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East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championships
Temple Gymnastics to Compete in 2026 EAGL Championships Saturday
3.19.26 | Women's Gymnastics
BROOKVILLE, N.Y. - Temple will wrap up the 2026 season at EAGL Championships hosted by the LIU Sharks in Brookville, N.Y. on Saturday, March 21 at 5:00 pm. Temple will compete alongside George Washington, Long Island, New Hampshire, and Towson for the crown. George Washington comes into the meet as the defending champion, but the New Hampshire Wildcats have taken the title as regular season champion in 2026.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Temple Owls posted a 194.675 for a third-place finish at the George Washington Quad Meet. The Cherry and White finished with a season-high performance on the vault with a 48.925 that included a career-high 9.875 from junior Amelia Budd.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Final Results
1st – Maryland (196.100)
2nd – Towson (194.950)
3rd – Temple (194.675)
4th – George Washington (194.050)
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Rotation 1 (BARS: 48.625)
Temple's Robyn Dunne came to play in Sunday's quad meet at George Washington. The sophomore set a new career-high on bars with her 9.875. This also marks the highest bars score of the season for an Owl. Reese DeHaan, Ava Sutphen, and Megan White provided consistency in the rotation with each person scoring a 9.700 on their respective routine. Sutphen has posted a 9.700 or higher on bars each of the last three times she's competed.
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Rotation 2 (BEAM: 48.650)
Consistency was the name of the game for Temple in rotation two. Hailey Best, Mariella Brueck, Ella Beck, and Megan White all scored a 9.700 on the beam in Sunday's meet. Dunne got the team-high on the beam with her 9.850. In three of the last four meets, Dunne has posted a 9.850 or higher three times.
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Rotation 3 (FLOOR: 48.475)
Junior Kyrstin Johnson has been a solid contributor on the floor over the past few weeks. In Sunday's meet she put up a team-high 9.775, her second-highest score of the season. Dunne remained consistent for Temple on the floor and finished with a 9.750, also her second-highest score of the season. Freshman Brooklyn Thomas scored a 9.725 for her ninth score on floor this season of at least a 9.725.
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Rotation 4 (VAULT: 48.925)
The Owls finished the afternoon with a season-high vault performance as a team scoring a 48.925. Jade Harden kicked off the run for the Owls and posted a 9.800, her second-highest score of the season. Nikki Rengifo tied her career-high today and finished with a 9.850 on the vault to help Temple get that season-high team score on the event. In the anchor position, Amelia Budd finished with a new career-high 9.875. This is Budd's sixth score this season of a 9.800 or higher.
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SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
The regular season champion New Hampshire Wildcats enter the weekend at 46th in the country averaging a 194.861 in their meets this season. Most recently the Wildcats competed at the Rutgers Quad Meet in which the team came in fourth place and posted a 194.000. Throughout the season UNH has thrived on the floor. They rank 35th in the country on the floor in large part thanks to McCall McMullen. McMullen has a season-high 9.925 on floor while also putting up a lot of scores higher than a 9.800. Senior Serena Mullin is an all-around specialist for the Wildcats and averages a 39.015.
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The George Washington Revolutionaries ended the 2026 regular season at home and a fourth place finish. The Revs posted s 194.050 in the meet thanks to a stellar performance on the floor. GW finished with a 48.950 on the apparatus with three student-athletes putting up a 9.800 or higher. Standout senior Deanna Sheremeta put up a team-high 9.850 on floor while also adding a 9.800 on the vault. The Revs average a 193.345 this season and finished this season by putting up a season-high 194.825 a few weeks back against Eastern Michigan, Fisk, and Towson.
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The Towson Tigers come into this Sunday off of a third place, 195.000 performance last Thursday at Temple. The Tigers will first compete this week against Maryland, Penn, and GW at Towson on Friday, March 13. Towson got solid contributions from Isabella Minervini and Polina Belanovski on the bars Thursday as the duo took first and second place, respectively, with a 9/925 and a 9.850. The pair also finished in first and second place overall in the all-around standings of last week's meet. Minervini finished with a 39.275 and Belanovski with a 39.050.
This year's host is the LIU Sharks. The Sharks come into the meet with an average score this season of a 193.393. The Sharks most recently put up one of its highest scores of the season (194.650) while topping UNH in the process. Raphaelle Perreault is a shining light on the Sharks as the all-around specialist comes into this weekend's meet with some of the top scores in the league.
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