TOWSON, Md. – Highlighted by the highest home opening vault score in school history, the Towson University gymnastics team walked away with a final score of 194.225 in a tri-meet on Friday night inside of SECU Arena.
The Pink meet welcomed East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) teams NC State and Temple to the arena. NC State finished with a score of 194.600 while Temple scored a 193.600.
The Tigers had running scores of 48.700 on vault, 48.500 on bars, 48.025 on beam and a wonderful 49.000 on floor.
How it Happened
- Camille Vitoff debuted her Yurchenko 1.5 for the first time and got a career high on vault scoring a 9.850, tying her for second place.
- Sarah Girot got a career high on bars scoring a 9.825 tying her for third place with Vitoff and Amy Stewart.
- Emerson Hurst captured a first place overall finish on beam scoring a season-high 9.800. Jenna Weitz came in second (9.750) and Allison Zuhlke came in third (9.700).
- Grace Vaillancourt had a career-high on bars scoring a 9.800.
- Junior Nikki Borkowski got a career-high on floor scoring a 9.850 and tying for second with Paige Casper who tied her career-high. Lauren Bolen also had a career-high on floor scoring a 9.775 and Weitz tied her career-high (9.775).
Quotable- Head Coach Jay Ramirez
"Super proud of this team for being able to make mistakes and bounce back", said Ramirez. "This young team is learning how to pick themselves up and I think they did just that on floor with four athletes getting their career high on floor. Also, very proud of
Camille Vitoff debuting her Yurchenko 1.5 on vault and getting a career high vault score as well."
Up Next
Towson travels to Pittsburgh for a dual meet on Sunday, Jan. 31. The meet is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. inside of Fitzgerald Field House.
