ITHACA, N.Y. - The Cortland women's gymnastics team broke the program team scoring record in a 192.80-191.35 dual-meet victory at Ithaca College.
 
The Red Dragons shattered the previous school record of 192.075, which was set in a dual win at Ithaca almost one year ago to the date on Feb. 12, 2025. Cortland's record team score included a 48.775 on floor exercise, which is tied for second best in school history, a 48.60 on balance beam, which is the third highest score by a Red Dragon squad, and a 48.125 on vault, which is tied for seventh best in program history.
 
Thirteen different Red Dragons posted at least one routine that counted in the team scoring. Cortland outscored Ithaca by 0.7 on vault, 0.275 on uneven bars and 0.65 on beam, and nearly beat Ithaca on floor despite the Bombers scoring a school-record 48.95.
 
Olivia Chapman (Buffalo/Stumpf's Gymnastics Center) tied for first place on vault with a season/career high of 9.70. Tessa Sutton (Fairport/Rochester Gymnastics Academy) placed second on beam with a season-high 9.775 and tied for fifth on floor with a career-high tying 9.775.
 
Autumn Adkins (Aledo, TX/Impact Athletics Training Center) tied for third on bars (9.625) and finished fourth on floor (season-high 9.80). Shyann Bootman (East Greenbush/World Class Gymnastics Academy) tied for third on beam with a season/career best 9.75 and was fourth on vault with a 9.625. Samantha Meadows (Cypress, TX/Cypress Academy of Gymnastics) finished third on vault, tying her season high with a 9.675, Emily Baradic (Chandler, AZ/Gold Medal Gymnastics) tied for third on bars with a season/career high 9.625, and Anna Lee Dobson (Hueytown, AL/JamJev Gymnastics) tied for third on beam with a career-high tying 9.75.
 
Tayah Graham (Syracuse/Blaze Gymnastics) placed fifth on vault with a 9.60 and Kathryn McSweeney (East Brunswick, NJ/NJ Premier Gymnastics) was fifth on bars with a 9.60. Aria Roberts (Charlotte, NC/Everest Gymnastics) tied for fifth on floor (season/career high 9.775) and finished sixth on bars (9.55). Lexi Weber (Closter, NJ/Galaxy Gymnastics) tied for fifth on beam with a career-high 9.70 and Kyleigh Brown (Tunkhannock, PA/Endless Mountains Gymnastics) finished sixth on vault with a 9.525.
 
Cortland's other performances that contributed to the record-setting score included: Bootman on floor (tied for seventh, career-high 9.75); Graham on beam (eighth place, 9.625); Chapman on bars (ninth place, 8.90); and Amy Hamilton (Buffalo/Stumpf's Gymnastics Center) on floor (ninth place, career-high 9.675).
 
Ithaca's Grace Murray tied Chapman for top honors on vault (9.70). The Bombers had the top finishers in the other events, with Lauren Babineaux winning bars (9.775), Emily Kobusky winning beam (9.85) and Jillian Freyman capturing floor (9.875).
 
Cortland will host the Empire State Collegiate Championship on Saturday at 2 p.m. The meet features the six New York schools that compete in women's gymnastics - Division I schools Cornell and Long Island University and Division III programs Cortland, Brockport, Ithaca and Utica.

Coach's Corner - Comments from Cortland Head Coach Sulekha Modi Zaug:

On a Wednesday evening after a full day of classes, a big meet Sunday, and gearing up to host the Empire Championships, we did it once again. Last year on this date we broke the school record, and this year by a huge margin. I knew the potential to break records once again was there with the talent of this team, but the fight and the mental toughness they had to put in today to get it done was inspiring.  They have been working so hard since the beginning of the school year to perfect their skills, grow consistent, focus their minds and bodies and it's coming together. We have big goals this season and now halfway through our competitions, we all know they can be achieved. Tonight was a great day to be a Red Dragon!
 
Cortland 192.80, Ithaca 191.35

(Top 4)

Vault: T1) Olivia Chapman (CORT) 9.70, T1) Grace Murray (ITH) 9.70, 3) Samantha Meadows (CORT) 9.675, 4) Shyann Bootman (CORT) 9.625
 
Uneven Bars: 1) Lauren Babineaux (ITH) 9.775, 2) Mya John (ITH) 9.725, T3) Emily Baradic (CORT) 9.625, T3) Autumn Adkins (CORT) 9.625
 
Balance Beam: 1) Emily Kobusky (ITH) 9.85, 2) Tessa Sutton (CORT) 9.775, T3) Anna Lee Dobson (CORT) 9.75, T3) Shyann Bootman (CORT) 9.75
 
Floor Exercise: 1) Jillian Freyman (ITH) 9.875, 2) Grace Murray (ITH) 9.85, 3) Sh'Nai Thompson (ITH) 9.825, 4) Autumn Adkins (CORT) 9.80
 
All-Around: no all-around competitors