Gymnastics Takes Third at Home-Opening Invitational

Sunday, January 18

Washington, DC

1:00 p.m.

George Washington University

Cornell, Penn, West Chester

Deana Sheremeta Performs on floor at the Smith Center

1/18/2026 6:50:00 PM | Gymnastics

WASHINGTON - In front of the home-opening crowd in the Smith Center, GW gymnastics took third with a 191.375 amongst the field of Penn (194.075), West Chester (191.600) and Cornell (191.325). Individually, senior Deana Sheremeta once again notched the first-place spot in both the beam and all-around competitions, tying her career-best on the beam with a 9.900 and earning a 38.850 in the all-around. On floor, junior Maya Peters set a personal-best 9.800 on the event to also finish tied for first on the event. GW also saw the return of Brooke Izzo to the beam lineup, who finished the afternoon with a 9.725 on the event.

The full breakdown for the afternoon is as follows:
VAULT: 48.500
Aspen Tucker- 9.700
Zoe Safran- 9.750
Alexia Zakaryan- 9.625
Lola Montevago- 9.750
Alison Mun- 9.675
Deana Sheremeta- 9.525

BARS: 46.550
Deana Sheremeta- 9.650
Alexia Zakaryan- 9.700*
Aspen Tucker- 8.550
Zoe Safran- 9.650
Maya Peters- 8.700
Lola Montevago- 8.850

BEAM: 47.875
Lola Montevago- 9.675
Brooke Izzo- 9.725
Aspen Tucker- 8.700
Kylie Kazmierski- 9.575*
Maya Peters- 9.000
Deana Sheremeta- 9.900

FLOOR: 48.450
Kylie Kazmierski- 9.625
Aspen Tucker- 9.650
Catherine O'Rourke- 9.600
Lola Montevago- 9.500
Maya Peters- 9.800*
Deana Sheremeta- 9.775

* denotes a personal-best

GW now turns its attention to its second road trip of the season, this time to visit EAGL-member Temple for a quad meet alongside the Quakers and Texas Women's. Action in Philly will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday on ESPN+.