NC State gymnastics swept the ACC Weekly Awards after its record-breaking performance against Clemson on Saturday afternoon, as announced by the conference on Monday.
Emily Shepard was named ACC Gymnast of the Week for the fourth week in a row, while Chloe Negrete won her second ACC Specialist of the Week honor and Ashley Knight was dubbed ACC Newcomer of the Week for the second time this season.
As a team, the Wolfpack fired its second-highest score all-time and the highest team total of the Kim Landrus era against the Tigers, using a 197.575 to improve to 5-0 in its ACC slate while claiming the ACC Regular Season Championship in a 197.575-196.000 victory.
NC State's day was highlighted by an all-around score of 39.750 from Shepard which marked the best four-event total in program history. Shepard's all-around effort also set a new bar for the highest all-around score ever recorded by a gymnast from an ACC program, erasing the previous high of 39.725 that was posted by North Carolina's Courtney Bumpers in 2004.
Shepard tabbed a pair of new career highs on Saturday, with a 9.975 on bars and a 9.950 on beam during back-to-back events each creating new personal bests, with her bars score resulting in a solo first-place finish while the beam total landed her in a tie for first with Clemson's Rebecca Wells.
Shepard opened the afternoon with a 9.900 on vault, while later firing a 9.925 during the Pack's final rotation on floor that resulted in a pair of second-place results.
With five podium finishes and the all-around crown, Shepard became the first gymnast in program history to record a score of 9.9+ on all four events during the same meet, with the fifth-year senior now having accounted for nine scores of 9.9+ this season and a program-high 47 in her career.
Anchoring behind Shepard on vault, beam, and floor was Negrete who tabbed a pair of 9.9+ scores in her own right. Negrete won the floor title with a 9.950 during NC State's final rotation, while adding a 9.900 on beam that landed her in a tie for third place in the event. Negrete's day started with a 9.850 on vault, with the graduate having now earned eight scores of 9.9+ in 2024. This serves as Negrete's second ACC Specialist of the Week this year, while she claimed the inagural title after the Pack's season opener at Georgia and was recognized as NC State's first ACC Gymnast of the Week in program history after the Wolfpack's Jan. 19 win at North Carolina.
Knight fired the first 9.9+ score of her career on Saturday as well, with a 9.900 on floor setting a new personal best for the freshman. Knight additionally matched her career high during NC State's opening rotation on vault, with a 9.875 serving as the Wolfpack's second-highest score of the event. The Pack's 49.275 on vault was its best score on the event this season, marking one of three events the Wolfpack set a season high as a team on during Saturday's meet after NC State also registered a 49.450 on bars and a 49.500 on floor.
Shepard, Negrete, Knight, and the rest of the Wolfpack return to action for its final ACC meet of the regular season on Sunday, Feb. 25, with NC State set to travel to Pitt.
Sunday's tilt between the Wolfpack and Panthers is slated for a 4 p.m. start time, with the meet televised on the ACC Network.
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Emily Shepard was named ACC Gymnast of the Week for the fourth week in a row, while Chloe Negrete won her second ACC Specialist of the Week honor and Ashley Knight was dubbed ACC Newcomer of the Week for the second time this season.
As a team, the Wolfpack fired its second-highest score all-time and the highest team total of the Kim Landrus era against the Tigers, using a 197.575 to improve to 5-0 in its ACC slate while claiming the ACC Regular Season Championship in a 197.575-196.000 victory.
NC State's day was highlighted by an all-around score of 39.750 from Shepard which marked the best four-event total in program history. Shepard's all-around effort also set a new bar for the highest all-around score ever recorded by a gymnast from an ACC program, erasing the previous high of 39.725 that was posted by North Carolina's Courtney Bumpers in 2004.
Shepard tabbed a pair of new career highs on Saturday, with a 9.975 on bars and a 9.950 on beam during back-to-back events each creating new personal bests, with her bars score resulting in a solo first-place finish while the beam total landed her in a tie for first with Clemson's Rebecca Wells.
Shepard opened the afternoon with a 9.900 on vault, while later firing a 9.925 during the Pack's final rotation on floor that resulted in a pair of second-place results.
With five podium finishes and the all-around crown, Shepard became the first gymnast in program history to record a score of 9.9+ on all four events during the same meet, with the fifth-year senior now having accounted for nine scores of 9.9+ this season and a program-high 47 in her career.
Anchoring behind Shepard on vault, beam, and floor was Negrete who tabbed a pair of 9.9+ scores in her own right. Negrete won the floor title with a 9.950 during NC State's final rotation, while adding a 9.900 on beam that landed her in a tie for third place in the event. Negrete's day started with a 9.850 on vault, with the graduate having now earned eight scores of 9.9+ in 2024. This serves as Negrete's second ACC Specialist of the Week this year, while she claimed the inagural title after the Pack's season opener at Georgia and was recognized as NC State's first ACC Gymnast of the Week in program history after the Wolfpack's Jan. 19 win at North Carolina.
Knight fired the first 9.9+ score of her career on Saturday as well, with a 9.900 on floor setting a new personal best for the freshman. Knight additionally matched her career high during NC State's opening rotation on vault, with a 9.875 serving as the Wolfpack's second-highest score of the event. The Pack's 49.275 on vault was its best score on the event this season, marking one of three events the Wolfpack set a season high as a team on during Saturday's meet after NC State also registered a 49.450 on bars and a 49.500 on floor.
Shepard, Negrete, Knight, and the rest of the Wolfpack return to action for its final ACC meet of the regular season on Sunday, Feb. 25, with NC State set to travel to Pitt.
Sunday's tilt between the Wolfpack and Panthers is slated for a 4 p.m. start time, with the meet televised on the ACC Network.
https://gopack.com/news/2024/2/19/womens-gymnastics-nc-state-sweeps-gymnastics-weekly-awards