St. Charles, Mo. – The Centenary gymnastics team is set for the annual Midwest Independent Conference Championships hosted by Lindenwood University on Saturday evening at 5 p.m. inside Robert F. Hyland Arena.
Live results as well as live video are available for the meet at the links below:
Results: https://roadtonationals.com/results/schedule/meet/29933
Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/b668a29c-8a00-457b-a9b6-f0399bdfc97f
The Ladies will be joined by the host Lions, Southeast Missouri State University, Illinois State University, and Texas Woman's University. The Ladies finished fifth in the 2023 MIC Championships as they recorded a 188.875 team score.
The Ladies are currently ranked 80th in the latest Road to Nationals rankings and earned a season-high 190.325 on March 17 to finish second in a dual meet against the host Texas Woman's University Pioneers inside Kitty Magee Arena in Denton, Texas.
The Ladies are led by second-year head coach Meg Crowley and she is assisted by Joseph Hodges, also in his second season. Crowley is a former Centenary gymnast (2009-13) who helped lead the Ladies to a third-place finish at the 2013 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Nationals, also finishing third on floor and served as team co-captain her senior year.
Centenary's highest event scores this season are as follows:
VAULT: 48.100
FLOOR: 47.850
BEAM: 47.850
BARS: 47.625
Sophomore Amy Foret (Bedford, Texas) had the Ladies' top finish of the meet against TWU on Sunday as she tied for fifth place with a 9.725 score. Sophomore Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) won the All-Around with a new season and career-high 38.175.
The Ladies' 190.325 is their highest team score since posting a 192.475 on March 11, 2023 against Lindenwood at home. Centenary recorded a 47.850 on beam on Sunday, its best score of the season in the event. The Ladies posted a 47.650 on vault, a 47.575 on bars, and a 47.250 on floor.
Freshman Brooke Murdock (Garland, Texas) finished eighth with a season-high tying 9.625, junior Mylia Vidtor (The Colony, Texas) finished 10th with a 9.45 and Schmitz was right behind her in 11th place with a season-high 9.40.
Senior Roxanne Myers (Prairieville, La.) was this week's recipient of the MIC Coaches' Choice Award. Myers earned one of the four individual honors that the conference chooses on a weekly basis and received it for the first time this season and first time in her career. She finished eighth on bars with a new season and career-high 9.65 against the Pioneers. Myers' honor marks the second week in a row that Centenary has claimed the award as Schmitz won it last Thursday.
Senior Lacey Wedge (Belle Chasse, La.) was selected as the MIC Gymnast of the Week on March 13 as she earned the prestigious honor for the first time in her career. Wedge highlighted the Ladies' performance on March 8 in their tri-meet against the host West Chester University Golden Rams and the William & Mary Tribe at West Chester, Pa. as she won on floor (recording her first-career win) with a new career-high 9.85 and finished second on vault with a career-high tying 9.725.
Wedge continued her impressive senior season after earning a 9.80 on floor in the Ladies' final home meet of the season on Feb. 26 against Bridgeport, which at the time was a new career high in her final appearance in the Gold Dome. Her career high on floor coming into the season was a 9.575 and she has now scored a 9.60 or higher six times this season and 9.70 or higher four times. She previously scored a 9.725 on vault last month in a tri-meet against the host Air Force Academy Falcons and the UC-Davis Aggies in Colorado.
Freshman Olivia Williams (Cape Coral, Fla.) had had an impressive rookie season and was the Ladies' top finisher on floor against Cornell on March 10 with a 9.6, her second-best score of the season in the event, to place seventh. Senior Isabel Plaza (San Antonio, Texas) led the way for Centenary on vault as she scored a season and career-high tying 9.575 to finish sixth in that same meet.
Senior Rylie Molina (Moss Bluff, La.) led the way on beam as she tied for third place with a 9.75 on March 10 and senior Kendall Huff (Riviera, Texas) finished 10th on vault with a 9.475. Sophomore Claire Flores (Oklahoma City, Okla.) finished ninth on bars with a 9.50, and ninth on floor with a season-high tying 9.50 and junior Emma Lavelle (Mandeville, La.) placed 10thon bars with a 9.40.
Saturday will be the Ladies' second visit to St. Charles this season after facing the Lions and Simpson College in a tri-meet on Feb. 4. Centenary faced SEMO (road) and TWU (home) in dual meets in January. The Ladies will face Illinois State for the first time this season.
See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2023-24/schedule
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