One season at San José State.
Career Honors
- 2023 MPSF Co-Vault Champion
2023
- Co-MPSF Vault Champion with teammate Jaudai Lopes
- Vaulted in the final four meets of the season
- Scored a season-best 9.825 on vault at the MPSF Championships
- Performed on bars in the final four meets
- Had a 9.825 in a home meet with Southern Utah
- Competed on beam in four meets
- Season-best 9.825 at UC Davis
AT TEMPLE (2019-22):
PERSONAL RECORDS
Vault: 9.9 - vs. Maryland, Bridgeport, Southern Connecticut State (3/3/22)
Bars: 9.9 - at NC State (2/25/22)
Beam: 9.925 - vs. New Hampshire, West Chester (3/6/22)
Floor: 9.9 - vs. Bowling Green, Penn, West Chester (3/8/20), vs. UNC (2/21/21)
All-Around: 39.350 - at Pitt (EAGL Championships) (3/20/21)
2022: Spring of 2022 Dean's List. . . EAGL All-Scholastic Team . . .2022 EAGL Senior Gymnast of the Year. . . 2022 First-Team EAGL on vault. . . 2022 Second-Team EAGL on beam. . .EAGL First-Team All-Tournament on beam. . .Helped the team tie or surpass four school records, including vault (49.200), the beam (49.325), the floor (49.375), and overall team score (196.675). . . Won seven individual event awards, including two all-around titles, three on the vault, one on bars, and one on beam. . .In the all-around, tied herself and Hannah Stallings for the third-best score in school history two times when she scored a 39.275. . . Set career-highs on the vault (9.9), bars (9.9), beam (9.925).
2021: Earned All-EAGL first-team honors in the all-around, vault, and floor along with second-team honors on the uneven bars. . . All-EAGL Tournament First Team on the vault and bars, and second team on the balance beam. . . 13 event titles (beam-1, all-around-5, vault-2, floor-3, bars-2). . . Named EAGL Gymnast of the Week (3/9). . .Competed at six meets, four events, and the all-around. . . Tied for the seventh-best vault NQS in the region with a 9.856.. . recorded 9.8's or better in seven of the 12 meets, including tying her career-best in the vault for the third time in her career with 9.875. . . earned 9.8's or better in six of her 11 bars outings. . . Tied for ninth with a NQS in the Northeast region with 9.875. . . earned 9.8's or better in four of her 12 beam outings, including her first career 9.9 at Pitt (2/14). . . Helped the Owls to a program record on the beam during the season with 49.225 at the EAGL Championships (3/20) . . . earned 9.8's or better in all six of her floor routines, including tying her career-best of 9.9 vs. UNC (2/21). . .Ended the season sixth in the Northeast region in the all-around (NQS 39.256) . . Added 39.0's or better in five of her last six all-around competitions, including setting a school-best 39.350 on Senior Night (3/5) vs. UNC. . .Helped the Owls to a program record on the floor twice during the season - 49.300 versus UNC (2/21/21) and 49.375 at the EAGL Championships (3/20).
2020: Reigning ECAC Rookie of the Year built upon her impressive freshman season in her sophomore campaign…Tied or set new career-bests in all four events and the all-around (VT- 9.875, UB- 9.875, BB- 9.875, FX- 9.9)….Etched name in the Temple gymnastics record book on Jan. 18, as she broke the program’s all-around record with a 39.275…Competed in the all-around in 10 of Temple’s 11 meets and broke the 39.0 mark in seven of them…Ended the year leading the ECAC in NQS in the all-around (39.16), vault (9.83) and floor (9.825), ranked second on bars and fourth on beam….Earned 19 event titles (V-6, UB- 4, BB-1, FX-3, AA-5)…Named ECAC Gymnast of the Week three times…Under Armour/Owlsports.com Athlete of the Week on Jan. 20, Athlete of the Month for January…Tied career-best on vault (9.875) to help the Owls break the vault record with a 49.15 on March 1… Set a new career-best of 9.875 on bars to help Temple earn its second-highest mark ever with a 49.3 on Feb. 23…Set a career-high of 9.875 on beam on Jan. 31 to help propel the Owls to their second-best beam score in school history (49.1)…Posted a career-best of 9.9 on floor on March 8 to aid the team in earning its fifth-highest score (49.1)…Helped the Owls score the third (195.575), fifth (195.075) and sixth (195.000) highest overall team scores in program history…First Team All-ECAC on vault, bars, beam, floor and all-around…Named to ECAC All-Academic Team…Named ECAC Athlete of the Year…Team named ECAC Champions for second-straight year...Season cut short due to COVID-19.
2019: Had a prolific freshman campaign for the Cherry and White...Competed in the all-around in 12 of Temple’s 13 competitions...Had the highest level of difficulty on the team, as she competed a Yurchenko 1 1/2 on vault and a double layout on floor...Was a three-time recipient of ECAC weekly honors, garnering Rookie of the Week honors twice as well as Gymnast of the Week...Recorded personal records of 9.875 on vault, 9.825 on bars, 9.825 on beam, 9.85 on floor and 39.175 in all-around...Tied with Jaylene Everett for team's highest vault score of the season (9.875)...Won six individual event titles: three on vault and three in the all-around...Member of floor lineup that tied program record of 49.3 (3/8 vs. Maryland, West Chester and Brown)...Won the all-around competition at the ECAC Championships with a career-best 39.175...Part of ECAC Championships beam lineup that set new program record (49.225)...Was named the ECAC Rookie of the Year...Earned a spot on the Division I All-ECAC team in every event (Vault- First Team, Bars- Second Team, Beam- Second Team, Floor- Second Team, All-Around- First Team)...Team won program's first ECAC Championship...Individually qualified for the NCAA Athens Regional on vault...Scored a 9.85 in the NCAA Regional competition (4/5)...Named the Temple Athletics Newcomer of the Year.
Before Temple: Trained at Apollo Gymnastics (2018) and Unique Gymnastics (2015-2017)... In the 2018 season, was the vault champion in four of six meets and the bars champion in five of six meets. Highest score in the all-around was 38.3... In 2017, was a JO Nationals qualifier, Region 7 vault champion (9.8), placed second on uneven bars and vault and third in the all-around at States, placed first in vault in six of seven meets... In 2016, qualified for JO Nationals where she placed third on vault, placed third on vault and in the all-around at Regionals and was the vault champion at States... In 2015, qualified for States and Regionals... Also earned a varsity letter and MVP award in cheerleading... Was an honor roll student at Westlake.
Personal: Parents are Elizabeth and Arnel Castrence... Brother, Ian Castrence, was the 2017 U.S. Open Elite National Champion for power tumbling... He also competed for the U.S. and placed 15th at the 2017 World Age Group Championships.
Season Highs
| Year | V | UB | BB | FX | AA |
| 2023 | 9.825 | 9.825 | 9.825 | -- | -- |
Career Highs - San José Sate
| Vault | 9.825 | at MPSF Championships, March 18, 2023 |
| Bars | 9.825 | Southern Utah, March 5 2023 |
| Floor | 9.825 | at UC Davis, February 5, 2023 |