Gymnastics Take The Silver Medal at 2004 MAC Championships
3/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
It came down to the last event, but the hosting Chippewas clinched the title for the second straight season, edging the Golden Flashes 197. 525-196.850.
KSUs team total was the third-best total in school history. The Flashes also tied for the second-best beam total (49.350) and tied for the fifth-best floor score (49.525) in the Kent State record books.
Junior Earline Feugill (Weston, Fla./Western) was named to the All-MAC First Team after sharing the gold medal on floor with a 9.950. Feugill also tied for second on beam with a 9.925.
Senior Jessie James (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) placed in three events on her way to an All-MAC second team selection. She tied for second on floor (9.925), and took home a bronze medal on vault (9.900) and all-around (39.450). James was the 2004 MAC Co-Senior Gymnast of the Year.
Junior April Zentko (Poland, Ohio/Poland) also received an All-MAC second team nod after a fourth-place finish on beam with a 9.900.
Senior Morgan Wiland (Columbus, Ohio/Hilliard-Davidson), who currently is tied for 15th in the nation on bars, tied for third on the event with a 9.875.
Kent State, under the direction of head coach Brice Biggin, will compete in the 2004 NCAA Central Regionals April 3, in Baton Rouge, La.
