Redbirds Post Season-High Score at Bowling Green Tri-Meet

NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbird gymnastics squad finished second with a season-high team score of 194.350 against Bowling Green (194.550) and Temple (193.550) on Saturday in a tri-meet inside of Anderson Arena in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Scoring Breakdown:

• Bowling Green: 194.550
• Illinois State: 194.350
• Temple: 193.550

Thoughts from Coach Bob Conkling:
"We started out the first two rotations on beam and floor with some minor mistakes and not where we needed to be. Then moving onto vault and bars, we had some of our best performances so far this season. Gabrielle Cooke and Angelica Labat did an amazing job in the all-around for us. We still have a lot of work to put in, but this was definitely a step in the right direction."
 

Team Notes:

• The Redbirds settled into second during the first event (48.250), with three gymnasts scoring over 9.700 … Bowling Green took the lead after the first rotation (48.700) and Temple trailed (47.675).
• ISU stayed in second during the second rotation (96.575), with three gymnasts scoring over 9.700.
• After the third rotation, ISU narrowed the lead between Bowling green 145.300-145.725, Temple continued to trail in third place 144.800 … BGSU held on in the fourth and final rotation for the close victory by just two-tenths of a point.

Gymnast Notes:

• Angelica Labat scored a career-high 9.925 on vault to take the event win and won on bars by tying her career-high of 9.875 … the freshman standout also posted a 9.825 on floor to tie for third and went on to finish the all-around with a career-high 39.325 to win the event.
• Gabrielle Cooke scored a season-high 9.875 on floor to tie for the event win and had a season-high 9.850 on vault to tie for second … those scores, in addition to a 9.800 on bars to tie for third, helped her match a career-high with a score of 39.250 in the all-around to finish second.
• Sofia Iribarren made her made her collegiate debut in the all-around and received a 38.150 to finish fifth.
• Charlise Doctor posted a career-high 9.850 on vault to tie for second in the event.
• Savannah Remkus tied her season high with a 9.725 on beam to tie for fourth in the event.

Up Next:

• The Redbirds compete next in Philadelphia, Pa., at the Temple Pink Invite meet with the host Owls as well as Westchester, Southern Connecticut and Ursinus at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on Friday, February 21, at 6 p.m.

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