Gymnasts Win Second Straight Quad Meet

Senior Roxanne Deshaies led a strong Bomber effort on the uneven bars by finishing first with a season-best score of 9.550.

ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca gymnastics team outscored three other teams Saturday afternoon at the Hill Center, and the Bombers improved to 6-1. After three weeks of competition, the Bombers have already surpassed their 2008 win total. Ithaca scored 185.250, a season-best team score to defeat Cortland (181.800), West Chester (175.425) and Wilson (128.775).

Senior Roxanne Deshaies (Biddeford/Biddeford, Maine) led another strong Bomber performance on the uneven bars with a score of 9.550 and was followed by freshman Jessica Bolduc (Darien/Darien, Conn.) in second place (9.500), senior Frances Ente (Fairfield Warde/Mattapoisett, Mass.) in third at 9.475 and junior Rachel Taylor (San Pasqual/Escondido, Calif.) tied for fourth with a score of 9.025. All six of Ithaca's competitors finished in the top 10 overall on bars.

Ithaca also earned first-place finishes on vault and floor exercise. Bolduc won the vault with a season and career best score of 9.625. Sophomore Kailee Spusta (Palmyra-Macedon/Macedon) won the floor for the second consecutive meet with a score of 9.500. Junior Brianne Sullivan (Schuylerville/Gansevoort) was Ithaca's top finisher on the balance beam, finishing third with a score of 9.350. She was also third on the floor with a score of 9.375 and Bolduc tied for fourth on floor with a score of 9.350.

The Bombers return to action on Feb. 1 in a dual meet at Springfield at 1 p.m.

ITHACA 185.250, Cortland 181.800, West Chester 175.425, Wilson 128.775
(Event winners and Ithaca scores)

VAULT
1. Jessica Bolduc – 9.625
7. Rachel Taylor – 9.325
7. Emily Graber (Smithtown/St. James) – 9.325
10. Samantha Whiffen (Sharon/Sharon, Mass.) – 9.275
11. Kay Gordon (Simmitt/Breckenridge, Colo.) – 9.250
16. Christine Williams (Shenendehowa/Clifton Park) – 8.825

UNEVEN BARS
1. Roxanne Deshaies – 9.550
2. Jessica Bolduc – 9.500
3. Frances Ente - 9.475
4. Rachel Taylor – 9.025
6. Samantha Whiffen – 9.000
10. Emily Graber – 8.875

BALANCE BEAM
1. Cristina Speirs (Cortland) – 9.400
1. Jennifer Najuch (Cortland) – 9.400
3. Brianne Sullivan - 9.350
5. Lauren Moroch (Bishop George Ahr/Matawan, N.J.) – 9.200
6. Lauren Ferrone (Whitesboro/Utica) – 9.150
9. Sammie Brawn (Morse/Bath, Maine) – 8.925
11. Kay Gordon – 8.675
12. Justine Picciano (Rush-Henrietta/Rochester) – 8.575

FLOOR EXERCISE
1. Kailee Spusta – 9.500
3. Brianne Sullivan – 9.375
4. Jessica Bolduc – 9.350
7. Justine Picciano – 9.225
8. Emily Graber – 9.350
18. Kay Gordon – 8.000