April 4, 2018
This Week:Sat., April 7 NCAA Salt Lake City RegionalJon M. Hutsman CenterSalt Lake City, Utah 4:00 p.m. MDT
Live scoring - http://sidearmstats.com/utah/w-gym/
Live video stream (free) - http://utahutes.com/sports/2018/3/9/ncaa-video-streaming.aspx
Tickets - A limited number of tickets may be available for the regional. Fans should check Utahtickets.com for availability.
SPARTANS AT THE REGIONALS
Four San José State women's gymnasts will be competing this Saturday, April 7, at the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional, hosted by the University of Utah at the Jon M. Hutsman Center. All four qualified as individual event specialists. Senior Kaitlin Won leads the team with her third regional appearance, this year on the bars. Sophomore Taylor Chan makes her second regional appearance, this year on the vault and floor. Junior Ellie Pascoe-Long will make her first regional appearance, qualifying for the vault and floor. Junior Stephanie Relova will compete at a regional for the first time as she qualified on the beam.
The last time a Spartan advanced to the NCAA Championships was 2011 when Katie Valleau tied for first on the floor at the Oregon State regional. She then competed on floor at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Cleveland. The last time a Spartan all-arounder competed at the NCAA Championships was 2009 when Veronica Porte and Thomasina Wallace advanced from the NCAA West Regional.
Teams competing at the regional include Utah, California, Auburn, BYU, Stanford and Southern Utah.
Chan and Relova will rotate with and compete after Southern Utah.
Pascoe-Long and Relova will rotate with and compete after Stanford.
ROTATION ORDER
| Rot | Vault | Bye | Bars | Beam | Bye | Floor |
| 1 | Chan | xx | Won | xx | xx | xx |
| 2 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 3 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 4 | xx | xx | xx | Relova | xx | Pascoe-Long |
| 5 | Pascoe-Long | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx |
| 6 | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | Chan |
The event winners at each regional site will advance to the national championships (in that event only) if they are not part of a qualifying team or an all-around qualifier.
BACK-TO-BACK MPSF CHAMPIONS: A historic night for the San José State women's gymnastics team happened on March 24 as the team won the 2018 Mountain Pacific Sport Federation championship with a school record 195.975 team score. The Spartans won back-to-back MPSF titles for the first time in school history.
After starting the meet on a bye, the Spartans started defense of their title on bars with a 48.775. Stephanie Relova placed second at 9.825, while Kaprece Nadonza and Won finished third at 9.800. Madilyn Probst and Ellie Pascoe-Long each recorded a 9.675, while Taylor Chan rounded out the scoring with a 9.625.
The historic night continued on beam as the team tied the school record with a 49.275. Won and Relova each scored a 9.875 to tie for third place. Chan and Andrada each recorded a 9.850 to tie for fifth, followed by a career-best 9.825 by Michelle Shalit and a 9.200 by Josalyn Ray.
After another bye, San José State rotated to floor and had to compete with just five athletes due to injuries. The Spartans went five-for-five on floor with a 48.950. Chan placed second with a 9.900. Andrada was next at 9.825, followed by Won at 9.800, Ray at 9.775 and Pascoe-Long at 9.650.
Heading into the final rotation with almost a full-point lead, the Spartans vaulted to the championship with a 48.975. Andrada won the vault with a career-best 9.875. Chan and Nadonza finished fourth at 9.800, followed by Won, Ray and Pascoe-Long at 9.750.
MPSF VAULT CHAMPION: Chelsey Andrada scored a career-best 9.875 on vault to capture the MPSF Vault title. She is just the fourth Spartan to win a conference vault title. This was also the second consecutive year a Spartan won the vault title as Haleigh Shepardson won in 2017.
MPSF ALL-AROUND CHAMPION: Kaitlin Won tied her career best with a 39.225 in the all-around and win the MPSF All-Around championship. She is only the third Spartan to win an MPSF All-Around title. Her best score of the night came on beam with a career-best 9.875 to tie for third place. She tied for third on bars with a 9.800.
SPARTAN HEAD COACH
Spartan head coach Wayne Wright is in his 17th year at the helm of the program. He has coached all seven San José State regional qualifying teams and taken three individual competitors to the NCAA Championships.
Wright is assisted by associate head coach Shella Martinez who is in her 15th season with the Spartans. She is primarily responsible for the beam team and is the team's recruiting coordinator. Former Spartan Alise Neal joined the Spartan coaching staff in 2015 as an assistant coach and is the team's bars coach.
ALL-MPSF HONORS
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation announced the 2018 Women's Gymnastics All-MPSF honors. Six San José State women's gymnasts received 12 All-MPSF recognitions, based on each gymnasts regional qualifying score as of March 19.
Senior Kaitlin Won and sophomore Taylor Chan each received three honors. Won was first team on bars and all-around and second team on beam. Chan was first team honoree on vault, floor and in the all-around.
Junior Ellie Pascoe-Long received first team honors on vault and floor, while junior Kaprece Nadonza was a first team honoree on vault and a second team selection on bars.
Junior Stephanie Relova and sophomore Chelsey Andrada received first team honors on beam.