Women's Gymnasts Take First In Second Meet of Season

Jan. 16, 2000

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Spartan women?s gymnastics team placed first in the Mizzou Gymnastics X-Treme (193.125) on Sunday, January 16 at the University of Missouri. Overall, Illinois State placed second (191.875), while University of Missouri finished third (191.350), followed by Kent State (188.350) and Western Michigan (186.375).

Michigan State placed first in every individual event except floor exercise, where they placed second and the only event that the Spartans did not take first on team totals was the vault (47.925), also placing second. The Spartans dominated the rest of the events on team totals, maintaining their lead throughout the meet.

Elisabeth Forshier (Jr., South St. Paul, Minn.) placed first in the vault with a 9.825, while Lindsay Trainham (Fr., Briarcliff, N.Y.) tied for second with a 9.675. Junior Melissa Green (East Lansing, Mich.) and senior Polly Kiker (Englewood, Colo.) tied for first on the uneven bars with a 9.875. Jane McIntosh (So., Concord, Mich.) notched a first place finish on the balance beam, tying Alison Akers from the University of Missouri with a 9.875. Kiker placed second on the floor exercise with a 9.800, while McIntosh tied for third with a 9.750. Trainham finished first in the all-around with a 38.900, while freshman Christy Linder (Fremont, Ohio), scored a 37.975 to finish fifth.

The Spartans return to action on Thursday, January 20 at 7 p.m. in Michigan.

Top Three Scores
All-Around					           Floor Excercise
38.900	Lindsay Trainham, Michigan State	9.825	Shannon Brown, Univ. of Missouri
38.750	Heather Mohler, Illinois State     9.800 Polly Kiker, Michigan State
38.500	Shannon Brown, Univ. of Missouri	9.750	Alison Akers, Univ. of Missouri
38.500	Beth Larson, Illinois State		9.750	Jane McIntosh, Michigan State

Vault
9.825	Elisabeth Forshier, Michigan State
9.675	Heather Mohler, Illinois State
9.675	Lindsay Trainham, Michigan State

Uneven Bars
9.875	Melissa Green, Michigan State
9.875	Polly Kiker, Michigan State
9.775	Heather Mohler, Illinois State

Balance Beam
9.875	Alison Akers, Univ. of Missouri
9.875	Jane McIntosh, Michigan State
9.850	Shannon Brown, Univ. of Missouri
9.850	Annie Chapman, Illinois State
9.850	Lindsay Trainham, Michigan State

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