Gymmin' Miel!

The University of California-Davis will be recognizing their Seniors - Taylor Baron, Dani Judal, Stephanie Stamates and Jamie Yamashita as they host the California State University-Sacramento and the University of California-Berkeley. Really loving today's leotards from all teams. Lovely routine from California's Charlie Owens to start on the Floor Exercise. Solid Vaults from the first three gymnasts up from UC-Davis. Loved Desiree Palomares routine on Floor! Season-high tying routine on Floor by Arianna Robinson. Solid Uneven Bars routines from Sac State's Lauren Rice, Cassie Benning and Courtney Soliwoda. Gorgeous Floor routine from Jessica Howe (matched her career high). Phenomenal routine from Toni-Ann Williams who scores a season-high of 9.950 with Zoe Draghi bringing it home with a 9.925 (Career High). UC-Berkeley leads over Sacramento State and UC-Davis after the first rotation. UC-Berkeley's Floor total is the second highest mark in the School's History!!!

Despite an overshot handstand it was a solid start on Uneven Bars by UC-Davis' Aya Suzuki. Season high for Palomares with her Yurchenko full. Amazing routine on Bars from Alexis Brown. Season high on Vault for Emily Richardson with a career-high for Arianna Robinson. Season-high team total on the Vault for Cal. Great Beam routine from Lauren Rice of Sacramento State. Team standings remain unchanged after the second rotation.

Unfortunately the power went out in my neighborhood and I was unable to watch the final two rotations. Richardson matched her career high mark on the Uneven Bars with fellow Juniors Amber Takara and Jessica Howe notching career highs alongside Freshman Sofie Seilnacht. Williams also tied with her season-high on the event. Their team total on the Uneven Bars was the third highest mark in the program's history. UC-Berkeley earned the highest score on the Balance Beam in school history with Desiree Palomares matching her career high and Howe earning a personal best of 9.950 on the event. Richardson added a career best of 9.875 in her second outing on the event after making her Beam debut last week. The team's final score of 197.500 is the highest score in school history. 

Stamates tied career-highs on both the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise to lead UC-Davis to a season-high total. Baron earned a career-high mark on the Floor with Sophomore Amanda Presswood also setting a personal record on the event. A solid outing for the team on the event enabled the Aggies to move into second place over Sacramento State. A season best effort from the team on the Floor Exercise solidified their second place finish and saw the Aggies score over the 196 mark for only the third time in the program history.

Sacramento State Sophomore Lauren Rice tied her career-high mark in the All Around to take the honors and help lead the Hornets to the second highest team score for the season. Three Hornets earned career-highs on the Floor Exercise - Freshman Carly Pratt, Sophomore Jennifer Brenner and Junior Julia Konner. 

Williams took out the Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise titles with team mates Arianna Robinson and Jessica Howe taking out the Vault and Balance Beam honors respectively. 

TEAM RESULTS:

ALL AROUND RESULTS:

1. Lauren  Rice (Sacramento State) 39.225
2. Julia Konner (Sacramento State) 39.025
3. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 38.950

VAULT RESULTS (SCORES IN ITALICS WERE EXHIBITIONS):

UNEVEN BARS RESULTS (SCORES IN ITALICS WERE EXHIBITIONS):

BALANCE BEAM RESULTS  (SCORES IN ITALICS WERE EXHIBITIONS):

FLOOR EXERCISE RESULTS  (SCORES IN ITALICS WERE EXHIBITIONS):

San Jose State University's three Seniors Bekah Gher, Cassandra Harrison and Julia Greer lead the Spartans to victory over California State University-Sacramento. Gher took out the All Around title whilst Greer topped the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise standings. San Jose Sophomore Marissa Unpingco and Sacramento State Junior Kalliah McCartney won the Uneven Bars and Vault titles respectively. 

RESULTS:

ALL AROUND:

1. Bekah Gher (San Jose State) 39.125
2. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 39.100
3. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 39.075
4. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State) 38.225

1. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 9.850
2. Bekah Gher (San Jose State) 9.825
3. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 9.800
4. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State) 9.775
5. Hannah Gilbert (San Jose State) 9.750
6. Tina Necas (Sacramento State); Kailey Hansen (Sacramento State) 9.725
7. 
   
8. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State); Katie Osaki (Sacramento State) 9.700
9. 
   
10. Julia Greer (San Jose State) 9.650
11. Kiana Gordon (San Jose State); Julia Konner (Sacramento State) 9.600
12. 
    

1. Marissa Unpingco (San Jose State) 9.875
2. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 9.850
3. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State); Brennan Bailes (Sacramento State) 9.775
4. 
   
5. Bekah Gher (San Jose State); Kaila Kilwein (Sacramento State) 9.750
6. 
   
7. Alyssa Kaschak (San Jose State); Rachel Heinl (San Jose State) 9.700
8. 
   
9. Ashley Wooff (Sacramento State) 9.675
10. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 9.650
11. Kayla Wonderly (Sacramento State) 9.625
12. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State) 9.125

BALANCE BEAM:

1. Julia Greer (San Jose State) 9.850
2. Cami Guyer (San Jose State); Bekah Gher (San Jose State); Kailey Hansen (Sacramento State) 9.800
3. 
   
4. 
   
5. Marissa Unpingco (San Jose State); Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 9.750
6. 
   
7. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 9.725
8. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State) 9.625
9. Kayla Wonderly (Sacramento State); Elideth Guerrero (Sacramento State) 9.100
10. 
    
11. Alyssa Kaschak (San Jose State) 9.075
12. Cassie Benning (Sacramento State) 8.875

FLOOR EXERCISE:

1. Julia Greer (San Jose State) 9.925
2. Jasmine Holmes (San Jose State) 9.900
3. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 9.875
4. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 9.850
5. Kiley Field (San Jose State); Dallas Smith (Sacramento State) 9.800
6. 
   
7. Katie Osaki (Sacramento State); Julia Konner (Sacramento State) 9.775
8. 
   
9. Bekah Gher (San Jose State) 9.750
10. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State) 9.700
11. Maddie Montoya (Sacramento State) 9.600
12. Kailey Hansen (Sacramento State) 9.500

ALL AROUND:

1. Kalliah McCartney (SSU) (9.875, 9.675, 9.425, 9.125) 38.100

1. Kalliah McCartney (SSU) 9.875
2. Jesse Williams (SSU) 9.775
3. Julia Konner (SSU); Kailey Hansen (SSU) 9.750
4. 
   
5. Tina Necas (SSU) 9.725
6. Katie Osaki (SSU) 9.675
7. Cara Lord (SPU); Lauren Glover (SPU) 9.650
8. 
   
9. Teryn Loland (SPU) 9.600
10. Maria Hundley (SPU) 9.575
11. Ali Tso (SPU) 9.550
12. Kenley Memmel (SPU) 9.425

1. Maria Hundley (SPU) 9.775
2. Kaila Kilwein (SSU) 9.750
3. Jesse Williams (SSU) 9.700
4. Kalliah McCartney (SSU) 9.675
5. Paige Bottano (SSU) 9.625
6. Kayla Wonderly (SSU) 9.600
7. Shannon Escarra (SPU); Tracie Villanueva (SPU) 9.575
8. 
   
9. Bryn Larson (SPU); Cara Lord (SPU) 9.550
10. 
    
11. Ashley Wooff (SSU) 9.425
12. Breanna Beltran (SPU) 9.225

1. Kailey Hansen (SSU) 9.800
2. Jesse Williams (SSU) 9.775
3. Lauren Glover (SPU) 9.675
4. Kai Tindall (SPU); Shannon Escarra (SPU); Kayla Wonderly (SSU) 9.650
5. 
   
6. 
   
7. Alexa Okamura (SPU) 9.625
8. Elideth Guerrero (SSU) 9.600
9. Julia Konner (SSU) 9.550
10. Kristi Hayashida (SPU) 9.425
11. Kalliah McCartney (SSU) 9.425
12. Maria Hundley (SPU) 9.175

1. Kai Tindall (SPU); Katie Osaki (SSU) 9.750
2. 
   
3. Kailey Hansen (SSU) 9.725
4. Shannon Escarra (SPU); Kristi Hayashida (SPU) 9.700
5. 
   
6. Lauren Glover (SPU) 9.600
7. Kenley Memmel (SPU) 9.575
8. Julia Konner (SSU) 9.425
9. Kalliah McCartney (SSU) 9.125
10. Dallas Smith (SSU) 9.050
11. Ali Tso (SPU) 9.000
12. Kaila Kilwein (SSU) 8.950

Sacramento State won a closely fought meet against Southeast Missouri University on Friday night. Sacramento Junior Kalliah McCartney won the All Around title with team mates Julia Konner (Freshman) winning the Vault title and Dallas Smith (Junior) winning the Floor Exercise title. Southeast Missouri's Taryn Vanderpool (Senior) and Alyssa Tucker (Freshman) won the Uneven Bars and Balance Beam titles respectively. 

ALL AROUND:

1. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) (9.775, 9.750, 9.700, 9.850) 39.075
2. Taryn Vanderpool (SEMO) (9.700, 9.875, 9.600, 9.775) 38.950
3. Alyssa Tucker (SEMO) (9.500, 9.750, 9.725, 9.675) 38.650

1. Julia Konner (Sacramento State) 9.800
2. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 9.775
3. Bailey Walker (SEMO) 9.750
4. Megan Fosnow (SEMO) 9.725
5. Taryn Vanderpool (SEMO) 9.700
6. Kailey Hansen (Sacramento State) 9.675
7. Tina Necas (Sacramento State); Ashley Thomas (SEMO) 9.650
8. 
   
9. Katie Osaki (Sacramento State); Emily Bolton (Sacramento State) 9.575
10. 
    
11. Alyssa Tucker (SEMO) 9.500
12. Chelsi Hamilton (SEMO) 9.475

1. Taryn Vanderpool (SEMO) 9.875
2. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State) 9.825
3. Kaila Kilwein (Sacramento State) 9.800
4. Paige Bottano (Sacramento State) 9.775
5. Brennan Bailes(Sacramento State); Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State); Alyssa Tucker (SEMO) 9.750
6. 
   
7. 
   
8. Alexandria Stokes (SEMO) 9.700
9. Taylor Penzien (SEMO) 9.675
10. Kimberly Pickerl (SEMO) 9.625
11. Ashley Wooff (Sacramento State) 9.550
12. Megan Fosnow (SEMO) 9.000

1. Alyssa Tucker (SEMO) 9.725
2. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 9.700
3. Kayla Wonderly (Sacramento State) 9.650
4. Dallas Smith (Sacramento State); Chelsi Hamilton (SEMO) 9.625
5. 
   
6. Elideth Guerrero (Sacramento State); Taylor Penzien (SEMO); Taryn Vanderpool (SEMO) 9.600
7. 
   
8. 
   
9. Ashley Thomas (SEMO) 9.350
10. Julia Konner (Sacramento State) 9.000
11. Kailey Hansen (Sacramento State) 8.300
12. Alexandria Stokes (SEMO) 8.225

1. Dallas Smith (Sacramento State) 9.875
2. Kalliah McCartney (Sacramento State) 9.850
3. Taryn Vanderpool (SEMO) 9.775
4. Katie Osaki (Sacramento State); Chelsi Hamilton (SEMO) 9.700
5. 
   
6. Jesse Williams (Sacramento State); Alyssa Tucker (SEMO) 9.675
7. 
   
8. Megan Fosnow (SEMO) 9.650
9. Erin Brady (SEMO) 9.450
10. Bailey Walker (SEMO) 9.200
11. Julia Konner (Sacramento State) 9.100
12. Kaila Kilwein (Sacramento State) 9.050

The first four meets of the first week of the NCAA Women's Gymnastics were contested last night. I spent the night at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center at the University of Florida, watching the Gators open the season with a commanding performance over Ball State University. It was a fantastic competition to mark the start of the season for the Gators with their gymnasts scooping all the titles on offer. Florida's Bridget Sloan impressed in the first meet of her collegiate career whilst Mackenzie Caquatto, Kytra Hunter and Randy Stageberg also impressed. Freshman Denaisha Christian of Ball State, had a great first meet, and I must say that it is great to see Brittney Emmons who is is in her fifth year of NCAA eligibility competing the All Around.

Louisiana State University also dominated their opener against North Carolina State at home in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Sophomore Rheagan Courville of LSU took out the All Around honors as well as the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise honors, with team mate Sarie Morrison earning the Vault and Uneven Bars titles. Louisiana's Freshman Jessica Savona made a solid debut for the team tying for third on Vault and second on the Balance Beam and finishing third on the Floor Exercise. Junior Diahanna Ham was a standout performer for North Carolina State. 

The Cancun Classic saw the University of Michigan take out the team title with their highest team total since 2011. Brigham Young University finished second with Oregon State in third. Michigan's Joanna Sampson, Sachi Sugiyama and Katie Zurales went 1-2-3 in the All Around. Sampson picked up the Vault title, whilst Sugiyama, Sampson and Brigham Young Junior Raquel Willman tied for the honors on the Uneven Bars. Zurales picked up the Balance Beam title while Sugiyama also took out the Floor Exercise. Willman and fellow Junior Megan Bain were standout performers from Brigham Young, whilst for Oregon State University, Hailey Gaspar, Melanie Jones and Makayla Stambaugh were shining lights.

The NorCal Quad meet, held at The Event Center on the San Jose State University campus was won by Stanford University, with San Jose State finishing in second place with UC Davis beating out Sacramento State for third. Sacramento State Sophomore Kallilah McCartney won the All Around title over San Jose's Cami Guyer and Sacramento State Freshman Cassie Benning. Stanford Senior Nicole Dayton topped team mates Ivana Hong and Melissa Chuang for the Vault title, whilst on the Uneven Bars Stanford's Ashley Morgan tied with UC Davis' Michelle Ho for the title. Kristina Vaculik and Amanda Spinner both of Stanford tied for the Balance Beam honors, whilst San Jose State Junior Julia Greer took out the Floor title.

RESULTS:

FLORIDA VS BALL STATE:

ALL AROUND:

1. Ashanee Dickerson (Florida) 38.900
2. Brittney Emmons (Ball State) 38.400

VAULT:

UNEVEN BARS:

1. Kytra Hunter (Florida) 9.900
2. Mackenzie Caquatto (Florida) 9.850
3. Ashanee Dickerson (Florida) 9.825
4. Marissa King (Florida); Bridget Sloan (Florida); Alaina Johnson (Florida) 9.800
7. Brittney Emmons (Ball State) 9.675
8. Brooklyn Schumacher (Ball State) 9.650
9. Angie Hosbach (Ball State) 9.625
10. Madison Shorts (Ball State) 9.600
11. Angela Durkac (Ball State) 9.250
12. Katie Honarmand (Ball State) 9.050

1. Mackenzie Caquatto (Florida) 9.875
2. Alaina Johnson (Florida) 9.825
3. Bridget Sloan (Florida) 9.800
4. Randy Stageberg (Florida); Kytra Hunter (Florida) 9.750
6. Emily Wehrle (Ball State) 9.525
7. Brooklyn Schumaker (Ball State) 9.450
8. Brittney Emmons (Ball State) 9.400
9. Ashanee Dickerson (Florida) 9.275
10. Samantha Santos (Ball State) 8.950
11. Leah Wilson (Ball State) 8.925
12. Nicole Allen (Ball State) 8.450

1. Kytra Hunter (Florida) 9.900
2. Ashanee Dickerson (Florida) 9.875
3. Randy Stageberg (Florida) 9.850
4. Kiersten Wang (Florida) 9.775
5. Denaisha Christian (Ball State) 9.725
6. Angie Hosbach (Ball State) 9.700
7. Nicole Allen (Ball State); Marissa King (Florida) 9.675
9. Brittney Emmons (Ball State) 9.575
10. Jamie Shisler (Florida) 9.225
11. Tiffany Brodbeck (Ball State) 9.125
12. Erin Patchey (Ball State) 9.100

1. Louisiana State University (49.275, 48.250, 49.025, 49.525) 196.075
2. North Carolina State University (48.925, 48.450, 48.625, 48.975) 194.975

1. Rheagan Courville (Louisiana State) 39.500
2. Lloiminica Hall (Louisiana State) 39.250
3. Diahanna Ham (North Carolina State) 39.100
4. Michaela Woodford (North Carolina State) 38.950
5. Stephanie Ouellette (North Carolina State) 38.725

1. Sarie Morrison (Louisiana State) 9.900
2. Diahanna Ham (North Carolina State) 9.875
3. Rheagan Courville (Louisiana State); Jessica Savona (Louisiana State); Maliah Mathis (Louisiana State) 9.850
6. Kaleigh Dickson (Louisiana State); Brittni Watkins (North Carolina State) 9.825
8. Morgan Johnson (North Carolina State) 9.800
9. Lloiminica Hall (Louisiana State) 9.775
10. Stephanie Ouellette (North Carolina State) 9.725
11. Michaela Woodford (North Carolina State) 9.700
12. Ellen Marion (North Carolina State) 8.800

1. Sarie Morrison (Louisiana State) 9.825
2. Rheagan Courville (Louisiana State); Kristen Harabedian (North Carolina State) 9.800
4. Rachel Fincham (North Carolina State); Randii Wyrick (Louisiana State) 9.775
6. Lloiminica Hall (Louisiana State); Michaela Woodford (North Carolina State) 9.725
8. Diahanna Ham (North Carolina State) 9.700
9. Stephanie Ouellette (North Carolina State) 9.450
10. Heidi Ffield (North Carolina State) 9.200
11. Jessie Jordan (Louisiana State) 9.125
12. Mckenzie Fox (Louisiana State) 8.600

1. Rheagan Courville (Louisiana State) 9.875
2. Lloiminica Hall (Louisiana State); Jessica Savona (Louisiana State); Jessie Jordan (Louisiana State) 9.800
5. Michaela Woodford (North Carolina State) 9.775
6. Kaleigh Dickson (Louisiana State); Kristen Harabedian (North Carolina State) 9.750
8. Stephanie Ouellette (North Carolina State); Ericka Garcia (Louisiana State) 9.725
10. Lane Jarred (North Carolina State) 9.700
11. Diahanna Ham (North Carolina State) 9.675
12. Hannah Fallanca (North Carolina State) 9.225