Feb. 9, 2008

Complete Results

DENVER, Colo. - Behind a season-high score on bars and three top five individual finishers, Utah State placed third in a quad meet hosted by Denver Saturday at DU's Hamilton Gymnasium. The 46th-ranked Aggies ended the night with 192.275 points, finishing behind No. 6 Oklahoma's 195.925 and 13th-ranked Denver's 195.700 while finishing ahead of Air Force's 186.400.

With the result, Utah State's season ledger stands at 2-6, while the Sooners improve to 12-0, the Pioneers move to 9-2 and the Falcons fall to 1-8.

Individually, freshman Lyndsie Boone competed in the all-around for the first time this season, finishing fifth with a 38.475 while junior Nicki Felley was sixth with a 38.450.

Freshman Nicole Simoneau tied for second on bars with a 9.850 while sophomore Heather Heinrich tied for fifth on vault with a 9.800.

USU opened on bars, with Boone competing on the apparatus for the first time officially and she posted a 9.550. After seniors Katie Omann and Megan Tschida tallied 9.575 and 9.350 respectively, Felley followed with a 9.675, her second-highest mark this season. Heinrich then logged a 9.525 and then Simoneau wrapped up with a 9.850, tying her season-high. The Aggies posted a season-high 48.175 on bars, moving to beam for their second rotation.

Meanwhile, Denver logged a 49.125 on vault while Oklahoma scored a 48.575 on beam and Air Force registered a 45.900 on floor.

Boone also led off on beam, recording a 9.525 and then Minion followed with a 9.100. Heinrich was up third and posted a 9.625, her second-highest score of the year. Felley scored a 9.300 before Simoneau logged a season-high 9.250 and Omann concluded the lineup with an 8.925 to give USU a 46.850 on beam.

At the halfway point of the meet, USU was in third with a combined 95.025 trailing Oklahoma's 97.875 and Denver's 97.700 while Air Force was fourth with 93.150.

Moving to floor for the third rotation, freshman Jackie Dillon posted a 9.675, scoring a season-high in only her second time competing officially. Next up was Heinrich who scored an 8.675 before Boone scored a 9.700, just shy of her season-high of 9.725 set Monday at Southern Utah. Minion followed with a 9.800 and then Felley registered a 9.750 before Tschida rounded out the rotation with a 9.700 to give the Aggies a 48.625 entering the final rotation.

Boone led off for USU in the final event on vault, registering a 9.7 to tie a season-high, before Omann logged a 9.725, a season-high in only her second time vaulting. Tschida and Felley followed with a 9.675 and 9.725, respectively. Heinrich tallied a 9.800 before Minion closed out competition with a 9.025.

The Aggies ended with a 192.275, finishing behind the Sooners' 195.925 and the Pioneers' 195.700 but ahead of the Falcons of Air Force's 186.400.

USU had a larger than normal contingency of fans for a road meet, thanks in part to the location as four members of the Aggies' roster have ties to the Denver area.

Littleton native and sophomore Heather Heinrich (Dakota Ridge HS/Colorado Gymnastics Institute) as well as Centennial native and freshman Chelsea Marquardt (Eaglecrest HS/Champion's Gymnastics) compete for the Aggies, while first-year USU assistant coach DeEtte Kozlow came to the Aggie staff after 16 years at the Colorado Gymnastics Institute and she also received her bachelor's degree from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1987. First-year Aggie assistant and former USU gymnast Alex Martin, is a native of Longmont, Colo., (Longmont HS/Windsor Gymnastics Academy).

The Aggies return to the friendly confines of the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Friday, Feb. 15, taking on in-state foe 36th-ranked BYU along with No. 41 New Hampshire in a triangular.

All USU home meets begin at 6:30 p.m.

Gymnastics tickets are available through the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, online at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on "tickets" in left column, or by calling or (435) 797-0305.

Team Results1) OU 195.9252) DU 195.7003) USU 192.2754) AFA 186.375
VAULT Results1) Butler (DU) 9.900, Lopez (DU) 9.900, Mantle (OU) 9.9004) Flanery (OU) 9.8255) Hennigan (DU) 9.800, Sanford (DU) 9.800, Heinrich (USU) 9.8008) Jackson (OU) 9.775, Redmond-Sturms (OU) 9.77510) Meals (DU) 9.725, Ratcliff (OU) 9.725, Felley (USU) 9.725, Omann (USU) 9.72514) Sullivan (DU) 9.700, DeProspero (OU) 9.700, Boone (USU) 9.70017) Tschida (USU) 9.67518) Dutton (AFA) 9.60019) Lewis (AFA) 9.57520) Kincade (AFA) 9.52521) Wong (AFA) 9.35022) Ehrman (AFA) 9.20023) Rogers (AFA) 9.05024) Minion (USU) 9.025
BARS Results1) Redmond-Sturms (OU) 9.8752) Butler (DU) 9.850, Simoneau (USU) 9.8504) Jackson (OU) 9.825, Vise (OU) 9.8256) Brown (DU) 9.775, LoPiccolo (OU) 9.7758) DeProspero (OU) 9.7509) McCarthy (DU) 9.675, Felley (USU) 9.67511) Schuster (DU) 9.65012) Lopez (DU) 9.62513) Omann (USU) 9.57514) Boone (USU) 9.55015) Heinrich (USU) 9.52516) Rogers (AFA) 9.42517) Denise (AFA) 9.37518) Tschida (USU) 9.35019) Donnell (AFA) 9.25020) Flanery (OU) 9.07521) Boudreaux (AFA) 9.00022) Sullivan (DU) 8.87523) Dutton (AFA) 8.75024) Kincade (AFA) 7.725
BEAM Results1) DeProspero (OU) 9.8502) Sullivan (DU) 9.8253) Brown (DU) 9.8004) Hennigan (DU) 9.775, McCarthy (DU) 9.7756) Garan (DU) 9.750, Lopez (DU) 9.7508) Jackson (OU) 9.725, Redmond-Sturms (OU) 9.725, Vise (OU) 9.72511) Dutton (AFA) 9.70012) Heinrich (USU) 9.67513) Kincade (AFA) 9.65014) Rogers (AFA) 9.62515) LoPiccolo (OU) 9.55016) Boone (USU) 9.52517) Wong (AFA) 9.325, Smith (OU) 9.32519) Felley (USU) 9.30020) Simoneau (USU) 9.25021) Denise (AFA) 9.12522) Minion (USU) 9.10023) Omann (USU) 8.92524) Barrett (AFA) 8.300
FLOOR Results1) Redmond-Sturms (OU) 9.9002) Flanery (OU) 9.875, Jackson (OU) 9.8754) Lopez (DU) 9.850, Sullivan (DU) 9.8506) DeProspero (OU) 9.825, Kinder (OU) 9.8258) Johanson (DU) 9.800, McCarthy (DU) 9.800, Smith (OU) 9.800, Minion (USU) 9.80012) Meals (DU) 9.77513) Felley (USU) 9.75014) Kirchhof (DU) 9.72515) Boone (USU) 9.700, Tschida (USU) 9.70017) Dillon (USU) 9.67518) Dutton (AFA) 9.45019) Rogers (AFA) 9.27520) Lewis (AFA) 9.250, Wong (AFA) 9.25022) Donnell (AFA) 8.675, Heinrich (USU) 8.67524) Barrett (AFA) 8.250
 All-Around Results1) Redmond-Sturms (OU) 39.2752) Jackson (OU) 39.2003) DeProspero (OU) 39.125, Lopez (DU) 39.1255) Boone (USU) 38.4756) Felley (USU) 38.4507) Sullivan (DU) 38.2508) Heinrich (USU) 37.6759) Dutton (AFA) 37.50010) Rogers (AFA) 37.375
USU:  VAULT: 48.625, BARS: 48.175, BEAM: 46.850, FLOOR: 48.625VAULT: Heinrich 9.800, Felley 9.725, Omann 9.725*, Boone 9.700, Tschida 9.675, Minion 9.025BARS: Simoneau 9.850*, Felley 9.675, Omann 9.575, Boone 9.550*, Heinrich 9.525, Tschida 9.350BEAM: Heinrich 9.675, Boone 9.525, Felley 9.300, Simoneau 9.250*, Minion 9.100, Omann 8.925FLOOR: Minion 9.800, Felley 9.750, Boone 9.700, Tschida 9.700, Dillon 9.675*, Heinrich 8.675All-Around: Boone 38.475**, Felley 38.450**, Heinrich 37.675**
* Personal Record, ** Team Record