Five Falcons Invited to USAG Championships
4/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
April 6, 2007
Senior Sashonna Iwaniec and sophomore Abigail Rogers will compete in the all-around, while senior Christine Powers and freshman Kayla Kincade will participate on the balance beam. Junior Kelly Lewis rounds out the Falcons' contingent on the vault.
Iwaniec, who earned USAG All-America honors in the all around in 2005, is ranked 12th in the USAG standings (Regional Qualifying Score of 37.420) and will rotate with
Just two gymnasts are invited to compete as a specialist in the individual events, giving Air Force both balance beam competitors. Powers holds a regional qualifying mark of 9.350, while Kincade's average is 9.460. Powers will compete in the first session with
With a vault RQS of 9.510, Lewis will participate with Cornell's vaulters in the 3 p.m. session.
It will be the second time in as many meets that the Falcons have competed in a championship meet in
Action begins on Thursday (April 19) with two rounds of preliminary competition. The top two teams from each first-round division will advance to the team finals on Friday, April 20, while the top five individuals (and ties) from each event in each section will compete in the event finals on Saturday, April 21.
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