at Centenary; at Texas Woman's (with Air Force and Centenary)Date: Friday, Jan. 22; Sunday, Jan. 24
Time: 6 p.m., CT; 1 p.m. CT
Venue: Gold Dome; Kitty Magee Arena
Coaches: Kristi Ewasko (Seventh Season); Centenary-Jackie Fain (Fourth Season);
Texas Woman's-Lisa Bowerman (Fifth Season); Air Force -Doug Day (10th Season);
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Live Results: Live StatsTwitter Updates: @SEMOgymnasticsMeet Notes: Southeast MissouriOn the Road for TwoThe Southeast Missouri gymnastics team will travel to Shreveport, Louisiana to take on Centenary Friday evening. They will then head to Denton, Texas where they will compete in a quad-meet against Texas Woman's, Air Force, and Centenary.
Looking at the OpponentsLast week, Centenary had an off week. During the previous week, they took on Utah State in a dual meet where they posted a score of 184.225. Texas Woman's competed in a tri-meet against No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 11 California and finished with a 188.250. The Pioneers then took on No. 10 Arizona and accumulated a season-high score of 192.450. Air Force competed in the Ozone Classic against Iowa State, Pittsburgh and Southeast Missouri last weekend and scored a 188.850.Thomas Goes Back-to-BackJunior
Ashley Thomas kicked off the season with a solid performance against Lindenwood earning the first Midwest Independent Conference Gymnast of the Week award of the season. This past weekend she secured the all-around title at the Ozone Classic and earned her second-straight award. Thomas has now earned three weekly MIC awards in her career.
Southeast Drops Opener to Defending MIC ChampionsLindenwood University edged the Redhawks by a 0.7 margin in the season opener on Jan. 8, 192.675-191.975. The squad won the second and fourth rotations, but came up just short in the end. Southeast and Lindenwood will meet again when they head to Columbia, Missouri to take on the University of Missouri in a tri-meet on Feb. 5.
Thomas and Jones Take Weekly HonorsThomas and Freshman
McKinzie Jones polished off a solid first-week performance against defending Midwest Independent Conference champions Lindenwood University, by capturing MIC weekly honors. Thomas won Gymnast of the Week after posting the highest all-around score in the conference and posting four scores of 9.600 or better, including tying a career-best on bars with a 9.775. Jones earned a share of the Specialist of the Week award after claiming both event titles that she competed in. She posted a 9.750 on beam and 9.825 on floor. The 9.825 was the highest individual score during the meet.
Senior SpotlightTaylor Penzien is the lone senior on the roster this season. The 2013 MIC Newcomer of the Year looks to finish her career on high note this season. In Penzien's time at Southeast, she has accumulated 35 scores of 9.700 or higher, including career-bests of 9.875 on bars (vs. Centenary, 3/6/15) and 9.825 on the balance beam (at Illinois-Chicago, 3/15/15) last season.
Thomas Looks to Build Off 2015Earning a scholarship prior to the 2015 season after coming in as a walk-on a season prior,
Ashley Thomas begins her junior campaign as the active leader in scores of 9.700 or higher (56) and event titles (10). She earned first-team conference honors on vault and second-team on the floor and in the all-around, qualifying her for the NCAA Regionals in Norman, Oklahoma where she placed ninth in the all-around with a score of 39.100.
Redhawks End Preseason on High NoteSoutheast held its final intrasquad on Dec. 11, allowing the gymnasts to showcase their routines for family and friends one final time before heading into the regular season. The squad finished with a team score of 193.475.
Alyssa Tucker and
McKinzie Jones finished the meet with the highest individual scores of 9.900 on the balance beam and floor exercise, respectively.
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