WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With a healthy lineup and an infusion on talented newcomers, the Cornell gymnastics team wasted little time making a mark by setting a team scoring record in its first meet of the season, placing second at George Washington's Lindsey Ferris Invitational on Sunday afternoon at the Charles E. Smith Center. The Big Red became the first team in school history to surpass 194.000 in a meet (194.025), finishing ahead of Temple, Penn and North Carolina.

The 194.025 obliterated the previous single-meet record of 193.675 set at the 2008 USAG Collegiate National team finals. The Big Red was consistently strong on all four events, scoring between 48.400 and 48.650 on each. 

Freshman Malia Mackey won vault with a 9.875 and classmate Lyanda Dudley posted the second-highest all-around score in school history (38.850) in their first collegiate meet. Mackey's 9.875 vault tied for the third-highest mark in Big Red history, just .025 off the school record. Additionally, Kaitlin Green's 9.800 on bars ranks tied for ninth on Cornell's career list and was good for a fourth place tie at the meet.

Freshmen Dudley (sixth, 9.750) and Kelsy Kurfirst (ninth, 9.725) also recorded top 10 scores on vault, joining Mackey's event win. Green was joined in the top 10 by returner Anna Huang (ninth, 9.725) on bars, while Green also finished third on bars (9.750) with Mackey, Dudley and Joy Gage scoring matching 9.675s to tie for ninth. Dudley was the lone top 10 finisher on floor, finishing tied for seventh with a 9.800.

Dudley finished fifth in the all-around with her 38.850 ranks behind on Randi Bisbano's 39.100 in 2004.

Cornell will look to improve on its new record when it visits Cortland on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 1 p.m.