Friday's Gymnastics Results
Central Michigan 194.775, BYU 193.575
Utah State 194.100,
Kent State 193.500
Central Michigan
Scores
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Jordan Charrette may not have finished with the highest score on the balance beam.
In fact, the Central Michigan senior placed fourth, but it was her calming influence at the sixth spot that helped lift the Chippewas in the third rotation.
Charrette scored a 9.750, which replaced a 9.500, and triggered a wave of excitement from the home crowd and her Chippewa teammates on Friday going into the fourth rotation, the floor exercise.
Charrette’s performance helped spur Central Michigan to a non-conference victory over Brigham Young at McGuirk Arena.
“Hats off to Jordan on that one,” CMU coach Jerry Reighard said. “In my mind, I think that was the highlight of the meet for me.”
The Chippewas finished with 194.775 to win their third meet in as many starts. BYU, which finished with 193.775, is 0-2. CMU won three events – uneven parallel bars, beam and floor exercise – and shared first place in vault.
The Chippewas’ 48.925 team score on bars was a season-high.
The benchmark of a 196 score was set in stone for the Chippewas by both Reighard and his gymnasts.
While they failed to reach that number, a score that CMU reached several times last season, they did secure positive performances up and down the lineup, including from freshman Kasey Janowicz, who’s scored 39.0 to win the all-around for the third-consecutive meet.
“I think the expectations really came through,” Reighard said. “We obviously still have some work to do, but (I’m) very, very pleased with the growth I’ve seen over the last two weeks.”
CMU’ Megan Lamphere won bars with a 9.875, Taylor Bolender, won the floor exercise with a 9.900, and Katy Clements captured the beam for the second-straight meet, posting a 9.825 in just her third collegiate competition.
CMU’s Karlee Teet scored a 9.775 to share the top spot on vault with BYU’s Mackenzie Douglas.
“Vaulting and floor are going to be rough for a while, we’re going to have to build some athletes there,” Reighard said. “But we did what we needed to do and bars and beam rocked. I was so very happy for those athletes.”
The Chippewas travel to Northern Illinois for their Mid-American Conference opener on Friday, Jan. 22. The Huskies defeated the Chippewas in Mount Pleasant last season.
Kent State
Scores
LOGAN, Utah – No. 16 Kent State's gymnastics team drops its first road competition of the year at No. 26 Utah State, 194.100-193.500 on Friday, January 15th.
The Golden Flashes fall to 1-1 on the year, while the Aggies move to 2-0 on the year.
Kent State saw two titles get claimed in Utah as Rachel Stypinski won beam (9.850) and Jordan Hardison won the floor (9.825).
The Flashes posted team scores of 48.250 (vault), 47.900 (bars), 48.450 (beam) and a 48.900 (floor) to make up their 193.500 total score.
Dara Williams took third on vault with a score of 9.750 as Kennedy Plude landed inside the top-5 as well with a score of 9.700 for fifth place.
Brooke Timko was the lone gymnast inside the top-5 on bars with a score of 9.750 to tie for third.
On beam, finishing behind Stypinski, were Kennedy Plude and Brooke Timko. Plude tied for third with a final score of 9.750 and Timko tied for fifth with a score of 9.700.
Coming in behind Hardison's first place finish on floor were Nicolle Eastman and Rachel Stypinski. Eastman and Stypinski both tied for second with a score of 9.800.
Utah State posted team scores of 48.600 (vault), 48.675 (bars), 48.000 (beam), 48.825 (floor) to comprise their team total of 194.100.
The Aggies won the vault and bars titles on the night with Jillian Chappel taking vault (9.800) and Charly Belliston and Bailey McIntire sharing the bars title (9.775). As the lone competitor in the All-Around, McKinzey Martinez posted a score of 38.500.
Up Next … The Golden Flashes will stay on the road as they travel to Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday, January 31st to kick off their Mid-American Conference portion of the schedule against Western Michigan at 1pm.
