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USU Gymnastics Hosts Arizona State In Dual Friday
Feb. 2, 2012
LOGAN, Utah - Arizona State at Utah State Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, Utah Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 - 7 p.m. (MT) SECOND OF FOUR MEET HOMESTAND ON TAP - For its second meet of its current four-meet homestand, Utah State gymnastics (2-4, 0-1 WAC) will host Arizona State (3-0, 2-0 Pac-12) in a dual meet on Friday, Feb. 3... The Aggies and Sun Devils will start action at 7 p.m. (MT) at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270)... Live video and live results will be available through UtahStateAggies.com. FIRST IN EIGHT - Friday is the first meeting between USU and ASU since 2004 when the teams met in a quad meet hosted by California at Berkley, Calif... The Aggies were third in that meet while the Sun Devils were second. RARE SUN DEVIL VISIT - Friday's meet is Arizona State's first visit to Logan since 2002, when the Sun Devils were at the Spectrum for a tri-meet with USU and Southern Utah... ASU won while USU was second... Arizona State is second Pac-12 team to visit the Spectrum in as many years as well as the second Grand Canyon State team as Arizona was in Logan last year for a tri-meet with USU and BYU. IN THE RANKINGS - Arizona State is ranked No. 26 in this week's Troester/GymInfo Women's Gymnastics Coaches Rankings while USU is up to No. 38 after being ranked 40th last week. Rank Team Avg. High Team RQS 26 Arizona State 193.992 195.875 - 38 Utah State 192.767 194.050 -TICKET INFO - USU Gymnastics Tickets are available through the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305, or online 24 hours a day at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on the "buy/renew tickets" under the "tickets" drop down menu. LIVE RESULTS - Live results for Friday's meet are available by clicking on the "Live Results" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official web site of USU athletics. * Note the link will only work after the meet starts. LIVE VIDEO - Fans can watch the meet on Friday live online by clicking on the "Watch Live" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official web site of USU athletics. Fans will need to pay a small fee to watch the meet. TWITTER / FACEBOOK - Fans can also get live updates from the meets as well as other team information through the USU Twitter and Facebook pages - Twitter: www.twitter.com/USUGymnastics and Facebook: Utah State Gymnastics UP NEXT - The Aggies continue their four-meet homestand by hosting WAC foe San Jose State on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. (MT)... USU then wraps up the stretch of four meets by hosting another WAC opponent in Sacramento State on Friday, Feb. 17, also at 7 p.m. (MT). ABOUT UTAH STATE - In their last action in a tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah, USU scored season high scores on three of the four events, opening with a 48.575 on vault, then a 48.850 on bars to lead at the meet's midway point... The Aggies scored another season-high on beam with a 48.550 and finished with a 48.075 on floor, the second-highest score this season, finishing second after leading at the meet's midway point... USU did collect its first win over Boise State since the 2007 WAC Championships, snapping a 13-meet losing skein... Last season, it took until the second-to-last meet of the season for the Aggies to score over a 194. Freshman Sarah Landes was the gymnast of the meet, setting personal bests on beam, floor and her all-around competition with a total score of 39.225, making her mark in the USU record books in the process... Landes was the gymnast of the meet, setting personal bests on beam, floor and her all-around competition with a total score of 39.225... Landes won the all-around while sharing the beam title with BSU's Amy Glass, both posting 9.875's, while finishing third on floor with a 9.825... Landes' winning beam score of 9.875 is tied for the fifth-best score in school history, while her 39.225 all-around score was just outside of USU's top 20 individual all-around performances. Utah State has a team-average of 192.767, posting a WAC-best average on bars at 48.725 while averaging 48.242 on vault, 47.583 on beam and 48.217 on floor. Landes is second in the WAC on both bars and all-around, ranking fourth in the North Central region and 37th in the nation in the all-around with a 38.992 average... She is also tied for ninth in the region and tied for 76th in the country on bars with a 9.775 average... Landes also is tied for fifth in the WAC, tied for 11th in the region and tied for 76th in the nation on beam also with a 9.775 average. Sophomore Paige Jones is second in the conference, tied for fifth in the region and tied for 34th in the country on vault with a 9.850 average... Jones also is sixth in the league, tied for 15th in the region and tied for 97th in the nation on floor with a 9.775 average... In the all-around, Jones is eighth in the WAC, 19th in the region and 100th in the nation with a 38.325 average. Junior Amelia Montoya and senior Rebecca Holliday join Landes and Jones in the national top 100 rankings, as both are nationally ranked on bars with Montoya tied for 88th (9.767) while Holliday is tied for 90th (9.763).{See pg 10 for complete rankings} DOUBLE BAKER'S DOZEN - In the last two meets, USU gymnasts have tied or broken 13 career-highs, as in Friday's tri-meet vs. Southern Utah and Boise State, seven different gymnasts posted top scores... Landes posted four for the second-straight meet (all-around, beam, floor and tied vault), while junior Amelia Montoya (vault, tied bars), sophomore Paige Jones (vault, beam) and freshman Susie Miller (vault, beam) had two each... Senior Rebecca Holliday (floor), freshman Kaitlyn Betts (tied bars) and fellow freshman Ashley Follett (beam) all had one each... Two weeks ago in the quad meet at Texas Woman's, all five of USU's scoring vault scores were top career scores... Landes posted four career-best marks (vault, beam, floor and all-around), while three others notched two marks in Jones (vault and all-around), freshman Susie Miller (vault and floor) and Montoya (vault and bars), and three had one each in freshman Kaitlyn Betts (bars), freshman Ashley Follett (beam) and junior Amanda Watamaniuk (vault). WAC-BEST BARS - Utah State leads the WAC with a 48.725 bars average... USU is fourth in the conference in team total (192.767), while ranking fifth in the league on vault (48.242), beam (47.583) and floor (48.217). TECHNIQUE TWOSOME - Aggie freshman Susie Miller and Sun Devil freshman Natasha Sundby were teammates at Technique Gymnastics Club in California... Miller hails from Fair Oaks, Calif., while Sundby is a El Dorado Hills, Calif., native. PARKETTES PAIR - USU sophomore Brittney Mackins and Arizona State freshman Morgan Steigerwalt are both alums of Parkettes Gymnastics Club in Pennsylvania, as Mackins is a Allentown, Pa., native while Steigerwalt is from Jim Thorpe, Pa... Mackins is out for the season with an injury. ABOUT ARIZONA STATE - The Sun Devils are 3-0 overall and 2-0 in Pac-12 action after knocking off in-state foe, 15th-ranked Arizona, 195.875-194.350 in a dual Friday night... ASU scored a season-high and got career-highs from three gymnasts to earn its first win over UA since 2006. Senior Beate Jones was ASU's lone event winner, collecting the all-around with a 39.200, while also finishing second on both floor (9.900) and vault (9.850).... Seniors Kahoku Palafox and Madison Snowden tied for second on beam with 9.825's each while Palafox and fellow senior Stephanie Hangartner were the top Sun Devils on bars tying for third with 9.800's apiece. Jones leads ASU with a 38.933 all-around average, as well as leading the team on vault with a 9.825 average while sharing the team-leading honors on floor with freshman Natasha Sundby with 9.825 averages... Palafox has the top bars average on the team with a 9.833 while Snowden is tops on beam with a 9.750 average. ASU head coach John Spini is in his 32nd season at the helm of the Sun Devils' program, earning 20 NCAA Championships berths, including having at least one ASU gymnast at the NCAA Championships in 25 out of 30 seasons... Spini has coached 27 All-Americans for a total of 81 All-American accolades... Six gymnasts have won individual NCAA titles under Spini. SERIES HISTORY VS. ARIZONA STATE - Utah State has a combined 4-32 record against Arizona State, including 3-2 at home... Friday is the first meeting between USU and ASU since 2004 when the teams met in a quad meet hosted by California at Berkley, Calif... The Aggies were third in that meet while the Sun Devils were second... Friday's meet is Arizona State's first visit to Logan since 2002, when the Sun Devils were at the Spectrum for a tri-meet with USU and Southern Utah... ASU won while USU was second... Utah State's last win over Arizona State was in a home dual in 1991, a span of 22-straight losses. TOUGH TRODDING FOR WAC TEAMS - Two of the top scores in the NCAA have been in meets vs. WAC teams as Oklahoma's winning score of 197.450 in the Texas Woman's quad meet with Utah State was the second-highest at the time and is currently is the fourth-highest score this season in the country and, only topped by a 197.575 by UCLA the next day in a win over San Jose State, which is now the second-highest... Florida has the highest score with a 197.775. AGGIES SCHEDULE FULL OF NUMBERS - A total of five of USU's opponents are in this week's Top 25, including two in the top five at Utah (Jan. 13) is No. 1 while Oklahoma (Jan. 21) is No. 5... Other USU foes include No. 15 Denver (March 24), No. 16 Boise State (Jan. 27/March 2) and No. 18 Arizona (March 16)... Two other opponents are just outside the Top 25 in No. 26 Arizona State (Saturday-Feb. 3) and No. 27 Southern Utah (Jan. 27/Feb. 24/March 9/March 24). SUPER 16 - The 16 gymnasts on USU's 2012 roster is the most on an Aggie roster since 2006, after having 15 on the 2011 roster, 13 on the 2010 ledger, 12 on the 2009 roster... USU had 14 gymnasts on each of the 2008 and 2007 rosters, while having 16 on the 2006 roster. BEEHIVE STATERS - Utah State has three gymnasts from the state of Utah in senior Haley Hogan (Centerville/Viewmont HS/North Davis Gymnastics), sophomore Christina Nye (North Logan/Logan HS/Tytans Gymnastics) and freshman Ashley Follett (American Fork, Utah/American Fork HS/All American Gymnastics). FLIPPING THE BOOKS TOO - Utah State had four gymnasts earn academic all-WAC honors last season, and three return, in seniors Haley Hogan and Rebecca Holliday, along with junior Amanda Watamaniuk. LAST TIME OUT - To kick off a four-meet homestand Friday, the Utah State gymnastics team finished in second place in a tri-meet between Southern Utah and No. 13 Boise State with a final score of 194.050. Freshman Sarah Landes was the gymnast of the meet, setting personal bests on beam, floor and her all-around competition with a total score of 39.225, making her mark in the USU record books in the process. Last season, it took until the second-to-last meet of the season for the Aggies to score over a 194. Southern Utah finished with 194.525 to win the meet while Boise State took third with 193.525. With the result, USU is now 2-4, as Friday night was the Aggies' first win over Boise State since the 2007 Western Athletic Conference Championships, snapping a 13-meet losing skid vs. the Broncos. Southern Utah and Boise State both evened their records at 2-2. The Aggies scored season high scores on three of the four events, opening with a 48.575 on vault, then a 48.850 on bars to lead at the meet's midway point. USU scored another season-high on beam with a 48.550 and finished with a 48.075 on floor, the second-highest score this season. Southern Utah sealed the win with a 48.675 on vault in the fourth rotation after a 48.875 on floor. SUU also scored a 48.325 on bars and a 48.650 on beam. Boise State recorded a 47.825 on beam, a 49.075 on floor, a 49.150 on vault and a 47.475 on bars. Landes was the gymnast of the meet, setting personal bests on beam, floor and her all-around competition with a total score of 39.225. Landes won the all-around while sharing the beam title with BSU's Amy Glass, both posting 9.875's, while finishing third on floor with a 9.825. Landes' winning beam score of 9.875 is tied for the fifth-best score in school history, while her 39.225 all-around score was just outside of USU's top 20 individual all-around performances. Southern Utah's Michaela Chernoch was second in the all-around with a 39.050 while Glass was third with a 38.725. Sophomore Paige Jones tied for second on vault with a career-high 9.875, which tied the fourth-best score in school history. BSU's Hailey Gasper tied Jones for second while fellow BSU gymnast Brittany Potvin-Green won the event with a 9.900. The Broncos took the top two spots on bars, as Ciera Perkins took top honors with a 9.875 followed by Kelsy Morris with a 9.825. Glass and Chernoch shared the floor title with 9.900's. The Aggies opened the meet on vault with freshman Breyanna Aufiero getting it started with a 9.375. Junior Amanda Watamaniuk was next with a 9.575, followed by freshman Susie Miller and her 9.600, tying her career-high. Landes notched a 9.725 while junior Amelia Montoya beat her career-high with a 9.800. Jones also beat her personal record, landing a 9.875. After the first rotation, the Aggies were in the lead with 48.575. SUU started on bars with a 48.325 and Boise was on beam with 47.825. For the second event, Utah State moved to the bars, where senior Rebecca Holliday started things off with a 9.775. Montoya was next, tying her career-high with a 9.800. Watamaniuk notched a 9.750, followed by Landes and her 9.800. Jones took the only fall of the night, notching an 8.850. Freshman Kaitlyn Betts rounded out the rotation by tying her career-high with a 9.750. The Aggies maintained their first place position after the second rotation, with a total score of 97.425. After their turn on beam, SUU was in second with 96.975. Boise State stayed in third with a total of 96.900. Moving to beam, freshman Ashley Follett topped her career-high with a 9.675. Keeping with the theme, Miller was next, also beating her personal best with a score of 9.575. After a fall, Montoya notched a 9.100, followed by Holliday with a 9.775. Landes set a career-high with her 9.875 and Jones finished the event, shattering her career-high with a 9.650. Boise State's run on the vault was enough to push them into first place after the third rotation with a total of 146.050. The Aggies fell to second with 145.975, while Southern Utah was in third with 145.850. To conclude the meet, Utah State moved to the floor where Miller led off with a 9.650. Watamaniuk slipped on a pass, notching a 9.050. Landes set a new personal best, scoring 9.825. Montoya stepped out of bounds, putting her at 9.100. Jones followed her, landing a 9.750, while Holliday notched a 9.750. Final standings left the Aggies just a hair behind first place as the Thunderbirds left with the win with 194.525. USU finished with 194.050, followed by the Broncos and their score of 193.525. 2011 REVIEW - Utah State finished with a No. 47 ranking in the Troester/GymInfo Women's Gymnastics Coaches Poll... USU had a final Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 192.935, a season-average of 192.483 and a season-high of 194.550... The Aggies were fourth in the WAC and eighth in the North Central final rankings... USU was also fourth in the WAC on two of the four apparatus: vault (48.400 RQS/48.173 avg./48.600 high), bars (48.555 RQS/48.308 avg./49.000 high), while ranking fifth on the other two events: beam (47.820 RQS/47.575 avg./48.625 high) and floor (48.625 RQS/48.427 avg./48.975 high). Individually, Nicole Simoneau was fourth in the WAC, tied for 11th in the North Central region and tied for No. 55 in the country with a 9.835 RQS and a 9.765 average with a season-high of 9.875... Simoneau is also tied for 14th in the conference and 38th in the region on beam with a 9.710 RQS and a 9.584 average with a season-best of 9.750... Lyndsie Boone was tied for eighth in the WAC and tied for 24th in the region on vault with a 9.775 RQS and a 9.738 average with a high score on the season of 9.825... Jackie Dillon was tied for ninth in the WAC and tied for 21st in the region on floor with a 9.800 RQS and a 9.771 average, with a top season score of 9.850... Dillon was also sixth in the conference and 12th in the region as well as 76th in the nation in the all-around with a 38.720 RQS and 38.423 average with a season-high score of 38.150. IN THE RECORD BOOKS - The Aggies left their mark in several spots in the USU record books in 2011, with one individual event high, three individual season averages and two team season averages marks: INDIVIDUAL EVENT HIGHS Bars - T24. Nicole Simoneau - 9.875 - 2/18/11 - Boise State dualUTAH STATE'S RICHARDS NAMED NACGC CO-REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR - Utah State gymnastics head coach Jeff Richards was named the NCAA Division I National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) North Central Region Co-Coach of the Year, in a vote by the region's head coaches at the NCAA Division I Gymnastics North Central Regional. Richards shares the award with Utah co-head coach Megan Marsden. Richards led five Aggie individuals to the NCAA North Central Regional Championships last Saturday in Denver, Colo. Senior Jackie Dillon was eighth in the all-around with a score of 38.450 to lead the Aggies on the night. The eighth-place finish was the highest of the night for Utah State. Freshman Rachel Vaske was 12th in the all-around with a score of 38.025. Senior Lyndsie Boone capped off an amazing Utah State career, finishing 14th in the all-around with a score of 37.950. A GLANCE AT THE AGGIES Breyanna Aufiero - Notched a 9.500 on vault (8th) in collegiate debut at the Utah dual... Scored an 8.625 on vault (24th) at the Texas Woman's quad meet... Posted a 9.375 on vault (17th) in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah. CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at Deltchev Gymnastics under Stoyan Deltchev... Nevada State Champion in 2009... Named Gymnast of the Year for her club in 2010... Qualified for Level 9 Western Championship. Kaitlyn Betts - In USU debut in dual at Utah, posted a 9.625 on bars (11th) and an 8.925 on vault (12th)... Scored a 9.725 on bars (T11th) at the Texas Woman's quad... For second time in as many meets, recorded a 9.725 on bars (T7th) in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah, as well as posting a 9.500 on vault in an exhibition performance. CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for Euro Stars Gymnastics under Peter and Tania Gueorguive... Was named the 2011 Level 10 National Champion on vault and placed eighth on bars... Placed third in the all-around at the 2010 Level 10 National Invitation Tournament... In 2008 she was the Level 9 Regional all-around and bars champion... Placed third in the all-around at 2008 Level 9 Nationals. Ashley Follett - Logged a 9.600 on beam (8th) in first collegiate action in dual at Utah... Notched a 9.600 on beam (T11th) and an 8.450 on floor (24th) at the Texas Woman's quad... Improved on beam score in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah with a 9.675 (T10th). CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for US Gold Gymnastics in Roanoke, Texas under Tina Martin... Moved to Utah where she competed with All American Gymnastics under Jamie Wysong... Was the 2011 Level 10 Utah State Champion in all-round, bars and floor... Was a five-time regional qualifier... Placed fifth at the 2010 Level 9 Westerns. Haley Hogan - Scored a 9.575 on beam (11th) in dual at Utah... At the Texas Woman's quad, scored an 8.900 on beam (21st)... In an exhibition performance on beam in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah, posted a 9.775. LAST SEASON: Posted a 9.625 on beam as an exhibition performance in the Southern Utah dual... Was the top Aggie on beam at the San Jose State tri-meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire, tying for second overall with a 9.675... At the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State, posted a 9.500 on beam (18th)... Logged a 9.575 on beam (T7th) at the Southern Utah dual... Posted a 9.625 on beam (T5th) at the Sacramento State dual... In the dual vs. Boise State, tied career-high with a 9.750 on beam (T4th)... Scored a 9.125 on beam and placed 12th in both the Utah dual and the dual at Boise State... Did not compete in the home dual vs. Cal State Fullerton... Was 13th on beam (9.575) at the Southern Utah tri-meet with Iowa... At the WAC Championships, posted a 9.675 on beam (T17th), which was USU's highest score of the meet on the event... Earned academic all-WAC accolades as well as USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award honors. Rebecca Holliday - Notched a 9.575 on beam (9th) at Utah dual... At the Texas Woman's quad, registered a 9.750 on bars (10th)... Recorded a new career-high with a 9.750 on floor (T9th), as well as tallying 9.775's on both bars (5th) and beam (4th) in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah. LAST SEASON: In the season-opener at the Southern Utah dual, was second on beam with a 9.775 and also tied for second on bars with a 9.725, as well as posting a new career-best on vault (9.700)... Tied for eighth on bars in the Arizona/BYU tri-meet with a 9.700, along with logging 9.450 on vault (18th) and a 9.050 on beam (13th)... Logged 9.700 on bars (T4th), 9.600 on vault (T7th) and 8.850 on beam (16th) at the San Jose State tri-meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire... At the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State, posted a 9.725 on bars (T17th) and 9.550 on vault (T18th)... Registered a 9.650 on bars (5th), 9.600 on vault (9th) and a 9.100 on beam (12th) at the Southern Utah dual... At the Sacramento State dual, scored a 9.700 on beam (2nd), a 9.275 on bars (T7th) and a 9.075 on vault (12th)... Scored a 9.725 on bars (T6th), a 9.100 on vault (12th) and an 8.350 on beam (12th) in the dual vs. Boise State... Did not compete in either the Utah dual nor the dual at Boise State, due to an injury sustained during warm-ups of the Utah dual... Returned to action in the Cal State Fullerton dual, posting a 9.675 on bars (7th), a 9.475 on vault (T8th) and an 8.325 on beam (12th)... In the tri-meet at Southern Utah with Iowa, logged a 9.725 on bars (T9th) and a 9.600 on vault (16th) as well as a 9.075 in a beam exhibition performance... At the WAC Championships, scored a 9.600 on bars (T23rd) and a 9.100 on vault (33rd)... An academic all-WAC selection and a USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. Paige Jones - Did not compete in the dual at Utah... In first action of season at Texas Woman's quad, finished fifth in the all-around with a career-high 38.525, including tying career-best on vault with a 9.825 (5th), as well as notching 9.800 on floor (T8th), 9.700 on bars (T13th) and 9.200 on beam (17th)... In the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah, made mark in school record books with a 9.875 on vault (T2nd), the fourth-highest score in school history, as part of tallying a 38.125 in the all-around (4th), recording 9.750 on floor (T9th), 9.650 on beam (12th) and 8.850 on bars (18th). LAST SEASON: Made collegiate debut doing the all-around in the Southern Utah dual, posting a 37.150 (5th), logging 9.700 on vault (T-5th), 9.675 on bars (5th), 9.225 on floor (11th) and 8.550 on beam (12th)... Improved all-around score with a 37.675 in the Arizona/BYU tri-meet, logging a 9.750 on floor (2nd), 9.725 on vault (T7th), 9.700 on bars (T8th) and an 8.500 on beam (18th)... Continued improvement in the all-around at the San Jose State tri-meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire with a career-best 38.450, while finishing second on vault with 9.725, tied for third on floor with a 9.825, while also logging season-best 9.225 on beam (13th) and adding a 9.675 on bars (T6th)... Won the vault with a career-best 9.825 at the Sacramento State dual, along with tying for third on both floor (9.750) and bars (9.525)... Posted a career-high with a 9.850 on floor (T2nd) in the dual vs. Boise State, while also logging a 9.725 on bars (T6th) and notching a 9.750 on vault (T7th)... Posted a 9.725 on vault (T15th) at the WAC Championships, as well as a 9.050 on floor (T34th)... At the NCAA North Central Regionals, logged a 9.550 on vault (40th) and a 9.425 on floor (39th)... Earned academic all-WAC honors and was also a USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. Sarah Landes - Had smashing collegiate debut, notching a 38.825 in the all-around to finish third and also tied for fourth on the bars with a 9.825 and was the lone Aggie in the top five of any of the four events, also posting a 9.700 on beam (7th), a 9.675 on vault (7th) and 9.625 on floor (8th)... At the Texas Woman's quad meet, improved on her all-around score with a 38.925 to finish second, as well as bettering her vault score with a 9.725 (T9th), and improving with 9.750's on both beam (T7th) and floor (T10th), while posting a 9.700 on bars (T13th)... Named the Gymnast of the Meet in the Boise State and Southern Utah tri-meet, setting personal bests on beam, floor and her all-around competition with a winning score of 39.225, making her mark in the USU record books in the process as her winning beam score of 9.875 is tied for the fifth-best score in school history, while her 39.225 all-around score was just outside of USU's top 20 individual all-around performances... Also scored career-highs of 9.825 on floor (3rd), 9.725 on vault (12th) while also posting 9.800 on bars (3rd), just .025 off top score. CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for Dynamo Gymnastics under Dennis and Shannon Harrison... At the 2011 Junior Olympic Nationals, she placed 10th on floor, 15th on vault, 12th on beam and 12th in all-around... Received the Shannon Miller Award in 2009... Graduated first in her class at Deer Creek High School. Brittney Mackins - Will not be competing this season due to an injury. LAST SEASON: In collegiate debut in the Southern Utah dual, competed on floor in an exhibition performance, posting a 9.450... Did not compete in the Arizona/BYU tri-meet, the San Jose State tri-meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire, nor the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State... Recorded a 9.200 in a floor exhibition performance at Southern Utah dual... Did not see any action at the Sacramento State dual, nor in the home dual vs. Boise State... Competed officially for the first time in the Utah dual, posting a 9.425 (11th) on floor... Notched a 9.475 on floor (T11th) at the Boise State dual... Scored an 8.950 in a floor exhibition performance in the home finale vs. Cal State Fullerton... Did not compete in tri-meet at Southern Utah w/Iowa, nor at the WAC Championships... An academic all-WAC honoree as well as a recipient of the USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award. Kristen Meyers - Will not be competing this season due to an injury. CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed for Edge-Riverside Gymnastics under Laura Habel and John Laudie... Competed in the Women's Junior Olympic Championships Level 10... In 2011, competed in Region levels 8, 9 and 10 with a 35.590... Graduated second in her class at Smithville High School. Susie Miller - In collegiate debut at Utah dual, scored a 9.650 on floor (7th), a 9.500 on beam (10th) and a 9.475 on vault (T9th)... Scored a 9.750 on floor (T10th), a 9.575 on vault (T17th) and an 8.825 on beam (23rd) in the quad meet at Texas Woman's... Improved on vault and beam scores in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah, posting 9.600 on vault (15th) and 9.575 on beam (13th) while also notching a 9.650 on floor (15th). CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at Technique Gymnastics under Lisa Poarch... Was a part of the 2011 Level 10 team that took third place at the NorCal State Championship meet... Was a 2010 National Invitational Tournament qualifier... Qualified for the 2008 Western meet... Was named Gymnast of the Year for her club in both 2009 and 2011. Amelia Montoya - Was fifth in the all-around at the Utah dual with a 38.000, posting a career-high 9.700 on bars (10th), while also notching a 9.725 on floor (6th), a 9.475 on vault (T9th) and a 9.100 on beam (12th)... Posted a 38.300 in the all-around (6th) at the Texas Woman's quad, scoring a 9.800 on bars (T5th), a 9.750 on vault (8th), a 9.725 on floor (13th) and a 9.025 on beam (T19th)... Improved career-best score on vault while tying top score of career on bars in the Boise State/Southern Utah tri-meet, notching 9.800's on both vault (T4th) and bars (T3rd), while also scoring 9.100's on both beam (18th) and floor (16th) on the way to an all-around total of 37.800 (5th). LAST SEASON: Did not compete in the Southern Utah dual... Tied a career-high with a 9.725 on floor (T3rd) in the Arizona/BYU tri-meet... At the San Jose State tri-meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire, logged a 9.725 on floor (9th), tying career-high for second-straight meet, while also posting 9.325 on vault (12th) and 9.050 on bars (12th)... At the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State, scored 9.625 and placed 20th on both bars and floor... Posted an 8.950 on floor (12th) at the Southern Utah dual, as well as an 8.950 in a bars exhibition performance... Recorded a 9.075 on floor (12th) and an 8.975 on bars (12th) at the Sacramento State dual... Did not compete in the home duals vs. Boise State and Utah, as well as the road dual at Boise State due to injury suffered at Sacramento State... Returned to action with a bang, logging a career-high 9.750 on floor (T4th) in the Cal State Fullerton dual... Scored a 9.625 on floor (17th) at the Southern Utah tri-meet with Iowa... Registered a 9.600 on floor (T26th) at the WAC Championships. Christina Nye - Logged a new career-high on bars with a 9.725 (9th), while also registering a 9.500 on floor (9th)... Did not compete at the Texas Woman's quad... In the Boise State/Southern Utah tri-meet, posting a 9.700 on floor in an exhibition performance. LAST SEASON: Made collegiate debut in the Southern Utah dual, leading off USU's lineup on floor with a 9.400 (10th)... Did not compete in the BYU/Arizona tri-meet... Posted a new career-best with a 9.700 on floor (T10th) at the San Jose State tri-meet with Wisconsin-Eau Claire... At the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State, recorded a 9.600 on floor (21st)... Recorded a 9.675 on floor (10th) at the Southern Utah dual... Tied for eighth on floor (9.550) at the Sacramento State dual... In the home dual vs. Boise State, scored a 9.550 on floor (11th)... Did not compete in the dual vs. Utah, the dual at Boise State nor the Cal State Fullerton dual with a minor injury... Returned to action at the Southern Utah tri-meet with Iowa, logging a 9.550 in a floor exhibition performance... Earned academic all-WAC accolades as well as USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recognition. Jenna Saxton - Made collegiate debut at Utah dual, scoring an 8.550 on bars (12th) and an 8.200 on floor (12th)... Did not see any action at the Texas Woman's quad meet nor in the tri-meet with Boise State and Southern Utah. CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL -- Competed for Kristie Phillips at the Kristie Phillips Athletic Center... Competed at the Level 9 Easterns meet... Was a Level 10 regional qualifier in 2009. Rachel Vaske - Out for at least the first portion of the season with an injury. LAST SEASON: In first collegiate meet at the Southern Utah dual, notched a 9.725 on floor (T-5th), 9.625 on bars (T-7th) and 9.600 on vault (9th)... Competed in the all-around for the first time in her collegiate career at the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State, logging a 37.700 (6th), posting a 9.575 on bars (22nd), 9.550's on both vault (T18th) and floor (24th), as well as a 9.025 on beam (23rd)... Recorded a season-high 9.650 on bars (12th) in the Boise State dual, while also logging 9.675 on floor (10th) and 9.650 on vault (10th), as well as posting a 9.500 in a beam exhibition performance... Notched career-high 38.600 in the all-around (5th) in the Utah dual, posting a 9.700 on both beam (8th) and floor (7th), as well as 9.600's on both vault (9th) and bars (11th)... In the home finale vs. Cal State Fullerton, posted two career-highs in the all-around with a 38.625 (5th) and on bars with a 9.825 (T2nd), along with scoring 9.675 on beam (T5th), 9.625 on floor (8th) and a 9.500 on vault (7th)... Was ninth in the all-around at the WAC Championships with a 38.250, recording a 9.625 on bars (22nd), a 9.575 on both vault (T28th) and floor (T28th), as well as a 9.475 on beam (28th)... Notched a 38.025 at the NCAA North Central Regionals, placing 12th after scoring a 9.650 on bars (T34th), a 9.550 on both beam (31st) and floor (37th), and a 9.275 on vault (42nd)... A USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. Samantha Wagner - Notched an 8.650 in an exhibition bars performance at Utah in first collegiate action... Did not compete at the Texas Woman's quad... Registered a 9.450 on bars in an exhibition performance in the Boise State/Southern Utah tri-meet. LAST SEASON: Redshirted the season with an injury... A recipient of the USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award. Amanda Watamaniuk - Posted new career-high on bars with a 9.775 (8th) at the Utah dual, and also scored a 9.475 on vault (T9th) and a 9.450 on floor (10th)... Notched a career-best 9.675 on vault (16th) at the Texas Woman's quad, as well as scoring a 9.600 on floor (19th) and a 9.150 on bars (22nd)... In the Boise State/Southern Utah tri-meet, registered a 9.750 on bars (6th), a 9.575 on vault (16th) and a 9.050 on floor (17th). LAST SEASON: Performed on bars in an exhibition performance in the Southern Utah dual, posting a 9.600... Notched a 9.600 (T14th) on bars in the BYU/Arizona tri-meet... Did not compete in the San Jose State/Wisconsin-Eau Claire tri-meet... Did an exhibition performance on bars at the BYU quad meet with Southern Utah and Iowa State, logging a 9.600... Recorded a 9.475 on bars (7th) at the Southern Utah dual... Posted a 9.275 on bars in an exhibition performance at the Sacramento State dual... Did not compete in the home dual vs. Boise State... Posted a 9.025 (12th) on bars in the dual vs. Utah... Recorded a 9.650 on bars (9th) at the Boise State dual... Scored a 9.700 on bars in an exhibition performance in the home finale dual vs. Cal State Fullerton... At the Southern Utah tri-meet with Iowa, posted a 9.625 in a bars exhibition performance... Scored a 9.650 (T20th) on bars at the WAC Championships... An academic all-WAC selection and a USU Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
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