University of Minnesota Athletics
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS THIRD IN TRIANGULAR AT MICHIGAN
1/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The Golden Gophers scored a season-high 48.55 on vault, led by sophomore Leigh Dixon's season-high score of 9.825. But Minnesota had to count two falls on the balance beam and recorded a team score of 47.475 on that event, the lowest of the meet.
Dixon was Minnesota's highest finisher of the meet, placing second on the vault.
Junior MaryAnne Kelley, named the Big Ten gymnast of the week after winning the all around last week against Utah, tied for third place on the floor exercise with a total of 9.90. It was Minnesota's highest individual score on any event this season. She finished fourth in the all around with a total of 39.025.
Freshman Mary Skokut tied for fourth place on the uneven bars with a season-high 9.825. She also led the Golden Gophers on the balance beam, tying for sixth at 9.725.
o Elise Ray, the captain of the 2000 U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team in Sydney, Australia, made her collegiate debut for Michigan on Friday. She placed second in the all around with a total of 39.175, including a second-place score of 9.875 on the uneven bars.
o Minnesota will face Iowa again on Saturday as the Golden Gophers host the Hawkeyes in a dual meet at 7 p.m. at the Sports Pavilion.
o Junior MaryAnne Kelley was named the Big Ten women's gymnast of the week Jan. 18 for the second time in her career. She tied for first place in the all around against Utah on Jan. 13 with a score of 39.200, the sixth-highest all around score in team history. Kelley received the honor last season after winning the all around at Iowa with a 39.175 on Feb. 6. She has competed in the all around in 30 of her 31 career meets and earned All-Big Ten honors in the all around last season by placing third at the Big Ten Championships with a career-high 39.375.
o The Golden Gophers were the top-ranked Big Ten school in last week's rankings, with a No. 9 ranking. Michigan was listed at No. 11, while Ohio State was No. 15 and Penn State No. 16. Iowa was the fifth Big Ten school in the top 25, listed at No. 21. For the first two weeks of the season, the ranking is based on a school's highest score of the season. New rankings will be released Monday morning.
#11 Michigan 196.200 #21 Iowa 194.100 #9 Minnesota 193.675 Vault 1. Janessa Grieco, Michigan 9.850 2. Leigh Dixon, Minnesota 9.825 3. Karina Senior, Michigan 9.800 4. Shanyn Lancaster, Minnesota 9.775 5. Christine Michaud, Michigan 9.750 Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.750 7. Bridget Knaeble, Michigan 9.725 Calli Ryals, Michigan 9.725 9. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.675 Elise Ray, Michigan 9.675 Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.675 Corynne Cooper, Iowa 9.675 13. Courtney Norman, Minnesota 9.650 Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 9.650 15. Mary Skokut, Minnesota 9.625 16. Tara Schroeder, Minnesota 9.600 17. Michele Ford, Iowa 9.550 18. Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.050 Uneven Bars 1. Bridget Knaeble, Michigan 9.900 2. Elise Ray, Michigan 9.875 3. Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.850 4. Mary Skokut, Minnesota 9.825 Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 9.825 6. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.800 Janessa Grieco, Michigan 9.800 Amy Kuczera, Michigan 9.800 Katrina Senior, Michigan 9.800 10. Angie Hungerford, Iowa 9.775 11. Annie Laatsch, Minnesota 9.750 Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.750 Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.750 14. Leigh Dixon, Minnesota 9.675 Christine Mantilia, Michigan 9.675 16. Megan Skokut, Minnesota 9.650 17. Janna Alexandrova, Iowa 8.750 18. Alicia Opsahl, Minnesota 8.675 Balance Beam 1. Shannon MacKenzie, Michigan 9.900 2. Calli Ryals, Michigan 9.850 3. Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.825 4. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.775 5. Elise Ray, Michigan 9.750 6. Mary Skokut, Minnesota 9.725 Melissa Peterson, Michigan 9.725 8. Alicia Opsahl, Minnesota 9.675 9. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.650 Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 9.650 11. Janessa Grieco, Michigan 9.475 12. Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.425 13. Karina Senior, Michigan 9.325 14. Jenny Alf, Minnesota 9.250 Janna Alexandrova, Iowa 9.250 16. Annie Laatsch, Minnesota 9.175 17. Megan Skokut, Minnesota 9.025 18. Jessica Kyanka, Iowa 8.350 Floor Exercise 1. Bridget Knaeble, Michigan 9.925 Calli Ryals, Michigan 9.925 3. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.900 Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.900 5. Janessa Grieco, Michigan 9.875 Elise Ray, Michigan 9.875 Jodie Rosenberg, Michigan 9.875 8. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.850 9. Jenny Alf, Minnesota 9.825 Karina Senior, Michigan 9.825 Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.825 12. Catie Christensen, Minnesota 9.775 13. Shanyn Lancaster, Minnesota 9.750 14. Annie Laatsch, Minnesota 9.700 Corynne Cooper, Iowa 9.700 16. Alicia Opsahl, Minnesota 9.675 17. Michele Ford, Iowa 9.650 18. Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 8.800 All Around 1. Alexis Maday, Iowa 39.250 2. Elise Ray, Michigan 39.175 3. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 39.125 4. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 39.025 5. Janessa Grieco, Michigan 39.000 6. Karina Senior, Michigan 38.750 7. Brandy Killian, Iowa 38.050 8. Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 37.925
