FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Fairmont State University finished its sweep of Mountain East Conference titles, defeating Glenville State to win the 2025 MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship. The top-seeded and host Falcons led wire-to-wire and captured all six events inside Joe Retton Arena.
Fairmont State, which navigated the regular season undefeated in MEC play to win the title, led 37.200-36.125 after Compulsory, scoring 9.5 or better in two heats. The Falcons’ lead grew to 65.675-63.825 after Acro after Fairmont State recorded scores of 9.625, 9.300, and 9.550. Prior to intermission, both the Falcons and Pioneers posted a trio of heats of at least 9.5 scores, which gave the hosts a 94.950-92.800.
After the break, Fairmont State, which entered the event ranked No. 5 nationally in the NCATA poll, took command. A trio of scores of 9.3 or better in the Toss heats set the stage for the Falcons’ performance in Tumbling, and Fairmont State outscored Glenville State 53.525-48.325 in the event to build a 176.725-168.300 lead heading into Team.
Saturday’s 2025 MEC Championship began with the Event Finals. Fairmont State led the way by winning eight of the events, followed by Glenville State’s four wins, Kutztown’s two wins, and West Liberty’s one individual title.
Prior to the MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Championships, the league announced its annual award winners. In addition to a dozen All-MEC first team selections and 11 second team picks, the conference announced Fairmont State’s Katey Koehl as MEC Athlete of the Year; Glenville State’s Payten Semenske as Specialist of the Year; Pioneers’ Aubrey Ward as Freshman of the Year; and Fairmont State’s Danielle Cutri as Coach of the Year.
The NCATA national championship is set to begin Thursday, April 24 at the Elmen Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The eight-team, single-elimination tournament field and at-large qualifiers for Event Finals will be released Sunday, April 13.
In addition to Fairmont State in the top five, Glenville State was ranked No. 13 nationally in the final rankings of the season.
2025 MEC Event Finals Champions
Five-Element Acro —Glenville State (9.725)
Six-Element Acro — Kutztown (9.000)
Seven-Element Acro — Glenville State (9.200)
Inversion Pyramid — Fairmont State (9.750)
Synchronized Pyramid — Fairmont State (9.625)
Open Pyramid — Glenville State (9.800)
450 Salto Toss — Glenville State (9.325)
Synchronized Toss — Fairmont State (9.325)
Open Toss — Fairmont State (9.550)
Duo Tumbling — Fairmont State (8.825)
Trio Tumbling — Fairmont State (8.275)
Quad Tumbling — Fairmont State (7.650)
Aerial Tumbling — West Liberty (9.650)
Six-Element Tumbling — Kutztown (9.275)
Open Tumbling — Fairmont State (9.650)