Bowling Green State University Athletics
Katrina Mendez Abolnik Secures NCAA Regional Bid on Vault
March 20, 2023 | Gymnastics
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Bowling Green State University gymnast Katrina Mendez Abolnik has secured a bid to the 2023 NCAA Regionals on vault, as announced on the NCAA Selection Show on Monday (March 20). She will compete at the Pittsburgh Regional, which will be held March 29-April 2 at the Petersen Events Center on the campus of Pitt.
Mendez Abolnik (So., Bristow, Va.) has a vault NQS of 9.865 with a season-best 9.900 on vault. Her NQS score is the fourth-best in the MAC this season. Mendez Abolnik is going to be the first Falcon that will compete at an NCAA Regional as an individual since Jovannah East and Lauren DeMeno in 2019. East competed in the all-around while DeMeno competed on vault.
Mendez Abolnik's PR of 9.900 on vault happened twice this season and is tied for No. 7 all-time at BGSU in the event. She set the PR at Michigan State tri-meet with LIU and she equaled it again a week later at Eastern Michigan.
Most recently, Mendez Abolnik tallied a 9.825 on vault at the MAC Championship which placed her eighth. She has tallied a 9.80 or higher in six-straight meets.
Mendez Abolnik (So., Bristow, Va.) has a vault NQS of 9.865 with a season-best 9.900 on vault. Her NQS score is the fourth-best in the MAC this season. Mendez Abolnik is going to be the first Falcon that will compete at an NCAA Regional as an individual since Jovannah East and Lauren DeMeno in 2019. East competed in the all-around while DeMeno competed on vault.
Mendez Abolnik's PR of 9.900 on vault happened twice this season and is tied for No. 7 all-time at BGSU in the event. She set the PR at Michigan State tri-meet with LIU and she equaled it again a week later at Eastern Michigan.
Most recently, Mendez Abolnik tallied a 9.825 on vault at the MAC Championship which placed her eighth. She has tallied a 9.80 or higher in six-straight meets.
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