Kelley Headlines Fourth-Place Finish at EAGLs with record-tying beam score

Saturday, March 18

Durham, N.H.

1 PM & 7 PM

University of New Hampshire

EAGL Championship

Robyn Kelley tied a personal best and an EAGL Championship record with a 9.950 on beam

Photo by: Stu Horne

Kelley Headlines Fourth-Place Finish at EAGLs with record-tying beam score

3/19/2023 1:16:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics

Senior co-captain hit for a 9.950 to share first place with Towson's Grace Vaillancourt

DURHAM, N.H. – Senior co-captain Robyn Kelley (Wakefield, Mass.) tied the highest balance beam score in EAGL Championship history and was named to the EAGL All-Tournament First Team on beam and Second Team on vault and floor exercise to highlight the UNH gymnastics team's fourth-place finish in the 2023 EAGL Championship, presented by Mass General Brigham Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, on Saturday at the Whittemore Center.

Towson won its first-ever EAGL title by virtue of its 196.500, which edged runner-up North Carolina State (196.425) and third-place North Carolina (196.350). UNH posted a 195.500 to finish fourth and end its season with a 20-10 record, which marked the eighth 20-win season in program history.

The Wildcats earned victories over all four teams that competed in Session 1: Temple (194.925); George Washington (194.525); LIU (194.275) and Pitt (194.225).

Saturday's meet marked the end of an era, as North Carolina, N.C. State and Pitt will leave EAGL to join the new ACC Gymnastics Conference in 2024.

EAGL Championships, presented by Mass General Brigham Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Saturday, March 18, 2023 • Whittemore Center • Durham, N.H.
Results (PDF) • Results (HTML)

1. Towson, 196.500
2. N.C. State, 196.425
3. North Carolina, 196.350
4. UNH, 195.500
5. Temple, 194.925
6. George Washington, 194.525
7. LIU, 194.275
8. Pitt, 194.225

•Kelley and Towson's Grace Vaillancourt each tallied a 9.950 to share the top score on beam. For Kelley, it equaled a personal best, which she previously set Feb. 26 to match the sixth-highest beam score in UNH history. Senior Alyssa Worthington (West Warwick, R.I.) finished third on beam with a 9.925, which tied her season high and earned her a berth on the All-Tournament First Team.

•Senior Kylie Gorgenyi (North Reading, Mass.) earned All-Tournament First Team on uneven bars (9.900), where she tied for second place, and she added All-Tournament Second Team on vault (9.800, T-11^th) and floor exercise (9.825, T-15^th).

•Senior Jacy Whitehead (Houston, Texas) scored a personal-best 9.875 on bars in her final collegiate meet to tie for fifth and land on the All-Tournament First Team.

•Sophomore Alyssa Beaulieu (Holyoke, Mass.) collected All-Tournament First Team in all-around (38.450, 7^th) and Second Team on bars (9.850, T-10^th) and floor (9.825, T-15^th).

•Senior co-captain Kenadi Brown (Las Vegas, Nev.) battled back from a leg injury sustained on Senior Day last Sunday that threatened to sideline her for her career finale to register a 9.800 on bars to tie for 15^th place and notch All-Tournament Second Team honors.

Here is a summary of UNH's All-Tournament Team members:
First

Apparatus	Gymnast	Score	Place
Bars	Kylie Gorgenyi	9.900	T-2nd
Bars	Jacy Whitehead	9.875	T-5th
Beam	Robyn Kelley	9.950	T-1st
Beam	Alyssa Worthington	9.925	3rd
All-Around	Alyssa Beaulieu	38.450	7th


Second
Apparatus	Gymnast	Score	Place
Vault	Kylie Gorgenyi	9.800	T-11th
Vault	Robyn Kelley	9.800	T-11th
Bars	Kenadi Brown	9.800	T-15th
Beam	Alyssa Beaulieu	9.850	T-10th
Floor	Alyssa Beaulieu	9.825	T-15th
Floor	Kylie Gorgenyi	9.825	T-15th
Floor	Robyn Kelley	9.825	T-15th

•UNH Senior Associate Director of Athletics Carrie Kimball was named the EAGL Administrator of the Year for the third time (2014, 2019) in her career. As with her previous two league honors, Kimball was instrumental in directing the championship meet as a member of the host institution.

"Carrie is always working to make our meets run smoothly. She has taken on the weight of this event and always puts on a first-class event," UNH head coach Lindsey Bruck Ayotte said. "She takes care of all our judging requests, travel, and accommodations. She understands what it takes to run an NCAA gymnastics meet at the highest level."

Event-by-Event
•GWU's Deja Chambliss and Sarah Zois shared first place on vault (9.900). Chambliss was named the EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year following the meet.

•Lali Dekanoidze of North Carolina, the EAGL co-Specialist of the Year, scored a 9.950 to win uneven bars over teammate Isabelle Schaefer, Pitt's Natalia Pawlak and Gorgenyi, who forged a three-way tie for second (9.900).

•On beam, Vaillancourt and Kelley edged Worthington, who was followed by a trio of fourth-place finishers --EAGL Rookie of the Year Syd Morris, UNC's Elizabeth Culton and Towson's Laren Keener, each of whom tallied a 9.900.

•Chambliss, UNC's Julia Knower and N.C. State's Chloe Negrete shared the floor exercise championship with a 9.900.

•The all-around title went to the Wolfpack's Alexis Ortega, who held off Morris (39.225) and N.C. State's Emily Shepard (39.200), who won the EAGL Gymnast of the Year award for the second straight season.

•LIU's Randy Lane was tabbed the EAGL Head Coach of the Year, and the Sharks' Olivia Courtney was named the league's Assistant Coach of the Year.

NEXT UP
•The NCAA NC Women's Gymnastics Selection Show will air Monday, March 20, at 12 p.m. on NCAA.com. The Wildcats have several individual gymnasts in contention to reach NCAA Regional Championships as event specialists.

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