University of Minnesota Athletics
WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS DEFEATS IOWA IN REMATCH
1/27/2001 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
Minnesota trailed Iowa after the first three rotations, but the Gophers tied their season-high on floor exercise with a 49.175, while Iowa had to count two falls on balance beam and scored 47.225.
All six of Minnesota's scores on floor exercise were at least 9.775. Junior MaryAnne Kelley won the event with her second consecutive floor score of 9.90. Sophomore Jenny Alf set a season high with a 9.875, just off her personal best of 9.90. Sophomore Catie Christensen (9.825) and freshman Alicia Opsahl (9.80) each tied their high scores of the season. Junior Courtney Norman scored 9.775 in her first career floor exercise competition, and freshman Annie Laatsch equaled that mark.
Kelley also placed third on the uneven bars with her third straight bars score of 9.80. She won the all around with a total of 39.100 and was Minnesota's highest finisher on the vault, placing second with a season-high 9.80.
Junior Megan Beuckens tied for second on the balance beam with a score of 9.80 in her first competition of the season. She also recorded a 9.70 on uneven bars and a 9.675 on vault.
Alf set a career high in winning the balance beam with a score of 9.90.
The Gophers set a season-high on vault with a total of 48.675 and just missed a season-high on balance beam with a 48.600. Minnesota had to count a fall on uneven bars and recorded a 48.375.
Gophers 194.825, Iowa 193.125
Vault 1. Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.850 2. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.800 3. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.775 4. Shanyn Lancaster, Minnesota 9.775 Tara Schroeder, Minnesota 9.775 Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.775 7. Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 9.725 8. Courtney Norman, Minnesota 9.700 9. Megan Beuckens, Minnesota 9.675 Corynne Cooper, Iowa 9.675 11. Michele Ford, Iowa 9.650 12. Leigh Dixon, Minnesota 9.250 Uneven Bars 1. Annie Laatsch, Minnesota 9.850 Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.850 3. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.800 Angie Hungerford, Iowa 9.800 5. Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 9.775 6. Megan Skokut, Minnesota 9.725 7. Megan Beuckens, Minnesota 9.700 8. Janna Alexandrova, Iowa 9.675 9. Catie Christensen, Minnesota 9.300 10. Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.275 11. Leigh Dixon, Minnesota 9.050 12. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 8.725 Balance Beam 1. Jenny Alf, Minnesota 9.900 2. Megan Beuckens, Minnesota 9.800 3. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.750 4. Annie Laatsch, Minnesota 9.700 5. Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.650 6. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.600 Alicia Opsahl, Minnesota 9.600 8. Megan Skokut, Minnesota 9.450 Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.450 10. Janna Alexandrova, Iowa 9.375 11. Angie Hungerford, Iowa 9.000 12. Giselle Boniforti, Iowa 8.725 Floor Exercise 1. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 9.900 2. Jenny Alf, Minnesota 9.875 Alexis Maday, Iowa 9.875 4. Catie Christensen, Minnesota 9.825 5. Alicia Opsahl, Minnesota 9.800 Stephanie Gran, Iowa 9.800 7. Annie Laatsch, Minnesota 9.775 Courtney Norman, Minnesota 9.775 9. Brandy Killian, Iowa 9.725 10. Janna Alexandrova, Iowa 9.675 Corynne Cooper, Iowa 9.675 12. Michele Ford, Iowa 9.150 All Around 1. MaryAnne Kelley, Minnesota 39.100 2. Alexis Maday, Iowa 39.025 3. Brandy Killian, Iowa 38.400 4. Stephanie Gran, Iowa 38.050
