Women's Gymnastics Finishes Third at Iowa State
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
January 16, 1999
AMES, Iowa - Michigan States womens gymnastics team total score of 190.225 gave MSU a third place finish in the four team meet held at Iowa State. No. 11 Nebraska finished in first place with a score of 193.725, followed by No. 21 Iowa State at 192.575. Winona State took last place with a score a 182.525.
MSU was led by senior Carolyn Hecht (Baltimore, Md.), sophomores Elisabeth Forshier (South St. Paul, Mn) and Melissa Green (East Lansing, Mi.). Hecht grabbed a second-place finish in the all-around with a season best score of 38.90. Forshier and Green collected second and third place on vault with scores of 9.725 and 9.700, consecutively.
Overall, I think under the adversity of all the injuries, the toll traveling takes on the team, and Melissa Green not being 100% due to a recent illness, we put it together well, said Michigan State head coach Kathie Klages. We struggled on bars, which was one of our strongest events last year and also on balance beam, but pulled it together nicely to win vault and floor. Through making a few changes on the lineups and adding more team pressure workouts to the teams practices for the next week, we should be prepared for the dual meet against Ohio State.
Michigan State moves to 4-2 on the season. The team travels to Ohio State next weekend for a dual meet with the Buckeyes on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.
TEAM SCORES
Nebraska 193.725 Iowa State 192.575 Michigan State 190.225 Winona State 182.525
All-Around
Heather Bank, NU 39.050 Carolyn Hecht, MSU 38.900 Misty Oxford, NU 38.825
Vault
Heather Brink, NU 9.750 Elisabeth Forshier, MSU 9.725 Melissa Green, MSU 9.700
Uneven Bars
Sissy Heuy, ISU 9.850 Bree Dority, NU 9.825 Heather Brink, NU 9.825
Balance Beam
Courtney Brown, NU 9.925 Amy Ringo, NU 9.90 Shelly Kringen, ISU 9.875 Sissy Huey, ISU 9.875 Jessy Smith, ISU 9.875
Floor Exercise
Misty Oxford, NU 9.90 Courtney Brown, NU 9.825 Shelly Kringen, ISU 9.825