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2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Feb. 29, 2008
USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Highlighted by four of the top six spots on the floor exercise, the Air Force women's gymnastics team improved its team score on that event during its second dual meet with Eastern Michigan on Friday, Feb. 29, at the Academy's Cadet West Gym. The Falcons lost their Senior Night meet to the Eagles by a 192.525-189.200 margin.
Senior Kelly Lewis, who was honored following the meet with classmate Katie Donnell, led the Falcons on the floor with a third-place score of 9.725 (a mark just .050 off of her career high). Sophomore Michelle Denise finished fourth (9.600), while Donnell and freshman Brittany Dutton tied for fifth with matching scores of 9.575.
As a team, the Falcons accounted for a score of 48.025 on the floor. That mark displaces the previous season-best score of 47.650 that Air Force tallied two weeks ago.
Junior Abigail Rogers paced the Falcons with a second-place score of 9.725 on the uneven bars. Dutton tied for third with a score of 9.6675, while Denise placed fifth with a score of 9.650. Dutton, who tallied a score of 38.125 to finish third in the all-around, finished within the top half of the field on the vault (9.675).
En route to placing second in the all-around with a score of 38.325, Rogers led Air Force with a fourth-place finish (9.600) on the balance beam. Donnell earned a sixth-place score of 9.300.
Air Force joins Eastern Michigan on its return trip to Ypsilanti, Mich., for the Eagle Invitational on Saturday, March 8. The Falcons will face EMU, as well as Northern Illinois, Illinois State and Brown.
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