Season Starts Strong for Brown Gymnastics Team - Brown

January 20, 2013

PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? The Brown University gymnastics team got off to a great start in its first meet of the 2013 at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Sunday afternoon.? The Bears finished in second place with a team score of 192.225, just .025 below their season-high during the 2012 campaign. ?Four-time defending USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate National Team Champions, Bridgeport, earned the top spot with a 194.600, while the URI club team finished third (168.575) and Rhode Island College placed ?fourth (166.550).?

"I am incredibly proud of the team today," said Head Coach Sara Carver-Milne. ?"This is the best opening meet we've had in the history of the program. We picked up right where we left off last season, with a 192+."

Brown rookie Diana Walters finished in second place in the all-around competition with a 38.225 in her collegiate debut.? She finished third on the vault (9.775), sixth on bars (9.650), 11^th on beam (9.150), and sixth on the floor (9.650).?

On vault, behind Walters' third place finish was junior Rebecca Freedman with a personal record of 9.750 (4^th). ?Brown then captured ninth through 12^th place finishes, with senior Emily Lutfey leading off with a 9.5 (9^th).? Sophomore Danielle Hoffman and junior Michelle Shnayder shared ?10^th with a score of 9.475, and junior Katie Rogers placed 12^th with a 9.425.? As a team, Bruno combined for a 47.975 on the event.

Senior Julia Meyer led Brown on the bars with a 9.775 for third place, and Walters was next with a 9.650 for sixth place. Senior Kasey Haas was close behind with a 9.625 to earn seventh, and freshman Alexandra Chretien placed 10^th with a 9.350.? Seniors Lauren Hall (9.100) and Nicole Abdo (9.00) posted 11^th and 12^th place finishes, respectively. ?The Bears earned a bar score of 47.500.?

Abdo boasted a personal record on the balance beam to lead Brown with a 9.800 for second place, and freshman Corey Holman posted a 9.750 for third.? Junior Michelle Shnayder turned in a 9.750, a personal record, to share third place, and Meyer finished in sixth (9.725).? Lutfey placed 10^th with a 9.350, and Walters used a 9.150 for 11^th.? ?The Bears' combined for a 48.375.?

On the floor exercise, Shnayder turned in a third place score of 9.800 to lead the Bears, as rookies Holman and Walters, as well as Lutfey shared sixth place with a 9.650. Abdo claimed ninth with a 9.625, and Hoffman rounded out the lineup with a 9.550 for 11^th.? The Bears tallied another team score of 48.375.

The Bears will be back at it again on Saturday, January 26^th, in a meet at New Hampshire, with Temple.??

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Photo by Stew Milne?

Source: http://www.brownbears.com/sports/c-gym/2012-13/releases/20130120anzwi6

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