PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers gymnastics hosts a quad meet on Sat., March 2 at 2 p.m. against Cornell, West Chester, and Ursinus at Jersey Mike's Arena and streaming live on B1G+. This marks Rutgers' penultimate home meet of 2024 with only the Senior Day Quad remaining on the schedule on March 15 against UPenn and Yale.
At the Arena: Celebrate our gymnastics legacy during Alumni Day while embracing your inner superhero or princess. After the meet, enjoy an autograph session with our team. Our Special Olympics community will also be joining us for a pre-meet exhibition. Attendees can partake in face painting and airbrush activities, and don't miss out on the junior class poster and Rutgers Gymnastics cape giveaways.
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Senior Stephanie Zannella claimed the outright beam title at the Big Five meet on Feb. 23 at Penn State, scoring a 9.900 to top the field of 30 at the annual conference regular season finale. It marked Rutgers' first individual title at a Big Five meet in its 10th season entering the competition.
Senior
Emily Leese won her eighth event in seven meets to start the 2024 season, taking the vault and floor crowns vs. Iowa on Feb. 9 and adding a floor title in the New Hampshire quad. Leese's 9.925 on floor at New Hampshire tied a career high and is the senior's 12th overall 9.9+ (seventh on floor). Her 9.900 on vault was her second of the season and fifth of her career. This meet marks the second time Leese has hit 9.9+ on vault and floor in her career (March 12, 2023). Leese is Rutgers' high scorer on vault and floor to start the season, coming in with an opening NQS of 9.870 (No. 38) on vault.
Sophomore
Rachael Riley, who made her college debut this season, earned her first Top 3 finish with a 9.850 on beam in the Penn State dual, a new career high. The Ontario, Canada native reset her career high on vault at the Big Five Meet with a 9.800.
In just her fifth collegiate event, Riley posted her first 9.900 while winning the beam at Illinois, sticking her landing and executing a triple aerial series with no deductions.
Rutgers gymnastics teamed up for its seventh-highest score in team history at the New Hampshire Quad Meet on Feb. 11 with Brown and Towson, scoring a season-best 196.200 to finish second in the meet at the Whittemore Center. RU was just one-tenth off Towson's winning 196.300.
The Scarlet Knights combined for three event victories, their fourth-best bars score in team history, three 9.9+ scores, and seven career-high or tying scores.
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