Big Ten Weekend for BGSU Gymnastics with Meets at Ohio State and Illinois

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green gymnastics team has two meets this weekend, starting with a quad-meet at Ohio State on Friday night and a dual meet at Illinois on Sunday.

The Falcons join Kent State and Illinois in Columbus for a quad-meet hosted by the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Covelli Center at 6:30 p.m. BGSU faces Illinois again as the Falcons join the Illini in Champaign on Sunday for a dual meet at 3 p.m. at Huff Hall.

MEET INFO
• Live results and live video are available via BGSUFalcons.com.

IN THE RANKINGS
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 58 in the nation per Road to Nationals. Ohio State is ranked No. 15, Illinois is ranked No. 23 and Kent State is ranked No. 39.
• Bowling Green is ranked No. 56 on vault, No. 56 on beam, No. 56 on bars and No. 60 on floor.
• Ohio State is ranked No. 10 on vault, No. 11 on floor, No. 18 on beam and No. 19 on bars.
• Illinois is ranked No. 16 on bars, No. 25 on beam, No. 30 on floor and No. 33 on vault.
• Kent State is ranked No. 21 on floor, No. 38 on bars, No. 42 on vault and No. 46 on beam.

ALL-TIME SERIES
• BGSU is 7-32 all-time against Ohio State with the most recent win coming in 2002.
• BGSU is 14-56-1 all-time against Kent State with the most recent wining coming in 2015 at Anderson Arena.
• BGSU is 3-8 all-time against Illinois with the most recent winning coming in 2004. BGSU has faced Illinois in each of the last two seasons with the 2023 meeting coming in a quad-meet at Arizona.

Illinois
• Illinois is 10-8 on the season and is coming off three big wins in the Big Five Meet hosted by Penn State last weekend.

Ohio State
• Ohio State is 5-2 on the year and also participated in the Big Five Meet hosted by Penn State but was in a different session from Illinois. OSU finished second amongst Minnesota, Nebraska, Rutgers and Michigan State.

Kent State
• Kent State is 9-6 on the season and is coming off a MAC win at Central Michigan last time out.

LAST WEEK
• Kathryn Weilbacher had a PR on floor with a 9.925, which is tied for the ninth-best mark in program history.
• Weilbacher had a PR in the All-Around with a 39.500, which is the third-best mark in the
• Love Akpan had a PR on beam with a 9.800.
• Elise Brzoska tied her PR on beam with a 9.800.
• Emily Castiglia recorded her career best on beam with a 9.800.
• Megan Dzialo made her collegiate debut on bars and recorded a 9.700.
• Keira Thornton had a PR on vault with a 9.700.
• Thornton tied her PR on bars with a 9.725 and tied her PR on floor with a 9.875.

CAREER-HIGH TRACKER
• After seven weeks, 12-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)

AT WESTERN MICHIGAN
• Bingham (VT – 9.750)** - tied
• Bingham (UB – 9.850)** - tied
• Brzoska (BB – 9.800)** - tied
• Decious (FX – 9.825)
• Rivelli (UB – 9.925)
• Thornton (FX – 9.850)
• Thornton (UB – 9.725)
• Thornton (VT – 9.650)** - tied

VS. CMU, UW-Oshkosh
• Castiglia (BB – 9.825)** - tied
• Akpan (FX – 9.825)

VS. EMU, WVU, FISK
• Akpan (VT – 9.825)
• Brzoska (UB – 9.725)
• Thornton (UB – 9.725)** - tied
• Parente (BB – 9.825)
• Decious (FX – 9.825)** - tied
• Bannister (FX – 9.800)
• Brzoska (FX – 9.750)** - tied

AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN
• Akpan (FX – 9.850)
• Akpan (AA – 38.625)
• Akpan (BB – 9.625)** - tied
• Thornton (FX – 9.875)

AT LIU
• Weilbacher (FX – 9.925)
• Weilbacher (AA – 39.500)
• Akpan (BB – 9.800)
• Brzoska (BB 9.800)** - tied
• Castiglia (BB – 9.850)
• Dzialo (UB – 9.700)
• Thornton (VT – 9.700)
• Thornton (UB – 9.725)** - tied
• Thornton (FX – 9.875)** - tied

NEXT UP
• After BGSU competes at Illinois on Sunday, March 3, the Falcons head to the Steel City on Friday, March 8 to face the Pitt Panthers.

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