Leigha Hancock, a senior communications major from Suffield, Conn., was named the EAGL Conference Gymnast of the Week last week for the second time in the early 2008 season last week, and the tenth time in her career.
Brandi George, a sophomore with the University of Maryland from Orlando, Fla., recieved the honor this past week.
Hancock currently ranks second in the balance beam nationally. Her team, the North Carolina State Wolfpack, rank 24th in the nation in women's gymnastics.
The team lost a meet in Tuscon, Ariz., to the 12th ranked University of Arizona Wildcats.
Their next meet is Saturday at Ohio St. The Buckeyes are also a nationally ranked team.
The Wolfpack scored a 192.350 in the Arizona meet.
The University of North Carolina Tarheels also had a meet over the weekend.
In its meet, The Tarheels won the George Washington University Invitational over the likes of the host school, William and Mary and Cornell University.
UNC won the meet with a score of 193.75.
In a UNC sports press release, Coach Derek Galvin said his team's performance was a very pleasing one:
"It was one of our strongest opening team performances that we've ever had at Carolina," Galvin said. "The strong leadership of our seniors provoked at strong performance at every class."
Chrsitine Nguyen, a sophomore from Plano, Tex., earned first place in the all-around at the Washington, DC, meet with a score of 38.875. Nguyen also finished first on the balance beam.
Kara Wright, a sophomore from Virginia Beach, finished first on the floor.
Karli Jones, a freshman from Columbia, SC, made a solid debut and she finished fourth in the all-around behind Nguyen and Wright.
The next meet for the Tarheels will be Feb. 1 at Townson State University in Towson, Md.
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