Final Results
LOGAN, Utah – Leighton Varnadore captured the all-around crown with a season-best 39.200, while
Mikaela Meyer won the vault title for the fourth-consecutive meet with a 9.850, as No. 22 Boise State spoiled No. 21 Utah State's Senior Night meet on Saturday at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.
The Broncos (4-1, 3-1 Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference) placed first with a season-best 196.400, while the Aggies (1-6, 1-5 MRGC) finished with a 195.325.
Utah State senior
Autumn DeHarde also captured an event title for the Aggies as she tied for first on the floor with a 9.850. She now has nine career titles on floor, which is tied for eighth all-time in school history, and 24 career titles overall, which ranks 13th all-time in school history.
Meyer now has six-career vault titles under her belt, which is tied for 10th all-time in school history, while Varnadore's five career titles in the all-around is tied for 16th all-time.
The Aggies started on vault with a 48.900, while the Broncos opened with a 49.225 on bars, an event they are tied for sixth in the nation on. Joining Meyer with a top-five placing on the event for Utah State were junior
Grace Rojas and freshman
Brianna Brooks, who tied for fifth with matching 9.775s.
In the second rotation, Utah State had to count a fall on bars and finished with an uncharacteristic 48.425 on the event. Brooks and sophomore
Maia Fishwick each had a 9.850 to tie for second.
Boise State notched a 48.925 on vault in the second rotation and led 98.150-97.325 at the midway point of the meet.
Utah State's best event of the night was on beam, where the Aggies tallied a 49.025, marking the fourth-consecutive meet they have gone 49 or better on the apparatus. DeHarde led USU with a 9.850 to tie for second.
In their third rotation, the Broncos scored a 49.050 on floor.
The Aggies ended the meet on floor, where they notched a 48.975. DeHarde led the way for Utah State with her 9.850, while Varnadore and freshman
Eve Jackson tied for second with a pair of 9.825s. For Jackson, that score proved to be her career best on the event.
UP NEXT: Utah State opens a four-meet road stretch when the Aggies travel to Cedar City, Utah, to take on No. 18 Southern Utah on Friday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m.
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No. 22 Boise State at No. 21 Utah State – Logan, Utah – Dee Glen Smith Spectrum – Feb. 13, 2021
Team Results: 1. Boise State – 196.400 (vault: 48.925, bars: 49.225, beam: 49.200, floor: 49.050); 2. Utah State – 195.325 (vault: 48.900, bars: 48.425, beam: 49.025, floor: 48.975).
Vault: 1.
Mikaela Meyer – USU, 9.850; T2. Hope Masiado – BSU, 9.800; T2. Samantha Smith – BSU, 9.800; T2. Courtney Blackson – BSU, 9.800; T5.
Grace Rojas – 9.775; T5.
Brianna Brooks – USU, 9.775; T8.
Rebecca Wells – USU, 9.750; T8.
Leighton Varnadore – USU, 9.750; 12.
Logan Varnadore – USU, 9.300.
Bars: 1. Emily Lopez – BSU, 9.900; T2.
Brianna Brooks – USU, 9.850; T2.
Maia Fishwick – USU, 9.850; T2. Maddi Nilson – BSU, 9.850; T8.
Grace Rojas –USU, 9.800; T8.
Leighton Varnadore – USU, 9.800; 11.
Jessica Gutierrez – USU, 9.125; 12.
Eve Jackson – USU, 8.550.
Beam: 1. Gabriela Cavinta – BSU, 9.875; T2.
Autumn DeHarde – USU, 9.850; T2. Erin Elkabchi – BSU, 9.850; T2. Adriana Popp – BSU, 9.850; T5.
Leighton Varnadore – USU, 9.825; T5.
Taylor Dittmar – USU, 9.825; 9.
Brianna Brooks – USU, 9.775; 10. MiKelle Ballard – USU, 9.750; 11.
Rebecca Wells – USU, 9.625.
Floor: T1.
Autumn DeHarde – USU, 9.850; T1. Erin Elkabchi – BSU, 9.850; T3.
Leighton Varnadore – USU, 9.825; T3.
Eve Jackson – USU, 9.825; T3. Samantha Smith – BSU, 9.825; T3. Courtney Blackson – BSU, 9.825; 8.
Rebecca Wells – USU, 9.775; 11.
Mikaela Meyer – USU, 9.700; 12.
Ariel Toomey – USU, 9.300.
All-Around: 1.
Leighton Varnadore – USU, 39.200; 2. Hope Masiado – BSU, 39.175.
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