ITHACA, N.Y. -- With a meet under its belt, the Cornell gymnastics team will look to clean up its first week performance and push its score into the 190's when it heads to Temple for the Green Meet on Friday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. The Big Red will compete against the host Owls, as well as LIU and Bridgeport at McGonigle Hall.

The Big Red had a solid effort in the opener, taking third among four teams at George Washington's Lindsey Ferris Invitational on Sunday. Cornell posted a 189.900, its best season-opening score since 2019. Seven individual had top 10 efforts, with both Kate Michelini (seventh on beam, 9.675; 10th on bars (9.700) and Sydney Beers (ninth on vault, 9.750; 10th on floor, 9.775) hitting that mark in multiple events. 

Melanie Stone matched Milchelini's seventh-place effort as the team's top individual finisher with a 9.725 on bars, while Cami Whitaker and Victoria DeMeo matched Beers' with a 9.775 floor score that was 10th-best in the field. Cornell's top event was vault with a 48.100 led by Beers and Amy Krueger (9.700), with Michaela DeFrancisco scoring an impressive 9.625 in her first collegiate meet. Whitaker, who took 10th on floor, also posted a solid 9.500 on vault in her first collegiate appearance.

Picked to finish fifth in the preseason Gymnastics East Conference poll, head coach Melanie Hall's Big Red squad will complete its meet at Temple before starting four consecutive weekends at home beginning with LIU on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. at Newman Arena.