Gymmin' Miel!

Boise State University won over San Jose State University in the Taco Bell Arena last night. Boise State Junior Kelsey Morris picked up the All Around title with a career best total with fellow Junior Ciera Perkins picking up the Vault, Uneven Bars (tied with Freshman team mate Diana Mejia) and Floor Exercise honors. San Jose State Senior Julia Greer earned the high score on the Balance Beam.

RESULTS:

ALL AROUND:

1. Kelsey Morris (Boise State) (9.800, 9.850, 9.800, 9.875) 39.325
2. Bekah Gher (San Jose State) (9.825, 9.825, 9.775, 9.775) 39.200
3. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) (9.700, 9.775, 9.775, 9.800) 39.050
4. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) (9.750, 9.750, 9.600, 9.850) 38.950

1. Ciera Perkins (Boise State) 9.900
2. Bekah Gher (San Jose State) 9.825
3. Kelsey Morris (Boise State) 9.800
4. Krystine Jacobsen (Boise State) 9.775
5. Kelsey Black (Boise State); Kiana Gordon (San Jose State); Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 9.750
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8. Alyssa Montalban (San Jose State) 9.725
9. Amanda Otuafi (Boise State); Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 9.700
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11. Paige Urquhart (Boise State) 9.675
12. Julia Greer (San Jose State) 9.625

1. Ciera Perkins (Boise State); Diana Mejia (Boise State) 9.925
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3. Kelsey Morris (Boise State) 9.850
4. Maddie Krentz (Boise State); Krystine Jacobsen (Boise State); Bekah Gher (San Jose State); Marissa Unpingco (San Jose State) 9.825
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8. Kelsey Black (Boise State) 9.800
9. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 9.775
10. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 9.750
11. Alyssa Kaschak (San Jose State) 9.725
12. Rachel Heinl (San Jose State) 9.650

1. Julia Greer (San Jose State) 9.850
2. Kelsey Morris (Boise State) 9.800
3. Paige Urquhart (Boise State); Cami Guyer (San Jose State); Alyssa Kaschak (San Jose State); Bekah Gher (San Jose State) 9.775
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7. Marissa Wossner (Boise State); Brooke Graham (Boise State); Marissa Unpingco (San Jose State) 9.750
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10. Diana Mejia (Boise State) 9.700
11. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 9.600
12. Krystine Jacobsen (Boise State) 9.250

1. Ciera Perkins (Boise State) 9.900
2. Kelsey Morris (Boise State) 9.875
3. Cassandra Harrison (San Jose State) 9.850
4. Maddie Krentz (Boise State); Julia Greer (San Jose State) 9.825
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6. Cami Guyer (San Jose State) 9.800
7. Marissa Wossner (Boise State); Amanda Otuafi (Boise State); Kelsey Black (Boise State); Bekah Gher (San Jose State) 9.775
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11. Alyssa Montalban (San Jose State) 9.725
12. Jasmine Holmes (San Jose State) 9.650

Isabella Amado Medrano (Panama) - Image courtesy of laestrella.com.pa

 

Guatemala's Ana Sofia Gomez Porras won five medals whilst Tarik Soto Byfield of Costa Rica triumphed, earning a massive seven medals. Gomez won the All Around, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise titles. Gomez's team mate Monica Denise Yool Perez and Isabella Amado Medrano of Panama rounded out the medalists in the Women's All Around competition. No team medals were awarded for the Women, due to the limited number of entries. Karina Regidor Gomez, the host nation's hopes for a medal withdrew from the competition due to an injury to her right elbow. Amado Medrano won the Vault title over Mariana Sanchez Reid (CRC) and Gomez Porras. Yool Perez topped Gomez Porras and Amado Medrano for the Uneven Bars title with Yool Perez and Amado Medrano picking up the silver and bronze medals respectively on the Balance Beam. Gomez Porras won the Floor Exercise title from Monica Yool and Mariana Sanchez Reid.

 

Costa Rica picked up the Men's Team Title over Guatemala and Panama, with Soto Byfield outclassing the field, picking up Gold medals in the All Around and on the Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, and Vault, and also earned a bronze medal on the Parallel Bars and a silver medal on the Horizontal Bar. Guatemala's Mynor Juarez Morataya and Jorge Vega Lopez rounded out the medal placings in the All Around, whilst Vega Lopez and El Salvador's Pablo Velasquez were second and third respectively on the Floor Exercise. Velasquez and Juarez Morataya were silver and bronze recipients on the Pommel Horse, with Juarez Morataya winning the Still Rings honors over Panama's Raul Perez and Aguilar Vidiel. Mynor Juarez won the silver medal on the Vault with Andres Valverde of Costa Rica earning the bronze medal. Jorge Vega Lopez won the Gold medals on both the Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar, with Juarez earning the silver medal on the Parallel Bars and bronze medal on the Horizontal Bar.

Some footage can be seen on Youtube, courtesy of: ALZDeportes CR, radiopuntogt, Mauricio Torres, CRHOY, COguatemalteco,

A total of seven nations will be participating in the Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos, which is being held from the 3rd of March to the 17th of March in San Jose, Costa Rica. Nations participating are: Costa Rica, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Gymnastics will be taking place from the 4th to the 9th of March. 10 Gymnasts will be contesting the Women's competition, however I am unsure of the full list of Men's participants.

 

SCHEDULE:

4TH MARCH:

5TH MARCH:

6TH MARCH:

PARTICIPANTS:

WOMEN:

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