George Washington University Athletics
Gymnastics Rolls Over Rhode Island
2/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
Junior Devin McCalla (Dallas, TX/J.J. Pearce) led the way by winning the all-around with a score of 39.400. McCalla won the beam with a score of 9.850, the floor exercise with a score of 9.925 and finished second on the vault with a 9.825, tying a career high. Sophomore Kacey Coyne (McLean, VA/O’Connell) won the vault with a career-high 9.90, tying the school record in the process. Junior Jessica Mantak (Colonia, NJ/Wardlaw-Hartridge) had another solid performance, finishing second in the all-around with a score of 38.950. Mantak finished second on the beam with a 9.825 and third on the floor exercise with a 9.850, tying a career high. She also finished seventh on the bars with a 9.700.
Rhode Island’s Marissa Medal, the 2000 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, won the bars event with a score of 9.875, but was injured during her beam routine, the last event of the evening for the Rams. The extent of the injury was not immediately known.
Team
GW, 195.000, Rhode Island 192.200
Individual
All-Around- Devin McCalla, GW, 39.400/Jessica Mantak, GW, 38.950/ Darden
Wilee, GW, 38.525/Marissa Medal, URI, 37.925
Vault- Kacey Coyne, GW, 9.900/Devin McCalla, GW, 9.825/Sivan Atzmi, URI, 9.700, Jennifer Iacoi, URI, 9.700
Bars- Marissa Medal, URI, 9.875/Sivan Atzmi, URI, 9.825/Devin McCalla, GW, 9.800
Beam- Devin McCalla, GW, 9.850/Jessica Mantak, GW, 9.825/Joanna Judge, URI, 9.775
Floor- Devin McCalla, GW, 9.900/Jessica Mantak, GW, 9.825/Darden Wilee, GW. 9.825
