Gymnastics Posts Season-High Score In Win Over UW Stout, Yale

Monday, January 23

Chapel Hill, NC

6 p.m.

North Carolina

196.250

191.550

UW-Stout

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 23, 2023 | Women's Gymnastics

Complete Results

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina gymnastics program posted its best scores of the season on bars and beam, as well as its season-high team score, en route to a pair of victories over UW Stout and Yale on Monday night at Carmichael Arena.

The Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils, 196.250-191.550, and topped the Bulldogs, 196.250-194.250, while improving to 4-2 on the season.

Carolina claimed the top three spots of the meet on vault, bars and floor during the win and had the top two marks on beam. Julia Knower was crowned the all-around champion with a score of 39.175, her second title of the season.

Rotation One – Vault
Beginning the meet on vault, Kaya Forbes and Lali Dekanoidze recorded scores of 9.825 to lead the way for the Tar Heels. Cory Shinohara (9.775), Knower (9.725) and Kate Greene (9.650) also contributed to UNC's team score of 48.800.

Rotation Two – Bars
Carolina did not have to count anything lower than 9.825 for a team score of 49.350 on bars, its best cumulative result on the event of the season. Dekanoidze once again impressed with a 9.975 for the second meet in a row to match her own school record she set on Jan. 9.

Freshman Gwen Fink threw down a career-high 9.875, showing significant improvement from her scores of 9.750 from the past two meets. Elizabeth Culton (9.850) and Jamie Shearer (9.825) set new season highs as Knower and Isabelle Schaefer both notched marks of 9.825.

Rotation Three – Beam
Culton proved why she was tabbed a 2021 All-American on beam, leading the way with a meet-high 9.900 for a new season-high. Fink continued her stellar performance by producing a 9.850 for yet another career best, erasing her previous score of 9.700 from the season opener.

Competing for the first time since suffering a season-ending injury on Jan. 7, 2022, Hallie Thompson was back in top form with a 9.825. Hannah Nam and Knower both tallied 9.775 for UNC's team score of 49.125, its first above 49.000 this season on the event.

Rotation Four – Floor
Carolina capped off the night with a 49.000 on floor after Forbes matched her career best with a meet-high 9.875. She was followed closely by Knower at 9.850 and Culton with 9.800, while Shinohara posted a 9.750 and Greene matched her season-high at 9.725.

Up Next
The Tar Heels are back at Carmichael Arena on Saturday, Jan. 28 to host George Washington in an East Atlantic Gymnastics League showdown at 4 p.m. ET. Admission is free and open to the public.

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