at SEMO, March 16th, 2011

The Redbirds prepped for their last competition of the season as a team when they traveled to Cape Girardeau, Missouri for the Midwest Independent Conference Championships.
The gymnasts started on a bye, not competing for the first rotation due to the fact that there are five teams in the conference. Following that, they started on the balance beam where Apollonia Barrientos competed first, scoring a 9.35 with a wobbly routine. Jenna Bossle went next, unfortunately falling twice and scoring an 8.550. Tori Sarantakis scored a 9.450 and Stacie Morris, Melissa Mann and Hannah Deutsch finished the event, all with scores of a 9.550.
The Birds moved to the floor exercise where there were several uncharacteristic steps out of bounds. Hannah Meyer started off with a 9.050 and Emily Matko went second with a 9.475. Marissa Stom followed with a 9.625. Stacie Morris went fourth, scoring a 9.525 and Apollonia Barrientos went fifth, posting a score of 9.675. Hannah Deutsch ended the event, scoring a 9.60.
The girls moved to the vault, where they posted their highest event total of the night. Marissa Stom led off with a 9.775. Hannah Deutsch went second, posting a 9.575. Tori Sarantakis went third and scored a 9.650. Jenna Bossle went fourth and Elise Gray went sixth, both with scores of 9.75. Apollonia Barrientos competed between the two of them and scored a 9.675. Their total of the vault was a 48.60.
The team moved to their last event, the uneven bars. Emily Matko went first on her second event of the night and scored a 9.55 and Chelsie Seplowin went second, scoring a 9.35. Jenna Bossle competed third and posted a 9.60 and Kim Genereux followed with a 9.625. Apollonia Barrientos unfortunately had a few problems during her routine and scored a 9.25 but Erica Schick finished the event with a 9.825.
After four events, the final team score was a 191.900 and put the gymnasts in fourth place, behind SEMO, who won, Texas Women’s University and University of Illinois-Chicago. Centenary University placed fifth.