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RIC Gymnasts Return From
2002 NCGA Championships |
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Providence, RI— Three
Rhode Island College women’s gymnasts competed at the 2002 National
Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships, hosted by
Ithaca College, on Mar. 22 and 23. |
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Junior Shannon Hughey
(Warwick, RI) competed as a bars and floor specialist. She
placed 14th on bars with a score of 8.900 and 43rd
on floor with a score of 9.050. |
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Hughey averaged scores of
8.843 on vault, 8.789 on bars, 8.348 on beam, 9.055 on floor and
35.023 in the all-around on the season. Her season-high marks were as
follows: 9.175 on vault and 9.475 on floor at the ECAC Championships
on Mar. 9; 9.250 on bars vs. MIT/Bridgeport on Feb. 24; 9.200 on beam
and 36.725 in the all-around vs. Springfield/Southern Connecticut on
Feb. 10. |
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Sophomore Nikki Longo
(Raynham, MA) competed as a beam specialist. She placed 32nd
with a score of 9.125 on beam. |
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Longo average scores of
8.698 on vault, 8.570 on bars, 9.068 on beam, 8.478 on floor and
34.808 in the all-around on the season. Her season-high mark were as
follows: 8.975 on vault vs. Bridgeport on Dec. 8 and at the ECAC
Championships on Mar. 9; 9.200 on bars, 9.450 on beam, 8.900 on floor
and 36.500 in the all-around vs. MIT/Bridgeport on Feb. 24. |
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Freshman Caren Normandin
(Fall River, MA) competed as a vault specialist. She placed 34th
with a score of 8.975 on vault. |
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Normandin averaged scores
of 9.002 on vault, 8.435 on bars, 9.025 on beam, 8.975 on floor and
35.440 in the all-around on the season. Her season-high marks were as
follows: 9.325 on vault and 36.625 in the all-around at the ECAC
Championships on Mar. 9; 9.400 on floor vs. MIT/Bridgeport on Feb. 24
and at the ECAC Championships on Mar. 9; 9.100 on bars vs. SUNY-Brockport
on Feb. 2; 9.400 on beam at the Wilson Invitational on Jan. 26. |
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Head Coach Nicole
Pannone’s team finished the season with a 0-9 overall record and
was 0-5 against Eastern College Conference Association (ECAC)
opposition. The Anchorwomen placed seventh (eight teams) at the Div.
III ECAC Championships, hosted by Ursinus College, on Mar. 9 with a
team score of 174.075. |