LOGAN, Utah – Utah State gymnastics won three event titles and posted seven career highs and two more season highs as it defeated Mountain West-foe Boise State 196.300-195.900 here Friday night inside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The 196.300 for USU is tied for its ninth-best home score in program history.
 
For Utah State, the win is its first against Boise State since the 2022 season as it snapped a seven-meet losing streak against the Broncos.
 
Utah State began the meet on the vault and scored 48.925, followed by 49.200 on bars, a season best 49.075 on beam and 49.100 on floor. Boise State scored 48.850 on vault, 48.925 on bars, 48.975 on beam and 49.150 on floor.
 
Freshman Lundyn VanderToolen had the performance of the night as she scored a career high 9.925 to win the bars title in what is tied for the 11th highest bars score in school history. Graduate Brianna Brooks won the beam title with a 9.875 and graduate Jenna Eagles and sophomore Isabella Vater shared the floor title with a 9.875.
 
Brooks has now claimed 19 event titles in her career, including seven on beam, which is tied for the seventh most in program history. This season, Brooks has won seven titles, including five on beam, which is tied for the fifth-most in a single season in school history.
 
Eagles won her third title this year and, in her career, including her second on floor, while VanderToolen and Vater each won their first career title.
 
Head Coach Kristin White
"Incredibly proud of our team. We talk every meet about what score we need to drop, and they came in and did exactly what we wanted them to do. We put four events together; we had mistakes and that's okay. I was really impressed with our mindset and the ability to move forward and get better.
 
"We know what Lundyn is capable of. She was one of the best freshmen in the country coming into Utah State. I'm so proud of her for putting up that bar score and seeing all her hard work come together.
 
"We haven't won in three years against Boise State, so to be able to do that as we go into the Mountain West Championships soon is only going to boost our confidence and help us build from here."
 
Rotation One – Vault (48.925)
Utah State opened the meet with 48.925 on vault for its second-best score of the season on the event. Brooks began the competition by scoring 9.750, followed by a 9.775 from VanderToolen. Senior Payton Gatzlaff, freshman Kaylie Medrano and sophomore Nyla Morabito all scored 9.800 to tie for second and sophomore Mya Witte concluded the rotation with 9.700. Gatzlaff tied her season high with her 9.800 and Medrano tied her career high.
 
1. Brianna Brooks – 9.750
2. Lundyn VanderToolen – 9.775
3. Payton Gatzlaff – 9.800
4. Kaylie Medrano – 9.800
5. Nyla Morabito – 9.800
6. Mya Witte – 9.700
 
Rotation Two – Bars (49.200)
Utah State moved to bars for its second rotation and posted 49.200 for its third best score of the season. VanderToolen highlighted this rotation for the Aggies as she won the event with a career high 9.925 which is tied for the 11th highest score in program history. Senior Dani Kirstine placed second with 9.850 and Brooks tied for third with 9.825. Junior Avery Bibbey and freshman Olivia Orengo both scored 9.800 and sophomore Sydney Jelen posted 9.775.
 
1. Olivia Orengo – 9.800
2. Sydney Jelen – 9.775
3. Lundyn VanderToolen – 9.925
4. Avery Bibbey – 9.800
5. Brianna Brooks – 9.825
6. Dani Kirstine – 9.850
 
Rotation Three – Beam (49.075)
Moving to beam for its third rotation, Utah State scored a season high 49.075. Brooks won the event with 9.875 and Witte posted a career-high-tying 9.825 to place third. Medrano also tied for third with a career-high-tying 9.825. Eagles scored 9.800, Orengo had 9.750 and Jelen scored 9.050.
 
1. Sydney Jelen – 9.050
2. Jenna Eagles – 9.800
3. Olivia Orengo – 9.750
4. Kaylie Medrano – 9.825
5. Mya Witte – 9.825
6. Brianna Brooks – 9.875
 
Rotation Four – Floor (49.100)
Utah State finished the competition with 49.100 on floor tying for its second-best score of the season. Eagles started the rotation with a season-high-tying 9.875, which was matched by Vater, as the duo tied for first on the event. Orengo scored 9.850 to tie for third. Graduate Angel Stuart and Morabito both scored 9.750 and Medrano had 9.000.
 
1. Jenna Eagles – 9.875
2. Angel Stuart – 9.750
3. Olivia Orengo – 9.850
4. Kaylie Medrano – 9.000
5. Isabella Vater – 9.875
6. Nyla Morabito – 9.750
 
Up Next
Utah State competes at Mountain West-foe San José State on Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. (MT). This will be the second meeting this year between the two programs as USU posted a 195.125-194.225 home win on Feb. 7.
 
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Utah State vs. Boise State
Logan, Utah | Dee Glen Smith Spectrum | February 21, 2025
 
Team Results
1. Utah State: 196.300 (VT: 48.925; UB: 49.200; BB: 49.075; FX: 49.100)
2. Boise State: 195.900 (VT: 48.850; UB: 48.925; BB: 48.975; FX: 49.150)