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Knight, Fillard Honored as EAGL Gymnast, Specialist of the Week
3/14/2017 4:08:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
BALTIMORE – Chelsea Knight was named EAGL Gymnast of the Week and Amanda Fillard was named EAGL Specialist of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday afternoon.
Knight had the best meet of her career Friday night, setting a career-high 39.525 to win the all-around competition against Towson. The junior had four impressive rotations, including a career-best 9.925 on bars. Individually, Knight won the vault, bars and beam rotations while finishing second on floor. On Sunday, she was once again relied on as an all-arounder, leading the team on beam and scoring for the team on three of the four rotations. This marks the second EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor for Knight, who also earned the recognition on Jan. 11th.
Fillard set a career-best on bars Friday night against Towson with a score of 9.925 to highlight the senior's busy weekend. The Centerreach, N.Y., native scored every rotation of the weekend and won the bars competition on Friday while taking fourth in vault.
NC State will enter the postseason schedule, as it hosts the 2017 EAGL Championships in Reynolds Coliseum Saturday, March 10th at 2 p.m.
For more info on the 2017 EAGL Championships, click here.
Knight had the best meet of her career Friday night, setting a career-high 39.525 to win the all-around competition against Towson. The junior had four impressive rotations, including a career-best 9.925 on bars. Individually, Knight won the vault, bars and beam rotations while finishing second on floor. On Sunday, she was once again relied on as an all-arounder, leading the team on beam and scoring for the team on three of the four rotations. This marks the second EAGL Gymnast of the Week honor for Knight, who also earned the recognition on Jan. 11th.
Fillard set a career-best on bars Friday night against Towson with a score of 9.925 to highlight the senior's busy weekend. The Centerreach, N.Y., native scored every rotation of the weekend and won the bars competition on Friday while taking fourth in vault.
NC State will enter the postseason schedule, as it hosts the 2017 EAGL Championships in Reynolds Coliseum Saturday, March 10th at 2 p.m.
For more info on the 2017 EAGL Championships, click here.
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