• Nationals - A huge success! - Official Website

• 2003-2004 Competitions (4-17) (2-7 in NCGA)

• March 13th vs Southern Connecticut 
• March 9th vs Brown University and Springfield
• February 29th at Springfield with Southern Connecticut
• February 22nd at Brown with University of Rhode Island
• February 8th at Springfield with Ithaca and Cortland
• January 31st vs. University of Bridgeport and Boston Univeristy
• January 25th at Brown with Ithaca and Cornell
• January 17th at Wilson with Ursinus and RIC
• January 10th at University of Alaska
• January 9th at University of Alaska
 

• Mar 13 - Tech crushes school Beam record and defeats Division II Southern Connecticut for the first time in history - full story

• Feb 22 - Three school records fall at Brown - 4 Tech gymnasts score over 37.00 in the all-around!

• Cindy Chung and Merritt Tam named ECAC Athletes of the Week!

• Feb 9 - Hanging with the big schools...

• Jan 25 - Two school records fall (team vault 45.825 and individual bars 9.75) as the Tech scrambles to find a venue to compete in.

• We are proud and excited to host the 20th Anniversary NCGA Championships.  A lot of work has already gone into planning this great event which will take place in the Johnson Athletic Center on April 2nd and 3rd, 2004.  Details are up on the new website announcing the event.

• A very quick recap of our trip to Alaska and a few selected pictures!

• Complete meet statistics!

• Gymnasts at the DROPZONE!

• Season Outlook posted!

• Schedule and Roster for 2003-2004

• MIT Coaches honored.

• Welcome to the Class of 2007

• Alumnae News!

• NCGA 20th Anniversary Alumnae Reunion planned

• 02-03 Season Wrap-Up

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ECAC Athletes of the Week

Cindy Chung becomes the second MIT gymnast recognized as ECAC Athlete of the Week.  For the week ending on February 8th, Cindy shares the award with SUNY-Brockport standout - Carrie Santore.  Cindy's performance at Springfield in winning the balance beam with a 9.45 and also scoring a season high on vault 9.275 and floor 9.325 earned her the recognition.

Merritt Tam became the first Division III gymnast recognized this year by the ECAC for her record-breaking performance at Brown on January 18th.  Merritt broke the Institute's bar record with a 9.75 and also posted a career best 37.975 in the all-around.

Jennifer Miller-McEachern and Eduardo Ovalle host SC Homeshow

Once upon a time Jen and Eduardo were teammates at Springfield College where the tradition of gymnastics was established in 1891.  Gymnastics shows at Springfield were a staple in the late 1920s and 1930s.  Through the 1950s to the 1970s, Springfield had a traveling show and a competitive team.  Most recently, the Gymnastics Show has become an annual event during Homecoming and therefore renamed the Springfield College Homeshow.  In its 96th edition, Jen and Eduardo had the great honor of being asked to emcee the show on October 24th and 25th, 2003.

MIT's class of 2007

Two members of the class of 2007 have joined the team this fall. Ashley Tran is a level 9 competitor from Beaverton, OR who competed for The Gym Nest.  Lara Hershcovitch is also a level 9 competitor from Mt. Sinai, NY.  Both are a very welcome addition to a team that only returns 7 letterwinners.

Alumnae News

Rachel Van Buren '99 has announced her engagement and plans to marry this summer.

We are proud to announce the addition of the newest member of the MIT gymnastics family - a son, George Sawyer Garrett, born to Sean Garrett and Catherine Rocchio on October 30th, 2003.

Allison Barmann (Christenson) '98 was honored as a Siebel Scholar as she is currently enrolled in the Kellogg School of Management pursuing her MBA.

The 2002-2003 Season Wrap-Up

The 2003 season was one of great accomplishments by the Engineers.  They finished the season with their best win-loss record ever at 7-7 (not including 2 wins against a collegiate club team) including a 5-3 record vs. Division III (NCGA) opponents.  MIT broke the 180 point mark for the first time in its history and re-established the school record four different times throughout the year.  The new record stands at 182.025.  The school record for team bars was also broken four times in 2003 with a new mark of 45.85 established at the conference/regional championships.  Leading the charge on the new and improved bars line-up were sophomore Merritt Tam and first-year student Francesca DeMeo who finished 2nd and 4th respectively at the conference/regional championships.  Merritt went on to finish 6th at the Nationals to claim all-america honors on that event.  Cindy Chung '04, Jennifer Sauchuk '06 and Chandler Hatton '06 were all major contributors to a floor line-up that set a new school mark of 47.525 and was ranked number one in the nation for three straight weeks in the middle of the season.  Cindy went on to finish in 13th place at the NCGA National Championships.  Along with Merritt and Cindy, Francesca and Ashley Rothenberg '05 also qualified as individuals to the national tournament.  Francesca and Ashley competed on bars. 

One of the greatest feel good stories of the year was the return to the bar line-up of senior captain Caitlin Dwyer-McNally. Caitlin suffered what seemed to be a career ending injury at the end of the 2002 season, but she worked extremely hard to finish her career on her own terms and she was an inspiration to the entire team.

Overall just another stepping stone on a program that continues to grow and improve.  MIT will be hosting the 20th Anniversary NCGA Championships in 2004 and we hope to have an even better year then.