Air Force Takes Fourth at MPSF Meet

    Senior Christine Powers
    Senior Christine Powers

    March 30, 2007

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    SEATTLE, Wash. - With six top-10 finishes, the Air Force women's gymnastics team picked up a fourth-place finish at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships in Seattle, Wash., on Friday, March 30. Senior Christine Powers led the Falcons with a pair of top-10 marks, including a fourth-place score on the balance beam.

     

    As a team, the Falcons tallied a 185.575 to take fourth in the conference meet. Host Seattle-Pacific won the meet with a score of 193.050, while UC-Davis (192.825) and Alaska-Anchorage (187.850) finished second and third.

     

    Powers scored a 9.650 on the balance beam to take fourth - the best individual event finish of the night. In addition, Powers led the Falcons on the parallel bars, as she tallied a 9.575 to take ninth.


     

     

     

    Classmate Sashonna Iwaniec posted the team's highest finish on the vault, as she placed eighth with a score of 9.650. In addition, she claimed the Falcons' second-highest scores on the parallel bars (9.550) and floor exercise (9.550). Both of those marks accounted for 11th-place finishes.

     

    Sophomore Abigail Rogers claimed a pair of 10th-place, as she scored a 9.625 on the vault and a 9.675 on the floor. Her floor mark was the highest of the night by an Air Force gymnast.

     

    Iwaniec and Rogers finished fourth and fifth in the all-around, as they recorded respective scores of 37.825 and 27.375.

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