Corvallis (Mar. 16)- Alison Siegel-McAfee placed 8th in the all-around competition as she led the Falcons to a strong finish in a four-way women’s gymnastics meet between Michigan, Michigan State, Seattle Pacific and host team Oregon State at the Shanico Inn-vitational in Corvallis held at Gill Coliseum. The meet will be aired Sunday (Mar. 17) at 12 noon and again Mar. 23 at 10 a.m. on Fox Sports Net Northwest.

University of Michigan won the meet with a 196.700, followed by Oregon State (196.675) and Michigan State (195.050). Seattle finished fourth with a 191.950.

The first event for the Falcons was beam, which they hit for a solid 47.925. All five counting scores were 9.475 or higher, with the top score for Seattle coming from Alison Siegel-McAfee (Sr., Oakland, Ca./Redwood Christian), who earned a 9.725. Teammate Annastasia Ahr (So., Chelan, Wa./Blessed Hope Academy) was not far behind with a score of 9.625, followed by Kristen Strid (Jr., Kingsburg, Ca./Kingsburg) who extended her sticking streak to 10 consecutive meets. Strid earned a 9.757. Annie Campbell of OSU won the event with a 9.925.

Freshman Corrie McDaniel (Fr., Lawrence, Ks./Lawrence) was the highest scoring Falcon on the floor, with a 9.825. McDaniel currently holds SPU’s second highest floor score of all time. Ahr and Siegel-McAfee tied with identical scores of 9.775. The squad earned a total of 48.750, which marks the eighth time this season that SPU has earned a 48.000 or better on this event.

Siegel-McAfee, who is currently ranked No. 1 in USA Gymnastics on vault, was the team leader on the event, scoring a 9.600. Ahr was the next highest scoring Falcon with a 9.550, which ties her highest score of the season. Despite these strong efforts, Seattle had to count a 9.025 into their event score, and the team score, 47.125, was the second lowest of the year.

Siegel-McAfee scored a 9.725 on bars as the Falcons were off to a strong finish for the night. With the help of Strid who scored a 9.675, Jennifer Christman (So., Fairfield, Ca./Benicia) with a 9.675, and Kari Kelly (Fr., Yakima, Wa./Eisenhower) who scored a 9.600, Seattle earned their second highest bar total of the season. Elise Ray of University of Michigan won the event with a near perfect 9.950.

Next week, the Falcons host two home meets against Alaska Anchorage on March 21 and 23 both beginning at 7:30.

Team-
1, University of Michigan, 196.700; 2, Oregon State University, 196.675; 3, Michigan State University, 195.050; 4, Seattle Pacific University, 191.950