2018 Elite Season

Wisconsin-Whitewater Nabs Fifth NCGA Championship

Wisconsin-Whitewater Nabs Fifth NCGA Championship

The NCGA National team and all-around competition took place last night and the UW-Whitewater Warhawks came out on top.

Mar 24, 2018 by Sarah Lorish
Wisconsin-Whitewater Nabs Fifth NCGA Championship

The UW-Whitewater Warhawks tallied a team score of 193.700 for their second consecutive National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) championship win. The Warhawks came out on top in 2017 as well, adding a title to their current total of five team wins in UW-Whitewater history.



Second place went to Wisconsin-La Crosse for their 192.550; Brockport finished third (191.350).

In the individual all-around competition, the Warhawks collected another accolade as junior Lisa O’Donnell earned her second consecutive all-around title for her 38.675. Just under O’Donnell was Candis Kowalik (Brockport), who posted a 38.5, and third place went to Tori Erickson (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) for her score of 38.375.

The top eight individual competitors in the all-around finished with All-American honors.  

Team Results

Place

 Team

Score 

1

 UW-Whitewater

193.700

2

 UW-La Crosse

192.550

3

 Brockport State

191.350

4

 Hamline

190.000

5

 Cortland State

189.000

6

 Ithaca College

188.175

All-Around Results

Place

 Gymnast

 Team

Score 

1

 Lisa O'Donnell

 UW-Whitewater

38.675

2

 Candis Kowalik

 Brockport State

38.500

3

 Tori Erickson

 UW-Eau Claire

38.375

4

 Brooke Terry

 UW-Stout

38.275

5

 Samantha Wiekamp

 UW-La Crosse

38.075

6

 Amanda Malo

 Gustavus Adolphus

37.475

7

 Heather Brubaker

 Ursinus College

37.450

8

 Ali Rushlow

 Springfield College

37.425

9

 Caitlin Cooper

 Hamline

36.950

10

 Alexandra Puryear

 Ursinus College

35.100


The individual event championships will stream LIVE on FloGymnastics at 4 PM EDT from Springfield College’s Blake Arena.