Bingham, Rivelli and Weilbacher Shine in BGSU’s Gymnastics Meet at Western Michigan

Sunday, January 28

Kalamazoo, Mich.

1 p.m.

Bowling Green State University

194.825

196.425

Western Michigan

Bingham, Rivelli and Weilbacher Shine in BGSU’s Gymnastics Meet at Western Michigan

January 28, 2024 | Gymnastics

Final Results Support Our Student-Athletes

By: by Vincent Briedis, BGSU Strategic Communications

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Bowling Green Falcons had their best score of the season, but it wasn't enough against No. 33 Western Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The Broncos took home the MAC win, 196.425-194.825 inside University Arena.

The Falcons had some stellar individual performances, highlighted by Isabella Rivelli and Megan Bingham who each had BGSU record book Top-5 performances. Rivelli had the meet's best bars score with a 9.925. The score was a PR for Rivelli and tied for No. 4 on the BGSU career list. Bingham had the meet's top score on beam with a 9.925, which is tied for No. 5 on the BGSU career list. Kathryn Weilbacher won the all-around for the third time this season with a 39.125.

HUGE routine from Isabella Rivelli on bars!!!

She notches a PR with a 9.925, which is tied for No. 4 all-time in the BGSU record book with Amanda Lievendag and Alex Fochler.

It is the fourth 9.900+ score on bars of Rivelli's career 🔥

Watch the routine 🎥⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Hd7AC59nIP
— BGSU Gymnastics (@BGSUGymnastics) January 28, 2024

Inside the Scoresheet
• BGSU's 194.825 is its best team score on the season.
• The Falcons had their top scores on bars (49.000) and floor (48.725).
• Megan Bingham tied her career high on vault (9.750) and bars (9.850)
• Bingham's beam score is tied for No. 5 in program history with eight other performances
• Isabella Rivelli's 9.925 on bars is tied with Amanda Lievendag (2014) and Alex Fochler (2020) for No. 4 all-time in program history.
• Rivelli has notched a score of 9.900 four times in her career on bars, including three 9.900 scores last year.
• Keira Thornton had career highs on floor (9.850), bars (9.725) and tied her best score on vault (9.650).
• Elise Brzoska tied her career high on beam with a 9.800. It is the third time she has scored a 9.800 on beam and the second time this season.
• Megan Decious had a career-best 9.825 on floor.

From the Locker Room
"I saw a real change in the team today. They were together and focused and moving past any mistakes made. What a great start on bars! Coach Sunny Marchand works with this group, and she has really been pushing the detail work and it showed. I also felt the team took a step forward with performance factor on floor exercise. We have some work to do on beam however and overall, this was a strong step forward for the team." – Kerrie Turner, BGSU gymnastics head coach

Next Up
• Bowling Green 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.