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Senior Ashley Khederian lead the Black Squad to Victory

Black Team Tops Gold Squad in Gymnastics Black and Gold Intrasquad

Tigers Look Impressive in First Event of 2008 Season

Dec. 8, 2007

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Columbia, Mo. - The 2008 Missouri Gymnastics squad opened the season with an impressive performance at the annual Black and Gold meet at the Hearnes Center. The Black team, led by Ashley Khederian (Carlisle, Mass.), topped the Gold team 178.100 to 171.200. Khederain tallied a 38.100 in the all around competition. Had it been a real competition, the Tigers would have finished the event with a total team score of 194.000.

"Overall I was really pleased with our level of fitness. I thought the girls did a good job of getting our routines out," Head Coach Rob Drass said. "I thought it was a great success. We are happy with the performances of all the girls. This is the best we have looked at this point in the season. I think we are going to have a great season and tonight was just a preview of what we can do.

Junior Adrianne Perry (Columbia, Mo.) led all competitors in the all-around competition as she notched a 39.050, while sophomore Becky Scholle (Chesterfield, Mo.) finished second with a 38.350.

The teams opened with the standard vault/bars rotation with the Black squad starting things off on vault. Freshman Lauren Stephenson (Kansas City, Mo.) was the first Tiger competitor on the vault. Stephenson scored a 9.55 in her first vault with the Tigers. The Black squad got big scores from two newcomers on vault as Sarah Shire (Hartsburg, Mo.) notched a 9.850 and freshman Lisa LaPerriere (Macomb, Mich.) tallied a 9.75.

The Gold team opened on the uneven bars, starting with freshman Alex Gold (Plano, Texas). Gold, in her first routine with the Tigers tallied a 9.550 for the Gold team. Perry stayed true to form on bars as well as she notched a 9.85, the highest of any gymnast on the bars. Scholle and Senior Lisa Puccio (Kirkwood, Mo.) rounded out the bar rotation, both tallying 9.800.

Gold tallied the best score of the evening on vault scoring a 9.900. Her score was the highest by any Tiger in all four of the events. Shire, a vault standout at the University of Utah last season, finished just behind Gold with a score of 9.850.

Beam was another high point for the Tigers as both Shire and Perry tallied scores of 9.800. Sophomore Brooke Boehmer (Overland Park , Kan.), after missing last season due to a knee injury, rebounded nicely scoring a 9.700 on the beam.

The difference in the meet was on the floor routine where the Black squad outscored the Gold 44.950 to 37.750. Shire put up a 9.650 for the Black squad, while LaPerriere tallied a 9.350.

The Tigers will open the season on Jan. 12, 2008 when they travel to Bowling Green, Ohio to take on the Falcons of Bowling Green State University. Stay tuned to www.mutigers.com for all the latest news on the Missouri Gymnastics squad.

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