Dominican Lorraine Galow Leon contributed to the University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastic team’s historic achievement last month by helping the Purple Knights become the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Co-National Champions with Cornell University. This was the university’s first national gymnastics championship title. UB and Cornell tied for first with a score of 191.675. The team almost made it to grab a share of the 2009 USA Gymnastics College Team National Title, but still wrapped up the three-day USAG National Championship Meet at Southern Connecticut State University by earning five All-America honors in three different individual event finals. In the vault, Dominican sophomore Lorraine Galow Leon (Suwanee, GA) took fifth place with a score of 9.700. <\/p>\n
In the winning of the co-national championship, Galow played a major part in her team’s success by winning the all-around competition with a score of 38.850. Her teammate, freshman Miranda Der (Palo Alto, CA) was fifth in the all-around with a total of 37.225.<\/p>\n
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Dominican Lorraine Galow Leon contributed to the University of Bridgeport women’s gymnastic team’s historic achievement last month by helping the Purple Knights become the 2009 USA Gymnastics Collegiate Co-National Champions with Cornell University. This was the university’s first national gymnastics championship title. UB and Cornell tied for first with a score of 191.675. The team … <\/p>\n