St. Charles, Mo. – The Centenary gymnastics team placed third in the GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational tri meet on Friday at The Family Arena.

The Ladies, currently the highest ranked team in division III in the country in the latest Road to Nationals rankings, were joined by host school and division 1 member Southeast Missouri State and Seattle Pacific. The Maroon and White are ranked 67^th overall among all teams nationwide covering division I, II, and III. SEMO, a fellow Midwest Independent Conference partner of Centenary's, entered the meet ranked 61^st nationally while Seattle Pacific was ranked 60^th and competes in division II.

Centenary finished with a score of 189.525 on Friday while Southeast Missouri won the meet with a score of 193.525 and Seattle Pacific placed second with a score of 192.675. The Ladies were coming off of a home victory over Winona State last Sunday by a score of 191.050-186.900. Centenary scored a 47.450 overall in the vault, a 47.000 on the bars, a 48.050 on the beam, and a 47.025 on the floor.

Sophomore Kendall Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) placed third in the All-Around with a score of 37.825. She earned a 9.575 in both the beam and floor, her two highest scores of the meet. Senior Cami Bea Austin (Memphis, Tenn.) won the vault with a career-high score of 9.80 after winning the competition last Sunday at home against Winona State with a score of 9.725. Austin also recorded a 9.80 in the event on Feb. 7 at home against Texas Woman's University. Junior Sierra Ponder (Stone Mountain, Ga.) finished third in the bars with a score of 9.625 and senior Dorothy Mims (Huntsville, Ala.) tied for second in the beam with a score of 9.80. Austin also tied for fourth in the floor with a score of 9.80. 

The Ladies wrap up the weekend with a quad meet against host and division II member Lindenwood (ranked 48^th in country), Seattle Pacific, and Gustavus Adolphus at Hyland Arena in St. Charles on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. Live video via FloGymnastics is available for Sunday's meet at: https://glvcsn.com/lindenwood/?bfplayvid=170540

Centenary's final home meet of the season will be held on Sunday, March 1 against Southeast Missouri at 2 p.m. 

A link to the complete 2020 season schedule is available here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2019-20/schedule 

Live stats and live video are available for all home meets and admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic events.

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