The No. 1 UW Oshkosh women’s gymnastics team took third at the UW-Stout triangular with No. 8 UW-Stout and No. 9 Winona State University (Minnesota) on Feb. 20 in Menominee.
The Titans fell to the Blue Devils by .750 with the final results being 191.9 for UWS, 191.15 for UWO and 189.9 for Winona State.
UWO scored a 47.6 on the balance beam, a 48.15 on the vault, a 47.975 on the uneven bars and a 47.425 in the floor exercise.
Lydia Hayden secured the only first place finish of the day for the Titans in the balance beam with a score of 9.725. Blue Devil Effie Ferguson followed up Hayden with a 9.700. UWO won the balance beam event led by Hayden and two more top five finishes from Jay Ratkowski and Emma Steele.
In the vault, UWO’s Reanna McGibboney placed second behind a 9.75, which fell short of Winona States’ Kennedy O’Connor. Titans Amaya McConkay and Mia Passarella were the next best Titans, attributing scores of 9.675 and 9.625 to the team’s collective score.
Blue Devil Emma Brittingham won the uneven bars event with 9.825 points, and UWO’s McConkay followed her on the leaderboard with 9.8 points. McGibboney was the next best with a score of 9.65, placing seventh. Sam Zeilinger followed on the leaderboard, tying with Stouts’ Gillian Cummins. Both finished with 9.625 points.
UWO placed last in the floor exercise after only one top five finish. Ratkowski scored 9.675 points, which got her third place. UWO’s Mia Lucero tied with Winona States’ Gabby Kraft both acquiring 9.6 points.
For the final meet of the regular season, UWO will host a quadrangular at the Kolf Sports Center at 6 p.m. Feb. 27. Participating schools include No. 17 Greenville University (Illinois), No. 4 UW-La Crosse and Winona State.
This will mark the end of the regular season for the Titans as they begin preparation for the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship/National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) West Regional Championship in La Crosse March 8, and the NCGA Championship in Saint Peter, Minnesota March 22.
