Women's Gymnastics

UW-Oshkosh Wins NCGA Championship; Six Secure Individual Titles

ITHACA, N.Y.--University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh won the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship at Hill-Center – Ben Light Gymnasium on March 26.
 
The Titans secured the third NCGA title in program history with a score of 194.100. UW-Oshkosh also placed first at the NCGA championship in 1989 and 2007. The Titans won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women title in 1980 and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics crown in 1986. It is the 25th NCGA championship claimed by a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) program. UW-La Crosse owns 17 titles and UW-Whitewater five.
 
State University of New York Brockport finished second at this year’s championship with a score of 192.600, UW-La Crosse third with 192.575, Ithaca College (N.Y.) fourth with 192.325, UW-Whitewater fifth with 191.975 and Springfield College (Mass.) sixth with 186.700. The national meet was hosted by Ithaca College (N.Y.).
 
Six WIAC individuals secured national titles as Winona State University’s Kennedy O’Connor and UW-Stout’s Mikala Bugge shared top honors in the vault with a score of 9.800.
 
UW-La Crosse’s Kerrie Legault and UW-Oshkosh’s Emily Buffington were victorious in the uneven bars with a score of 9.800. They shared the top spot on the podium with Brockport’s Taylor Bushey and Springfield’s Winter Osborne.
 
UW-Whitewater’s Sarah Knetzke won the balance beam with a score of 9.875 and teammate Emily North secured the all-around title with a score of 38.600.
 
The top-eight finishers in each event were named NCGA All-America First Team. Following is a complete list of WIAC All-Americans.
 
Vault:  Kennedy O’Connor (Winona State-Champion); Mikala Bugge (UW-Stout-Champion); Alex Wood (UW-La Crosse-Third); Kara Welsh (UW-Whitewater-Third); Trinity Sawyer (UW-Oshkosh-Fifth); Rachel Lewellen (UW-Whitewater-Sixth); Rachel Chesley (UW-La Crosse-Eighth); Emily Gilot (UW-Oshkosh-Eighth)
 
Uneven Bars:  Kerrie Legault (UW-La Crosse-Champion); Emily Buffington (UW-Oshkosh-Champion); Rahdea Jarvis (UW-Oshkosh-Fifth); Kelsey Kollhoff (UW-Whitewater-Sixth); Sophia Redding (Gustavus Adolphus-Sixth)
 
Balance Beam:  Sarah Knetzke (UW-Whitewater-Champion); Kelsey Kollhoff (UW-Whitewater-Second); Effie Ferguson (UW-Stout-Second); Olivia Opheim (UW-La Crosse-Sixth); Olivia Keller (UW-Oshkosh-Sixth); Lauren Globe (UW-Whitewater-Sixth)
 
Floor Exercise:  Trinity Sawyer (UW-Oshkosh-Third); Faith Mylin (UW-Whitewater-Third)
 
All-Around:  Emily North (UW-Whitewater-Champion); Kaitlyn West (Winona State-Fourth); Bryce Stoltz (UW-Whitewater-Seventh); Brooke Merila (Gustavus Adolphus-Eighth)
 
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