Air Force Academy
Ohio State
Air Force Falls to No. 20 Ohio State
2/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Feb. 10, 2007
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Air Force women's gymnastics team dropped a 194.975-184.150 decision to No. 20 Ohio State on Saturday, Feb. 10, in Columbus, Ohio. Four different Falcons led the squad in scoring, with senior captain Sashonna Iwaniec taking at least a share of the top marks on two.
The Falcons posted a season-best 46.250 in the uneven bars, while earning the third-best totals of the year on the vault (46.925) and balance beam (44.775).
Junior Kelly Lewis scored a 9.500 on the vault to lead Air Force with a seventh-place finish. Freshman Emily Darone garnered a 9.425 to place eighth. Freshman Michelle Denise tied with Iwaniec for seventh on the uneven bars, as both gymnastics accounted for 9.475 scores. That score is the best by an any Air Force gymnast this season - improving the previous high by .125.
Iwaniec also led the squad on the balance beam, picking up a 9.150. Darone claimed another eighth-place mark on the beam, scoring an 8.975. Sophomore Abigail Rogers led the Falcons on the floor with a career-best 9.750 (the best score of the season by a Falcon), while Iwaniec scored a 9.500 for the Falcons second-highest total on that event.
Due to a technical problem with the OSU livestats program, complete results and overall standings on the floor exercise are not available.
In addition to leading the Falcons on two individual events, Iwaniec posted the top all-around score for the Falcons. Accounting for a season-best, fifth-place score of 37.475, she edged out Rogers' career-high of 37.275.
Up next for Air Force is a rematch with UC-Davis. The Falcons, who fell by a narrow .175 margin to the Aggies last week at the Academy, will travel to
