual Midwest Independent Conference Championships on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. inside the Gold Dome.
Live results as well as live video are available for the meet at the links below:
Live Results: https://virti.us/session?s=XggXJ8gOoJ
Video: https://virti.us/session?s=XggXJ8gOoJ
Tickets are available and can be purchased online at the link below:
MIC TICKETS: https://fan.hudl.com/tickets/VGlja2V0ZWRFdmVudDY3N2MxZTQzZDg2NmZiOWVlZjVmYmI3Zg==
The Ladies will be joined Illinois State University, Southeast Missouri State University, and Texas Woman's University. Centenary finished fifth in the MIC Championship last season in St. Charles, Mo. Centenary is serving as host for the event for the first time since 2019.
Illinois State, a division 1 program, enters the meet ranked 42nd nationally in the latest Road to Nationals rankings, TWU, a division II school, is 48th, SEMO (D1) is 59th, and the Ladies are 80th.
The Ladies' highest team score this season was a 192.175 against Fisk University on March 8 at home and Centenary's Senior Night. Centenary topped 190.00 for the first this season and its team score is the Ladies' highest since recording a 190.325 last season against TWU and the Maroon and White scored 192.00 or better for the first time since recording a 192.475 on March 11, 2023 at home versus Lindenwood University.
The Ladies earned season-best scores on vault (47.875) and bars (48.150) against Fisk, tied their season-high on floor (48.100), and recorded their second-best score on beam (48.050).
Centenary's highest event scores this season are as follows:
VAULT: 47.875 – March 8 vs. Fisk
FLOOR: 48.100 – Feb. 14 vs. SEMO/Northern Illinois & March 8 vs. Fisk
BEAM: 48.350 – Feb. 28 vs. ISU/Bowling Green & Central Michigan
BARS: 48.150 – March 8 vs. Fisk
Centenary is led by head coach Meg Crowley who is in her third season at the helm in 2025. Crowley, a Spring, Texas native, is a former Centenary gymnast (2009-13) who helped lead the Ladies to a third-place finish at the 2013 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals, also finishing third on floor and served as team co-captain her senior year.
"We are super excited to be hosting MIC Championship this year!", said Crowley. It's a great honor and privilege to host the pinnacle meet for our conference. The MIC Championship meet is always an exciting meet to watch. The teams are highly competitive, and it's truly about who shows up with their A game that day!"
"It's been a fun season! We have grown and improved so much as a team from meet one up until this point. We've been working on hard on staying in the moment and focusing on the process. If we can do that, I know that we will have a great meet!"
"It's even more exciting because this isn't the final stop for us this season as a team. We will be hosting Nationals here as well in 3 weeks, so today is really just another stepping stone towards that meet."
Season Highlights:
Senior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) was named a finalist for the prestigious AAI Award sponsored by American Athletic Inc. (AAI) on March 4. Lavelle is the only division III gymnast of the 59 nominees in the country. The AAI Award is given annually and is voted on by NCAA women's gymnastics head coaches throughout the nation. The award, which is sponsored by the American Athletic Inc., is often likened to the Heisman Trophy for Women's Gymnastics and has become a symbol of excellence in the sport.
Five Ladies have been the recipient of the MIC Coaches' Choice Award this season, one of the four individual honors that the conference chooses on a weekly basis. The five Ladies are:
Senior Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) – March 4
Junior Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) – Feb. 25
Junior Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) – Feb. 19
Emma Lavelle – Feb. 4
Sophomore Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) – Jan. 28
LOOKING AHEAD:
The Ladies will host Women's Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championships April 11-13 and tickets are on sale NOW for both events inside the Gold Dome at the links below:
NATIONALS TICKETS: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/la/shreveport/organization/69826/centenary-college-of/tickets
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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