PHILADELPHIA – Recording the best balance beam performance in program history, the University of Pennsylvania gymnastics team registered the program's fifth-highest team score all-time with a 195.125 in a quad-meet defeat at Temple Sunday evening at McGonigle Hall.
 
The Quakers finished fourth behind the host Owls, George Washington and NC State in the final meet before the Ivy Classic next weekend.
 
Led by the Marr sisters—Campbell and McCaleigh—Penn tallied a 49.475 on beam led by their 9.950 on back-to-back routines, tying each other for the individual program record.
 
FLOOR | Penn 48.550
Alyssa Rosen made her debut on floor exercise and definitely made the most of it with a 9.825. Carly Oniki recorded a 9.775, while Marissa Lassiter had a 9.750. Following those three were Sara Kenefick (9.650), Emma Davies (9.550) and Olivia VanHorn (8.950).
 
VAULT | Penn 48.875
Three scores of 9.800 and above highlighted Penn's effort on the vault, led by Campbell Marr (9.900), Rose DeBarberie (9.800) and Kiersten Belkoff (9.800). Alisha Werlen scored a 9.750, Davies a 9.625 and VanHorn a 9.250.
 
BARS | Penn 48.225
Penn notched three more scores of 9.800 and above on the uneven bars led by McCaleigh Marr's 9.850. Kirsten Kuhn and Kenefick both totaled 9.800's. Davies finished with a 9.675 while Lassiter had a 9.100 and Oniki an 8.950.
 
BEAM | Penn 49.475
Best score in program history? No problem there. All five scores that counted towards the rotation score were 9.800's and above as Campbell Marr notched a program-record tying 9.950 and McCaleigh Marr followed her up directly with a matching score. Rosen finished with a 9.875 while Kuhn and Belkoff had identical marks of 9.850. Werlen rounded out the rotation with a 9.725.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn's 195.125 is the fifth-highest score in program history and the second-highest mark of the 2023 season so far.
*The Quakers' 49.475 on beam broke a program-record 49.250 set by Penn at last season's GEC Championships on Mar. 19, 2022.
*Campbell Marr's 9.900 on vault ties a program-record mark shared by Ariyana Agarwala from Mar. 13, 2022 and Dana Bonincontri from Mar. 24, 2012.
*Marr finished first overall on vault with her 9.900.
*McCaleigh Marr finished in a three-way tie for fourth on uneven bars with a 9.850.
*Campbell and McCaleigh Marr shared the beam title with a 9.950.
*They both slot in a tie for the program-record mark, along with Becky Nadler from Mar. 18, 2000. McCaleigh now has three of the five top balance beam marks in program history.
*Alyssa Rosen finished in a four-way tie for ninth on the floor exercise (9.825).

Up Next
Penn heads to Providence, R.I. for the annual Ivy Classic meet against host Brown, Cornell and Yale next Sunday, Feb. 26. The Quakers will be looking looking for their first Ivy title since 2020 and 14th all-time.