Friday, February 24
Lexington, Ky.
4:00 PM
University of Washington
at
Kentucky, Illinois, NIU
Burleson Wins All-Around, Huskies Take Third In Kentucky Quad
February 25, 2017 | Gymnastics
LEXINGTON, Ky. β The Washington women's gymnastics team scored a 196.450 to take third place in a quad meet against Kentucky, Illinois and NIU Friday evening at the Memorial Coliseum.
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Junior Hailey Burleson had another impressive performance in the all-around, scoring a 39.475 β her second highest AA score of the season. She placed in the top-3 on vault (9.875 β T-3rd), beam (9.875 β T-3rd) and floor (9.9 β 2nd).
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In total the GymDawgs had five top-3 performances. Joslyn Goings, Monica Riley, and Burleson all scored 9.875s on vault to place third on the event and Kaitlyn Duranczyk continued her dominance on bars, adding another top-3 performance with a second place 9.875.
"There were many impressive routines for us, and much to be proud of," said head coach Elise Ray after the meet.Β "Though in all, we fell short of what we wanted to accomplish in Kentucky. There's a fine line of bringing full effort to a competition yet not trying too hard to control everything. After our season high score last weekend, the team wanted nothing more than to do it again. Instead of letting their preparation naturally come through, they competed a little rigid, leading to many small errors. We're already hungry for the next competition."
Kentucky and Illinois tied for first place on the night, each scoring a 196.625. Northern Illinois scored a 193.800 to round out the competition.
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Event Recaps (In order of competition)
Bars, 49.150 β The GymDawgs started off the night with a 49.150 on bars , their second highest bars score of the season. Five of the six competing Huskies scored above a 9.8. Duranczyk led the GymDawgs with a 9.875. Maya Washington's 9.85 was her second highest bars score all season. Michaela Nelson, Madison Copiak, and Burleson all scored above a 9.8.
Beam, 49.075 β Hailey Burleson, who has been the team's beam anchor all season, led the GymDawgs with a team-high 9.875. Goings (9.85) and Maya Washington (9.825) both laid down solid routines and each stuck their landings.
Floor, 49.250 β The 49.250 on floor was the GymDawgs highest scoring event of the night and tied their third highest floor score of the season. Zoey Schaefer started the GymDawgs off on the right note with a 9.875 to tie for fourth on the event.Β Duranczyk and Alexandra Yacalis each scored 9.85s and Burleson scored her second 9.9 of the season.
Vault, 48.975 β Burleson, Riley, and Goings tied for third on vault with 9.875s. Freshman Haley Roy remains a constant force on vault, scoring a 9.825 β her second highest score of the season.
Up Next
The GymDawgs will continue their road stint to travel to Corvallis to face the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday, March 5th at 12 p.m. (PT). The meet will air on the Pac-12 Networks
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Junior Hailey Burleson had another impressive performance in the all-around, scoring a 39.475 β her second highest AA score of the season. She placed in the top-3 on vault (9.875 β T-3rd), beam (9.875 β T-3rd) and floor (9.9 β 2nd).
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In total the GymDawgs had five top-3 performances. Joslyn Goings, Monica Riley, and Burleson all scored 9.875s on vault to place third on the event and Kaitlyn Duranczyk continued her dominance on bars, adding another top-3 performance with a second place 9.875.
"There were many impressive routines for us, and much to be proud of," said head coach Elise Ray after the meet.Β "Though in all, we fell short of what we wanted to accomplish in Kentucky. There's a fine line of bringing full effort to a competition yet not trying too hard to control everything. After our season high score last weekend, the team wanted nothing more than to do it again. Instead of letting their preparation naturally come through, they competed a little rigid, leading to many small errors. We're already hungry for the next competition."
Kentucky and Illinois tied for first place on the night, each scoring a 196.625. Northern Illinois scored a 193.800 to round out the competition.
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Event Recaps (In order of competition)
Bars, 49.150 β The GymDawgs started off the night with a 49.150 on bars , their second highest bars score of the season. Five of the six competing Huskies scored above a 9.8. Duranczyk led the GymDawgs with a 9.875. Maya Washington's 9.85 was her second highest bars score all season. Michaela Nelson, Madison Copiak, and Burleson all scored above a 9.8.
Part of Madison Copiak's 9.8 bars routine! #GymDawgs pic.twitter.com/Lo2dGYBvKq
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) February 25, 2017
Beam, 49.075 β Hailey Burleson, who has been the team's beam anchor all season, led the GymDawgs with a team-high 9.875. Goings (9.85) and Maya Washington (9.825) both laid down solid routines and each stuck their landings.
Hailey Burleson rounds out the beam rotation with a team-high 9.875 #StickHuskies
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) February 25, 2017
Watch on ESPN Live pic.twitter.com/3OlJprlbec
Floor, 49.250 β The 49.250 on floor was the GymDawgs highest scoring event of the night and tied their third highest floor score of the season. Zoey Schaefer started the GymDawgs off on the right note with a 9.875 to tie for fourth on the event.Β Duranczyk and Alexandra Yacalis each scored 9.85s and Burleson scored her second 9.9 of the season.
Zoey starts the GymDawgs off strong on floor with a 9.875!
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) February 25, 2017
Watch on ESPN Live pic.twitter.com/jHaqKA3yad
Vault, 48.975 β Burleson, Riley, and Goings tied for third on vault with 9.875s. Freshman Haley Roy remains a constant force on vault, scoring a 9.825 β her second highest score of the season.
Joslyn Goings with a beautiful 9.875 on vault!!
— UW Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) February 25, 2017
Watch on ESPN Live pic.twitter.com/hiZtVWUAbS
Up Next
The GymDawgs will continue their road stint to travel to Corvallis to face the Oregon State Beavers on Saturday, March 5th at 12 p.m. (PT). The meet will air on the Pac-12 Networks
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