Titans Set Floor Exercise Record In Win Over Blugolds
EAU CLAIRE, Wis.- The UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team scored a 48.750 on the floor exercise to set the program record during its 194.025-189.575 win at UW-Eau Claire on Friday night (Feb. 16).
The Titans last set the team record on the floor exercise at the Division I Rutgers University (N.J.) January Meet on Jan. 14, 2023, with a 48.675.
The total team score is also the second-highest in program history, behind only the 194.100 scored in Ithaca, N.Y. during the Titans' 2022 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association National Championship win.
UW-Oshkosh recorded 48.600 points on the uneven bars, scored a 47.900 on the vault, finished the floor exercise with 48.750 points and totaled a 48.775 on the balance beam.
Amaya McConkay (So. • Broken Arrow, Okla.) and Kaylie Berens (Sr. • Golden, Colo.) both scored 9.800 points on the uneven bars, tying for the top spot in the event. McConkay set a new personal-best and Berens tied her top score. Sam Zeilinger (Jr. • Wheaton, Ill.) finished third with a 9.750 and Lydia Hayden (So. • Broomfield, Colo.) took fourth with a 9.675.
Mia Lucero (Jr. • Bolingbrook, Ill.) took first place on the vault by scoring a 9.650. Anna Zoromski (Sr. • Wausau) finished the event with 9.625 points for second, while Buffington and McConkay each registered 9.575 points for third.
On the floor exercise, Reanna McGibboney (So. • Chester Springs, Pa.) tied her career-high with a 9.800 to win the event. Both Lucero and Jay Ratkowski (Fr. • Franklin) set new personal-bests with scores of 9.775 and 9.750 points, finishing third and fifth, respectively.
Hayden won the balance beam by turning in a score of 9.800 points. Delaney Cienkus (Jr. • Plainfield, Ill.) and Buffington each totaled 9.775 points to tie for second. The score was a career-high for Buffington. Berens owned the third-highest score for UW-Oshkosh on the event with a fourth-place, career-best tying total of 9.750 points.
Buffington finished the night with 38.475 total points across the four events. She scored a 9.550 on the uneven bars, a 9.575 on the vault, a 9.575 on the floor exercise and a 9.775 on the balance beam.
The Titans will return to the Kolf Sports Center for the first time in nearly a month next Friday (Feb. 23) as they host UW-Whitewater at 6 p.m.