Tyler, Texas- The Centenary gymnastics team will face the Texas Woman's University Pioneers in the Rose City Classic on Saturday at The Oil Palace at 7 p.m.
Complete Meet info: https://www.rosecityclassicinvitational.com/
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Live Results: https://www.meetscoresonline.com/R30145
The Ladies finished second to the host Springfield College Pride on Sunday in Springfield, Mass. with a 186.350 score while the Pioneers scored a season-high 195.375 on Sunday at home to finish second to West Virginia University.
Centenary and TWU will meet for the third time this season, after the Maroon and White placed third in a quad meet hosted by the Pioneers in January and then TWU edged Centenary, 191-700-189.525, in a Midwest Independent Conference dual meet on Feb. 10 at the Gold Dome.
Centenary's top individual event score was a 47.450 on vault followed by a 47.400 on floor, a 46.375 on bars, and a 45.125 on beam. Springfield's top score was a 48.575 on floor, then a 47.350 on vault, a 46.500 on bars, and a 46.300 on beam.
Sophomore Carissa Martinez (Albuquerque, N.M.) won the vault competition with a new career-high 9.725. Sophomore Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) won on bars with a career-high 9.625. Freshman Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) won the All-Around with a 37.750, her second-best AA score this season.
Foret tied for fourth on vault with a 9.45, finished fourth on beam (9.325), finished sixth on floor (9.70), and tied for fifth on bars (9.275). Senior Leilani Johnson (Wichita, Kan.) finished second on floor with a 9.75 and third on vault (9.475). Freshman Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) finished third on bars with a 9.60, Martinez scored a 9.675 on floor to finish seventh, senior Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.) posted a 9.425 on vault to finish sixth and senior Rose Deshler (Hastings, Minn.) finished fifth on beam with a 9.30.
The Ladies will host Lindenwood University on Saturday, March 11 on Senior Night in a dual MIC meet set for 5 p.m.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2022-23/schedule
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