Gymmin' Miel!

The University of Washington hosts Denver University and Seattle Pacific University at the Alaska Airlines Arena. It also is a chance for Washington to honor Seniors Allison Northey and Sheridan Metcalf (who is currently serving as a student coach). Must admit I got a little teary as Northey was introduced - She has contributed so much to the Washington program. Solid start from all three teams however after the first rotation Denver narrowly leads over Washington with Seattle Pacific in third having to count a low of 9.475 after both Alexa Okamura and Kristi Hayashida had problems with their Balance Beam routines.

Solid routine from Washington's Joslyn Goings on Bars. In fact it has been it has been a fantastic Bars routine from the Huskies. Season high total from the Huskies on the Uneven Bars and including a new career high from Jessica Nesis. Balance check from Nina McGee on the Beam. Lovely Floor routine from Lauren Glover of SPU. Washington move into first over Denver after two rotations! Lovely routine from Grace Broadhurst of Denver on the Beam as an exhibition. Beautiful routine from Ariana Harger on Floor.

Solid vaulting from the SPU line up with some amazing work from Washington on the Balance Beam. Lovely routine from Nina McGee on the Floor Exercise - standout routine for Denver. After all three teams have competed on the Balance Beam - the event title goes to Washington's Joslyn Goings. Team standings remain unchanged headed into the final rotation. Washington's lead is only 0.025 over Denver. It's going to be a close one!!

Solid start on Vault from Denver's Emily Barrett - hop forward. Despite some solid Vaulting from Denver it wasn't enough to top Washington (who amassed a season-high total) with Seattle Pacific in third. Allison Northey had a fantastic evening - taking out the All Around and Vault titles and finishing second on the Uneven Bars (tied with Denver's Julia  Ross), Balance Beam (tied with team mate Stephanie Stowe) and on the Floor Exercise. Washington's Kaitlyn Duranczyk took out the Bars title with team mate Goings topping the Balance Beam title. Denver's Nina McGee outclassed the field on Floor. SPU's team total was also a season-high. 

Tonight's meet hosted by Denver University at the Hamilton Gymnasium sees them take on Southeast Missouri State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois-Chicago and is the first time since 2014 that the Pioneers will boast a sold out crowd. At the halfway mark Denver has a narrow lead over the team from the University of Iowa with Illinois-Chicago in third. After a rough beam rotation Southeast Missouri sits in fourth having had a quick turnaround with their last meet being on Friday. Team Standings remain unchanged after the third rotation but a low scoring Uneven Bars rotation saw the gap between UIC and SEMO move to just 0.650 points. Denver triumphed over Iowa with SEMO finishing third narrowly pipping the University of Illinois-Chicago. It was a fantastic night for Denver's 5th year Senior Nina McGee who took out the All Around, Vault and Uneven Bars titles as well as capturing the Floor Exercise honors with her second PERFECT 10.0 of the season on the event! The marks on the Vault and Bars tied her career-highs with her All Around score a new career-high mark! Denver Junior Julia Ross earned the Balance Beam title by tying her career-high score.

Denver University triumphed against Southern Utah University and West Virginia University in their home opener today at the Hamilton Gymnasium. Denver's fifth-year Senior Nina McGee had a fantastic competition, earning the All Around title, tying for first place on the Uneven Bars (with Southern Utah Sophomore Kirstie Yee) and then dominating with a PERFECT 10.0 scoring Floor Exercise routine. West Virginia University's Freshman Kirah Koshinski opened her collegiate career winning the Vault honors whilst on the Balance Beam Denver Sophomore Claire Hammen and Southern Utah Junior Danielle Ramirez tied for first place. Denver's Diana Chesnok, Claire Kern and Kaitlyn Schou; Southern Utah's Caitlyn Kessel (plus Sophomore Karen Gonzalez who did not compete last season and Junior Memory Shettles who missed most of last season due to injury); and West Virginia's Carly Galpin, Jaquie Tun and Tiara Wright all made their collegiate debuts. 

TEAM RESULTS:

ALL AROUND RESULTS:

VAULT RESULTS:

UNEVEN BARS RESULTS:

BALANCE BEAM RESULTS:

FLOOR EXERCISE RESULTS:

Despite losing to Denver University on Friday night in the Smith Fieldhouse, Brigham Young University's Gymnastics team had a lot to celebrate with the team celebrating 10 individual career highs. Brigham Young's Senior Raquel Willman Hatch won the All Around title with a career high total and also scored a career high score on the Uneven Bars and earned the title on the event. Denver Senior Moriah Martin won the Vault title with fellow Senior team mate Jorie Hall taking the honors on the Balance Beam. Makenzie Johnson, a Sophomore on the Brigham Young team earned the Floor Exercise title with a career high score for her. For full details on BYU's career highs see: http://byucougars.com/w-gymnastics/hatch-wins-all-around-career-night-byu.

RESULTS:

TEAM:

ALL AROUND:

1. Raquel Willman Hatch (Brigham Young) (9.825, 9.950, 9.800, 9.850) 39.425
2. Makenzie Johnson (Brigham Young) (9.825, 9.875, 9.775, 9.900) 39.375
3. Moriah Martin (Denver) (9.900, 9.875, 9.700, 9.825) 39.300

1. Moriah Martin (Denver) 9.900
2. Eliane Kulczyk (Brigham Young) 9.875
3. Raquel Willman Hatch (Brigham Young); Makenzie Johnson (Brigham Young); Kaitlin Moorhead (Denver) 9.825
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6. Madeline Nilsson (Brigham Young); Julia Ross (Denver) 9.800
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8. Jordan Schult (Brigham Young); Nina McGee (Denver); Melodie Pulgarin Linero (Denver) 9.775
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11. KayCee Gassaway (Brigham Young); Maggie Laughlin (Denver) 9.725
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1. Raquel Willman Hatch (Brigham Young) 9.950
2. Makenzie Johnson (Brigham Young); Melodie Pulgarin Linero (Denver); Moriah Martin (Denver); Nina McGee (Denver) 9.875
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6. Eliane Kulczyk (Brigham Young); Julia Ross (Denver) 9.850
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8. Megan Bain Tidwell (Brigham Young); KayCee Gassaway (Brigham Young); Rachel Feeken (Denver) 9.825
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11. Emily Vidmar (Brigham Young) 9.800
12. Leah Lomonte (Denver) 9.750

1. Jorie Hall (Denver) 9.925
2. Summer Raymond (Brigham Young) 9.900
3. Nina McGee (Denver) 9.875
4. Leah Lomonte (Denver) 9.850
5. Ashley Follett (Brigham Young); Emily Vidmar (Brigham Young); Raquel Willman Hatch (Brigham Young); Ellese Sakai-Hart (Denver) 9.800
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9. Makenzie Johnson (Brigham Young) 9.775
10. Julia Ross (Denver) 9.750
11. Moriah Martin (Denver) 9.700
12. Megan Bain Tidwell (Brigham Young) 8.875

1. Makenzie Johnson (Brigham Young) 9.900
2. Raquel Willman Hatch (Brigham Young) 9.850
3. Katie Menhinick (Denver); Kaitlin Moorhead (Denver); Moriah Martin (Denver) 9.825
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6. KayCee Gassaway (Brigham Young); Maggie Laughlin (Denver) 9.775
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8. Eliane Kulczyk (Brigham Young) 9.750
9. Ellese Sakai-Hart (Denver) 9.725
10. Jordan Schult (Brigham Young) 9.650
11. Jorie Hall (Denver) 9.600
12. Megan Bain Tidwell (Brigham Young) 9.100