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Kaziska Captures Both the Floor and All-Around Titles on Pink Up Meet Friday

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Anna Kaziska won both the floor and all-around titles Friday night on Pink Up Meet at Houck Field House as Southeast Missouri women's gymnastics totaled a team score of 186.825. Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference took the dual with a 194.725.
 
Kaziska posted a 9.875 in Southeast's anchor position in the final rotation to tie NIU's Ally Ferber for the floor title. She also won the all-around crown with a total score of 38.425. 
 
Alana Fischer was second in the all-around competition with 37.725, competing in all four events for the first time in her career. Mackenzie Slee was third (35.600) and Michael Sanders was fourth (33.475). 
 
Kaziska, a freshman from Louisville, Kentucky, now has six individual event titles in 2019 and also was the runner-up in both vault (9.675) and beam (9.800) at the dual. 
 
Southeast compiled a 46.375 on vault in the opening rotation. Kaziska paced the Redhawks with a score of 9.675 to take second overall at the dual. Slee added a 9.550 and Fischer posted a season best 9.525. 
 
Kendra Benak matched a career-best bars score of 9.525 to lead SEMO to a 45.875 in the second rotation. 
 
The Redhawks then notched a 46.475 in the third rotation on beam. Kaziska led the Redhawks with a 9.800 which placed second at the meet. Fischer and Gabrielle Adams each tallied scores of 9.625 to tie for second on SEMO. The mark was a career best for Adams and a season high for Fischer. 
 
Southeast then registered its highest event of the meet with a 48.100 on floor in the final rotation. Allyson Bell led off the rotation with a 9.550 in her first floor routine of 2019. Slee was second on the event behind Kaziska with a mark of 9.775. Fischer and Adams also recorded back-to-back scores of 9.450 at the third and fourth slots in the Redhawks lineup. The score was a career best for Fischer.
 
Southeast next hits the road for a pair of meets on Friday, Feb. 15 and Sunday, Feb. 17. The Redhawks face Lindenwood and Texas Woman's in the GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational on Friday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. SEMO then heads to Chicago, Illinois, for a Midwest Independent Conference dual with Illinois-Chicago on Sunday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Allyson Bell

Allyson Bell

All-Around
5' 8"
Junior
Gymnastix Training Center
Kendra Benak

Kendra Benak

All-Around
5' 3"
Sophomore
Grand Traverse Bay Gymnastics
Mackenzie Slee

Mackenzie Slee

All-Around
5' 1"
Sophomore
Christchurch School of Gymnastics
Gabrielle  Adams

Gabrielle Adams

All-Around
5' 1"
Freshman
Gold Medal Gymnastics
Alana Fischer

Alana Fischer

All-Around
5' 0"
Freshman
Manjak's Gymnastics
Michael Sanders

Michael Sanders

All-Around
5' 0"
Freshman
Starlight Gymnastics
Anna  Kaziska

Anna Kaziska

All-Around
5' 0"
Freshman
Champions Gymnastics

Players Mentioned

Allyson Bell

Allyson Bell

5' 8"
Junior
Gymnastix Training Center
All-Around
Kendra Benak

Kendra Benak

5' 3"
Sophomore
Grand Traverse Bay Gymnastics
All-Around
Mackenzie Slee

Mackenzie Slee

5' 1"
Sophomore
Christchurch School of Gymnastics
All-Around
Gabrielle  Adams

Gabrielle Adams

5' 1"
Freshman
Gold Medal Gymnastics
All-Around
Alana Fischer

Alana Fischer

5' 0"
Freshman
Manjak's Gymnastics
All-Around
Michael Sanders

Michael Sanders

5' 0"
Freshman
Starlight Gymnastics
All-Around
Anna  Kaziska

Anna Kaziska

5' 0"
Freshman
Champions Gymnastics
All-Around