Temple University Athletics

Friday, January 23
Philadelphia, Pa.
6:00 PM

Temple University

193.875
vs
194.350

George Washington University

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PHILADELPHIA - Temple University Gymnastics finished with a 193.875 in the Temple Quad Meet in Philadelphia.
 

FINAL RESULTS 
1st Place – Penn (195.075)
2nd Place – George Washington (194.350)
3rd Place – Temple (193.875)
4th Place – Texas Woman's (193.300)
 

ROTATION ONE (VAULT: 48.300) 

  • The Owls came out with consistent scores throughout the opening rotation with everyone scoring above at least a 9.500.
  • The fifth and sixth spots of Nikki Rengifo and Amelia Budd posted the highest scores on the event for Temple.
  • Rengifo notched a 9.725 and Budd scored a top finish of 9.750.


ROTATION TWO (BARS: 48.425) 

  • Temple moved into the second rotation looking to again post consistent scores on bars.
  • Senior Reese DeHaan led off in the lineup and posted the team's highest score on the event, a 9.775. The score was enough to tie her for third place overall in the meet.
  • Tonight's anchor, NazstaziaSimone Henry-Jubitana, was able to end the rotation strong for the Cherry & White as she put up a 9.700.


ROTATION THREE (BEAM: 48.250) 

  • Hailey Best started off the third rotation with a bang. The junior notched a new career-high on the beam with a 9.850.
  • Not to be overlooked, Megan White also posted a career-high on beam. The New Hampshire native put up a 9.850 on beam to help the Owls.
  • Robyn Dunne put up her second-highest score of the season on beam tonight with a 9.750.
  • Both Best and White tied for second place overall in the meet with their scores of 9.850.


ROTATION FOUR (FLOOR: 48.900)

  • Much like the beam, the Owls began floor with a high score thanks to Mariella Brueck. The junior matched a career-high with a 9.800.
  • In the fifth spot Nikki Rengifo posted a team-high on the floor with a 9.825. This was a season-high for the sophomore.
  • Rounding out the lineup was Brooklyn Thomas and she did not disappoint. The freshman tied her career-high of 9.800 on the floor to get the Owls an overall floor score of a 48.900, the highest of the season.


UP NEXT 

The Owls will hit the road next week and travel to Athens, Ga. for the Georgia Quad Meet on Friday, Jan. 30. The University of Georgia Bulldogs will host Temple, Fisk, and Central Michigan for a 7:00 pm meet. The meet will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.

Temple head coach Hilary Steele will be returning to her alma mater at the Georgia Quad Meet. Steele helped the GymDogs win two NCAA Championships the first being in 2008 and the second in 2009. As a freshman, Steele earned second team All-America honors on the beam with a 9.850 score. Her senior year Steele won the SEC Vault Individual Championship.

Fans tuning into SEC Network Plus for the meet will hear a familiar voice. The voice of the Temple Owls, Kevin Copp, will be on the call for the Georgia Quad Meet. Copp is also a graduate of the University of Georgia.

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