ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell gymnastics team will honor seven seniors at its home meet on Sunday afternoon against the Penn Quakers. Student-Athletes Sydney Beers, Savannah Kokaly, Laura MacKenzie, Kate Michelini, Maddie Sakalosky, Anthea Spirko, and Maddie Wolf will be recognized for their years of dedication and hard work, both in and out of the gym.
MEET INFO
vs. Penn
Newman Arena
Sunday, Feb. 2 at 1 p.m.
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ABOUT THE MEET
Cornell will host Ivy foes and GEC opponent Penn on Sunday afternoon. This will be the first meeting this season and 126th of all time. The Quakers opened their season 7-4 with the highest team score of 194.950 coming out of their last meet at George Washington. Penn had the best team score on the vault (48.900) and uneven bars (48.625) as well. Marissa Lassiter earned a career day on the vault (9.850) was good enough for third place overall.
LAST TIME OUT
The Big Red took first place against West Chester (191.800), Bridgeport (190.525) and Centenary (185.725) at the Bridgeport Meet. The Big Red had multiple top marks as Sydney Beers won the vault and bars, Avery Byun finished second in the all-around and floor and Anne MacKenzie tied for second on the beam. Cornell started the afternoon on the bars where Beers had the top mark of 9.700 while Dahlia Jhaveri tied her career-best mark of 9.600 to tie for fifth.
Byun shined on the floor with a score of 9.800, tied for highest individual score for the Big Red on the night. Michaela DeFrancisco, Cami Whitaker and Josie Moylan tied for ninth on the floor each scoring 9.725. The floor has consistently been Cornell's highest scoring apparatus, being no different with a total score of 48.625 on Saturday.
UP NEXT
Cornell is set to host New York state teams Brockport, Cortland, Ithaca, Long Island University and Utica for the Empire St. Collegiate Championship. The event is set to kick off at 1 p.m. on Feb. 9.
