Many of the OTW team girls went to watch the Fox Run Invitational on Saturday night. There was Wild E. Cat, of course, who wanted "five". Talented gymnasts were on hand from UNH, Penn State, William and Mary and Yale. There were many amazing moves to watch, many of which elicited, "Oh cool," or "Whoa, did you see that!?" sorts of comments from the girls.
In the first rotation, UNH had some very good Vault scores. Penn State was having a good run on Beam. Yale was plagued by falls on Bars. William & Mary was having some difficulties on Floor. After the first rotation, Penn State and UNH were virtually tied for the lead. In the second rotation, UNH had a pretty good day on Bars, but Penn State was having just a little bit better day on Floor. At the end of Rotation 2, Penn State was ahead by .9 points. In the third rotation, Penn State was looking very good on Vault. UNH was doing well on Beam, but a few wobbles kept their scores just a bit behind Penn's. At the end of Rotation 3, Penn State had pulled ahead by almost a point and a half. That was a pretty wide gap to make up on just one event. In the last rotation, Penn State was looking solid on Bars, but lacked the flair which UNH had shown. Meanwhile, UNH was having a very strong showing on Floor. In the end, UNH had closed the gap to only a point, but Penn State took 1st with 195.275. UNH took 2nd with 194.225.
In the individual awards, UNH's Helena Diodati took 1st on Vault with a 9.9. Kelsey Alwin tied for 2nd on Bars. Taryn LaFontain tied for 3rd on Beam with a 9.775 and tied for 1st on Floor with a 9.875. It was a great night of some great gymnastics.
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