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Goings Leads GymDawgs To Season-High 196.450
February 22, 2016 | Gymnastics
SEATTLE – UW gymnastics posted a new season-high for the second straight meet, finishing with a 196.450 at home against UCLA. Sophomore Joslyn Goings scored a personal-best 39.375 in the all-around to win the title.
“We can only control ourselves, and we hit all of our routines,” UW head coach Joanne Bowers said. “There are so many people who contributed in this meet – everybody did their job. That is a true team performance.”
Goings won her second all-around title of the year. She tied her career-high on beam, set a new personal-best on floor, posted 9.8s or higher in each event and had two top-3 finishes.
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“Joslyn didn't even compete in the all-around last year, and we can see her gaining confidence and momentum every single week,” Bowers said.
“The energy today was really great,” Goings added. “Everybody brought their focus and we could feel the momentum building throughout the meet. We really fed off of each other, I just felt good going into my routines because of the way the team was performing.”
The GymDawgs hit 24 of 24 routines against UCLA and posted all four event scores over 49.000 for the first time this season. This performance followed up the GymDawgs previous season-high score at Utah on Feb. 13, where UW posted a 196.250.
“It was so important for us to be able to put together back-to-back complete meets, especially at home," Bowers said. "We felt like we needed to be more consistent in meets, and this was really big for us to be able to put together a meet like this again.”
UCLA finished with a 196.675 to take first.
Event Summaries – Total Score:
Vault, 49.075 – The GymDawgs tied their season-high on vault, led by Northey's 9.85 to finish second and Alexandra Yacalis' 9.825. Goings led off the rotation with a 9.8 and Emily Liddle followed that up with a 9.8 of her own. Hailey Burleson also pitched in a 9.8 from the five spot and Stephanie Stowe anchored with a 9.75 to finish off a solid rotation from top to bottom.
Bars, 49.025 – Another complete showing for the GymDawgs gave them their second-best score of the season on bars. Goings again led off with a 9.8 followed by a 9.8 from Burleson, the two tying for third in the event. Duranczyk posted the GymDawgs high score with a 9.875 to take second in the event. Jessica Nesis finished with a new personal-best 9.775. She has now upped her personal-best in the last four meets. Zoey Schaefer posted a 9.75 and Northey anchored with a 9.775.
Beam, 49.150 – Malory Rose led off the rotation with a 9.85, her personal-best, as the GymDawgs posted their second-highest beam score of the season. Goings posted the GymDawgs' high-score with a 9.9, tying her personal best and earning her second place. Stowe's 9.875 was good enough for third place, tying her personal-best and setting a new season-high. Yacalis finished with a 9.775, Duranczyk scored a 9.725 and Northey anchored with a 9.75.
Floor, 49.200 – Alex Yacalis posted a personal-best 9.9 to lead the GymDawgs stellar floor rotation, which scored the highest total of any event on the day and was the second-best floor score of the season for UW. Goings concluded her day with a 9.875, a personal-best, and Duranczyk finished with a 9.85. Schaefer led off with a 9.8 followed by Liddle's 9.775. Northey anchored with a 9.75.
All-Around – Goings won her second all-around title of the year, posting a personal-best 39.375. Northey finished with a 39.125 in a solid outing for the senior, leading the GymDawgs on vault with a second-place finish and posting four scores over 9.75.
Top-3 Finishers
Allison Northey – Vault, 9.85, 2nd
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – Bars, 9.875, 2nd
Joslyn Goings – Bars, 9.8, 3rd
Hailey Burleson – Bars, 9.8, 3rd
Joslyn Goings – Beam, 9.9, 2nd
Stephanie Stowe – Beam, 9.875, 3rd
Joslyn Goings – All-Around, 39.375, 1st
Personal-Best Scores
Jessica Nesis – Bars, 9.775
Malory Rose – Beam, 9.85
Joslyn Goings – Floor, 9.875
Alexandra Yacalis – Floor, 9.9
Joslyn Goings – All-Around, 39.375
Up Next For the GymDawgs
The GymDawgs hit the road to take on Arizona in Tucson on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. PT. Follow the action on Twitter.
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