West Chester University Gymnastics took down their school record February 11th and their seniors were a key part of that. In part 1 of a series looking at West Chester’s rise this season a look at Seniors Samantha Engle, Kristen Torres, Selena Swanger and Majesta Valentine.
Samantha Engle
A Vault specialist who is a fixture in that rotation. Here she is scoring highly at Springfield last season.
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Kristen Torres
A Vault & Floor Specialist who has appeared in every meet this season.
Here she competes at WCU during the team’s record breaking day.
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Here she is at Springfield last year performing her floor routine.
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Selena Swanger
An All-Arounder during much of the season giving WCU two potent AA forces in the senior class.
She has been steady on the Vault throughout the season.
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Her season high on Bars came at Southern earlier this year.
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One of her best scores of the season came at home February 11th.
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Swanger had one of her higher scores at SCSU earlier this year.
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Majesta Valentine
The All-Arounder holds all or part of WCU’s Vault, Beam, Floor, and All-Around program records. She set a new record in the All-Around February 11th, with a 39.3 consisting of the routines below. She also tied her Beam record of 9.85 (which she shares with Kaley LaFleur.) She holds the floor record of 9.925 (after a meet at Penn this season) and has a Vault record of 9.85 she set last season. She also qualified for NCAA D1 Regionals in 2015 and 2016, the only WCU Gymnast to ever do so.
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Swanger, Valentine & Junior Meghan Chan (Who you will hear more about in another feature.) spoke about the meet on February 11th, their team’s growth and their individual efforts.
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