Gymnastics: WVU Downs Cornell
February 08, 2004 04:31 PM | General
February 8, 2004
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The No. 22 West Virginia University gymnastics team (7-3-1) defeated visiting Cornell (1-11) 196.725-191.975 on Sunday afternoon at the Coliseum.
The Mountaineers set a school record on vault and tallied the fifth highest team score in WVU history to land their seventh victory of the season.
Senior Jessica Bartgis paced the Mountaineers, winning the all-around competition with a personal best 39.45. A Fredrick, Md., native, Bartgis scored a perfect 10.0 on vault and did not score below a 9.725 on any event.
Led by Bartgis' perfect mark on vault, West Virginia scored a 49.475 on the apparatus, surpassing the school high by 0.125. Both junior Kari Williams and freshman Janáe Cox scored a 9.925 on the event. The mark tied Williams' career high and was a personal best for Cox. Freshman Tynisha Dennis, who scored a 9.75, and sophomore Gretchen Richter, who landed a 9.85, also set career marks on vault.
WVU scored a season-high 49.15 on bars and tied its season high mark on the balance beam (49.3).
West Virginia took the top three places on each apparatus with the exception of floor where Cornell's freshman all-arounder Randi Bisbano won the event with a 9.875.
Bisbano led the Big Red with a school record and personal high 39.1 all-around total.
The victory moves head coach Linda Burdette within six wins of becoming only the third coach in WVU history to reach 500 career victories. Burdette now boasts a 494-201-3 all-time coaching record.
The Mountaineers are off this upcoming week and return to action on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m., for coach Burdette's 30th Anniversary meet against Michigan, Maryland and James Madison at the WVU Coliseum.
