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The Cornell gymnastics team competes vs. Cortland during the 2016-17 season.
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Women's Gymnastics

Big Day On Vault Leads Gymnastics To Second Place At Penn

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- A big day on vault lifted Cornell to a second-place finish at Penn's quad meet on Sunday afternoon. The Big Red scored a 191.125 at The Palestra, falling shy of the host Quakers (193.900), but squeaking past Ivy rival Brown (191.000) and Ursinus (183.025).

The Big Red had the day's highest team vault score at 48.100 and three top five finishers in the event with Sarah Maughn, Maci Prescott and Lyanda Dudley each scoring 9.650's to tie for fifth.

Claire Haklik and Samantha Henry topped the charts on floor, matching Penn's Sydney Kraez with 9.8's and Lyanda Dudley took second in bars with a 9.825. Christina Luniewicz took fourth on bars with a 9.750. Kaitlin Green was the team's top finisher on beam, placing seventh with a 9.675.

The meet was Cornell's third consecutive over 191.000 

The Big Red will host the Pink Invitational against Ithaca and SUNY Brockport on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. at Teagle Gymnasium. The meet will be broadcast on ESPN+.

 
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Players Mentioned

Lyanda Dudley

Lyanda Dudley

AA
5' 2"
Senior
Nebraska Gold Gymnastics Academy
Kaitlin Green

Kaitlin Green

BB/UB
5' 5"
Senior
Lafleurs Gymnastics Largo
Claire Haklik

Claire Haklik

V/FX
5' 3"
Sophomore
Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta
Samantha Henry

Samantha Henry

V/FX
5' 0"
Junior
Twin City Twisters Gymnastics
Christina  Luniewicz

Christina Luniewicz

UB
5' 5"
Senior
New England Sports Academy
Maci Prescott

Maci Prescott

AA
5' 1"
Junior
Le Studio Gymnastics

Players Mentioned

Lyanda Dudley

Lyanda Dudley

5' 2"
Senior
Nebraska Gold Gymnastics Academy
AA
Kaitlin Green

Kaitlin Green

5' 5"
Senior
Lafleurs Gymnastics Largo
BB/UB
Claire Haklik

Claire Haklik

5' 3"
Sophomore
Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta
V/FX
Samantha Henry

Samantha Henry

5' 0"
Junior
Twin City Twisters Gymnastics
V/FX
Christina  Luniewicz

Christina Luniewicz

5' 5"
Senior
New England Sports Academy
UB
Maci Prescott

Maci Prescott

5' 1"
Junior
Le Studio Gymnastics
AA