Complete Results
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University gymnastics team enjoyed a record-setting day on Saturday at the 2012 ECAC Championships. The Owls posted a program record score of 191.175, in addition to registering an event record score of 48.7 on the floor exercise. In addition, junior
Rebecca Brady (Hampstead, N.H.) set a new individual record on the floor with a mark of 9.9 to earn the ECAC crown in that event.
The old team mark of 191.000 was set back in 2010 against Towson. The two floor marks were both accomplished on Feb. 24, 2002 in a competition against Springfield. The old team score was 48.5, while Amanda Smith had the individual record with a 9.875.
Bridgeport won the competition with a score of 195.475. SCSU finished second, while West Chester was third with a 188.775.
Brady had the top score for the Owls on the floor and vault. She finished in a four-way tie for first on the floor and was fifth on the vault with a 9.75.
Kirby Pallis (Pepperell, Mass.) led the way on the bars with a fourth place mark. Pallis notched a 9.6 in that event.
Jessica Kiback (Newington, Conn.) had the high mark for the Owls on the beam. She finished third with a 9.725.
Meghan Cole (Jackson, N.J.) finished second in the All-Around with a 37.025.
Selected Owls will now return to action for the 2012 USAG Collegiate Championships, which begin on April 13 at the Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport.