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 Junior Maggie Parrack equaled her season best on floor with a 9.8 to place tied for eighth in the event. |
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Gymnastics Scores 193.775 to Place Sixth at EAGL Championship
March 25, 2006
PISCATAWAY, NJ - George Washington University senior co-captain Erin Aiken (Centreville, VA) placed tied for fifth on vault and junior Maggie Parrack (Richardson, TX) finished in a tie for eighth on floor to help lead the Colonials' gymnastics team to a sixth-place showing Saturday evening at the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Championship.
GW finished with scores of 48.775 on vault, 48.2 on bars, 47.95 on balance beam and 48.85 on floor exercise, which ranked third best among the eight teams at the competition.
Aiken turned in the Colonials' best individual performance of the evening on vault, as she scored a season-high 9.85 to finish tied for fifth in the event out of 48 gymnasts. Seniors Heather Kaufman (Austin, TX) and Amy Stack (Matthews, NC), and sophomore Carolyn Marckesano (Reston, VA) each scored a 9.75 as GW's next best finishers as all three finish tied for 20th.
Stack was the Colonials' top performer on uneven bars with a 9.725 to claim a tie for 14th, while freshman Bree Plotsker (Wantagh, NY) placed tied for 23rd with a 9.7.
On beam, senior co-captain Tiffany Jones (Ravenna, OH) turned in the Colonials' best performance with a 9.675 to earn a tie for 19th. Junior Jess Guilbert (Roswell, GA) and Plotsker were not far behind Jones, as each posted a 9.65 to share a three-way tie for 23rd.
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In GW's best event on floor, all six Colonials scored at least 9.725 or better. Maggie Parrack registered GW's second top 10 showing of the eveniong as she equaled her season high with a 9.8 to tie for 8th overall out of 47 competitors. Aiken and Kaufman were the next best finishers at tied for 12th with respective 9.775's, while Guilbert and Marckesano each scored a 9.75 to tie for 17th.
In the all-around, Aiken had scores of 9.85 on vault, 9.65 on bars, 9.525 on beam and 9.775 on floor to finish with a total of 38.8, her second-best mark of the season, to place 10th.
Team Totals1. North Carolina- 195.325
2. NC State- 195.075
3. West Virginia- 194.900
4. New Hampshire- 194.450
5. Maryland- 194.175
6. GW- 193.775
7. Rutgers- 191.425
8. Pittsburgh- 190.225
