Gymnastics Improves for Week Two; Owls Compete at Towson

Friday, January 22

Towson, Md.

6:00 PM

Temple University

193.600

194.225

Towson

Temple Owls gymnast ARIANA CASTRENCE competes on vault during the first home gymnastics meet at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, PA. The Owls would sweep the meet.

Photo by: Ken Inness/ZUMA Press

Gymnastics Improves for Week Two; Owls Compete at Towson

1.22.21 | Women's Gymnastics

Meet Results (PDF)

TOWSON, Md. — In week two of competition, the Temple gymnastics team improved its team score, recording a 193.600 on the road at Towson's tri-meet on Friday night. All three teams were separated by just one team point, with #21 NC State finishing with a 194.600, followed by Towson at 194.225, and Temple, just .625 off the Tigers.

Meet Notes
> Temple got its first road score of the season, improving on last week's score by over a point.
> The Owls had three podium finishes, including a pair from junior Ariana Castrence (VT - 2nd; UB - 3rd).
> Senior Faith Leary took second on floor, her second podium finish on the event in two weeks.
> Freshman Lanie Hyman made her career debut leading the team off on vault, a week after exhibitioning the event.

Beam
> Temple didn't count a fall on beam, but finished with just a 47.200 after several uncharacteristically low scores.
> Junior Julianna Roland led the Owls with a 9.600 with senior Jordyn Oster scoring a 9.575.

Floor
> Another strong floor rotation gave the Owls some momentum after the second rotation, as the team combined to score a 48.775.
> A 9.850 from Leary led the way for Temple, while Roland scored a 9.825 and Oster finished with a 9.775

Vault
> The Owls put together a 48.925 on vault in their third rotation, with Castrence's 9.850 leading the team and finishing second overall.
> Roland had another strong week on vault with a 9.825, while sophomore Madison Brooks matched her score.
> Hyman led off the event with a 9.725 while senior Tori Edwards notched a 9.700.

Bars
> Temple rebounded from last week's bars score with a 48.700 tonight.
> Castrence had the highest score of the event for Temple, with a 9.825 that put her third overall.
> Gray notched a solid 9.775 while the Owls got high scores from freshman Cyrena Whalen (9.750) and junior Nichole Smith (9.700).

Up Next
> Temple will continue its road stretch next weekend, traveling to Denver for a match-up of a pair of top-10 teams. The Owls will face off against the #7 Pioneers and the #2 Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday.