University of Minnesota Athletics
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS FOURTH AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
3/27/1999 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Beuckens finished in a five-way tie for second place on the floor exercise with a score of 9.90, earning All-Big Ten honors. Beuckens also earned honors on the balance beam, where she scored a career-high 9.825 to tie for fifth place. Junior Judy Cavazos and freshman Catie Christensen tied for fifth place on the uneven bars with a 9.85, earning All-Big Ten honors.
Minnesota scored 48.825 points on the uneven bars. Sophomore Megan Skokut scored a 9.80, which tied for 14th place, and junior Melissa Chang tied for 19th place with a 9.725.
Senior Cathy Keyser, the defending balance beam champion, performed well during her routine but fell on the dismount, scoring a 9.35. Minnesota also had to count a 9.175 score and recorded 47.80 points on the balance beam.
Minnesota scored 49.15 points on the floor exercise, tying the second-highest score of the season. Beuckens led the way with her second-place finish. Cavazos scored 9.875, which tied for seventh place, and Christensen scored 9.85, good for a tie for 10th place.
The Gophers ended the meet on the vault, scoring 48.375 points. Beuckens led the Gopher scorers with a 9.725, which placed 16th. Selinger scored 9.70 and junior Melissa Chang 9.675.
Big Ten Championships East Lansing, Mich.
Team scores: Michigan 196.3, Penn State 195.55, Ohio State 194.625, Minnesota 194.15, Illinois 193.8, Michigan State 191.6, Iowa 136.825.
Vault: 1. (tie) Christine Michaud, Michigan, Lisa Simes, Michigan, Lindsey Vagades, Ohio State, 9.875; 4. (tie) Sarah-Elizabeth Langford, Michigan, Jill Tucker, Ohio State, 9.85. Gopher finishers: 16. Megan Beuckens 9.725; 20. Kristi Selinger 9.7; 21. Melissa Chang 9.675; 25. Shanyn Lancaster 9.65; 28. Courtney Norman 9.625; 36. MaryAnne Kelley 9.45.
Uneven bars: 1. Nikki Peters, Michigan, 10.0; 2. Sarah Cain, Michigan, 9.9; 3. (tie) Gemma Cuff, Penn State, Nikki Smith, Penn State, 9.875; 5. (tie) Judy Cavazos, Gophers, 9.85; Catie Christensen, Gophers, 9.85. Other Gopher finishers: 14. Megan Skokut 9.8; 19. Chang 9.725; 28. Kelley 9.6; 38. Cathy Keyser 8.55.
Balance beam: 1. (tie) Gina Weichmann, Illinois, Lindsey Vagades, Ohio State, 9.875; 3. (tie) Elizabeth Jensen, Ohio State, Missy Leopoldus, Penn State, 9.85; 5. (tie) Megan Beuckens, Gophers, Lisa Simes, Michigan, 9.825. Other Gopher finishers: 11. Cavazos 9.775; 18. Cami Phillippi 9.7; 26. Keyser 9.35; 31. Selinger 9.175; 34. Kelley 9.1.
Floor exercise: 1. Sarah Cain, Michigan, 9.975; 2. (tie) Megan Beuckens, Gophers, Bridget Knaeble, Michigan, Lisa Simes, Michigan, Lindsey Vagades, Ohio State, Ellen Casey, Penn State, 9.9. Other Gopher finishers: 7. Cavazos 9.875; 10. Christensen 9.85; 22. Selinger 9.775; 24. (tie) Chang, Kelley 9.75.
All around: 1. Simes, Michigan, 39.425; 2. Vagades, Ohio State, 39.325; 3. Leopoldus, Penn State, 39.225. Gopher finisher: 15. Kelley 37.9.
