Reese Samuelson had a career best performance on beam and tied for first on the event. She put up a 9.825 to share the title on beam with GWU’s Kendall Whitman.The final event for the Broncos was floor. Going into the event Western was 1.95 points out of third and 2.75 points out of first. […]
Reese Samuelson had a career best performance on beam and tied for first on the event. She put up a 9.825 to share the title on beam with GWU’s Kendall Whitman.The final event for the Broncos was floor. Going into the event Western was 1.95 points out of third and 2.75 points out of first. WMU scored a 49.025, the best out of the three teams, which brought it back to 1.525 points off third. As mentioned previously, St. Clair finished second in the event with a score of 9.875. The next leading Bronco was Hannah Milton who scored a 9.825. Reilan Garvey was next for WMU with a score of 9.800. The Broncos are now 0-2 on the season after a season opening meet against No. 11 Michigan State. In that meet Emily Krzciok earned a 9.900 on beam, the highest score a Bronco has received this season. Unfortunately for WMU, Krzciok did not put up a similar score in Saturday’s meet. She scored a 9.100 on beam in the Broncos second meet.
Western Michigan gymnastics finished last in the Next Level Podium Collegiate Meet. The Broncos were competing against Pittsburg, Illinois State and George Washington. WMU finished with a score of 192.850. Pitt won the meet with a score of 195.575. ISU came in second with a score of 195.100 and GWU got third with a 194.375 score. WMU will welcome New Hampshire and Fisk for its season opener in its next meet. The meet, titled the Domestic Violence Awareness Meet, is scheduled for Jan 19 at 1 p.m. at University Arena.
The best performance of the meet came from Cassie St. Clair. She scored a 9.875 on floor. The score earned her second on floor. While Samuelson finished in first on beam, it was still the Broncos lowest scoring event of the meet. WMU finished with a team score of 46.475, 1.775 points behind the next lowest team total. The Broncos had just two players earn scores higher than a 9.575. The other Bronco, aside from Samuelson, was Korfhage who finished with a 9.800. Moravansky, who finished the first two events with scores of 9.775 and 9.800 finished beam with an 8.850. The next event was bars. Julie Korfhage finished second behind Pitt’s JahLiyah Bedminster. Korfhage scored a 9.825. Moravansky came in second for the Broncos with a score of 9.800. Samuelson scored a 9.775. WMU again finished third with a total score of 48.650.The Broncos started the meet on vault. St. Clair finished with the best score for WMU as she posted a 9.800. The two players who tied for first on the event scored a 9.850. Two Broncos finished vault with a score of 9.775, just behind St. Clair. The two were Sarah Moravansky and Halle Faulkner. WMU had the third best vault score. Garvey was the only all-around performer for the Broncos. She finished with a 37.925, last among all other all-around performers.