Women's Gymnastics
COVID-19 Cuts Gymnastics Season Short, Leaving Seniors Heartbroken
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Coach Hall said: “You can’t play gymnastics after college, and for most of these kids, their entire life has been gymnastics…”
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/womens-gymnastics/)
Coach Hall said: “You can’t play gymnastics after college, and for most of these kids, their entire life has been gymnastics…”
Although Cornell’s loss may indicate poor performance in comparison to the other teams, its score was actually the team’s third highest score of its eight meets this season.
As the team turns towards conference competition, Hall stressed the need to “[focus on] the little stuff,” adding that improving bonuses and each gymnast’s specific skill set could boost the Red’s scores.
“We had kids that had much better performances than their scores would indicate, Hall said. “Our focus is to clean up our routines and not make any mistakes. Our goal is to have no falls; we had no falls last weekend. It’s all about the details.”
The Ivy rival traveled to Ithaca on Sunday to battle it out in Newman Arena at Bartels Hall. Cornell earned just 187.95 points to Penn’s whopping 192.4 points.
The Red earned three team first-place finishes — in vault, floor and beam, earning 48.125, 47.650 and 48.550 points, respectively. Cornell also earned second place on bars, with a 45.025 finish.
First-place finished by three Cornell gymnasts led the Red to a strong finish.
The Red is cruising at the right time heading into the Ivy Classical Championships.
On the road to start the season, the Red kicked things off with a pair of tough losses.