Bronco gymnastics raise the bar

Catie Dymond
Staff Reporter

Western Michigan University gymnastics sets standards high, ranked 32nd in nation.

Gymnastics has been off to one of their best seasons in school history, they have won all of their recent meets 4-0., the Flames are 4-3. Their current average is 193.494 and they are ranked 32nd in the nation. Their last meet against Bowling Green gave them a 195.300 score, the second highest score ever recorded in Bronco history.

With each meet, the Broncos have improved every time so far this season. The Flames highest score of the season was 194.125 on January 28 against Kentucky.

The team has had 11 girls to place or tie personal bests at the Bowling Green meet. Of those girls, six grabbed the first spots, three stood out due to a 1-2-3 ranking.

Caroline O’Brien, Kristen Seidowski, and Cependa Carter have career highs of 9.850, 9.825 and 9.800.

Caroline O’Brien is a junior from Loveland, Ohio, with a record of 9.850 in bars, 9.825 in beams and 9.775 on the floor. O’Brien has competed 2010-2011 and earned the NACGC Academic and Academic All-MAC honors due to her 3.56 GPA.

Kristen Seidowski is a sophomore from Dewitt, Michigan and has a record of 9.825 on vault and 9.725 on floor. She has competed in 12 meets during 2011 including the MAC Championships for vault. Seidowski has also earned NACGC honors for her 3.62 GPA this season.

Cependa Carter is a senior from Ypsilanti, Mich. with personal bests of 9.8 on vault, 9.625 on bar, 9.8 on beam, 9.750 on floor and 38.425 all-around. Carter has competed 2009-2001 and has also competed in all 12 meets including the MAC Championship. She has also competed for vault in 11 of those meets.

The Bronco’s gymnastic team will be competing against Eastern Michigan University on Saturday Feb. 11 in Ypsilanti at 1 p.m. and the following Friday they compete against Illionis State in Normal, Ill at 7 p.m.

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