LOGAN, Utah – Utah State's gymnastics team is ranked No. 22 in the country in Week 9 of the Road to Nationals rankings.
Rankings are now determined by National Qualifying Score (NQS), which is calculated with the six-highest scores of the season, at least three of which must be from away meets. The highest of the six scores is dropped, and the remaining five scores are averaged.
Utah State's NQS:
196.800 – Away (Feb. 11, at Southern Utah)
196.725 – Home (Feb. 27, vs. Towson)
196.450 – Away (Jan. 28, at BYU)
196.425 – Home (Feb. 4, vs. Southern Utah and Ball State)
196.350 – Away (Jan. 22, at Arizona Quad Meet)
196.225 – Home (Feb. 25, vs. BYU and Towson)
NQS: 196.435
TEAM NATIONAL RANKINGS
Overall (i6
): 22nd (196.435 NQS)
Vault (h1
): 29th (49.040)
Bars (i9
): 29th (49.090)
Beam (–
): 10th (49.295)
Floor (i3
): 21st (49.250)
TEAM MRGC RANKINGS
Vault (–): 4th (49.040)
Bars (–): 4th (49.090)
Beam (–): 1st (49.295)
Floor (–): 2nd (49.250)
Utah State's overall NQS of 196.435, which is the highest in school history, remained unchanged after placing third at the Washington tri meet last Sunday in Seattle. The Aggies increased their NQS on both vault (49.040) and beam (49.295).
Three of the four teams from the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference are ranked in the top 25 this week as BYU is No. 19 (196.615) and Boise State is No. 21 (196.445).
INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL RANKINGS
Freshman Brie Clark
Floor (i10
): 15th (9.935)
Clark tied for first on floor with a 9.900 at the Washington tri meet. She has recorded a 9.9 or better on floor in eight of the Aggies' 10 meets this season.
INDIVIDUAL MRGC RANKINGS
Senior Carley Bayles
Beam (i1
): T-4th (9.870)
Junior Maia Fishwick
Bars (i1
): 10th (9.830)
Junior Sofi Sullivan
Beam (i1
): T-4th (9.870)
Junior Rebecca Wells
Vault (–
): 3rd (9.860)
Beam (–
): T-6th (9.865)
All-Around (–
): 2nd (39.210)
Sophomore Brianna Brooks
Bars (i1
): 7th (9.870)
Beam (i1
): 9th (9.845)
Sophomore Eve Jackson
Floor (i2
): T-9th (9.845)
Freshman Trinity Brown
Vault (i1
): T-7th (9.840)
Floor (–
): 7th (9.855)
Freshman Brie Clark
Beam (i1
): T-10th (9.840)
Floor (–
): 1st (9.935)
Freshman Kieylin McCright
Beam (h2
): T-7th (9.850)
The Aggies (9-8) continue their season on the road this week with a quad meet in the North Star State. Utah State will take on No. 8 Minnesota (7-6), the host school, Temple (11-8) and Long Island (6-14) on Saturday, March 12, at 3 p.m. (MT), at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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