HONORS: First-Team All-Mountain West: Beam (2025, 2026); Second-Team All-Mountain West: Bars (2026); Mountain West Beam Specialist of the Week (1/10/25); Mountain West Co-Beam Specialist of the Week (1/24/25); Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-American (2025); Academic All-Mountain West (2024, 2025); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025).
RECORDS: Scored a career-high 9.925 to win the bars title against Oregon State (3/6/26), which is tied for the 11th-highest bars score in program history… Her 9.808 bars average during the 2026 season ranks eighth all-time in school history… Her 9.813 beam average during the 2026 season ranks 13th all-time in program history.
2026 (JUNIOR CAMPAIGN): Earned first-team All-Mountain West honors on beam and second-team All-MW honors on bars… Competed in all 15 meets on bars and beam… Finished the season ranking third in the MW, 17th in the North Central Region, and 91st in the nation on beam with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.860 and seventh in the MW and 25th in the North Central Region on bars with a NQS of 9.835… Scored 9.800 or better on beam 12 times during the season and her 9.813 average on the event is a career-high and ranks 13th all-time in program history… Scored 9.800 or better on bars nine times and her 9.808 average on the event is a career-high ranks eighth all-time in school history… Won four titles with two on bars and two on beam… Scored a career-high 9.925 to win the bars title against Oregon State (3/6), which is tied for the 11th-highest bars score in program history… Tied for fourth on bars with a 9.850 and tied for seventh on beam with a 9.825 in the second round of NCAA Regionals in Baton Rouge, La. (4/2)… Tied her career-high of 9.875 on beam three different times during the season, including at the USU Quad Meet (2/9) to win the beam title… Tied for fourth on beam with a career-high-tying 9.875 at the MW Championships (3/21)… Finished among the top three on beam eight times and among the top three on bars three times during the year.
2025 (SOPHOMORE CAMPAIGN): Earned first-team All-Mountain West honors on beam as she ranked tied for second in the conference, tied for 16th in the North Central Region and tied for 90th in the nation with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.860 ... Ranked 15th in the MW and 45th in the region on bars with an NQS of 9.770 ... competed in all 15 meets on beam and 14 meets on bars ... averaged 9.747 on beam and 9.700 on bars ... tied for third on bars with a 9.800 against BYU at the NCAA Regional Championships in Salt Lake City (4/2) ... scored 9.850 on beam as an individual competitor in the second round of NCAA Regionals in Salt Lake City (4/3) ... tied for third on beam with a 9.850 at the MW Championships (3/23) ... named the MW Co-Beam Specialist of the Week after winning her only event title of the season with a 9.875 at Air Force (1/24) ... named the MW Beam Specialist of the Week after placing third with a career-high 9.875 against No. 18 Southern Utah (1/10/25) ... placed seventh on beam with a career-high-tying 9.875 at the Best of Utah Meet (1/20) ... tied for third on beam with a 9.850 at No. 21 Arizona (3/14) ... tied for third on beam with a 9.825 at San Jose State(3/2) ... placed fifth with a 9.850 on beam against No. 7 California and Texas Woman's at the Metroplex Challenge(2/14) ... earned Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America accolades ... named Academic All-MW and a MW Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN): Competed in the final nine meets on the season, specializing on beam, and averaged 9.733 on the event … ranked 19th in the Mountain West and 51st in the North Central Region with a National Qualifying Score (NQS) of 9.755 … tied for 20th on beam with a 9.775 at the MW Championships (3/23) … tied for sixth on beam with a career high 9.850 at the Utah State Quad Meet (2/23) … tied for ninth on beam with a 9.775 at the Air Force Tri Meet with San José State (3/1) ... earned Academic All-MW honors.
CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL: Trained at Legacy Elite in Aurora, Illinois, under the direction of Anna Li and Jiani Wu ... five-time national qualifier and was the national beam champion at the 2022 DP National Championships, as well as at the state championships ... national bar champion in 2018, as well as earning a pair of top-three finishes in 2021 and 2022 ... tied for first with current Utah State teammate Mya Witte on beam at the 2018 Hopes Classic ... two-time all-state Region 5 member ... 2023 graduate of Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Illinois.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Eric and Laura Jelen ... majoring in kinesiology ... last name is pronounced Gel-en.
CAREER HIGHS:
| VAULT |
BARS |
BEAM |
FLOOR |
ALL-AROUND |
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9.925 |
9.875 |
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