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Gymnastics remains unbeaten

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Courtesy of UWO Athletics UWO’s Emily Buffington approaches the vault. Buffington scored a 38.475 all-around score on Feb. 16

The UW Oshkosh gymnastics team faced off against UW-Eau Claire on Feb. 16 and came away with a 194.025-189.575 victory.

The Titans broke their program record in the floor exercise with a score of 48.750, breaking their record of 48.675 which they set at Rutgers University (New Jersey) in Jan. 2023.

Leading them in the floor exercise was sophomore Reanna McGibboney with a score of 9.800. She was followed by junior Mia Lucero (9.775), freshman Jay Ratkowski (9.750) and junior Delany Cienkus (9.725).

The Titans achieved a higher score in all four events during the meet, with the largest win being in the uneven parallel bars event with a 1.675-point margin.

The top four finishers for uneven parallel bars were all Titans going in order of sophomore Amaya McConkay, senior Kaylie Berens, junior Sam Zeilinger and sophomore Lydia Hayden

The vault event was the narrowest UWO win with a .850-point margin, despite the top-four finishers all being from UWO. Lucero took first place for this event, followed by Anna Zoromski, Emily Buffington and McConkay rounding out the top four.

UWO took the balance beam event by a .950 point margin. Hayden took first place in this event scoring a 9.800.

Buffington was the only all-around performer for UWO where she totaled a 38.475-point all around score, the highest all-around score between both schools during the event.

The Titans continue their unbeaten head-to-head record for the season, moving to 5-0 in such events. 

The Titans will face UW-Whitewater on Feb. 23 in another head-to-head meet at Kolf Sports Center.

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