PITTSBURGH – The University of Pennsylvania gymnastics team recorded a fourth-place finish at the 2023 Keystone Classic hosted by Pitt, scoring a 193.525 Friday evening at Fitzgerald Field House.
 
The Panthers took home the team title with a score of 195.950, narrowly beating out Penn State (195.475) and Temple (194.225).

FULL MEET RESULTS (PDF)
 
FLOOR | Penn 48.775
The Quakers started the meet with the floor exercise. Co-Captain Sara Kenefick finished with the team's highest score with a 9.850, while freshman Skyelar Kerico started off her strong debut by scoring a 9.825 in the event. The field was rounded out by a three-way tie at 9.700 between Ariyana Agarwala, Marissa Lassiter and Carly Oniki, with Isabel Song scoring a 9.600.
 
VAULT | Penn 48.075
Kenefick continued a strong effort with the Quakers' top score on the vault (9.775). Song scored a 9.725 with Kerico registering a 9.675. Lassiter (9.650) and co-captain Kiersten Belkoff (9.250) also put in exceptional performances. Agarwala was sixth with a 9.000.
 
BARS | Penn 47.675
Kerico continued the impressive start to her career with the team's highest mark in the uneven bars with a 9.750. Fellow freshman Oniki was second on the team with a 9.725, while Kenefick placed third with a 9.675. Song (9.650) and Lassiter (8.875) round out the qualified scores with Sarah Penuela-Wermers totaling an 8.725.
 
BEAM | Penn 49.000
Penn's strongest showing of the night came on the balance beam, giving it a chance to make a run at first or second by night's end. Kerico recorded her third top score of the meet with 9.875, while McCaleigh Marr scored a 9.825 and Samantha Wu had a 9.800. Belkoff (9.775) and Kenefick (9.725) both had nearly identical scores with Kristen Kuhn picking up a 9.625 to close out the meet.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn's 193.525 is the highest score to start a season in program history.
* Skyelar Kerico had the Quakers' highest score in two of the four events. She finished third out of eight All-Arounders with a combined score of 39.125.
*Kerico placed fourth overall on the balance beam (9.875).
*McCaleigh Marr was seventh overall on the beam with a score of 9.825.
*Sara Kenefick finished tied for fourth overall on the floor exercise (9.850) and sixth on the vault (9.775).
*Isabel Song recorded a 10th-place finish on vault, tallying a score of 9.725.
 
Up Next
Penn heads to University Park next Friday, Jan. 13 to take on Penn State, LIU and Southern Connecticut State. The meet begins at 6 p.m.