MEET OVERVIEW
For the fifth consecutive season, the Lindenwood gymnastics team finished in first place at the Midwest Independent Conference (MIC) Championships. The Lions tied with UIC for first place at the meet from the Gold Dome in Shreveport, La. Both Lindenwood and UIC ended the meet with identical scores of 195.350.
TEAM STANDINGS
T-1. Lindenwood (195.350)
T-1. UIC (195.350)
3. Illinois State (194.100)
4. Texas Woman's (193.775)
5. Centenary (190.575)
6. Southeast Missouri (190.275)
LINDENWOOD'S TOP PERFORMERS
Bars -
Samantha Borges (9.775)
Beam -
Andavea Alexander,
Katie Bailey,
Breanna Franklin,
Ryan Henry (9.800)
Floor -
Ryan Henry (9.850)
Vault -
Jordan Boogerd (9.825)
All-Around -
Ryan Henry (39.100)
LINDENWOOD MIC ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS
Andavea Alexander - Beam (first-team), Floor (second-team)
Kyndall Baze - Vault (second-team), Floor (second-team)
Katie Bailey - Beam (first-team)
Jordan Boogerd - Vault (first-team)
Samantha Borges - Bars (first-team), Vault (second-team)
Taylor Colwell - Bars (second-team), Beam (second-team)
Breanna Franklin - Beam (first-team)
Ryan Henry - All-Around (first-team), Bars (second-team), Beam (first-team), Floor (first-team), Vault (second-team)
Aleah Leman - Vault (first-team)
Aleah Turon - Vault (second-team)
INSIDE THE SCORES
- Lindenwood finished with a team score of 195.350, extending its streak of four straight meets with a team score above 195.
- The Lions currently have a RQS of 195.400, the highest mark in program history.
- Lindenwood had its best performance of the night on the beam, finishing the event with a 48.975.
- The Lions had four different gymnasts (
Andavea Alexander,
Katie Bailey,
Breanna Franklin, and
Ryan Henry) all earn team-high marks of 9.800.
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Samantha Borges received a 9.775 on bars, helping Lindenwood earn a 48.725 overall.
- Lindenwood earned matching scores of 48.825 on both the floor and the vault.
- On the vault, the Lions were led by
Jordan Boogerd's score of 9.825.
- Boogerd tied for first place in the vault competition, and equaled her career-high score with a 9.825, the third time in her last three competitions that she has earned the score.
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Ryan Henry scored a 9.850 on floor to lead the way for Lindenwood.
- Henry finished second in the all-around competition, 0.75 point in back of first place.
UP NEXT
Lindenwood will await the results of other conference championship meets around the country this week to determine its NCAA postseason fate.
