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Lindsay Parks achieved two season best scores on Friday, including a 9.900 on the balance beam.
  
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Gymnastics Scores New High for the Season

Team falls to Kent State, 196.900-195.600

March 16, 2002

Kent, OH - George Washington competed at Kent State University Friday night, March 15, scoring their top score of the season. Their new season high of 195.600 was not good enough to overtake the Golden Flashes, who scored a Kent State record 196.900.

The meet also marked the Colonials new season best on the vault (49.000). Greatly contributing to that high score was a 9.900 for a vault by sophomore Lindsay Parks (Council Bluffs, IA/Abraham Lincoln). Her score tied her for first place with KSU junior Katie Pokrana, as well as, gave her a new season best. Parks also matched her season best on the balance beam when she tied senior Devin McCalla (Dallas, TX) for sixth with a 9.775. McCalla also tied freshman Amber Melvin (Cincinnati, OH/Purcell Morian) for fourth on the uneven bars with a score of 9.825. The score is now Melvin's career high on that apparatus.

Sophomore Rachel Mann (Atlanta, GA) tied for third Melinda Francis on the floor exercise, matching her season high of 9.875. She also tied for McCalla for eighth on the vault with a 9.775, her season high since the Wolfpack Invite.

Senior Jessica Mantak (Colonia, NJ) finished third in the all-around competition with a 39.025. She scored a 9.800 on the vault, tying for sixth. She also sixth on the uneven bars with a 9.800. She tied for seventh on the floor exercise with a 9.800, and tied for second on the beam with a 9.850, matching her season best on that apparatus.

George Washington returns to competition when they compete at the Atlantic 10 Championships at the University of Rhode Island on March 23.

Team Score: Kent State 196.900, GW 195.600
Vault: Jessica Mantak 9.800, Rachel Mann 9.775, Amber Melvin 9.725, Jamie McNally 9.750, Lindsay Parks 9.900, Devin McCalla 9.775

 

 

Bars: Rachel Mann 9.675, Kelley Banks 9.500, Stefanie Tocco 9.700, Jessica Mantak 9.800, Devin McCalla 9.825, Amber Melvin 9.825

Beam: Jessica Mantak 9.850, Kelley Banks 9.625, Amber Melvin 9.700, Lindsay Parks 9.775, Devin McCalla 9.775, Lauren Bernstein 9.725

Floor: Lindsay Parks 9.775, Rachel Mann 9.875, Kelley Banks 9.675, Jessica Mantak 9.800, Devin McCalla 9.650, Jamie McNally 9.825

All-Around: Jessica Mantak 39.250, Devin McCalla 39.025