North Carolina State University Athletics
Gymnastics to Compete in First Road Meet of Season
1/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
RALEIGH, N.C.- The NC State gymnastics team will compete in its first road meet of the season as it heads to Denton, Texas, to face Texas Woman’s University on Sunday afternoon.
Competition is slated for a 2 p.m. ET start inside the Kitty Magee Arena. Live stats and live video will be provided through the Pioneer’s athletics homepage.
From the Coach’s Perspective
“We’re excited about traveling to Texas Woman’s University for our first away meet of the season. They’re a great Division II program; they’ve won the NCAA Championship several times. It should be a great opening away meet for us- we just need to go down there and do what we’ve been trying to do at home which is hit routines and upgrade a little bit as far as our form and presentation of our routines.
“Overall we’re moving in the right direction- we improved by two points last week from our first meet and are hoping to go up between a half of a point to one point this week and just continue to make that steady climb to the end of the season.”- Mark Stevenson, head coach
Last Time Out
NC State hosted Washington inside Reynolds Coliseum on Jan. 16 for its second meet of the season. The Huskies notched a final team score of 195.550 in their first away meet of their season, while the Wolfpack finished the meet with a total of 194.150 inside Reynolds Coliseum.
Freshman ImPACKt
Three freshman represented the Pack in its official lineup. Nicole Wild turned in a 9.700 or higher in the three events she competed in, as well as a fifth place finish on beam.
Chelsea Knight and Allie Wismer also represented the freshman class, highlighted by a score of 9.750 for a fifth-place finish from Wismer on vault and two ninth-place finishes from Knight on vault and beam.
All-American Status
Junior All-American Brittni Watkins recorded two first-place finishes in her last time out. She took first-place honors on vault with a score of 9.900, as well as in the all-around competition with a 39.200.
Seniority
Senior Lane Jarred presented a strong performance in her last time out as well, as she posted a score of 9.825 on both beam and floor for second and third-place individual finishes.
Newcomer
NC State will add one more member to its lineup for Sunday’s meet- freshman Mackenzie Itcush.
A Calgary, Alberta, Canada native, Itcush represented her home country at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia, finishing 18th in the individual finals of the all-around competition. She has also represented Alberta in numerous Canadian national level competitions.
Scouting Texas Woman’s University
In TWU’s last time out, it traveled to Norman, Okla., to face the defending NCAA Co-Champion and No. 1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners and Southeast Missouri State in a ti-meet Friday evening.
The Pioneers finished third with a team total of 190.350, led by senior Stephanie Repp who finished third in the all-around competition with a score of 38.750.
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