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Katie Canning (Left), Brittanie DeMeno (Right)
Canning and DeMeno Pick Up Weekly ECAC Awards
2.14.12 | Women's Gymnastics
Canning Tabbed with her Second Gymnast of the Week Honor
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PHILADELPHIA—On Tuesday afternoon, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced that fifth-year gymnast Katie Canning and sophomore Brittanie DeMeno have been tabbed to its weekly honor roll. Canning earns her second conference Gymnast of the Week recognition of the season, while DeMeno received the Coaches' Choice Award.
This past Friday evening in a quad-meet at Illinois State, Canning was Temple's top finisher in two of the four events in which the Owls (190.250) came third behind Illinois State (193.625) and Seattle Pacific (191.600), while beating out University of Wisconsin-Stout (178.625).
Canning led the Owls in two of the four events she competed. On vault, she put up her highest score of the season with 9.825, winning her the event. Canning showcased a strong performance on the beam, as she tied with Illinois State's Melissa Mann for the event title (9.775). Finishing second overall in the all-around (38.8), Canning trailed only Illinois State's Kim Genereux (38.825).
Prior to the start of Friday evening's meet at Illinois State, freshman Natali Ruzich suffered an injury during warm ups, which was severe enough to scratch her from the competition. Head coach Aaron Murphy immediately turned to DeMeno, as the team now needed her to perform in the vault exercise.
DeMeno responded to the call with a very strong performance, as she earned a score of 9.475. On the balance beam exercise, DeMeno had a big contribution as she helped Temple to take first place overall with a score of 9.475.
Rounding out the rest of the ECAC's awards for the week was the other Co-Gymnast of the Week Lindsay Poplaski of Towson. Picking up Co-Rookies of the Week were Morgan Traina of Yale and Sammy Lutz of Towson. Receiving Specialist of the Week was Yale's Lindsay Andsager for the week ending date of Feb. 13.
PHILADELPHIA—On Tuesday afternoon, the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced that fifth-year gymnast Katie Canning and sophomore Brittanie DeMeno have been tabbed to its weekly honor roll. Canning earns her second conference Gymnast of the Week recognition of the season, while DeMeno received the Coaches' Choice Award.
This past Friday evening in a quad-meet at Illinois State, Canning was Temple's top finisher in two of the four events in which the Owls (190.250) came third behind Illinois State (193.625) and Seattle Pacific (191.600), while beating out University of Wisconsin-Stout (178.625).
Canning led the Owls in two of the four events she competed. On vault, she put up her highest score of the season with 9.825, winning her the event. Canning showcased a strong performance on the beam, as she tied with Illinois State's Melissa Mann for the event title (9.775). Finishing second overall in the all-around (38.8), Canning trailed only Illinois State's Kim Genereux (38.825).
Prior to the start of Friday evening's meet at Illinois State, freshman Natali Ruzich suffered an injury during warm ups, which was severe enough to scratch her from the competition. Head coach Aaron Murphy immediately turned to DeMeno, as the team now needed her to perform in the vault exercise.
DeMeno responded to the call with a very strong performance, as she earned a score of 9.475. On the balance beam exercise, DeMeno had a big contribution as she helped Temple to take first place overall with a score of 9.475.
Rounding out the rest of the ECAC's awards for the week was the other Co-Gymnast of the Week Lindsay Poplaski of Towson. Picking up Co-Rookies of the Week were Morgan Traina of Yale and Sammy Lutz of Towson. Receiving Specialist of the Week was Yale's Lindsay Andsager for the week ending date of Feb. 13.
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