Landrus Era Ushered in With Wins Over NIU & UIC

DeKalb, Ill. - The Kim Landrus era was ushered in with a pair of wins as the NC State gymnastics team posted a score of 194.025 to defeat Northern Illinois and Illinois-Chicago Sunday afternoon inside the NIU Convocation Center.

The Flames finished with a score of 193.525 and the Huskies finished with a 192.600. As a team NC State recorded 14 top five finishes.

Team Scores

	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor
NC State (194.025)	48.600	48.350	48.275	48.800
UIC (193.525)	48.250	48.550	48.475	48.250
NIU (192.600)	48.100	48.125	47.675	48.700

Wolfpack Top Five Finishes
Vault: Chelsea Knight 1st (9.800)
Vault: Paris Phillips 2^nd(9.750)
Vault: Caitlyn Fillard 5^th(9.700)
Vault: Drew Grantham 5^th (9.700)
Beam: Chelsea Knight 2^nd (9.800)
Beam: Mackenzie Itcush 5^th (9.750)
Floor: Chelsea Knight 1^st (9.800)
Floor: Alexa Phillips 4^th (9.775)
Floor: Mackenzie Itcush 4^th (9.750)
Floor: Drew Grantham 4^th (9.750)
Bars: Maggie Tamburro 3^rd(9.775)
Bars: Lauren Kent 3^rd (9.775)
All-Around: Chelsea Knight 1^st (39.075)
All-Around: Caitlyn Fillard 5^th (37.925)

From the Coach
"Overall, I think today was a good starting point," said Landrus. "Our sport is all about details and although we didn't make any major mistakes, we gave up too many tenths on execution. We'll learn from this and continue to improve in the gym as we prepare for UNC on Friday.

We talked as a group about making every turn count and if we commit to this, the results will come. This team is hungry to compete at the level of excellence we talk about. I'm excited to see their grit and determination moving forward."

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Meet Recap
Beam
Knight led the way for the Pack taking second on beam with a 9.800. Itcush placed fifth with a 9.750 while Fillard's 9.650 saw her finish seventh. NC State finished with a 48.275 total in the event.

Floor
The Wolfpack's strongest event of the day as it scored a 48.800, Knight scored a 9.800 to tie for first while Alexa Phillips took fourth thanks to her score of 9.775. Grantham and Itcush tied for fifth as they both scored 9.750 while Paris Phillips tied for eighth, scoring a 9.725.

Vault
Again it was Knight taking first place honors thanks to her mark of 9.800. Paris Phillips also tied for third with a 9.750 while Fillard and Grantham tied for seventh as they both scored a 9.700. The Pack scored a total of 48.600 in the event.

Bars
Tamburro and Kent, in her first collegiate meet, tied for third as they both scored a 9.775. Knight also took eighth, scoring a 9.675. NC State ended the event with 48.350 total points.

All-Around
Knight and Fillard were NC State's two all-arounders; Knight won the all-around competition with a 39.075 while Fillard was fifth with 37.925.

Up Next
NC State makes the short trip to UNC-Chapel Hill on Jan. 12 for an EAGL matchup with the Tar Heels at 7:00 P.M.

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Players Mentioned

Caitlyn Fillard

Drew Grantham

Mackenzie Itcush

Lauren Kent

Chelsea Knight

Alexa Phillips

Paris Phillips

Maggie Tamburro