Ladies Open Season With Second-Place Finish

Denton, Texas – The Centenary gymnastics team finished second in a Midwest Independent Conference dual meet and in its season debut against the Texas Woman's University Pioneers on Sunday afternoon inside Kitty Magee Arena.

The Ladies earned a team score of 180.375 while the Pioneers won the meet with a score of 194.000. Centenary posted a 46.575 on vault, its best event score of the meet, and finished with a 46.025 on beam, a 44.725 on floor, and a 43.050 on bars. The Pioneers earned a 48.750 on bars, a 48.625 on vault, a 48.400 on floor, and a 48.225 on beam.

Senior Sophie Schmitz (Trophy Club, Texas) competed in the All-Around and finished with a 37.550 as her best score of the meet was a 9.60 on bars which earned her an eighth-place finish. Schmitz led the way on beam as she finished sixth with a 9.475. Freshman Peyton Burford (West Monroe, La.) had the Ladies' best finish on vault as she finished seventh in her collegiate debut with a 9.45. Freshman Chloe Gilbert (Pflugerville, Texas) was seventh on beam with 9.40.

TWU's Kaitlyn Hoiland won on bars (9.825), beam (9.75), and on vault (9.80) while her teammate Kyleigh Ghanbari won on floor (9.875).

Centenary will return to action on Monday, Jan. 20 as the Ladies welcome SEMO and Westchester to town for their home debut in a tri-meet set for 1 p.m. in the Gold Dome.

The Ladies' other home meets are on Friday, Jan. 31 against Greeneville University (6 p.m.), Saturday, Feb. 22 against TWU at 4 p.m., and finally on Saturday, March 8 against Fisk University on Senior Night at 5 p.m. The Feb. 22 meet will also be the annual Sylvia Keiter Memorial Meet and the alumnae meet. The Ladies will compete in four road meets during the regular season.

See the Ladies' complete season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/gymnastics/2024-25/schedule

Live stats and live video stream are available for all Centenary home contests.

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