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PIONEER
GYMNASTICS STRUGGLES AT OKLAHOMA
NORMAN, OK--The
Texas Woman's University gymnastics team (4-15) turned in
one of its worst performances of the
season in the University of Oklahoma tri-meet as the Pioneers
struggled on vault, bars and beam to come in last place with
a team score of 189.650. No. 15 Oklahoma won the meet with
a 197.525 while Centenary came in second with a 189.850. Luci
Romberg (Foxfield, CO/Cherry Creek H.S.) recorded the
highest finish of any Pioneer gymnast as she came in third
in the all-around with a 37.425.
Oklahoma won every event on the night and did it by scoring
greater than a 49.250 on all four stations. TWU began the meet
by recording a season-low 47.500 on vault, which placed them
second behind the Sooners with a 49.250. Jessica Brozovich
(Broomfield, CO/Erie H.S.) finished in a tie for sixth
place with a 9.700, but Patricia Aoki scored a 9.950 to win
vault. The Pioneers had to count two falls on bars, scoring
a 46.775 and came in third behind OU's 49.300 and Centenary's
46.875. Allison Landis of Oklahoma recorded a perfect 10.0
on her bars routine to take the top spot. Luci Romberg was
the highest up on the podium for the Pioneers as she tied for
seventh place with a 9.650. It was much of the same for TWU
on balance beam as they had to count three falls and limped
home with a score of 46.275. The Sooners won the beam title
with a 49.300 and was led by Landis, who won her second event
of the night with a 9.925. Brandi Smith (Smithville, TX/Smithville
H.S.) did a good job for TWU on the beam, scoring a 9.700
and finishing in a tie for seventh place.
The one event TWU shined on was floor exercise. The Pioneers
recorded a 49.100, second behind Oklahoma's 49.675. Amber
McMeans (Hurst, TX/L.D. Bell H.S.) led TWU with a fifth
place finish and a score of 9.875, tying a season-high. The
Sooners' Patricia Aoki turned in the second perfect score of
the night as she recorded a 10.0 on her floor routine to take
her second individual title of the night. Aoki also won the
all-around competition with a combined score of 39.650, followed
by Centenary's Kaela Meinert in second with a 37.975. Lindsey
Clowers (Garland, TX/South Garland H.S.) competed in
the all-around for a second time this season and finished in
fourth place, behind her teammate Luci Romberg, with a score
of 36.525.
Up
next, the Pioneers return home to host the Air Force Academy
in the final two home meets of the 2003 season. The first dual
meet is scheduled for Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. with a
second meet to follow on Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m.
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