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Titans Take Fourth At Gershon/McLellan Invitational

The UW-Oshkosh women's gymnastics team scored a season-high 44.075 points on the uneven bars as it finished fourth at the Gershon/McLellan Invitational held Friday (Feb. 4) in La Crosse.

Host UW-La Crosse won the five-team meet with 186.125 overall points, while Winona State University (Minn.) placed second with 181.05. UW-Stout finished third with 179.325 points, UW-Oshkosh fourth with 179.05 and Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) fifth with 178.075. UW-Oshkosh's overall score also included 45.225 points in the floor exercise, 45.025 on the vault and 44.725 on the balance beam.

Stacie Jenkins (Sr. • Peoria, Ariz.) led UW-Oshkosh by finishing third on the uneven bars with 9.275 points and fifth in the all-around competition with 36.325. She also placed 13th on both the balance beam and in the floor exercise with scores of 8.925 and 9.275, respectively.

UW-Oshkosh had five of the top 18 finishers on the balance beam as Jill Lindberg (Jr. • Meridian, Idaho) placed fifth with 9.15 points, Khrystyna Lychagina (Fr. • River Grove, Ill.) 11th with 9.075, Jenkins 13th, Paula Delsart (Sr. • Green Bay) 16th with 8.825 and Dana Herr (Fr. • Swanton, Ohio) 18th with 8.75.

The Titans had four top 15 finishers on the uneven bars as Jenkins ranked third, Ryan Metzger (Sr. • Hanover Park, Ill.) eighth with 9.075 points, Abby Zubella (So. • Appleton) 10th with 8.975 and Alexandria Klier (Fr. • Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) 15th with 8.75.

UW-Oshkosh also received an eighth-place score of 9.375 in the floor exercise from Zubella, a 16th-place mark of 9.10 in the floor exercise from Brittany Fellman (Sr. • St. Cloud, Minn.) and an 18th-place value of 9.15 on the vault from Herr.

UW-La Crosse's Christa Booman won the all-around title with 37.175 points. She also won the uneven bars with 9.70 points and tied Naomi DeLara of UW-Stout for first place on the balance beam with 9.65.

Other event winners were DeLara in the floor exercise with 9.675 points and Jena Jondahl of Winona State University on the vault with 9.525.

UW-Oshkosh competes at UW-Stout's Zuerlein Invitational on Friday (Feb. 11) in Menomonie.