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GymDawgs Post Season Highs On Bars, Beam At Denver
January 24, 2016 | Gymnastics
DENVER – UW gymnastics posted event season-high scores on bars and beam and finished with a 194.300 against Denver, led by senior captain Allison Northey's first-place finish on beam and two additional top-3 finishes.
"We came in on a high after having improved from our first meet with the goal to keep improving, and I think we did that," head coach Joanne Bowers said. "Bars and beam were much better, but we really did not do a good job on floor, so we challenged the team to finish strong. We had our best beam score of the season. Seeing the character of how we finished was fantastic, but we've got to put four events together. We haven't done that yet and we're still looking for that."
Denver finished with a 195.650 to take first place overall, led by Nina McGee's 39.500 performance in the all-around. Northey took second with a 38.175 and sophomore Hailey Burleson finished with a 38.900 to take third, a new personal best.
“This was a good meet, but we still haven't reached our full potential,” Burleson said. “We showed a lot of resilience in this meet. Our beam lineup was really solid, probably our best of the season. We need to take that same mentality into all of our events. I'm excited to see what we can do when we put an entire meet together.”
Event Summaries
Vault, 48.600 – The GymDawgs scored just north of their season average. Northey led the UW with a 9.825 and got solid vaults from Alexandra Yacalis (9.775), Burleson (9.750) and Zoey Schaefer (9.700). Northey tied for third place.
.@Alex_Nicole315 records a 9.775 pic.twitter.com/lKqN76I2KC
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) January 24, 2016
Bars, 48.600 – Northey scored a 9.825 to take third place from the anchor spot to lead the GymDawgs to their season-high on bars. Kaitlyn Duranczyk posted a 9.775 and Schaefer recorded a 9.700.
.@allliedanorth anchors the Huskies with a 9.825 to lead the lineup! pic.twitter.com/F8G0oqlB3k
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Beam, 48.875 – A strong beam lineup from top to bottom gave the GymDawgs their season-high score on the event, again led by Northey from the anchor spot with a 9.825 to take first. Janae Janik and Joslyn Goings posted matching 9.8s to tie for second, Duranczyk finished with a 9.75 and Burleson recorded a 9.7.
.@allliedanorth with another strong anchor routine, posts a 9.825 with a stuck landing! pic.twitter.com/YRp79Oon0p
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) January 24, 2016
Floor, 48.225 – The GymDawgs were led by Burleson's 9.8. Northey pitched in a 9.7 as UW posted a season-low score on floor.
.@Hayb_burleson puts up a 9.8, including this beautiful final pass! pic.twitter.com/XLpZ6jrt4D
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) January 24, 2016
All-around – Northey had a strong performance in the all-around, finishing with a 39.175 to take second place. Hailey Burleson posted a personal-best 38.900 to finish in third place.
Top-3 Finishers
- Allison Northey – Vault, T-3rd place
- Allison Northey – Bars, 3rd place
- Allison Northey – Beam, 1st place
- Joslyn Goings – Beam, T-2nd place
- Janae Janik – Beam, T-2nd place
- Allison Northey – All-Around, 2nd place
- Hailey Burleson – All-Around, 3rd place
Up Next For the GymDawgs
The GymDawgs head to Fort Worth, Texas, to compete in the Metroplex Challenge on Saturday, Jan. 30. A paid live stream will be available on FloGymnastics.com. Follow the action on Twitter.
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