Fort Worth, Texas - The Centenary Ladies gymnastics team will compete in the Metroplex Challenge on Saturday evening at the Fort Worth Convention Center.
The Ladies, coming off a third-place finish in their season-opening event at home last Sunday against the Air Force Falcons and the Texas Woman's University Pioneers, finished with an overall score of 185.725.
The event features the host Pioneers of TWU, Oklahoma, and the Ladies. Live video and live stats are available for Saturday's meet at the following links:
Video: https://www.flogymnastics.com.
Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=334093.
Junior Kendall Sanders (Spring Branch, Texas) had the Ladies' top individual scores of the meet on Sunday as she scored a 9.675 on bars and a 9.450 on floor. Sanders is coming off of a fantastic sophomore campaign in which she was named to the 2020 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association DIII regular season All-America Team in the all-around and was also named a 2020 USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Nationals All-American as she received second team honors in the all-around. She scored a 37.075 in the all-around on Sunday.
Sophomore Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) scored a 9.675 herself on vault, setting a new career personal best mark. She also scored a 9.375 on floor. Sophomore Leilani Johnson (Wichita, Kan.) scored a 9.575 on vault, the Ladies' second-best score of the night in the event, and juniors Kendall Knaps (Prairieville, La.) and Xian Baumgartner (Albuquerque, N.M.) each had the Ladies' top scores on beam at 9.550.
Seniors Sierra Ponder (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and Jenny Jackson (Monticello, Fla.) had the second and third best scores on bars on Sunday as Ponder scored a 9.600 and Jackson earned a 9.400. Senior Jerrica Harris (Memphis, Tenn.), sophomore Kennedy Stephens (Bella Vista, Ark.), and sophomore Rose Deshler (Hastings, Minn.) also competed on Sunday.
Sophomore Lauryn Stiff (Branson, Mo.) made her Ladies debut after not competing last season. She recorded a 9.450 on vault and an 8.900 on bars. Freshman Courtney Tripp (Bridge Creek, Okla.) also made her collegiate debut and scored a 9.425 on vault.
The Ladies will then see TWU for a third week in a row as the Pioneers will host Centenary on Feb. 19 in Denton, Texas at 6 p.m. The Ladies will celebrate their three seniors in their final home meet of the regular season on March 12 against TWU at 6 p.m.
Below is the Ladies' tentative lineup for the meet:
Vault:
1. Baumgartner; 2. Tripp; 3. Stiff; 4. Sanders; 5. Johnson; Ex. Ponder
Bars:
1. Jackson; 2. Knaps; 3. Stiff; 4. Sanders; 5. Baumgartner; 6. Ponder
Beam:
- Harris; 2. Knaps; 3. Baumgartner; 4. Tripp; 5. Stephens; 6. Sanders; Ex. Deshler
Floor:
- Huff; 2. Knaps; 3. Deshler; 4. Stiff; 5. Harris; 6. Sanders; Ex. Tripp
The Ladies' complete 2021 schedule can be found here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2020-21/schedule.
Live stats and live video are available for the March 12 meet.
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