Cape Girardeau, Mo. – The Centenary gymnastics team is set for the annual Midwest Independent Conference Championships hosted by Southeast Missouri State University on Friday evening at 5 p.m. inside Houck Field House.
Live results as well as live video are available for the meet at the links below:
Live Results: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=463439
Live Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=8f20ed48-d48f-4379-8bc1-8f663426d534
Meet Central: https://semoredhawks.com/sports/2023/3/16/2023-mic-championships.aspx
Meet Preview (courtesy of SEMO athletics): https://semoredhawks.com/news/2023/3/16/womens-gymnastics-gymnastics-set-to-host-2023-mic-championship-friday.aspx
The Ladies will be joined by the host Redhawks, Lindenwood University, Illinois State University, and Texas Woman's University. The rotation order for the meet is: Centenary, Illinois State, Lindenwood, SEMO, and TWU.
The Ladies earned their highest score (192.475) in eight years last Saturday to highlight a second-place finish on Senior Night versus Lindenwood in a MIC dual meet at the Gold Dome.
The 192.475 is Centenary's season high and its highest team score since posting a 193.775 on March 15, 2015 versus New Hampshire. The Ladies earned their best score of the season on vault (48.325) against Lindenwood and tallied six individual career highs.
Senior Leilani Johnson (Wichita, Kan.) won the floor competition with a career-high 9.90 - marking the highest individual score by a Centenary gymnast since Navia Jordan earned a 9.90 on floor at the 2016 USA Gymnastics Championships.
Johnson's score tied Jordan's for the highest in the division III era (2013-present). Lindenwood won the meet with a 194.925. She is this week's recipient of the MIC Coaches' Choice Award as she earned one of the four individual honors that the conference chooses on a weekly basis and received it for the first time this season.
Sophomore Carissa Martinez (Albuquerque, N.M.) won the vault competition with a new career-high 9.75 and senior Taylor Ann Wilson (Memphis, Tenn.) tied for the bars title with a season-high score of 9.85, matching the Lions' Hannah Appleget. Freshman Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) won All-Around with a career-high 38.425, winning the AA for the fourth time this season and third-straight meet. She also posted a new career high on vault (9.60). Sophomore Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) placed second on beam with a new career-high 9.80.
Martinez finished third on floor with another career-high 9.80, and also tied for fourth on beam (9.75). Senior Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) tied for fourth on vault with a 9.70, Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.) tied for sixth (9.675), and Foret and Johnson tied for eighth (9.60).
Freshman Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) finished seventh on bars (9.675) and the Ladies finished 8th through 11th on beam – Foret (9.70), senior Kennedy Stephens (Bella Vista, Ark.) finished ninth (9.65), junior Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) placed 10th with a 9.575, and senior Rose Deshler (Hastings, Minn.) finished 11th at 9.50. Foret set a new career high on bars (9.425).
The Ladies finished fifth in the 2022 MIC Championships as they recorded a 189.350 team score.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2022-23/schedule
Live stats and live video are available for all home meets.
Admission is FREE to all Centenary home athletic contests.
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