Raleigh, N.C. – The Centenary gymnastics team will hit the road again as the Ladies will face host North Carolina State and William & Mary in a tri meet on Friday evening at 7 p.m. eastern (6 p.m. local) at Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum.
Friday's meet will be streamed via ACC Network Extra at the following link: ACC Network Extra, and live stats will also be available: SideArm Stats.
The Ladies, currently the highest ranked team in division III in the country in the latest Road to Nationals rankings, placed third at the Lindenwood University Quad Meet on Sunday in their second of two weekend meets held in St. Charles, Mo. The Maroon and White also placed third in the GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational tri meet last Friday. Centenary posted a team score of 188.925 on Sunday after finishing with a score of 189.525 on Friday. The Ladies are ranked 67th overall among all teams nationwide covering division I, II, and III.
Senior Cami Bea Austin (Memphis, Tenn.) placed third in the floor on Sunday with a score of 9.80. Austin also tied for fifth on the vault with a 9.70. She won the vault on Friday with a career-high score of 9.80 after winning the competition on Feb. 9 at home against Winona State with a score of 9.725.
Sophomore Kendall Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) finished fifth in the All-Around with a score of 38.225 as she placed fifth in the beam with her highest score of the afternoon, a 9.725. Sanders placed third in the All-Around on Friday with a score of 37.825 as she he earned a 9.575 in both the beam and floor, her two highest scores of the meet.
Junior Sierra Ponder (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and sophomore Xian Baumgartner (Albuquerque, N.M.) each placed in the top 10 on the bars, finishing eighth and ninth respectively with scores of 9.625 and 9.60. Ponder finished third in the bars with the same score of 9.625 on Friday.
Senior Dorothy Mims (Huntsville, Ala.) finished seventh on the beam Sunday with a score of 9.675 after tying for second in the event on Friday with a score of 9.80. Freshman Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) claimed a pair of top-10 finishes on Sunday, finishing ninth on the vault (9.575) and 10th on the floor (9.60).
Centenary's next meet will be held on Sunday, March 1 against Southeast Missouri at 2 p.m. The meet, the Ladies' final one at home this season, will serve as Senior Day.
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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