Gymnastics won first place in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championships in Philadelphia on Saturday, its fourth championship win in the last decade.
The Revolutionaries concluded with 195.950 points in the meet, with Temple University finishing close behind with 195.775 points for second place out of four teams. Saturday’s win is the fourth EAGL conference title the Revs have racked up, with previous wins in 2015, 2017 and 2022.
Sophomore Delaney DeHaan placed first in the vault event with 9.875 points, third in the floor exercise with 9.900 points, fourth in the uneven bars with 9.825 points and 12th on the balance beam with 9.750 points. She was awarded Gymnast of the Week in the EAGL weekly accolades Wednesday for her high performance this season.
DeHaan led the league on vault and all around and was honored into the All-EAGL First Team for vault, beam, floor and all around.
She has earned six All-EAGL recognitions through her two seasons with the Revs. At the GW-hosted Towson, Maryland and North Carolina State meet on March 14, freshman Lola Montevago led GW in seventh with 9.800. DeHaan came in 15th with 9.725 followed by Rachel Katz with 9.700.
Montevago finished first place for the uneven bars with 9.900 points at the EAGL Championship. She earned the Rookie of the Week award and First Team All-EAGL on bars and beam events for the EAGL weekly accolades.
University of New Hampshire finished with 195.700 points, Towson ended with 195.675 points and Long Island University closed out the championship with 194 points. The Revs competed against these four teams back on Feb. 2 in Philadelphia in a meet hosted by Temple. The Revs won first place, winning a slight margin of 195.400 points to Towson’s 195.375 points in second place.
Montevago won the event title for the uneven bars with 9.975 points and finished second with 9.850 points in the balance beam.
In 2022, the Revs secured the championship with a score of 196.325 and Towson trailing behind with 196.075. In 2017, the Revs took home a win with 196.275 and New Hampshire earning 195.075. During their 2015 win, the Revs scored 195.850 with New Hampshire in close second earning 195.700.
Last month, the Revs competed in a meet at the Smith Center to honor the late alumna Alex deMoura who graduated in 2017 and passed away in 2019. She earned the EAGL award in the all-around and a few other accolades on the balance beam, vault, uneven bars and floor exercise during her years with the team.
The Revs also won gold in the meet honoring deMoura, distancing themselves with 196.550 points from Cornell University’s 191.825 points, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s 190.800 points and Ursinus College’s 190.625 points.
DeHaan’s performances excelled in the vault and floor events with 9.900 points and 9.925 points, respectively. Graduate student Kendall Whitman tied first with DeHaan in the floor event. Montevago won first in the uneven bars with 9.850 points and sophomore Maya Peters placed first with 9.900 in the beam.
The Revs will head to the NCAA Regionals April 2 to 6.
