No. 16 Women’s Gymnastics Shines in Win at Illinois – Ohio State Buckeyes
2/3/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Feb. 3, 2001
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 16th-ranked Ohio State women’s gymnastics team put together one of the best efforts in school history in downing Illinois, 195.850-195.700 Saturday night at Huff Hall in Champaign, Ill. The Buckeyes’ score is a season best and ties the fourth-best mark in school history. The win marks the fourth straight meet title for Ohio State.
Lindsey Vagedes (Sr., Warrenville, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South) continued her stellar senior season with her best career performance in the all-around, taking first place with a 39.550. Vagedes earned top-3 finishes in all four events, tying for first place on floor (9.9), taking runner-up honors on bars (9.875) and vault (9.875) and notching a third-place tie on balance beam (9.9).
Ohio State broke the school record on uneven bars, scoring 49.3 to shatter the previous record of 49.25, last set in OSU’s Jan. 12 meet vs. Ball State. All five scoring Buckeyes recorded at least a 9.8, led by Mary Beth Doerr (Jr., Boston Heights, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy), who won the competition for the fourth-consecutive meet, scoring a career-best 9.925.
The Buckeyes (5-1) also notched season highs on vault (49.15) and balance beam (48.8).
Jill Tucker (Jr., Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls), captured the vault title with a 9.925, while Sarah Spring (So., Burke, Va./Lake Braddock) tied Vagedes for first place on floor (9.9), finished third in the all-around (38.825) and tied for third on bars with a career-best 9.85. Jenni Lymanstall (Fr., Defiance, Ohio/Tinora) recorded the Buckeyes’ best balance beam score of the season with a career-best 9.925, tying for first place with Illinois’ Jana Gallagher.
Susan Kinkaid (Sr., Lighthouse Point, Fla./Jupiter Christian) posted her second straight top-3 finish on vault (9.8), and Stephanie Buerkel (Jr., West Chester, Pa./East) tied for third place on bars, matching a career best with a 9.85. Illinois falls to 0-4 with the defeat. Ohio State returns home Friday for a 7 p.m. co-ed meet with Michigan State.
Meet Results (Event champions plus OSU results) Team 1. Ohio State 195.850 2. Illinois 195.700
Vault (OSU 49.150, UI 48.350) 1. Jill Tucker (OSU) 9.925 2. Lindsey Vagedes (OSU) 9.875 3. Susan Kinkaid (OSU) 9.800 Sheri Greig (OSU) 9.775* Sarah Spring (OSU) 9.775 Mary Beth Doerr (OSU) 9.175
Uneven Bars (OSU 49.300, UI 48.950) 1. Mary Beth Doerr (OSU) 9.925# 2. Lindsey Vagedes (OSU) 9.875 T3.Stephanie Buerkel (OSU) 9.850* T3.Sarah Spring (OSU) 9.850# T3.Karen Hawley (UI) 9.850 Stefanie Marshall (OSU) 9.800* Megan Porter (OSU) 9.525
Balance Beam (UI 49.150, OSU 48.800) T1.Jenni Lymanstall (OSU) 9.925# T1.Jana Gallagher (UI) 9.925 T3.Lindsey Vagedes (OSU) 9.900 T3.Gina Wiechmann (UI) 9.900 Stephanie Buerkel (OSU) 9.850# Megan Porter (OSU) 9.775# Tiffanie Janke (OSU) 9.350 Sarah Spring (OSU) 9.300
Floor Exercise (UI 49.250, OSU 48.600) T1.Sarah Spring (OSU) 9.900 T1.Lindsey Vagedes (OSU) 9.900 T1.Lisa Pellegrinetti (UI) 9.900 Jill Tucker (OSU) 9.825 Tiffanie Janke (OSU) 9.650 Sarah Spring (OSU) 9.850 Stephanie Buerkel (OSU) 9.325 Jenni Lymanstall (OSU) 9.050
All-Around 1. Lindsey Vagedes (OSU) 39.550# 3. Sarah Spring (OSU) 38.825
# career high, * tied career high
