Joyner Records School Record on Beam

Sunday, March 7

Columbus, Ohio

2 PM ET

Rutgers University

194.800

196.000

Ohio State

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Mar 07 | Women's Gymnastics

Results

COLUMBUS, OHIO – Sophomore Hannah Joyner recorded a school record on beam to highlight Rutgers gymnastics' outing at a quad meet hosted by Ohio State. The Scarlet Knights recorded several career highs to post a 194.800 team score. The meet featured No. 21 Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan for a Sunday afternoon competition in Columbus.

🚨SCHOOL BEAM RECORD🚨

👑Beam queen Hannah Joyner records a school record 9.950 on beam‼️ Hannah has eclipsed 9.9 or higher in the event 10 times in her young career! pic.twitter.com/hl9oM9F4j2
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) March 7, 2021

FLOOR

Huang led the way on floor with a 9.850 performance followed by freshman Emily Wood with a 9.800. Freshman Avery Balser matched her career high with a 9.775, while Joyner posted a 9.700 in the event.

😎Belle Huang leads us in our first rotation on floor with a cool 9.850‼️ pic.twitter.com/w7Sc2jMrmG
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) March 7, 2021

VAULT

Freshman Jenna Ferguson posted a new career high of 9.825 to lead RU on vault. Joyner added a 9.825 as well to tie for the team lead. Freshman Calah Newman matched her career best of 9.800 in the event, while classmate Emily Leese also added a personal best with a 9.775. Huang rounded out top vault performances with a 9.750.

😍Strong vault for Jenna Ferguson to lead us with a career-high 9.825‼️ pic.twitter.com/MW4wFL1684
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) March 7, 2021

👏Hannah Joyner registers a 9.825 as well to lead the team‼️ pic.twitter.com/wpT6gOZA1i
— Rutgers Gymnastics (@RUGymnastics) March 7, 2021

BARS

In their third rotation, Joyner and Balser posted identical team high scores of 9.700 to top the lineup for the Scarlet Knights.

BEAM

Joyner closed the meet strong for Rutgers with a school-record 9.950 on beam, claiming first place and setting a new career high. Joyner has posted a score of 9.9 or better on beam 10 times as a Scarlet Knight, adding to a total of 13 marks of 9.9 or higher across all four events in her young career.

Senior Emily Drauss recorded a career-high 9.850, while junior Kiera Doherty-Herwitz added a 9.850 with her routine as well. Ferguson posted a 9.750, while freshman Stephanie Zannella posted an identical score of 9.750 to add the team mark of 49.150. The total comes in as the fifth-best team event score on beam in Rutgers history.

ALL-AROUND

Joyner recorded a 39.175 all-around score followed by Huang with a 38.425.

UP NEXT

Rutgers returns home for its regular season finale, hosting Penn State on Saturday, March 13. Follow Rutgers gymnastics on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Download the Scarlet Knights App for Apple or Android today.

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