2008 ECAC Division 3 Championships Saturday, March 15th, 2008, 1pm, Springfield College, Springfield, MA By David F.P. (Scores from Troester.) When the teams of the ECAC meet in Springfield this weekend there will be trips to division 3 nationals on the line as well as ECAC merits themselves. Ursinus College, SUNY Brockport, SUNY Cortland, Ithaca College, Springfield College, and MIT are the teams likely in the running for the three trips to nationals at Cortland. Though if Cortland does not win one of the three trips they still get to go by virtue of being the hosts. Brockport is the returning champion from last year and is surely in contention to repeat, but there are plenty of teams standing in their way. Just some other random observations, MIT’s Julia Zimmerman is a NCAA regionals attendee from last year, and Senior Sophia Harrison has a lot of accolades including anchoring some events as well. Beyond that is an up and coming team showing scoring improvements throughout the season though some gymnasts have been unavailable in the lineup at various points. Cortland keeps things very interesting on the Uneven Bars, and has at least two routines with releases, if not more. Their FX scores well too not surprisingly, including high’s like Amber French’s 9.725. Brockport’s floor routines as also power packed and score well, with Lauren Gildemeyer’s 9.85 as the high score, but she is but one of many really good floor performers on the team. Ithaca also put together high scoring bars rotations including release moves and their floor lineup goes deep in the scoring and they put a lot of twists into those routines. Admittedly I didn’t get a chance to see much of Ursinus, but they’ve topped several Division 1 teams this year, and seem to have a well rounded scoring setup. I haven’t seen Wilson and don’t have many comments about Springfield as of yet. These observations aren’t meant to minimize any other aspects of the teams, they’re just what come to mind. The scores that follow indicate the obvious, there’s going to be a lot of talented gymnasts and teams in one place this Saturday! High Scores: Brockport 188.975, Cortland 188.325, Ursinus 187.95, Ithaca 187.1, Springfield 185.575, MIT 183.225. Average Scores: Ursinus 183.961, Brockport 183.5, Cortland 183.193, Springfield 182.7, Ithaca 182.666, MIT 179.714 Top 2 Scorers (High scores listed.) While all team members contribute in tangible and intangible ways, this is meant to serve as a snapshot of the top scorers for each team on each event. All Around Ursinus: Brockport: Gildemeyer 38.3, Johnson 35.35 Cortland: Wiesner 38.15 Ithaca: N/A Springfield: Ploenes 37.175 MIT: Harrison 38.1, Zimmerman 38.025 Wilson: Bowman 34.925, Vance 34.85 Vault Ursinus: Oldham-Curtis 38.2, Morrissey 38.15 Brockport: Gildemeyer 9.65, Burr 9.5 Cortland: French 9.725, Najuch 9.575 Ithaca: Taylor 9.525, Marcoux 9.5 Springfield: Mazzola 9.575, B.Davis 9.575, Bradle 9.575 MIT: Harrison 38.1, Zimmerman 38.025 Wilson: Bowman 9.35, Vance 9.1 Bars Ursinus: Morrissey 9.675, Oldham-Curtis 9.55 Brockport: Horodyski 9.6, Baggetta 9.6 Cortland: Haungs 9.65, Cutler 9.5 Ithaca: Ente 9.725, Deshaies 9.675 Springfield: Williams 9.45, Bradle 9.35 MIT: Zimmerman 9.675, Harrison 9.575 Wilson: Bowman, Chamberlain, Clippert Beam Ursinus: Oldham-Curtis 9.75, Slaunwhite 9.575 Brockport: Visnick 9.725, Lipshutz 9.65 Cortland: Haungs 9.675, Wiesner 9.65 Ithaca: Sullivan 9.575, Picciano 9.5 Springfield: Ploenes 9.55, Pagella 9.5 MIT: Harrison 9.55, Zimmerman 9.475 Wilson: Vance 9.025, Clippert Floor Ursinus: Morrissey 9.75, Oldham-Curtis 9.725 Brockport: Gildemeyer 9.85, Rock 9.825. Cortland: French 9.725, Wiesner 9.625 Ithaca: Spusta 9.8, Sullivan 9.7 Springfield: Lastra 9.725, K.Davis 9.7, Ploenes MIT: Zimmerman 9.775, Harrison 9.625 Wilson: Vance 9.25, Bowman 9.05 Past year’s scorers: This is just a snapshot of some of the high scores from the year before among returnees. MIT: Of the returnees for MIT, Zimmerman lead the team with highs on Vault (9.65) , Beam (9.6), and Floor (9.775) as well in the All Around with 38.3. Sophia Harrison lead the team with a high of 9.65 on Bars. She had also had the second highest score of 9.55 on Vault, and Floor with a 9.475, as well as the All Around with a 37.65. Sarah Trowbridge had a second highest score of 9.525 on the Beam. Ursinus: Of the returnees, Bree Morrissey lead the team on Vault with a high of 9.75 and Kira Oldham-Curtis with a 9.7 was second. Emily Marques had a 9.5 as well. On the Bars, Olivia Oller had a high of 9.6 and Oldham-Curtis had a high of 9.425. Over on the Beam, Oldham-Curtis lead the way as well with a 9.6, and Marques had a 9.55, and Morrissey a 9.5. Oller also had a 9.45. On the Floor it was Morrissey with the high with a 9.825, Oldham-Curtis a 9.8, and Marques a 9.65. Oldham-Curtis also lead the AA with a 38.275, and Morrissey had a 38.0. Wilson: (I don’t have a current roster for Wilson so I don’t know who is on the current roster and who has graduated.) Chamberlain had the second highest score on floor for the Phoenix, Clippert had the second highest score on Beam and Landis put up a solid contribution on Floor. Ithaca College: Of the returnees, Devon Birek had the top vault score of 9.4, Rachel Taylor had a high of 9.275, and Frances Ente had 9.2. On the Bars, Ente had the team high of 9.625, Birek a 9.6, DeShaies a 9.55, and Kelly Whiffen had a 9.325 high. Over on the Bars Brianne Sullivan had a 9.525 high, Ashley Martel had a 9.4, Samantha Brawn had a 9.3, and Valerie Ierley had a high of 9.225. On the floor, Ierley had the team high among returnees with a 9.55, and Sullivan had a 9.425 high, as well as Taylor’s 9.25. Brockport Gildemeyer had a 38.325 on the All Around. This included a 9.675 on Vault, 9.425 on Bars, 9.6 on Beam, and 9.825 on Floor. Visnick put up a 9.625 on Beam. Baggetta had highs of 9.525 on both Bars and Beam. Baker and Burr had 9.525s on Vault. Burr also had a 9.475 on Beam. Fisher put up a 9.475 on Floor, and a 9.325 on Vault. Chernaskey had a 9.35 high on beam. Cortland Springfield Moves: Ursinus:+ Ursinus   Brockport: + SUNY Brockport   Cortland: + SUNY Cortland Ithaca: + Ithaca   Springfield: N/A MIT:+ MIT Meet by Meet + MIT Quick Reference   Wilson: N/A