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No. 9 Gymnastics Sets Season-Best on Uneven Bars

2016 Gymnastics Lara Haberle

Gymnastics | 2/14/2016 4:06:00 PM

RESULTS
ITHACA, N.Y. —
The nationally-ranked Ithaca College gymnastics team set a season-best team score on the uneven bars and scored the second-most points in a competition this year during Sunday's Cornell Invitational at nearby Cornell University.

Ithaca, ranked ninth in the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association's (NCGA) weekly rankings, competed against Division I schools in Cornell and Air Force Academy, as well as No. 2 The College at Brockport during Sunday's competition.

Ithaca compiled 185.900 points, 0.25 points from tying its season-best team score during the invitational.

The Bombers (3-6) scored a season-best 45.550 on the uneven bars, and accrued the second-most points this year on the floor (47.350) and the balance beam (46.175).

Ithaca placed fourth in the four-team meet, trailing Air Force Academy (191.525), Cornell (191.225), and Brockport (187.625).

Senior Megan Harrington, the reigning NCGA East Region co-Specialist of the Week, set a season-best on both the vault and the uneven bars, as she tied for fifth on the uneven bars (9.550) and was eighth on the vault (9.450).

Sophomore Kaylee Pacunas tied for ninth (9.425), and classmate Melissa Hollrigl tied for 11th (9.4) to power the Bombers on the vault.

Freshman Carolyn Nichols tied for 12th on the floor (9.625), equaling her personal-best score, while Harrington was 16th (9.550), and sophomore Eleanor Almeida tied for 17th (9.475).

Sophomore Kendra Balcerak tied for ninth on the balance beam (9.50), while junior  Lynley Choate was 12th (9.425), and freshman Nina Bustamante-Nadeau was 14th (9.350). Choate set a season-high score on the balance beam at Cornell.

The Bombers travel to Rhode Island College for a 1 p.m. meet Sunday, Feb. 21. 
 

Players Mentioned

Eleanor Almeida

Eleanor Almeida

Vault / Beam / Floor
Sophomore
Kendra Balcerak

Kendra Balcerak

All-Around
Sophomore
Lynley Choate

Lynley Choate

Beam
Junior
Megan Harrington

Megan Harrington

All-Around
Senior
Melissa  Hollrigl

Melissa Hollrigl

Vault / Floor
Sophomore
Kaylee Pacunas

Kaylee Pacunas

All-Around
Sophomore
Nina Bustamante

Nina Bustamante

All-Around
5' 6"
Freshman
Carolyn  Nichols

Carolyn Nichols

Vault / Beam / Floor
5' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Eleanor Almeida

Eleanor Almeida

Sophomore
Vault / Beam / Floor
Kendra Balcerak

Kendra Balcerak

Sophomore
All-Around
Lynley Choate

Lynley Choate

Junior
Beam
Megan Harrington

Megan Harrington

Senior
All-Around
Melissa  Hollrigl

Melissa Hollrigl

Sophomore
Vault / Floor
Kaylee Pacunas

Kaylee Pacunas

Sophomore
All-Around
Nina Bustamante

Nina Bustamante

5' 6"
Freshman
All-Around
Carolyn  Nichols

Carolyn Nichols

5' 3"
Freshman
Vault / Beam / Floor