No. 14 Gymnastics Places Second in Three-Way Meet at Nebraska
March 6, 1999
LINCOLN, Neb. - The 14th-ranked Oregon State gymnastics team scored a season-high 194.575 to place second in a three-way meet that took nearly four hours to complete because of weather in Nebraska on Monday.
No. 9 Nebraska won its 23rd consecutive regular season home meet with a score of 196.075, while No. 22 Brigham Young placed third with a 193.400.
"We showed a lot of improvement today, especially considering the tremendous adversity they had to compete with," said coach Tanya Chaplin.
Only two judges were able to make it to the Devaney Center in Lincoln after a snowstorm swept across the state Monday and left much of eastern Nebraska under a snow emergency. With just two judges, only one event could be run at a time instead of two events running simultaneously.
Each team followed the standard Olympic rotation order, but the order that each team competed changed by event. OSU started first on beam, went second on vault and floor, and was the final team to compete on bars.
"They did a great job, and I'm real proud they kept their energy going. After getting here at 5:00 and not finishing their final event until after 11:00, they showed a lot of character," Chaplin said. "I'm really proud of what we accomplished tonight."
Three Beavers set or tied career highs on vault as OSU scored a 48.75 for its best mark of the year on the event. Lara Degenhardt tied her personal best with a season-high 9.90 to win the vault for the fourth time this season, and Megan Murphy-Barcroft placed fourth with a career-high 9.825. Katrina Severin turned in a career-best 9.725, while Corrie Young added a season-high 9.65.
OSU turned in three of the top four scores on bars, with Danae Phillips leading the way with a second-place 9.875. Murphy-Barcroft and Degenhardt both scored a career-high 9.80 mark to tie for fourth place. But, the Beavers also had two falls and had to count a 9.225 en route to a 48.375, a season-high road score for a team that has had to count at least one fall on bars in every away meet this year. Young tied her career-high of 9.85 on beam to win the event for the third meet in a row. Murphy-Barcroft and Nebraska's Courtney Brown and Misty Oxford also recorded 9.85 scores for a four-way tie for first place on beam.
Jerra Lopez tied her career-high with a 9.85 on floor to finish in a two-way tie with NU's Brown for first place on the event. Marissa Bruch notched a career-high 9.775, and Annette Taylor registered a new best of 9.75. Degenhardt turned in a 9.80 for OSU's second-best score, which tied for fifth place.
Murphy-Barcroft placed fourth in the all-around competition, scoring a 38.650.
Final Results
No. 9 Nebraska 196.075; No. 14 Oregon State 194.575; No. 22 BYU
193.400
Vault - 1. Lara Degenhardt (OSU), 9.90; 2. Courtney Brown (NU), 9.875; 3. Kim Little (BYU), 9.85; 4. Megan Murphy-Barcroft (OSU), 9.825; 5. Angie Hickman (BYU), 9.80.
Bars - 1. Bree Dority (NU), 9.90; 2. Danae Phillips (OSU), 9.875; 3. Laura Ohlendorf (NU), 9.825; T4. Megan Murphy-Barcroft (OSU), 9.80; T4. Lara Degenhardt (OSU), 9.80; T4. Mindi Hilton (BYU) 9.80.
Beam - T1. Corrie Young (OSU), 9.85; T1. Megan Murphy-Barcroft (OSU), 9.85; T1. Courtney Brown (NU), 9.85; T1. Misty Oxford (NU), 9.85; T5. Laurie McLaughlin (NU), 9.825; T5. Nicole Wilkinson (NU), 9.825; T5. Natalie Broekman (BYU), 9.825.
Floor - T1. Jerra Lopez (OSU), 9.85; T1. Courtney Brown (NU), 9.85; T3. Misty Oxford (NU), 9.825; T3. Amy Ringo (NU), 9.825; T5. Lara Degenhardt (OSU), 9.80; T5. Nicole Wilkinson (NU), 9.80; T5. Laura Ohlendorf (NU), 9.80.
All-Around - 1. Misty Oxford (NU), 39.200; 2. Nicole Wilkinson (NU), 39.100; 3. Hilary Johnson (BYU), 38.700; 4. Megan Murphy-Barcroft (OSU), 38.650.
