Gymnastics Opens Season with Dual Meet at Oregon State

Sunday, January 21

Corvallis, Ore.

5 p.m. ET

Brown University

192.950

197.575

Oregon State

Photo by: Erik Dresser

Gymnastics Opens Season with Dual Meet at Oregon State

1/21/2024 7:54:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics

Gym Results-1.21.2024 Photo Gallery

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Brown gymnastics team opened up its 2024 season on Sunday afternoon with a dual meet at No. 21 Oregon State. The Bears put up a team score of 192.950, the highest team score in a season-opening meet since at least 2009. The host Beavers finished with a total of 197.575.

Junior Julia Bedell tied for second overall on floor and tied her career-high on vault, which is tied for the fourth-highest vault score in program history (9.850). Making her collegiate debut, freshman Emily Ford was the lone athlete to compete in all four events, winning the all-around with 37.750 points.

Starting off the meet on bars, Brown totaled 46.975 with Ford leading the Bears in fifth place at 9.825. Senior Lauren McKeown and sophomore Liza Marcus tied for sixth overall at 9.800, with McKeown tying her career-high in the event and Marcus making her collegiate bars debut.

The Bears rebounded with a solid showing on vault of 48.625, led by Bedell tying for fourth overall at 9.850, tying her own career-high, which sits in an eight-way tie for the fourth-highest score in program history. Sophomore Sophia Dewar took seventh place with a new career-high of 9.800, and senior Lauren Kramer tied for ninth overall at 9.725.

Next up on floor, the Bears turned in their highest score of the day on floor, totaling 49.125, just .075 points shy of tying the program record. Bedell once again led the way for the team and finished tied for second overall at 9.900. Ford and Dewar tied for sixth overall at 9.850, with Dewar's mark setting a new career-high. Kramer tied her career-high at 9.825 to tie for ninth, and Marcus scored 9.700 in her collegiate floor debut.

Rounding out the meet on beam, Ford led the Bears with a 9.825. McKeown set a new career-high with a 9.800, tying for sixth overall with Marcus.

The Bears will open up their home schedule with their next meet on Sunday, January 28 when they welcome Alaska Anchorage and Southern Connecticut State to the Pizzitola Sports Center. The meet is scheduled for 1 p.m. on ESPN+. Tickets are available for purchase at BrownBears.com/tickets.

PROGRAM'S HIGHEST SEASON-OPENING SCORES
1) 2024 - 192.950
2) 2014 – 192.550
3) 2017 – 192.475
4) 2013 – 192.225
5) 2023 – 191.225

Gallery: (1-21-2024) Gymnastics at Oregon State, 1-21-2024

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