New School Record on the Floor Highlights West Chester’s Effort at Temple Quad Meet
PHILADELPHIA – West Chester University set a new record in the floor exercise in leading the Golden Rams at the Temple Quad Meet Sunday afternoon inside McGonigle Hall.
West Chester scored a 193.8 in the meet, but it was not enough to overcome two season-best performances and a second-best score for the season from the other. Host Temple won the meet with a season-high 196.225 while William & Mary, which had just hit a season-high on Friday at West Chester, bettered that number on Sunday with a 194.925. Long Island University was third with a 194.7.
The story of the day for the Golden Rams was on the floor where the Golden Rams posted a 49.175 to shatter the school record. All five scores West Chester counted on the floor were 9.8, or better. Corinne Gruber (Barto, Pa.), Kiley Fred (Highland Mill, N.Y.) and Caroline Cascadden (Ashburn, Va.) all posted a 9.85. Sarah Eskew (Pittsburgh, Pa.) put up a 9.825 while Lily McFarland (Baltimore, Md.) posted a 9.8. Gruber and Eskew set new career highs while Cascadden and McFarland equaled their previous career bests.
The balance beam, which has been a strong event for the Golden Rams of late, continued its stellar performance. Cascadden, who put together two fabulous meets this weekend, shined again on the beam with a 9.825 that was good for a third-place tie. She hit a career high 9.9 on Friday at home. Macarthy Keane (Trumbull, Conn.), inserted into the lineup this weekend for the first time, scored a 9.725 to finish 10th overall on the beam. McFarland scored a 9.7 as well.
Junior Kristina Rodriguez (Cincinnati, Ohio) tied for first place on the uneven bars with a career high 9.85. Melina Ringas (Glen Allen, Va.) tied for eighth with a 9.8, that was also a career best, while Hyla Betts (Shannock, R.I.) scored a 9.75.
Eskew finished tied for fourth on the vault with a 9.8 that tied her career high. Rodriguez posted a 9.675. In all, four new career marks were set while three others were equaled.
West Chester concludes its regular season schedule Friday afternoon at home against Cornell University in a dual meet inside Sturzebecker Health Science Center that will begin at 11 a.m.
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