ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College gymnastics team will send six gymnasts to compete in seven events at the NCGA Championships on Saturday, March 22 at 3 p.m. in Saint Peter, Minn. on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. The NCGA announced the individual qualifiers on Sunday evening.
The Bombers will send
Lauren Babineaux,
Corey Foster,
Mya John,
Emily Kobusky,
Grace Murray and
Natalie Steed, who will compete for individual championships and All-America honors.
Ithaca and Wisconsin-Stout both received the most individual qualifiers in this year's meet, and they will be grouped with the six qualifying teams – Brockport, Cortland, Rhode Island College, Wisconsin-La Crosse, Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Wisconsin-Whitewater.
The meet will be held at Gus Young Court. Tickets will be
cash-only and sold at the main entryway doors in the Lund Center. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for children (ages 4-17) and students with ID, and free for children under the age of three. Fans are encouraged to park in the "A" and "G" lots on campus as indicated on the
campus map. Lot "B" will be reserved for tournament staff, handicapped parking, and team buses. No dogs or alcoholic beverages are permitted inside the facility.
WATCH | LIVE RESULTS | Ithaca's qualifiers will be paired with SUNY Cortland rotations throughout the meet (R2 - Floor, R3 - Vault, R5 - Bars, R6 - Beam)
Murray will be competing on vault and floor as she ranks 19th in SAS on vault at 9.7000 and eighth on floor at 9.7938. Murray qualified for both events last season and was a WCGA Second Team All-American.
Kobusky also returns to the national stage on beam with the sixth highest SAS at 9.7688. Last season, Kobusky qualified for the national meet and was a WCGA First Team All-American as she led the country in SAS.
Babineaux is the top ranked gymnast for IC heading to the NCGA Championships as she is fourth in SAS on bars at 9.7313. She will be making her second appearance in as many years as she qualified during her first year on vault and bars.
Steed will once again compete for a title on vault as she qualified during her first year. She is seeded 14th with an SAS of 9.7125.
Foster posted the 11th-best SAS on floor this season at 9.7875 and will be making her first trip to the national event, while John burst onto the scene as a first year and she will compete on bars with the 16th highest SAS at 9.6688.