at University of Washington, January 15th, 2011

On January 15th, 2011, the Redbirds competed in their third meet in less than seven days and their second meet while in Seattle against University of Washington, Boise State and Seattle Pacific. It seems Seattle is not a lucky place for your Birds to compete because, for the second night in a row, they scored a little bit below what they really want to in order to qualify for Regionals. The girls started on beam, with one of their lowest total scores of the season, a 46.550. Tori Sarantakis, Marissa Stom and Hannah Deutsch all fell off the apparatus and Erica Schick made a few mistakes resulting in a lower than normal score. Only Kim Genereux and Stacie Morris completed routines successfully. The gymnasts moved onto the floor next, an always successful event for them and this was no exception. The Birds counted no scores below a 9.650. Hannah Deutsch had the top score on the event for the Redbirds with a 9.825 while Erica Schick and Kim Caron both scored a 9.800. The third event was vault, where the Redbirds also had some trouble. Marissa and Kim Genereux, going first and second on the event respectively, both fell on their vaults and the Birds situation only got marginally better when Apollonia Barrientos stood up her vault but took a big step on the landing. Tori Sarantakis did score a 9.800, at the time, her season high but more damage had been done to the Redbirds total score. The last event was the uneven bars; even made routines scored low. Three of the six competitors fell and Kim Genereux scored the highest on the event for the girls with a 9.525. The overall total score of the night was a 188.025, placing the Birds in third place in the competition with only Seattle Pacific trailing behind.