KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (March 28) – Ashley Postell (Mitchellville, Md.) posted an individual all-around score of 37.325 to lead Team USA to the silver medal behind Team China in the junior women’s competition at the International Team Championships, held Saturday afternoon here in Thompson-Boling Arena.
International Team Championships
Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tenn.
March 28, 1998
Junior Women’s Competition
Team Final Standings
1, China (Fan Wen, Liang Yan, Peng Sha, Wei Jingjing, Xin Yingying, Xu Jing), 147.436. 2, United States (Monique Chang, Fairfax Station, Va., Janae Cox, Otisco, Ind., Katie Hardman, Houston, Texas, Ashley Postell, Mitchellville, Md., Kristal Uzelac, Whitehall, Pa., Morgan White, Fairfield, Ohio), 146.112. 3, Romania (Elena Oprea, Olimpia Popa, Andreea Raducan, Daniela Trandafir, Emanuela Ungurean), 144.312.
Team Event Results
Vault — 1, China, 36.236. 2, United States, 35.987. 3, Romania, 35.462.
Uneven Bars — 1, China, 37.650. 2, United States, 37.325. 3, Romania, 35.975.
Balance Beam — 1, China, 36.900. 2, Romania, 36.575. 3, United States, 36.075.
Floor Exercise — 1, United States, 36.725. 2, China, 36.650. 3, Romania, 36.300.
Individual All-Around Scores
1, Ashley Postell, Mitchellville, Md., 37.325. 2, Andreea Raducan, ROM, 36.737. 3 (tie), Peng Sha and Xu Jing, CHN, 36.462. 5, Kristal Uzelac, Whitehall, Pa., 36.362. 6, Emanuela Ungurean, ROM, 36.325. 7, Janae Cox, Otisco, Ind., 35.700. 8, Liang Yan, CHN, 35.650. 9, Morgan White, Fairfield, Ohio, 35.575. 10, Elena Oprea, ROM, 35.300. 11, Olimpia Popa, ROM, 35.100. 12, Xin Yingying, CHN, 28.050. 13, Fan Wen, CHN, 26.962. 14, Monique Chang, Fairfax Station, Va., 26.550. 15, Wei Jingjing, CHN, 18.562. 16, Daniela Trandafir, ROM, 17.775. 17, Katie Hardman, Houston, Texas, 8.900.