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Pack Earns Third-Highest Score in Program History with 196.925
3/6/2022 4:11:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The NC State gymnastics team posted the third-highest mark in program in history on Sunday with a 196.925, place second in a quad meet at Maryland (197.100) with Yale (191.575) and William & Mary (190.025).
The team crossed the 49.0 threshold on all four events for the first time in the 2022 season, including a 49.325 floor rotation for the highest mark of the season on the apparatus. Five members of the team earned at least one score of 9.900 or higher at the meet.
Emily Shepard earned two scores of 9.900 or higher, and with those she tied the program record for career 9.9 marks with 23.
NC State posted its highest score of the season on vault with a 49.100, counting only scores above 9.800. Gabrielle Diaz led off with a 9.800, and the rest of the scoring crew all posted a 9.825. Alexis Ortega, Lauren Rutherford, Lucy Lehman and Gabrielle Kistner earned the mark. It was a career high for Lehman.
On bars, the Pack recorded a 49.250 with only scores of 9.825 or higher. Hailey Merchant and Rutherford led the way, each with a 9.875 that tied them for second place. The score was Merchant's career high.
Ortega charted a 9.850 on the apparatus, and Meredith Robinson and Peyton Childs rounded things out with a 9.825.
Beam saw the squad tab a 49.250. The score included a trio of 9.900 marks by Ortega, Shepard and Nicole Webb. The three tied for second place, and Ortega and Webb's scores tied their career highs on the event.
Macy Jennings continued a strong campaign on beam with a 9.850.
The highest score of the day came on floor in the form of a 49.325. All six competitors for NC State scored a 9.800 or higher, Shepard leading the way with a career high-tying 9.925 that won her the individual title.
Rutherford registered a career-best 9.900 on the event, taking second, while Webb and Merchant each posted a 9.850. Jennings made her debut on the apparatus and posted a 9.800, as did Diaz.
STRAIGHT FROM THE PACK: HEAD COACH KIM LANDRUS
"What an end to our two week stretch of four competitions in ten days!" said head coach Kim Landrus. "A 196.925, the third-highest score in school history, speaks volumes.
"We started on beam, which was the first time this year, and dialed in from beginning to end of each routine. Moving to floor, Macy Jennings made her season debut. This combined with the momentum from the rest of the lineup really created lights-out energy. Super proud of the vault team…with a mistake early in the line-up, they were aggressive and attacked to earn the highest vault score of the season. Finishing on bars put the exclamation point on the day!"
UP NEXT
NC State hosts Florida, Rutgers and Penn Friday, March 11 at 7 p.m. for its Senior Day meet.
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