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Busacker Earns All-America Honors
At NCGA Championship

Kelly BusackerUW-Oshkosh’s Kelly Busacker (Jr. • LaVista, Neb.) finished 12th on the uneven bars to earn All-America second team honors at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship held Friday (March 28) and Saturday (March 29) in Cortland, N.Y.

Busacker scored 9.10 points as one of 14 participants in the finals of the uneven bars event. She also competed on the balance beam, but failed to qualify for the finals. In 2006, she finished 11th on the uneven bars with a combined score of 18.275.

Event titles went to UW-La Crosse’s Gabi Hooper and UW-Whitewater’s Justine Weyer on the vault with a score of 9.675, UW-Stout’s Naomi Delara on the balance beam with a count of 9.80, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sophia Harrison on the uneven bars with a mark of 9.75 and State University of New York-Brockport’s Lauren Gildemeyer in the floor exercise with a tally of 9.85.

Olivia Oller of Ursinus College (Pa.) won the all-around competition with a score of 38.30.

The top 10 finishers in the all-around competition earned All-America first team recognition. In the individual events, the top six finishers secured All-America first team accolades while athletes placing seven through 12 received All-America second team honors.

Also competing at the meet, but failing to advance to the finals were UW-Oshkosh’s Stefanie Armstrong (So. • Kennesaw, Ga.), Brynn Dorsey (Jr. • Oshkosh), Stacie Jenkins (Fr. • Peoria, Ariz.), Rachel Morrison (Jr. • Oswego, Ill.) and Vanessa Virbitsky (Sr. • Harrisburg, Pa.).

Virbitsky competed on the uneven bars, the vault and in the floor exercise. Armstrong and Jenkins both participated in the floor exercise while Dorsey performed on the uneven bars and Morrison on the vault.

The team championship went to UW-La Crosse as the Eagles scored 189.05 points to capture its seventh title in eight years and 12th overall.

State University of New York-Brockport finished second in the team standings with 188.425 points, while State University of New York-Cortland placed third with 188.375, Ursinus College fourth with 188.05, UW-Whitewater fifth with 187.20 and Winona State University (Minn.) sixth with 185.625.

Sharing the NCGA Coach of the Year Award were Barb Gibson of UW-La Crosse and Jeff Schepers of Ursinus College. UW-Oshkosh’s Virbitsky was one of 30 athletes named to the NCGA’s 2008 Senior All-Academic Team.

Six Titans Headed To NCGA Championship

Kelly Busacker Stacie Jenkins Rachel Morrison Vanessa Virbitsky

The UW-Oshkosh women’s gymnastics team will be represented by six athletes at this weekend’s National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship in Cortland, N.Y.

Titles in the team and individual all-around competition will be awarded on Friday (March 28). The four individual event championships will be conducted on Saturday (March 29), with the top 12 scorers from Friday’s preliminary competition advancing to the finals.

Vanessa Virbitsky (Sr. • Harrisburg, Pa.) will participate on the uneven bars, the vault and in the floor exercise for the Titans. Last year, she tied for first place on the vault with a score of 9.525 while finishing eighth in the all-around competition with a count of 37.20 and 12th on the balance beam with a value of 8.625 to earn All-America recognition. In 2006, Virbitsky picked up All-America honors after finishing second on the vault with a combined score of 19.30.

Kelly Busacker (Jr. • LaVista, Neb.) will be competing on both the balance beam and uneven bars. In 2006, she finished 11th on the uneven bars with a combined score of 18.275.

Rachel Morrison (Jr. • Oswego, Ill.) will attempt to earn her first All-America prize on the vault. Last year, she gained All-America honors after finishing 12th in the floor exercise with a score of 8.825.

UW-Oshkosh’s other competitors are Brynn Dorsey (Jr. • Oshkosh) on the uneven bars and Stefanie Armstrong (So. • Kennesaw, Ga.) and Stacie Jenkins (Fr. • Peoria, Ariz.) in the floor exercise.

The top-12 individuals in each event and the top-10 individuals in the all-around competition received All-America recognition.

Battling for the team championship are State University of New York-Brockport, State University of New York Cortland, Ursinus College (Pa.), UW-La Crosse, UW-Whitewater and Winona State University (Minn.). UW-Oshkosh captured the team title at last year’s meet.