2021 MEET NOTES February 7, 2021: Temple at #8 Denver (With #5 Oklahoma)
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2021 MEET NOTES February 7, 2021: Temple at #8 Denver (with #5 Oklahoma) MEET INFORMATION MEET THE TEAMS Date .........................................................................February 7, 2021 Time .....................................................................................2:00 p.m. Opponents ............................................... #8 Denver, #5 Oklahoma Location ........................................................................Denver, Colo. TEMPLE OWLS #8 DENVER PIONEERS #5 OKLAHOMA SOONERS Facility ...........................................................Hamilton Gymnasium 0-5 2-1 4-0 Live Results....................................................denverpioneers.com HEAD COACH HEAD COACH HEAD COACH TV .......................................................................Pioneers All-Access Josh Nilson (Utah State ‘10) Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart K.J. Kindler (Iowa State ‘92) 3rd Year (Florida ‘93) - 23rd Year 15th Year 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS COMPARITIVELY SPEAKING Date Opponent Time/Result January 16 vs. EMU L, 192.400 - 194.300 TEMPLE DENVER OKLAHOMA vs. Towson L, 192.400 - 193.925 TEAM 193.217 (45th) 196.483 (8th) 196.606 (5th) January 22 at Towson L, 193.600 - 194.225 Vault 48.675 (35th) 48.900 (21st) 49.256 (3rd) January 22 vs. NC State L, 193.600 - 194.600 AVG » Bars 47.842 (45th) 49.350 (3rd) 49.375 (2nd) January 30 at UNH L, 193.650 - 193.675 Beam 47.708 (47th) 49.208 (4th) 48.775 (23rd) February 7 at Denver (with OU) 4:00 PM Floor 48.992 (20th) 49.025 (19th) 49.200 (8th) February 14 at Pitt (Keystone Classic) 2:00 PM TEAM 193.650 197.00 197.450 February 21 vs. UNC (Pink Meet) 4:00 PM Vault 48.925 49.025 49.325 February 27 at NC State (with W&M) 4:00 PM HIGHS » Bars 48.700 49.425 49.425 March 5 vs. GWU (Alumni Night) 7:00 PM Beam 48.600 49.450 48.775 March 7 vs. LIU (Senior Day) 4:00 PM March 14 at Towson (with UNH, GWU) 4:00 PM Floor 49.250 49.175 49.375 March 20 EAGL Championships April 1-3 NCAA Regionals ONE TOUCH WARMUP April 16-17 NCAA Championships • Temple Gymnastics hits the road for the team’s third away meet of the season. The Owls will travel to Denver, Colorado to take on the Denver Pioneers and the Oklahoma Sooners. Subject to change due to Covid protocals | Home meets in cherry • After three weeks of competition, the Owls rank 45th overall in the NCAA Rankings. Temple has shined on vault and floor this season, with their floor average of 48.992 ranking the team 20th in the nation. The Owls FOLLOW THE OWLS have increased their team total in each week of competition, with a 193.650 in their last outing. INSTAGRAM @templegymnastics • Last time out, Temple scored their season high of 193.650, just .025 off the pace of UNH. The highlight of the TWITTER @tuwg meet was the Owls’ score of 49.250 on floor, the 15th highest floor score in the nation last week. • Freshman Brooke Donabedian led the beam lineup with a third place finish. Donabedian’s impressive beam FACEBOOK @TempleWGymnastics and floor performances earned her the EAGL Rookie of the Week award. • Temple was picked to finish fifth in the EAGL preseason poll, also garnering one first place vote. The Owls COMMUNICATIONS also received votes in the national poll. LAUREN FERRETT • Both Oklahoma and Denver compete in the Big 12, with Oklahoma ranking No.1, and Denver ranking No.7 Director of Strategic Communications/Olympic Sports Digital Media nationally in 2020. The Sooners won the 2019 NCAA Championship and have won three of the last four contested. • The squad is led by 2020 ECAC Coach of the Year, Josh Nilson, who is in his third season guiding Temple [email protected] | 570-313-2338 gymnastics, leading the Owls to its first two conference titles in program history. [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] 2021 ROSTER Name Year Pos Ht Hometown High School Club Mackenzie Aresta Fr. AA 5-1 Matawan, N.J. Old Bridge Head Over Heels Hannah Barry So. AA 5-0 West Hartford, Conn. Conard John’s Academy of Gymnastics Madison Brooks So. AA 5-2 Gainesville, Fla. Santa Fe Sun Country Gymnastics Grace Busch So. AA 5-3 Doylestown, Pa. Central Bucks East Central Bucks Gymnastics Ariana Castrence Jr. AA 4-11 Waldorf, Md. Westlake Apollo Kayla Deveau Fr. AA 5-6 Carle Place, N.Y. Carle Place Infiniti Elite Brooke Donabedian Fr. AA 5-1 Maple Valley, Wash. Tacoma Senior Metropolitan Gymnastics Tori Edwards Sr. AA 5-2 Haymarket, Va. Battlefield GMS Gymnastics Delaney Garin Sr. AA 5-2 Fairfax, Va. W.T. Woodson Capital Gymnastics NTC Caitlin Gray Jr. AA 5-1 Newington, Conn. Newington John’s Academy of Gymnastics Jordan Howe Fr. AA 5-1 Belleville, Ill. O’Fallon Township St. Louis Gym Centre Lanie Hyman Fr. AA 5-1 Suwanee, Ga. William & Reed Academy Gymnastics Training Center Faith Leary Sr. AA 5-3 Cincinnati, Ohio Glen Este Cincinnati Gymnastics Lorianna Leynes Jr. AA 5-2 Harrisburg, Pa. Bishop McDevitt Artistic Sports Academy Plus Lauryn Morris Fr. AA 5-0 Wilkes Barre, Pa. E.L. Meyers Northeast Gymnastics Academy Taylor Newland Jr. AA 5-4 Powell, Ohio Buckeye Valley Universal Gymnasts Inc. Jordyn Oster Sr. AA 5-2 Perry Hall, MD Eastern Technical Harford Gymnastics Club Julianna Roland Jr. AA 4-10 Lumberton, N.J. Rancocas Valley Regional Cherry Hill Gymnastics Academy Renee Schugman Fr. AA 5-0 Smithtown, N.Y. Smithtown GMGC Centereach Nichole Smith Jr. AA 5-4 Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Virtual Starlight Mia Rose Thackston Fr. AA 5-6 Alexandria, Va. Brookview Academy Capital Gymnastics NTC Cyrena Whalen Fr. AA 5-6 Buford, Ga. Buford Gymnastix Training Center COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: Josh Nilson (Utah State ’10) - 3rd season Grace Busch: Bush Ariana Castrence: Cast-REN-say Assistant Coach: Cassie Hageman (WCU ‘19) - 2nd season Brook Donabedian: Don-uh-BEE-dian Interim Assistant Coach: Rachel Page () - 1st Season Lorianna Leynes: LAY-ness Jordyn Oster: OH-ster Student Assistant Coach: Erica Fuchs Renee Schugman: SHUG-man Student Assistant Coach: Monica Servidio Cyrena Whalen: Serena WHALE-in Student Assistant Coach: Jackie Terpak Cassie Hageman: Hay-GUH-min Monica Servidio: SIR-video Jackie Terpak: Ter-PACK SUPPORT STAFF ROSTER BREAKDOWN Academic Advisor: Kelsey Simpson Freshmen (9): Mackenzie Aresta, Kayla Deveau, Brooke, Donabedi- Athletic Trainer: Corey McMillen an, Jordan Howe, Lanie Hyman, Lauryn Morris, Renee Schugman, Mia Strength & Conditioning Coach: Zach Roth Rose Thackston, Cyrena Whalen. Sport Administrators: Kristy Bannon Sromovsky, Kevin Copp (Secondary) Sophomores (3): Hannah Barry, Madison Brooks, Grace Busch Communications Contacts: Lauren Ferrett, Erin McLaughlan (Secondary) Juniors (6): Ariana Castrence, Caitlin Gray, Lorianna Leynes, Taylor Newland, Julianna Roland, Nichole Smith. Seniors (4): Tori Edwards, Delaney Garin, Faith Leary, Jordyn Oster. [ www.OwlSports.com • @TempleOwls ] NEWS AND NOTES EAGL PRESEASON POLL EXTENDED ROAD TRIP Rank School ..................................... Points (1st place votes) The Owls will square off against #8 Denver and #5 Oklahoma in Denver, Colorado, in the 1. North Carolina State University ..........................59 points (5) midst of a five-meet road stretch for Temple. This meet is the furthest away from Philadel- 2. University of Pittsburgh .............................................49 points phia the Owls will compete in the regular season. 3. George Washington University ...........................46 points (2) 4. University of New Hampshire .....................................35 points OWL FEATHERS 5(t). Temple University ...........................................30 points (1) Temple will be wearing their brand new “Queen of Diamonds” leotards. Diamonds have spe- 5(t). University of North Carolina ...................................30 points cial meaning in the Temple University community. 7. Towson University .........................................................25 points The founder of Temple University, Russell Conwell, 8. Long Island University ................................................14 points delivered his speech “Acres of Diamonds” over 6,000 times in his career. The speech was about PROGRAM INFORMATION the value of education, family and community service. Conwell believed it was the duty of UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location ........................................................Philadelphia, Pa. educated people to serve the less fortunate and Enrollment .....................................................................42,400 thus created Temple College. The speech “Acres of Diamonds” was the inspiration behind Founded .............................................................................1884 the theme of diamonds at Temple as well as the Temple mission statement. Debuting in this President ..................................................Dr. Richard Englert meet, the leotard was manufactured by Ozone. Interim Athletic Director ................................. Fran Dunphy Nickname...........................................................................Owls OWL ABOUT TEMPLE Colors ..............................................Cherry (201c) and White After three weeks of competition, the Owls rank 45th overall in the NCAA Rankings. Temple University Website ....................................www.temple.edu Athletics Website ................................www.owlsports.com has shined on vault and floor this season, with their floor average of 48.992 ranking the team 20th in the nation. The Owls have increased their team total in each week of competi- TEAM INFORMATION tion, with a 193.650 in their last outing. First