Falcon Gymnastics Heads to Kalamazoo for a Sunday Meet at Western Michigan

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team returns to the road for a Sunday afternoon meet against the Western Michigan Broncos. The event starts at 1 p.m. at University Arena.

MEET INFO
• Live results and live video are available via BGSUFalcons.com.
IN THE RANKINGS
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 59 in the nation per Road to Nationals. Western Michigan comes in at 33.
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 47 on vault, No. 49 on beam, No. 59 on bars and No. 69 on floor.
• Western Michigan is No. 25 on vault, No. 25 on floor, No. 38 on beam and No. 45 on bars.

ALL-TIME SERIES
• BGSU has dropped six in a row to WMU and the all-time record against the Broncos stands 28-23-1 in favor of the Falcons. BGSU's last win against WMU was in 2019 at Anderson Arena.
• BGSU narrowly dropped the last meeting with WMU, 195.925-195.050, in 2023 at Anderson Areana.
• Isabella Rivelli tied the the sixth-best bars score in BGSU history with a 9.900 and BGSU's score of 195.050 was the highest in program history in a home-opening meet.
• Kathryn Weilbacher notched a career-high 9.900 on vault, which also is tied for No. 7 all-time in BGSU history.

WESTERN MICHIGAN
• Western Michigan is coming off two wins in the Next Level Gymnastics Podium Challenge tri-meet with George Washington and Illinois State. WMU posted a score of 196.125, which is its best of the season.
• WMU is 5-1 on the season with a MAC win over Eastern Michigan and placed second in a quad-meet at Illinois.

LAST WEEK
• BGSU dropped a MAC meet with Ball State on Monday evening.
• Nadia Parente placed third on beam with a career-best 9.775.
• Keira Thornton tallied a personal record on floor with a 9.800 and on bars with a 9.675.
• Love Akpan notched a personal record as well on floor with a 9.700.
• Charniya Brown had a personal record on bars with a 9.800.

CAREER-HIGH TRACKER
• After two weeks, five-different Falcons have set or tied career highs.

VS. ILLINOIS STATE
• Brown (VT – 9.800)
• Thornton (VT – 9.575)
• Akpan (VT – 9.675)
• Akpan (UB – 9.725)
• Thornton (UB – 9.650)
• Parente (BB – 9.550)
• Akpan (BB – 8.400)
• Akpan (FX – 9.575)
• Thornton (FX – 8.900)

VS. NIU
• Akpan (VT – 9.800)
• Akpan (FX – 9.625)
• Brzoska (BB – 9.800)** - tied
• Thornton (BB – 9.375)
• Thornton (FX – 9.675)
• Thornton (VT – 9.650)
• Thornton (AA – 37.325)

AT BALL STATE
• Akpan (FX – 9.700)
• Brown (UB – 9.800)
• Parente (BB – 9.775)
• Thornton (FX – 9.800)
• Thornton (UB – 9.675)

NEXT UP
• BGSU returns home for a tri-meet with Central Michigan and Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Sun., Feb. 4. The meet will start at 2 p.m. at the Stroh Center.

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