Cornell gymnastics competed in a quad meet hosted by Rutgers University with Temple University and Southern Connecticut State University in attendance on Friday. The Red placed third overall in a competitive matchup between the four teams.
Cornell finished the meet with an overall third-place score of 193.075. The Scarlet Knights’ 195.725 score was the first-place winner and Temple took second with 194.450. Southern Connecticut State finished fourth at 191.800.
On vault, the Red fared well, finishing with an overall team score of 48.550. Senior Sydney Beers claimed the top score for the Red of 9.850 which is her season high — and tied first overall for the meet. Junior Cami Whitaker took the second-highest score for Cornell at 9.725, which earned her ninth in the meet overall.
During the uneven bars event, freshman Dahlia Jhaveri’s 9.750 was her season-high performance and the leading team score. The overall team score was 48.200, which is its overall season high. Beers had a rough day on the bars, finishing with a score of 8.650.
“Unfortunately my performance was a little bit off due to wrong timing, but my goal is to go into the gym this week and work on numbers to make sure that is fixed for Friday,” Beers said.
Rutgers freshman Delaney Adrian earned her highest-ever score of 9.900 on the uneven bars and took first overall in the meet.
The balance beam competition saw the Red finish with a score of 47.575. Sophomore Avery Byun claimed the team’s highest score of 9.750, followed by sophomore Natalia Tehrani’s 9.550 performance.
For Rutgers, Adrian finished first overall with a score of 9.850.
The floor event — the Red’s usual high score generator — was held back by sophomore Josie Moylan’s 8.200 performance. In Cornell’s recent meet with State University of New York Brockport, Moylan hit her season-high score on the floor of 9.825.
Temple’s Brooke Donabedian, a graduate student, took home first place on the floor with a score of 9.925 — which was just 0.025 off from the tied school record that she earned on March 5.
Sophomore Addy Rothstein took sixth overall at that meet with her team high-score of 9.800 on the floor.
Beers ended the meet in third place in the all-around category with a score of 37.775.
To end the season, the Red will travel to West Chester, Pennsylvania on March 14 to take on West Chester University of Pennsylvania in a crucial Gymnastics East Conference matchup. From here, they will prepare for the GEC Championships hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on March 22. All of the action will be available on ESPN+.
“Our goals for the GEC are to go out there, hit 24 out of 24, and have fun,” Beers said. “[We want to] show the conference what we are capable of as a team and give it our all.”
Zeinab Faraj is the assistant sports editor on the 143rd editorial board and a member of the class of 2028 in the College of Arts and Sciences. You can reach her at zfaraj@cornellsun.com.
