PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania gymnastics team had top overall finishers in all four rotations in a 194.800-190.025 victory over William & Mary in Gymnastics East Conference (GEC) action Sunday afternoon at The Palestra.
 
The Quakers, competing at home for the first time this season, recorded their highest team score at home in program history, a mark that also ranks ninth all-time overall.
 
FULL MEET RESULTS (PDF)

VAULT | Penn 48.725, William & Mary 47.700
Kiersten Belkoff and Marissa Lassiter finished tied for the Quakers' best score in the vault with a 9.800. Skyelar Kerico tallied a 9.725 with Ariyana Agarwala and Sara Kenefick both grabbing scores of 9.700. Olivia VanHorn finished with a score of 9.675.
 
BARS | Penn 48.550, William & Mary 46.425
Kristen Kuhn wowed the Palestra crowd with her top score of 9.800 on the uneven bars, closely followed up by Carly Oniki (9.750) and Kerico (9.750). Lassiter recorded a 9.650, with Kenefick scoring a 9.600. Zara Gazdak rounded out the field with a 9.025.
 
BEAM | Penn 48.675, William & Mary 47.300
Making her season debut, all eyes were on Campbell Marr's balance beam routine with a top score of 9.825, a new career high for the junior. Kerico and Samantha Wu both settled in with scores of 9.750, with Belkoff and Kenefick also knotting up at 9.675. McCaleigh Marr recorded a 9.400 on her beam routine Sunday.

Campbell ???????????? that one! ??#FightOnPenn ???? pic.twitter.com/jGsHVrqRvO

— Penn Gymnastics (@PennGym) January 22, 2023
 

FLOOR | Penn 48.850, William & Mary 48.600
The best event of the afternoon for Penn was indeed the floor exercise, where it also happed to have the team's highest individual score of the meet, a 9.875 for Kenefick. Lassiter and Kerico both tallied 9.8's while Belkoff had a 9.700, Isabel Song with a 9.675 and Agarwala scored a 9.575.

How about a season-high 9.875 on FLOOR for Sara Kenefick?! ????#FightOnPenn ???? pic.twitter.com/BcaEcIeId9

— Penn Gymnastics (@PennGym) January 22, 2023

Quaker Notemeal
*Penn's 194.800 at the Palestra is the team's highest score at home in program history. The Quakers recorded a 194.775 last season against Ursinus on Feb. 20, 2022.
*Marissa Lassiter and Kiersten Belkoff tied for first overall on the vault with identical scores of 9.800. Penn took the first six places of this event, as Skyelar Kerico finished third with her 9.725.
*The Quakers had four of the top five finishers on the bars with Kristen Kuhn taking the top prize with her 9.800. Carly Oniki and Kerico tied for third overall at 9.750.
*Campbell Marr stood alone on the balance beam to get the win, while Samantha Wu and Kerico tied for second.
*While Sara Kenefick paced the Quakers with her meet-high mark, she was matched by William & Mary's Keaghan Schafer on the floor exercise, both maintaining scores of 9.875. Lassiter and Kerico tied for third overall (9.800).
*Kerico once again took the all-around crown with a score of 39.025, while Kenefick recorded a 38.850.
 
Up Next
Penn heads to the Granite State next Sunday at 2 p.m. for a quad meet against host New Hampshire, Yale and Wisconsin Whitewater.