Thursday, March 7
Philadelphia, Pa.
1 p.m.
NC State
196.775
at
195.450
Temple
No. 21 Gymnastics Fires 196.750 at Temple Quad Meet
3/7/2024 4:04:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
NC State Registers Best Beam Score of 2024
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – No. 21 NC State gymnastics fired a season-high beam score in its quad meet at Temple on Thursday as the Wolfpack left McGonigle Hall with a second-place finish and a team total of 196.750.
Maryland won the quad meet with a 197.050, while the Owls fired a 195.450 and Penn ended the afternoon in fourth place at 194.275.
The Pack won three of the contest's four events, highlighted by a pair of new career highs from Ashley Knight and Alexis Ortega. Knight tabbed a personal-best 9.925 on vault during NC State's third rotation en route to her third individual title of the season, while a 9.950 from Ortega landed the graduate her fourth event crown of the year. Additionally, Emily Shepard picked up a share of the floor title with a 9.900, splitting the first-place decision with Maryland's Alexa Rothenbuescher.
Beam (49.425)
The Pack's afternoon started on beam with NC State firing its best score of the season in the event and its fifth-best total in program history. Despite starting the rotation with a fall, the Wolfpack worked back to a 49.425 which is the Pack's best beam score since 2022.
Shepard led the way for the Wolfpack at 9.925, while Katie Harper matched her season-high beam score with a 9.925. Harper's 9.875 was matched by Ortega, while Chloe Negrete anchored at 9.900 to count her fourth score of 9.9+ on beam this season.
A 9.850 from beam specialist Macy Jennings rounded out an impressive scoring effort from the Pack, with Jennings' score marking her highest since Feb. 11 and tying her second-highest total of the season.
Floor (49.150)
Shepard took home the floor crown in the Pack's second rotation, tabbing a 9.900 to register the sixth score of 9.9+ on floor in her last seven meets. Negrete followed Shepard with a 9.850 from the anchor position, while a trio of 9.800 totals from Krista Zultevicz, Ashley Knight and floor specialist Katya Edwards contributed to the Pack's second-rotation total.
Vault (48.950)
A new personal best of 9.925 from Knight resulted in an individual title for the freshman, while Meg Adler finished just off the podium with a new career high of her own at 9.825.
Ortega posted her second-best vault score of the season at 9.800, while a pair of 9.700 marks from Negrete and Zultevicz completed the Pack's list of five counted scores.
Bars (49.225)
NC State's day came to a close on bars, with a career-best 9.950 from Ortega landing her in first place. Ortega was joined on the beam by Harper, who recorded the third 9.9+ score of her freshman campaign at 9.900 resulting in a two-way tie for third place with Temple's Sarah Stallings.
Peyton Childs tabbed her best bars score since Jan. 26 with a 9.825, with Madeline Reid continuing an impressive sophomore campaign with a 9.800.
Leadoff Kailee Adomaites contributed the Pack's final counted score with a 9.750, her second-highest mark of 2024.
Up Next
21st-ranked NC State returns home for the final time this season on Sunday, Mar. 10, as the Pack will host its senior day meet in Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack are set to face Penn, Penn State, and Texas Woman's University in a quad meet streamed on the ACC Network Extra. The contest's opening rotation is slated for 4 p.m. with tickets available at upon entry into the event and through calling the NC State ticket office at (919) 865-1510.
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Maryland won the quad meet with a 197.050, while the Owls fired a 195.450 and Penn ended the afternoon in fourth place at 194.275.
The Pack won three of the contest's four events, highlighted by a pair of new career highs from Ashley Knight and Alexis Ortega. Knight tabbed a personal-best 9.925 on vault during NC State's third rotation en route to her third individual title of the season, while a 9.950 from Ortega landed the graduate her fourth event crown of the year. Additionally, Emily Shepard picked up a share of the floor title with a 9.900, splitting the first-place decision with Maryland's Alexa Rothenbuescher.
Beam (49.425)
The Pack's afternoon started on beam with NC State firing its best score of the season in the event and its fifth-best total in program history. Despite starting the rotation with a fall, the Wolfpack worked back to a 49.425 which is the Pack's best beam score since 2022.
Shepard led the way for the Wolfpack at 9.925, while Katie Harper matched her season-high beam score with a 9.925. Harper's 9.875 was matched by Ortega, while Chloe Negrete anchored at 9.900 to count her fourth score of 9.9+ on beam this season.
A 9.850 from beam specialist Macy Jennings rounded out an impressive scoring effort from the Pack, with Jennings' score marking her highest since Feb. 11 and tying her second-highest total of the season.
Floor (49.150)
Shepard took home the floor crown in the Pack's second rotation, tabbing a 9.900 to register the sixth score of 9.9+ on floor in her last seven meets. Negrete followed Shepard with a 9.850 from the anchor position, while a trio of 9.800 totals from Krista Zultevicz, Ashley Knight and floor specialist Katya Edwards contributed to the Pack's second-rotation total.
Vault (48.950)
A new personal best of 9.925 from Knight resulted in an individual title for the freshman, while Meg Adler finished just off the podium with a new career high of her own at 9.825.
Ortega posted her second-best vault score of the season at 9.800, while a pair of 9.700 marks from Negrete and Zultevicz completed the Pack's list of five counted scores.
Bars (49.225)
NC State's day came to a close on bars, with a career-best 9.950 from Ortega landing her in first place. Ortega was joined on the beam by Harper, who recorded the third 9.9+ score of her freshman campaign at 9.900 resulting in a two-way tie for third place with Temple's Sarah Stallings.
Peyton Childs tabbed her best bars score since Jan. 26 with a 9.825, with Madeline Reid continuing an impressive sophomore campaign with a 9.800.
Leadoff Kailee Adomaites contributed the Pack's final counted score with a 9.750, her second-highest mark of 2024.
Up Next
21st-ranked NC State returns home for the final time this season on Sunday, Mar. 10, as the Pack will host its senior day meet in Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack are set to face Penn, Penn State, and Texas Woman's University in a quad meet streamed on the ACC Network Extra. The contest's opening rotation is slated for 4 p.m. with tickets available at upon entry into the event and through calling the NC State ticket office at (919) 865-1510.
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