Gymnastics Adds Three for 2016-17 Season
11/17/2015 2:07:00 PM | Gymnastics
KENT, Ohio – Kent State's women's gymnastics head coach Brice Biggin announced Tuesday, November 17th the signing of three gymnast set to join the Golden Flashes squad in 2016-17.
"It's an exciting incoming class and we expect them to help from day one. They should be great productive Golden Flashes for the future." Biggin mentioned of the three incoming freshman for the 2016-17 season.
Jade Brown – Lansing, Michigan
Brown attends Waverly High School where she competes at the Gedderts' Twistars Gymnastics club, which is the same club gym as current senior Golden Flash Nicolle Eastman competed at. Brown competed for coaches John and Kathryn Geddert and Brett Wargo. In 2015 she was a Junior Olympic National Championship Qualifier and paced 23rd in the All-Around. She took third in the All-Around at the Region 5 Championships. Her career level 10 scores are 38.15 (All-Around), 9.725 (Vault), 9.525 (Bars), 9.475 (Beam) and 9.725 (Floor).
"Jade is a very talented young lady. We see her coming in as an All-Around performer." Head coach Brice Biggin stated. "She has potential in all four events to come in and help us win championships. She has a solid bar routine as well as her beam performance and has real dynamite potential on vault and floor."
Darby Stanton – Logansport, Indiana
Stanton attends Pioneer Senior high school and competes at her home club gym of Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center (JPAC), as she was coached by Dave Marus. Stanton was a 2015 Junior Olympic National Qualifier and placed seventh at the Region 5 Championships in the All-Around. She was the 2015 Uneven Bars Champion at the IGI Chicago Style Invitational and the Floor Exercise Champion at the Indiana State Championships.
"Darby Stanton is very polished gymnast out of JPAC and she has been trained very well. Jaycie Phelps, a former Olympian (one of the gym owners JPAC), and Dave Marus, who is her coach, have prepared her very well." Biggin added. "She is still growing as a gymnast and is developing new skills. Her best gymnastics are ahead of her, and you don't really see that in college athletes. We see her having potential in all four events and her coming in to help us right away as well."
Sarah McCarty – Manchester, Pennsylvania
McCarty attends Northeastern high school and competes at her home gym Skyline Gymnastics for coach Gabby Ganescu. McCarty was a 2014 Junior Olympic NIT Qualifier where she placed 14th in the All-Around. She was the 2014 Pennsylvania State Vault Champion and the Region 7 Vault Champion (9.725). In 2015 the was the Vault Champion at the Apollo Rock-N-Roll Invitational.
"Sarah McCarty is a really powerful gymnast. We will be able to see it in her tumbling and vault." Biggin said. "Her vault is a 10.0 start value which is new so her vault will be a big asset for us coming in as a freshman. You will see a lot of pop out of Sarah when she gets to campus and when she competes for us during the season."
The Golden Flashes open their 2015-16 season on Friday, December 11th with the Blue and Gold scrimmage with Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (M.A.C. Center). Kent State starts the regular season on Sunday, January 10th at 1 p.m., when the visiting Temple Owls make their first ever appearance at the M.A.C. Center.
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