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No. 19 Gymnastics Ties Bars Record at Mardi Gras Invitation
2/14/2020 8:59:00 PM | Gymnastics
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The No. 19 Mizzou gymnastics team tied its program bars record with a 49.400 at the 2020 Mardi Gras Invitational Friday night at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo. Mizzou placed third with a 196.450, behind No. 9 LSU (197.875) and No. 18 Iowa State (196.625) and ahead of Lindenwood (193.500).
Freshmen Helen Hu (Chicago, Ill.) and Sienna Schreiber (Cumming, Ga.) tied for the bars title with identical 9.95s, which tied Mizzou's individual record on the event. Hu also notched a career-best 39.475 in the all-around to place second overall.
BEAM
Mizzou opened the meet with a 48.800 on beam. Hu closed the rotation with a 9.85, while redshirt senior Morgan Porter (Overland, Mo.) tallied a 9.825. Sophomore Hannah McCrary (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) added a 9.75.
FLOOR
The Tigers surged for a 49.275 on floor, the team's third-straight meet with a 49.275 or better on the event. Porter notched a team-high 9.925 to increase her season average on the floor to a 9.896. Both Hu and junior Gabrielle Gottula (Spring, Texas) tallied 9.875s, which tied Hu's career-mark. Schreiber earned a 9.85 and McCrary and sophomore Alisa Sheremeta (Circleville, N.Y.) both went 9.75.
VAULT
Porter tied her season-best on vault in the third rotation with a 9.875 on vault as the Tiger compiled a 48.975 as a team. Hu notched a new career-best with a 9.8, while McCrary went 9.8 as well.
BARS
Mizzou's 49.400 on bars tied the team's program record, matching the total first set at the Texas Woman's Invite on March 12, 2004. Hu and Schreiber bookended the rotation with 9.95s to also tie the program's individual record on bars. Schreiber's score bested her previous career-high of 9.8, while Hu tied her personal-best. Junior Chelsey Christensen (Rapid City, S.D.) also set a personal-high with a 9.85, and Sheremeta and Porter added 9.825s.
QUOTABLES
Mizzou Head Coach Shannon Welker
"I saw a lot of good things this evening. We had a little bit of a slow start on beam, we were a little tentative over there to start. We picked up the pace on floor and did a fairly good job over there. We had some good vaults today, just a little trouble with some landings. We finished off on bars very aggressively. We stuck 6-for-6 over there, it was an exciting bar rotation. That's definitely what we're capable of on bars, so that was great to see."
UP NEXT
Mizzou returns to the Hearnes Center on Friday, Feb. 28 to host No. 9 LSU at 8 p.m. CT in the Stick it to Hunger meet. All fans who donate a jar of peanut butter to The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri will receive $4 admission.
MIZZOU EVENT WINNERS
Bars
T-1. Helen Hu, Sienna Schreiber (9.95)
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