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April 7, 2012

Gymnastics Concludes Season at NCAA Regionals

 

Guida ties for fourth on uneven bars

 

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Kent State gymnastics team concluded the 2012 season Saturday with the team's sixth-place finish at the N.C. State Regional of the 2012 NCAA Gymnastics Championship. The Golden Flashes posted a team score of 193.575.

 
"Today wasn't our day," said head coach Brice Biggin. "It was like if it could go wrong today, it did. It was certainly wasn't because of a lack of effort. The team did as well as we could expect them to."


Kent State was without its top all-around performer, sophomore Marie Case (Erie, Pa.), who was a late scratch, meaning alternates needed to fill in on short notice. 

 

Maybe because of the late lineup changes, the Golden Flashes struggled to get off with a solid start, as the team posted a 48.350 on the balance beam. After a bye, Kent State then had to count a low score on the way to a 48.000 score on the floor routine.

 

Four gymnasts posted 9.675s on the balance beam, including late lineup addition freshman Nicole Radon (Hamburg, N.Y.). Junior Lauren Wozniak (Pittsburgh, Pa.) had a team-best 9.800 on the floor exercise. At a time Kent State needed its best performances of the season, none of the team's individual scores for the beam or floor were among the team's season top 20 scores.

 

Kent State then posted a 48.900 on the vault, led by a 9.850 freshman Whitnee Johnson(Columbia, Mo.), which tied a season-high and was tied for 11th at the regional. Junior Rachel Guida(Cumberland, R.I.) tallied a 9.800 for the second-best team score, which tied for 21st.

 

The Golden Flashes wrapped up on the uneven bars, where the squad combined for a 48.325. Guida led Kent State with a 9.850, which was good for a tie for fourth overall and tied for her career best. It was the lone top 10 finish for the Golden Flashes in individual standings.

 

The meet marked the final intercollegiate competition for Kent State's four seniors: Jaimee CaldwellRachel GoldenbergErin Rothrock and Brianna Skiffington.



 Gymnast Vault  Bars  Beam  Floor  AllArr 
 Jaimee Caldwell   9.650      
 Felicia Charles 9.725        
 Stephanie Comini       8.850  
 Rachel Goldenberg 9.750     9.525  
 Rachel Guida 9.800 9.850      
 Whitnee Johnson 9.850   9.675 9.150  
 Kelsey Lawless   9.675      
 Amiah Mims 9.775   9.000 9.750  
 Nicole Radon     9.675 9.775  
 Erin Rothrock   9.600      
 Lindsay Runyan   9.550 9.650    
 Brianna Skiffington     9.675    
 Ashley Transue   8.975      
 Lauren Wozniak 9.725   9.675 9.800  
 Team Totals 48.900  48.325  48.350  48.000  193.575

 

 

 

Team Standings
Place  Team Score 
1  Florida 197.325 
2  Ohio State 196.225 
3  North Carolina State 195.975 
4  Penn State 195.650 
5  North Carolina 194.025 
6  Kent State 193.575