This Week:
Fri., February 14
Alaska Anchorage
Provident Credit Union Event Center, San Jose, Calif.
7:00 p.m. PT
Pink Meet/Military Appreciation/Organ Donation Awareness
Live scoring - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=290299
Live Video - https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGapbnLQQKj
The San José State women's gymnastics team returns to the Provident Credit Union Event Center this Friday night for a meet against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation foe Alaska Anchorage. Team posters will be available for all in attendance. This meet is designated as the annual Pink Meet, and we will be honoring breast cancer and cancer survivors before the meet. Placards will be available to show your support during introductions, and fans are encouraged to wear pink to the meet. The San José State Air Force ROTC will be presenting the colors.
National Rankings Ranking AVG
San José State 46th 193.570
Alaska Anchorage 63rd 191.195
TICKETS
Tickets are available at the door or by calling the Spartan Ticket Office at (408) 924-7589. Prices are $8 for adults, $5 for youth 12 & under and $3 for youth in club gear. SJSU students are free with a valid Tower ID card.
LAST MEET
Three Spartans won event titles, and the beam team recorded the second-best score in school history as the San José State women's gymnastics team scored a 193.525 in a meet at UC Davis last Friday night.
Jada Mazury won her first two collegiate event titles as she recorded season-bests on bars with a 9.800 and beam with a 9.875. Chelsey Andrada won her second beam title of the season with a season-high 9.875. Taylor Chan won the floor as she tied her career-best of 9.925, and the all-around with a season-best 39.225.
The Spartan beam team finished the night with a 49.175, the second-best beam team score in history, only trailing the school record of 49.275 set in 2011 and 2018. Mazury and Andrada led the team as they each scored a 9.875. Emma Milne scored a 9.825, while Tia Gin and Chan each had a 9.800.
SPARTAN COACHING STAFF
Head coach Joanne Bowers is in her second season at the helm of the San José State program. She is the sixth head coach in the program's history. From 2007 to 2016, Bowers was the head women's gymnastics coach at the University of Washington.
James Williams and Jeffrey Langenstein are in their second seasons as assistant coaches for the Spartans. Former Spartan Stephanie Relova joined the coaching staff this summer after graduating in May and serves as the director of operations.
MPSF WEEKLY HONORS
A Spartan was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week for three consecutive weeks, while Jada Mazury was the Freshman of the Week twice.
Gymnast Award Date
Shyan Phillips Gymnast of the Week January 14
Taylor Chan Gymnast of the Week January 21
Jada Mazury Freshman of the Week January 21
Taylor Chan Gymnast of the Week January 28
Jada Mazury Freshman of the Week February 11
After scoring a 38.800 in the all-around at the NorCal Classic, freshman gymnast Shyan Phillips was named the MPSF Women's Gymnast of the Week. In her first collegiate meet, Phillips finished fourth in the all-around with a 38.800. She started her collegiate career on bars with a 9.650, followed by a 9.725 on beam, tying for the second-best Spartan score on the apparatus. Phillips had a 9.625 on floor before finishing on vault with a 9.800 on vault, tying for fifth place.
Taylor Chan won the all-around title with a 38.875 at a dual meet at Alaska Anchorage on January 18, the top all-around score in the MPSF this season. She also won event titles on vault with a 9.750 and on floor with a season-high 9.900.
Jada Mazury recorded season-highs on the bars, beam and floor in the meet against the Seawolves. She was second on floor with a 9.825 and tied for fourth on beam at 9.725.
Chan won the all-around against Boise State and Seattle Pacific with a season-best and then-top score in the MPSF 39.100. She won her second consecutive floor title with a 9.875. She scored a 9.775 on vault and a 9.800 on bars.
Mazury earned her second MPSF honor after a meet at UC Davis. She won her first collegiate event title with a 9.800 bars, and won her second title of the evening as she tied for first on beam (with teammate Chelsey Andrada) with a 9.875, the second-highest score in school history. Mazury finished second on floor with a 9.850 and helped the Spartan beam team to a 49.175, the second-highest team beam score in school history
BEAM TEAM WITH A BRAND NEW NUMBER
For the first time in school history, the Spartan beam team scored a 49.175 in a meet, accomplishing that feat at UC Davis on February 7. The school record is 49.275, reached twice in 2011 and 2018. Jada Mazury and Chelsey Andrada led the team as they each scored a 9.875, which also tied for the second-highest beam score at SJSU. Emma Milne scored a 9.825, while Tia Gin and Taylor Chan each had a 9.800.
49.275 at Southern Utah Feb. 18, 2011
49.275 at MPSF Championships March 24, 2018
49.175 at UC Davis February 7, 2020
49.100 MPSF Championships March 28, 2017
BEAM TEAM SHINES IN HOME OPENER
The Spartan beam team shined in the first home meet of the season as they scored a 48.950, tying for the eighth-best beam score in school history. Tia Gin and Chelsey Andrada tied for first at 9.825, while Emma Milne had a 9.800, Jada Mazury a 9.750, Simone Adams at 9.750 and Taylor Chan at 9.650.
WE LIKE THAT 9.900 (or better!)
When the scoreboard flashed that 9.900 after her floor routine at Alaska Anchorage, all was right in the universe for Taylor Chan. She found her 9.900 that had been missing. She has scored a 9.900 or better three times this season. In her four years at San José State, she has received a 9.900 or better on floor 17 times. Chan's career-best 9.925 has happened twice, during her freshman season (2017) and at UC Davis on February 7 of this season.
9.900 at Alaska Anchorage, January 18
9.900 UC Davis, January 31
9.925 at UC Davis, February 7
AND YOU GET A 9.800, AND YOU GET A 9.800...
In the final rotation of the NorCal Classic, the final three Spartans each recorded a 9.800 on her vault. Cameron Kelperis started the scoring off with her 9.800, followed by Shyan Phillips and Taylor Chan. The three tied for fifth on vault, and the vault team scored the Spartans best apparatus score with a 48.800.
Two other Spartans scored a 9.800 at the meet. Emma Milne started the 9.800 scoring in her first collegiate routine on bars. Taylor Chan scored a 9.800 on beam in the next rotation.
UP NEXT
The Spartans travel to Seattle Pacific for a meet on Friday, February 21, beginning at 7 p.m.