BROOKVILLE, N.Y. -- The Yale gymnastics team concluded its third meet of the season Sunday with notable wins and near-record performances. Though the Bulldogs (193.875) suffered a narrow loss to LIU (194.200), gymnasts Raegan Walker, Sherry Wang and Sarah Wilson all earned individual wins. Wilson (38.875) won the first all-around meet of her career with Lindsay Chia (38.425) following closely behind. Walker won both the vault and balance beam while Wang won the floor exercise. These wins are Walker and Wang's first in these respective events.
 
The Bulldogs started the meet on the uneven bars, where they had a solid rotation with all gymnasts scoring above a 9.600. They tied LIU with a 48.700. Wilson placed second in the event with a 9.800. With her near-perfect handstands and nearly stuck dismount, Wilson gave Yale the momentum to perform a strong rotation. Walker was only a few tenths behind Wilson with a 9.775. Some of the highlights of Walker's routine were her swing to ½ turn to handstand and her double layout dismount. Wang has also been a notable uneven bar swinger throughout the season and put up a 9.750.
 
The Bulldogs moved to the vault for their next rotation, which they won with a total of 48.175. Walker placed first and tied for the fourth-highest all-time score in Yale's history with a 9.800. She performed the most difficult vault in Yale's rotation with a Yurchenko 1.5 and landed with only a small hop. Wilson posted a 9.675, and Chia posted a 9.650.
 
The floor exercise (48.500) was a solid rotation for the Bulldogs, who pulled through after the team started the rotation with two falls. Wang proved her versatility by placing first on the floor after earning wins on the uneven bars earlier this season. Her routine was packed with challenging skills like her double pike and her stuck double tuck. Despite difficult twisting skills, Chia had clean landings on all her passes, which earned her a 9.800 and helped her place third.
 
On beam Walker once again shone through, tying for the second-highest score of Yale's history with a 9.900. Riley Meeks tied for fourth with a 9.700. She showed off her flexibility with beyond 180-degree splits and a nearly stuck dismount. The Bulldogs (48.500) narrowly lost to the Sharks (48.600) in this event.
 
Coach Andrew Leis said that the meet results show that the team is "starting to hit [their] stride."

"We have been working so hard in the gym and it showed...Improving our team score by over three points from last weekend is a huge confidence booster going into our meet at UPenn next weekend," said Leis.

As the Bulldogs progress through the season, they are showing incredible versatility and strong execution. Yale looks to take on the challenge of the GEC's top-ranking team, Penn, next Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

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