Aggie Gymnastics Beats Boise State In Their Final Meet Before The WAC Championships
March 23, 2007 BOISE, Idaho - Utah State gymnastics was led by Nicki Felley's all-around performance to its second win of the season against Boise State 194.775 to 192.725 here on Friday night. Boise State was in a strong position to win the meet following the vault and bars routines with a 49.000 and over on each as a team, but struggled on beam with a team score of 45.975 which proved costly when the Aggies scored a season high team score on the beam with a 48.650 to finish with 48.000 and above on each event. "It was a great meet for us," head coach Ray Corn said. "But it was not without drama, we had to change the line-up many times due to injuries sustained during warm-ups." The score of 194.775 is the second highest road score for the Aggies on the season, which will replace a low road score of 192.275 in USU's Regional Qualifying Score which will likely improve the Aggies national ranking, and most importantly their regional ranking which could secure a spot at the regional meet. The Aggies performed well as a team, counting nothing lower than a 9.600 on any event in the entire meet. The strongest event of the night for USU was the vault with a team score of 48.850. Individually Meagan Lewis won the only event for the Aggies on the beam with a score of 9.800, in the event USU had the five highest scores. Aggie sophomore, Felley, won the all-around with a career high 39.000, just out scoring teammate Lewis who scored a 38.900. "We proved that it takes the entire team to finish a season," Corn said. "We need to go home and heal up and get our conference team ready, it is going to be a barn burner." The Aggies now look to a week of training before heading to Cedar City, Utah for the WAC Championships on Saturday, Mar. 31, at the Centrum Arena with a start time of 6 p.m. MDT. All six teams in the WAC will compete. RESULTS UTAH STATE 194.775 (Vault: 48.850, Bars: 48.725, Beam: 48.650, Floor: 48.550)
Boise State 192.725 (Vault: 49.025, Bars: 49.050, Beam: 45.975, Floor: 48.675) INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Vault: 1. DeAvera Todd, BSU, 9.925, t2. Yvette Leizorek, BSU, 9.825, t2. Kristin Aldrich, BSU, 9.825, t4. Katie Omann, USU, 9.800, t4. Nicki Felley, USU, 9.800, 6. Devin Markle, USU, 9.775, t7. Heather Heinrich, USU, 9.750, 9. Meagan Lewis, USU, 9.725, 11. Rachael Mandy, USU, 9.650 Bars: 1. DeAvera Todd, BSU, 9.925, 2. Katelyn O'Donnell, BSU, 9.900, t3. Yvette Leizorek, BSU, 9.825, t3. Jessica Parenti-Otte, USU, 9.825, t5. Alex Martin, USU, 9.750, t5. Meagan Lewis, USU, 9.750, 8. Ashley Barr, USU, 9.725, 9. Nicki Felley, USU, 9.675, 11. Devin Markle, USU, 9.125 Beam: 1. Meagan Lewis, USU, 9.800, t2. Heather Heinrich, USU, 9.750, t2. Nicki Felley, USU, 9.750, 4. Katie Omann, USU, 9.725, 5. Alex Martin, USU, 9.625, 10. Jessica Parenti-Otte, USU, 9.075 Floor: 1. Kristin Aldrich, BSU, 9.925, 2. Yvette Leizorek, BSU, 9.825, t3. Nicki Felley, USU, 9.775, t3. Ashley Barr, USU, 9.775, t6. Ana Rickard, USU, 9.675, t6. Katie Omann, USU, 9.675, t8. Heather Heinrich, USU, 9.650, 10. Meagan Lewis, USU, 9.625 All-Around: 1. Nicki Felley, USU, 39.000, 2. Meagan Lewis, USU, 38.900, 3. DeAvera Todd, BSU, 38.825 |
