The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, ranked third in Division III, upped its record to 6-1 against non-scholarship teams with a 187.625-175.925 over UW-Eau Claire on Senior Night and Breast Cancer Awareness Night in Williams Center in Whitewater, Wisconsin Friday.
(uww vault video-credit Demetrius Klyce)
(uww senior video-credit Demetrius Klyce)
(compete results)
(photo gallery- credit Josh Heinecke)
Whitewater's total, 187.625, is the highest team score in school history. Along the way UW-W set team events records in the vault (47.85), and two events, uneven bars (45.775) and balance beam (47.075) were second best all-time.
Junior
Justine Weyer (Colgate/Germantown) led the individual assault on the UW-W record book. Weyer tied her school record in the vault with a score of 9.800. Warhawk sophomore
Allison Nelson (Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley) tied for fourth in the Warhawk vault records with a score of 9.650. Senior
Danielle Crinzi (New Berlin/Eisenhower) placed third in the vault, which tied Crinzi for eighth in the Warhawk record book with a score of 9.575.
The Warhawks dominated the uneven bars event with UW-W gymnasts taking the top five spots. Weyer won the event with a score of 9.550, which is good for a tie of tenth in the record book for the Warhawks. Junior
Traci Jo Korte (New Boston, MI/Huron) placed second with a score of 9.250.
Weyer and senior
Ashley George (East Dubuque, IL/East Dubuque) tied for first place in the individual balance beam event with a score of 9.600, which is sixth in the all-time record book.
Freshman
Katrin Finch (Boise, ID/Boise) won the floor exercise with a score of 9.525.
Weyer took first place with the all-around with a total score of 38.300, which moves her into second place all-time.
The Warhawks will fly to Denton, Texas Friday to compete against the Texas' Women University Longhorns gymnastics team.
For additional information, contact Warhawks gymnastics head coach Jennifer White at 262-472-5647
