East Claims Share of Vault Title in Falcons' First Quad Meet of 2018

Saturday, February 3

Denver, Colo.

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

194.525

196.750

Denver

Photo by: BGSU Marketing and Communications

East Claims Share of Vault Title in Falcons' First Quad Meet of 2018

February 04, 2018 | Gymnastics

By: by Matthew Daley, Athletic Communicationis Assistant

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MEET RESULTS (.pdf)

DENVER, Colo. -- Several Falcon gymnasts produced sterling performances, but the team could not overcome a slow start as Bowling Green finished fourth in a quad meet at the University of Denver on Saturday night (Feb. 3). The team matched its season-best marks on the vault and uneven bars; however, they had to count a low-scoring routine during the floor exercise in the opening rotation. The resulting 48.100 was more than a point lower than their season-best 49.150 last weekend at Western Michigan. BGSU concluded the meet with a 194.525, which fell short of #11 Denver (196.750), Ball State (195.450), and #18 BYU (194.875). The loss drops BGSU's 2018 record to 3-4.

Sophomore Jovannah East added to her highlight reel with a spectacular vault that earned a 9.925 from the judges. That score is a new personal record and moves her into a tie for second place on BGSU's all-time list behind only former NCAA champion Marny Oestreng (9.950). Meanwhile, freshman Alexandra Fochler continued to show improvement on the bars. Her 9.875 on Saturday, which tied for fourth place, is her third personal record in the last four meets. It is also a team best for the season and tied for sixth place in BGSU history. Four other Falcons tied or set new personal records, including freshmen Nacaida Kearns and Elena Lawson on the vault.

HEAD COACH KERRIE TURNER SAYS...
"We had a tough start during the floor exercise, but I felt the team worked hard to focus and come back strong. We will get back in the gym and work on any mistakes made as we prepare for our next competition at Ball State."

FACTS AND FIGURES

BGSU's 194.525 is the team's fifth straight meet with a 194 or above.
That is the team's longest streak since 2016, when they last earned an NCAA Regionals berth.
BGSU's average team score is now 194.775. That is a school-record five-meet average to start a season.
The previous record for team average through four meets was 193.775 in 2016.
Six Falcons set new personal records at Denver.
Jovannah East (tied 1st, vault) and Alexandra Fochler (tied 3rd, bars) earned top-three finishes for BGSU.
In addition East (beam) and Lauren DeMeno (vault) finished fourth out of 24 in their events.
East has seven wins and nine top-threes in 15 events this season.
In her career, East has 19 career wins and 28 top-threes.
East earned a 9.800 or above in all three events at Denver and has an active streak of 11 9.8s in a row.
East has 9.8+ in 13 of 15 events in 2018 (.867) and 41 of 47 career events (.872).
Fochler's 9.875 was the best of the season for BGSU on bars. She has three top-threes in five starts.
BGSU gymnasts earned six scores of 9.8+ and 15 scores of 9.7+ at Denver.

PERSONAL RECORDS

Lexi Augustine: 9.825 (bars)
Lauren DeMeno: 9.850 (vault, tied)
Jovannah East: 9.925 (vault, team season-best)
Alexandra Fochler: 9.875 (bars, team season-best)
Nacaida Kearns: 9.750 (vault)
Elena Lawson: 9.775 (vault)

NON-PR SEASON BESTS (INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM)

Jovannah East: 9.850 (beam)
Alex Johnston: 9.700 (beam)
Team, vault: 48.950 (tied)
Team, bars: 48.725 (tied)

ALL-TIME TOP TEN SCORES

Jovannah East: 9.925 (vault, tied for 2nd)
Alexandra Fochler: 9.875 (bars, tied for 6th)

TEAM EVENT SCORES

	BGSU	Denver	Ball State	BYU
Vault	48.950	49.275	49.075	48.975
Bars	48.725	48.750	49.025	49.150
Beam	48.750	49.375	48.550	47.550
Floor	48.100	49.350	48.800	49.200
TOTAL	194.525	196.750	195.450	194.875

UP NEXT...
BGSU will get another opportunity to challenge Ball State when the Falcons travel to Muncie, Ind. for a dual meet on Sunday, Feb. 11. The meet is slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be held in Worthen Arena. The Cardinals are now 8-4 in 2018 after completing their third quad meet of the season. They have taken second place in each of them: at Kentucky, at George Washington, and at Denver. They also finished second in a tri-meet at North Carolina State and defeated Kent State in a MAC dual. Bowling Green is now 26-16 all-time against Ball State and have won four of the last six meetings. The two teams last met twice during the same season in 1995.