University of Washington
Metroplex Challenge
GymDawgs Post Season-High, Take Third At Metroplex
January 31, 2016 | Gymnastics
FORT WORTH, Texas – UW gymnastics put together its best showing of the season, posting a 196.175 and finishing with season-high scores in all four events to take third place at the Metroplex Challenge.
ICYMI: The #GymDawgs posted season-highs on all four events for a 196.175 total to take 3rd at Metroplex. pic.twitter.com/Yn5XrW65jT
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) January 31, 2016
“We are so proud of this team tonight,” head coach Joanne Bowers said. “We challenged them all week – we needed to put four events together and have people step up. We did step up and show what we could do, and it felt wonderful. Everybody held themselves and each other accountable all night long, and you could tell in the demeanor of our gymnasts and the energy surrounding our team. This is exactly what we are capable of and we can't wait to go back home and show our fans how much we've improved.”
The Huskies came into the Metroplex Challenge ranked No. 36 in the country and took third ahead of No. 12 Stanford and No. 16 Missouri. Oklahoma, the meet's highest-ranked team at No. 2, finished in first place. No. 6 LSU took second.
UW's victory over Stanford leaves the GymDawgs' unbeaten in the Pac-12, as UW defeated ASU on Jan. 18.
“We really fed off the energy of the atmosphere of this meet, with so many great teams,” senior captain Allison Northey said. “We had a great week of practice and came out feeling loose, excited and not stressed. We built off each other and carried the momentum throughout the meet, and we are really excited about this performance.”
Northey and sophomore Joslyn Goings each had top-3 event finishes – Northey with a 9.925 on bars to tie for third and Goings with a 9.9 on beam, also tied for third. Goings recorded an all-around total of 39.175 in her first meet as a collegiate all-arounder. Northey took fourth in the all-around with a 39.425. Sophomore Hailey Burleson's 39.075 was her second straight personal-best all-around performance.
Event Summaries – Total Score: 196.175, 3rd place
Bars, 49.15 – The GymDawgs started the meet with their highest score of the season on bars, including four gymnasts tying or setting personal-bests. Burleson recorded a 9.825 and Northey anchored with a 9.925, each tying their highest career marks. Northey tied for third overall. Zoey Schaefer and Duranczyk each set new personal-bests with a 9.825 and 9.9 respectively. Duranczyk finished tied for fifth.
Beam, 49.250 – Five GymDawgs set or tied personal-best scores to lead to a 49.225 total, a season-high beam score. Freshman Malory Rose led off with a 9.75 to match her best score this season. Janae Janik and Northey each posted matching season-best scores of 9.875 to tie for sixth in the event. Burleson and Goings each set new personal-bests – Burleson with a 9.825 and Goings with a 9.9 to tie for third.
Floor, 48.975 – UW kept the momentum going with, again, the GymDawgs' highest score of the season on floor. Goings recorded a 9.8 in her first collegiate floor routine, while Duranczyk matched her personal-best with a 9.8. Alex Yacalis tied her season high with a 9.8 and Northey pitched in a 9.85 from the anchor spot to finish tied for ninth.
Vault, 48.8 – The GymDawgs concluded on vault and finished the clean sweep of event season highs. Goings set a new season-high with a 9.775. Burleson matched Goings with a 9.775, followed by Yacalis with a 9.825 to set a season-high and a 9.775 from Northey to anchor the lineup. Sophomore Emily Liddle posted a season-high 9.65. Yacalis was the GymDawgs' highest finisher, tying for 11th.
All-Around – Northey's 39.425 was a season-high and led three GymDawgs finishing above a 39.000 in the all-around. Goings, competing all-around for the first time in her collegiate career, posted a 39.150. Burleson finished with a new personal-best all-around score at 39.075. Northey took fourth place, while Goings and Burleson finished in seventh and eighth, respectively.
Top-10 Finishers
Allison Northey – Bars, 9.925, T-3rd
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – Bars, 9.9, T-5th
Joslyn Goings – Beam, 9.9, T-3rd
Janae Janik – Beam, 9.875, T-6th
Allison Northey – Beam, 9.875, T-6th
Allison Northey – Floor, 9.85, T-9th
Allison Northey – All-Around, 39.425, 4th
Joslyn Goings – All-Around, 39.15, 7th
Hailey Burleson – All-Around, 39.075, 8th
Personal-Best Scores
Zoey Schaefer – Bars, 9.825
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – Bars, 9.9
Hailey Burleson – Beam, 9.825
Joslyn Goings – Beam, 9.9
Hailey Burleson – All-Around, 39.075
Up Next For the GymDawgs
The GymDawgs return home on Monday, Feb. 8, to host Oregon State at 7 p.m. PT. The meet will be shown on the Pac-12 Network. Fans can also follow the action on Twitter.
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