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Duranczyk Leads Washington Past WMU With Two Wins
March 06, 2016 | Gymnastics
Duranczyk, from Sebastopol, Calif., scored a 9.925 on bars and a 9.90 on beam, winning each event. She also took second in the floor exercise, tying her season-best with a 9.85. She'd scored a 9.90 on bars in three of the previous four meets, but bested that Saturday vs. the Broncos. On the balance beam, she easily out-paced her previous high of 9.80, set way back in the first meet of the year to lead the way in the Huskies' best event of the evening. Duranczyk had taken first on bars in three previous meets this season, but Saturday marked her first victory on the beam. On the floor exercise, she held on to a tie for first until teammate Allison Northey edged her with a 9.875 in the final performance of the meet.
"Kait has been a fantastic scorer for us all season long," explained UW head coach Joanne Bowers. "She's been working on specific goals – things to get a little bit better at to get her from a 9.8 to a 9.875 or a 9.9. She's worked so darn hard every single day in practice. It's good for the younger gymnasts to see that when you do the work everyday in practice, you get to see the payoff. It's the little details. It's the landings and the handstands and the sticks."
UW sophomore Joslyn Goings (Phoenix, Ariz.) won the all-around with a score of 39.250. Northey won the floor exercise and Western Michigan's Anna Corbett earned the win on the vault with a 9875.
After very close scores through the first two rotations, Washington pulled away in the third rotation, the balance beam, with all six competitors scoring a 9.75 or higher. Alongside Duranczyk's winning score, Husky freshman Malory Rose posted a new career-best with a 9.875, good for second place. The Huskies had a similar performance in the fourth rotation, the floor exercise, with all six scores at 9.775 or higher.
Washington will have a quick turnaround as the Huskies return to action Monday night at Seattle Pacific. Next Saturday, the Huskies play host to both SPU and Denver in the final meet before the Pac-12 Championships come to Alaska Airlines Arena March 19.
Event Summaries – Total Score: 195.350
Vault, 48.925 – Sophomore Joslyn Goings got the meet off to a great start with her vault, the first performance of the night. Her 9.85 set a new season high and ended up as the top score for Washington in the event. Allison Northey posted her fifth straight vault of 9.80 or better, scoring a 9.825. Sophomore Hailey Burleson turned in a 9.775 and junior Alexandra Yacalis scored a 9.75. Stephanie Stowe's 9.725 and Emily Liddle's 9.70 rounded out the Husky vault rotation.
Bars, 48.975 – Washington posted its third-highest bars total of the season, behind a season-high and first-place performance from Kaitlyn Duranczyk, who posted a 9.925, besting the 9.90 she had scored three times during the season. Goings and Jessica Nesis scored identical 9.775s on bars, tying Nesis' season-best score. Zoey Schaefer and Burleson both turned in a score of 9.50 on bars.
Beam, 49.250 – The Huskies pulled in front with a standout, team-wide performance on the balance beam, with all six competitors scoring a 9.750 or better. Duranczyk's 9.90 lead the way and earned her first place on the night. Her score was a full 10th better than her previous season-high of 9.80. Malory Rose also posted a new season-best with her 9.875. Goings and Stowe each scored a 9.85 on beam while Northey turned in a 9.775 and Yacalis a 9.50..
Floor, 49.175 – Allison Northey won a tight competition on the floor exercise, scoring a 9.875 in the final performance of the meet. Durancyzk tied for second place, alongside Alexandra Yacalis and two WMU gymnasts, each with a 9.85, good for Duranczyk's third season-best of the night. Zoey Schaefer set a new season-best with a 9.825 and Emily Liddle and Joslyn Goings rounded out a strong team performance with matching 9.775s.
All-Around – Goings won the all-around, posting a 39.250, just ahead of WMU's Anna Corbett, at 39.025. Goings' total was her second-best of the year. Allison Northey was third with a 38.925.
Top-3 Finishers
Joslyn Goings – vault, 9.85, 2nd
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – bars, 9.925, 1st
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – beam, 9.90, 1st
Malory Rose – beam, 9.875, 2nd
Stephanie Stowe – beam, 9.85, 3rd
Allison Northey – floor, 9.875, 1st
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – floor, 9.85, 2nd
Alexandra Yacalis – floor, 9.85, 2nd
Joslyn Goings – all-around, 39.250, 1st
Allison Northey – all-around, 38.925, 3rd
Season Bests
Joslyn Goings – vault, 9.85
Kaitlyn Duranczyk – bars, 9.925
Jessica Nesis – bars, 9.775 (tied)
Duranczyk – beam, 9.90
Malory Rose – beam, 9.875
Duranczyk – floor, 9.85 (tied)
Zoey Schaefer – floor, 9.825 (tied)
Up Next For the GymDawgs
The GymDawgs head across town to Brougham Pavilion to face Seattle Pacific Monday on the SPU campus. The meet starts at 6:00 p.m. Next Saturday, March 12, the Huskies return to Alaska Airlines Arena, where they will host SPU and Denver in the final meet of the regular season.
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