Bowling Green State University Athletics
Oestreng Named MAC Gymnast of the Week
January 15, 2001 | Gymnastics
Jan. 15, 2001
Cleveland, Ohio - Marny Oestreng (BGSU, Jr., Trogstad, Norway) was named MAC Gymnast of the Week after she won two all-around titles for the week and set a school record on the floor exercise with a score of 9.975 in the season-opener. Oestreng led the Falcons to a school-record score of 194.825 in their season-opening defeat over Kent State (192.925) and Illinois-Chicago (189.50) on Friday, Jan. 12. She tied her career-high of 9.925 on the vault and won the bars with a score of 9.875. Against Northern Illinois on Sunday, Jan. 14, Oestreng won the all-around with a season-best score of 39.125. She also finished first on the bars (9.900) and the beam (9.85) and placed second on the vault (9.650) and the floor (9.725).
Other Nominees
Bethany Couturier (CMU, Jr., Grand Rapids, Mich.) won the all-around at the Michigan State Invitational with a 39.075 and tied for first place on the beam (9.875). She tied for third place on the vault (9.725) and tied for sixth place on the bars (9.775) and floor (9.700).
Jenny Eckel (KSU, So., Milford, Ohio) led the Golden Flashes with an all-around score of 38.950 and second place all-around at Bowling Green on Friday, Jan. 12. She scored a team-high 9.850 for first place on the beam and a 9.750 on the floor exercise.
Anna Gardina (NIU, So., Gahanna, Ohio) compiled a career-high 38.625 all-around total in the Huskies' first competition of the year on Sunday, Jan. 14. She finished in second place on the floor (9.725) and the beam (9.725) and placed third on the bars with a career-high 9.775.
Annmarie Adkins (WMU, So., Grosse Ile, Mich.) won the all-around competition at the Old Burdick's Bronco Invitational, leading WMU to a first-place finish overall. Adkins scored a person-best 38.150 to win the event. She won the bars with a career-best 9.850 and place third on the floor exercise with score of 9.725.
Past MAC Gymnasts of the Week
January 9, Amy Bodus Ball State
January 16, Marny Oestreng Bowling Green
MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week
(Gymnast winners only)
January 9, Amy Bodus Ball State
Team Notes
Ball State's Amy Bodus tied for first place on the beam with a score of 9.775 in a Cardinal loss to Ohio State (193.500-192.900) on Friday, Jan. 12. Bodus tied for second place on the floor exercise (9.850), tied for third place on the vault and finished third all-around (138.475). Kim Cromer and Courtney Vojtasek turned in third-place finishes on the vault (9.750) and beam (9.675), respectively. The Cardinals scored their fourth all-time highest mark on the floor with a score of 48.850. BSU opens the MAC season at Eastern Michigan on Friday, Jan. 19.
Bowling Green opened the season with a 3-0 start in two meets over the weekend. The Falcons hosted Kent State (192.925) and Illinois-Chicago (189.500) on Friday, Jan. 12, posting a winning score (and school record) of 194.825. Junior Marny Oestreng set a school-record score of 9.975 to win the floor exercise. Oestreng also won the all-around competition with a score of 39.050. BGSU picked up its first conference win with a 193.500-189.975 victory at Northern Illinois on Sunday, Jan. 14. Oestreng led the Falcons once again with a school record score of 39.125 to win the all-around title. She also finished first on the bars (9.900) and the beam (9.85) and placed second on the vault (9.650) and the floor (9.725). Freshman Pia Svojall won the vault (9.750) and the floor exercise (9.750), while sophomore Ann Marie Kassouf tied for first place on the beam with a career-best mark of 9.850. Junior Mindy Untch also tied for first place on the beam with a 9.850.
Central Michigan placed second at the Michigan State Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 14. Iowa won the meet with a score of 193.600. CMU scored 193.550, followed by host Michigan State with 191.075. Tammy Verrinder tied for second place all-around with a career-high 39.000 behind Bethany Couturier's winning score of 39.075. Verrinder tied for fourth place on the bars with a score of 9.800. Michele Orloski took second place on the floor exercise with a score of 9.825. Laura Chow finished sixth on the beam with a 9.775 and Andrea Price tied for sixth place on the bars with a career-high 9.775.
Eastern Michigan's Sara Wasilenko won the floor competition (9.800) en-route to a second-place finish all-around (38.800) at the Old Burdick's Bronco Invitational. Natalie Hashimoto placed third all-around (37.975). She won the vault (9.725), just ahead of freshman sister Leah Hashimoto who tied for second place (9.775) in the event. The Eagles dropped their first MAC dual against Western Michigan at the meet with a fourth-place finish overall. WMU won the event (193.100), followed by Illinois-Chicago (191.025) in second place, Massachusetts (189.600) in third place and EMU (189.400) in fourth place.
Kent State finished second in a triangular at Bowling Green on Friday, Jan. 12. BGSU won the meet (194.825), ahead of KSU's 192.925 and Illinois-Chicago's 189.950. Jenny Eckel led the Golden Flashes with an all-around score of 38.950 and second place all-around. She scored a team-high 9.850 for first place on the beam and a 9.750 on the floor exercise. Kelly Lovejoy scored a career-high 9.850 on the floor to tie for fourth place in the event. In her first collegiate meet, Jessie James tied for second place on the floor with a score of 9.875. Katie Pokrana placed third on the vault with a career-best 9.825.
Northern Illinois topped its highest score from all of last season in a 193.500-189.975 loss to Bowling Green on Sunday, Jan. 14. The dual marked the return of veterans Reyna Gilbert and Asli Ozmeral. Gilbert, a 2000 NCAA regional qualifier, came back from a knee injury to take fifth place on the floor exercise (9.700), while Ozmeral shared third place on the bars (9.775) in her first competition after she was injured just four meets into the 2000 season. Ozmeral scored 38.250 all-around and 9.600 on the floor exercise.
Top Team Performances
(top-ten listed) Vault
48.775 Bowling Green 1/12
48.700 Kent State 1/12
48.550 Western Michigan 1/7
48.550 Eastern Michigan 1/14
48.250 Central Michigan 1/13
48.175 Ball State 1/12
47.100 Northern Illinois 1/14
Bars
48.750 Western Michigan 1/14
48.725 Central Michigan 1/13
48.625 Bowling Green 1/12 & 1/14
48.000 Northern Illinois 1/14
47.975 Ball State 1/12
47.275 Kent State 1/12
45.075 Eastern Michigan 1/14
Beam
48.675 Western Michigan 1/14
48.525 Bowling Green 1/14
48.375 Central Michigan 1/13
47.900 Ball State 1/12
47.850 Kent State 1/12
47.550 Eastern Michigan 1/14
46.950 Northern Illinois 1/14
Floor
49.200 Bowling Green 1/12
49.100 Kent State1 1/12
48.850 Ball State 1/12
48.825 Western Michigan 1/7
48.225 Eastern Michigan 1/14
48.200 Central Michigan 1/13
47.925 Northern Illinois 1/14
Best Team Scores
194.825 Bowling Green 1/12
193.850 Western Michigan 1/7
193.550 Central Michigan 1/14
192.925 Kent State 1/12
192.900 Ball State 1/12
189.975 Northern Illinois 1/14
189.400 Eastern Michigan 1/14
Top Individaul Performances
(top-ten listed) Vault
(MAC Record: 10.000, Shelly Stambaugh, KSU, 1997)
9.925 Marny Oestreng (BGSU) 1/12
9.875 Pia Svojall (BGSU) 1/12
9.850 Amy Bodus (BSU) 1/12
9.825 Katie Pokrana (KSU) 1/12
9.825 Natalie Hashimoto (EMU) 1/14
9.800 Jessie James (KSU) 1/12
9.775 Amy Kinsey (WMU) 1/7
9.775 Nicole Berends (WMU) 1/14
9.775 Leah Hashimoto (EMU) 1/14
9.750 Kristy Kochaida (KSU) 1/12
9.750 Kim Cromer (BSU) 1/12
Bars
(MAC Record: 9.950, Marny Oestreng, BGSU, 1999, Susie Stadelman, KSU, 2000)
9.900 Marny Oestreng (BGSU) 1/14
9.875 Ann Marie Kassouf (BGSU) 1/14
9.850 Annie Adkins (WMU) 1/14
9.800 Tammy Verrinder (CMU) 1/13
9.800 Renee Planck (BSU) 1/12
9.775 Andrea Price (CMU) 1/13
9.775 Bethnay Couturier (CMU) 1/13
9.775 Asli Ozmoral (NIU) 1/14
9.775 Anna Gardina (NIU) 1/14
9.775 Amy DeYoung (WMU) 1/14
Beam
(MAC Record: 10.000, Shannon Gallagher, KSU, 1996, Natalie Hashimoto, EMU, 2000)
9.875 Christy Sassic (WMU) 1/7
9.875 Bethany Couturier (CMU) 1/13
9.850 Kristin Maul (WMU) 1/7
9.850 Jenny Eckel (KSU) 1/12
9.850 Ann Marie Kassouf (BGSU) 1/14
9.850 Mindy Untch (BGSU) 1/14
9.850 Marny Oestreng (BGSU) 1/14
9.825 Melissa Popovich (BGSU) 1/14
9.800 Jennifer Gleissner (WMU) 1/7
9.775 Amy Bodus (BSU) 1/12
Floor
(MAC Record: 9.975 Marny Oestreng, BGSU, 2001, Kristy High, KSU, 2000, Nicole Liphardt, CMU, 1999, Selina Nickason, CMU, 1998)
9.975# Marny Oestreng (BGSU) 1/12
9.875 Jessie James (KSU) 1/12
9.875 Melissa Popovich (BGSU) 1/12
9.850 Kelly Lovejoy (KSU) 1/12
9.850 Jill Mackey (KSU) 1/12
9.850 Amy Bodus (BSU) 1/12
9.850 Renee Planck (BSU) 1/12
9.825 Kristin Maul (WMU) 1/7
9.825 Jennifer Gleissner (WMU) 1/7
9.825 Rachel Hall (BGSU) 1/12
9.825 Michele Orloski (CMU) 1/13
All-Around
(MAC Record: 39.725, Natalie Hashimoto, EMU, 2000)
39.125 Marny Oestreng (BGSU) 1/14
39.075 Bethany Couturier (CMU) 1/13
39.000 Tammy Verrinder (CMU) 1/13
38.950 Jenny Eckel (KSU) 1/12
38.625 Anna Gardina (NIU) 1/14
38.475 Amy Bodus (BSU) 1/12
38.250 Asli Ozmeral (NIU) 1/14
38.225 Renee Planck (BSU) 1/12
38.150 Annie Adkins (WMU) 1/12
38.075 Melissa Liebling (KSU) 1/12
! New MAC Record # Ties a MAC record
MAC in the NCAA
(top-25, as of Jan. 15)
Team Score All-Around
10. BGSU, 194.825 T15. Marny Oestreng (BGSU), 39.050
14. WMU, 193.475
19. KSU, 192.925
20. BSU, 190.787
Vault
Team Individual
T4. BGSU, 48.775 T1. Marny Oestreng (BGSU), 9.925
9. KSU, 48.700 T4. Pia Sjovall (BGSU), 9.875
13. WMU, 48.550 T13. Katie Polrana (KSU), 9.825
20. BSU, 48.175 T22. Jessie James (KSU), 9.800
Bars
Team Individual
12. WMU, 48.750 T18. Marny Oestreng (BGSU), 9.875
T13. BGSU, 48.625
22. BSU, 47.975
Beam
Team Individual
T7. WMU, 48.675 T12. Chisty Sassic (WMU), 9.875
T16. BGSU, 48.225 T17. Jenny Eckel (KSU), 9.850
18. BSU, 47.900 T17. Kristen Maul (WMU), 9.850
19. KSU, 47.850
Floor
Team Individual
7. BGSU, 49.200 3. Marny Oestreng (BGSU), 9.975
10. KSU, 49.100 T21. Melissa Popovich (BGSU), 9.875
18. BSU, 48.850 T21. Jessie James (KSU), 9.875 19. WMU, 48.825
