This Week:
Fri., February 21
Seattle Pacific
Brougham Pavilion, Seattle, Wash.
7:00 p.m. PT
Live scoring - https://static.spufalcons.com/custompages/gym/2020/02212020.htm
Live Video - https://www.youtube.com/user/SPUsports
The San José State women's gymnastics goes on the road this week for the first of three meets on the road as the team competes at Seattle Pacific this Friday night. This will be the second time the two teams compete against each other. The teams competed in a tri-meet with Boise State on January 26 in San Jose, and will compete against each other at the MPSF Championship meet on March 23 in Davis, Calif.
National Rankings Ranking AVG
San José State 46th 194.004
Seattle Pacific 60th 191.832
LAST MEET
Three Spartans won all four events and the all-around title as San José State scored a season-best 195.025 in a meet with Alaska Anchorage last Friday night. Taylor Chan bookended the night with victories, starting with a season-high 9.850 to win the vault and ending with a career-best 9.950 on floor for the win. She is just the fourth Spartan in school history to receive a 9.950 on floor, following in the footsteps of Dani Albright, Shirla Choy and Thomasina Wallace. Chan also won the all-around with a 38.775.
Jada Mazury won her second consecutive bars title as she scored a 9.900, tying for the third-highest bars score in SJSU history and the first 9.900 on bars since 2017. Nikki Duggan, competing on beam for the first time in her collegiate career, stuck her routine as she won her first event title with a 9.800.
SPARTANS CRACK 195.000, T25TH BEST TEAM SCORE
On Valentine's Day, the Spartans received a candy heart with a 195.025 team score on it, the first time the team got a 195+ score this season. The 195.025 team score ties for the 25th best team 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
WE LIKE THAT FLOOR ROUTINE
Taylor Chan continues to show why she is fun to watch on the floor. She recorded her first 9.950 on floor with her routine on Valentine's Day in a meet with Alaska Anchorage. She is the fourth Spartan in school history to receive a 9.950 on floor, following in the footsteps of Dani Albright, Shirla Choy and Thomasina Wallace. Chan also won the all-around with a 38.775.This season, Chan has recorded a 9.900 or better in four meets. In her four years at San José State, she has received a 9.900 or better on floor 18 times.
9.900 at Alaska Anchorage, January 18
9.900 UC Davis, January 31
9.925 at UC Davis, February 7
9.950 Alaska Anchorage, February 14
MAZURY HITS THE 9.900 MARK ON BARS
Jada Mazury entered a special bars list at San José State after she received a 9.900 on bars against Alaska Anchorage on Valentine's Day. She is just the sixth Spartan gymnast to record a 9.900 and the 18th time it has happen in school history.
SHE DID WHAT??!!
Although we have seen her perform exhibitions on the beam, Nikki Duggan finally got to show of her beam routine on Valentine's Day, and boy were we impressed. In the sixth spot in the lineup, Duggan performed to cheers of her teammates, landed and the judges rewarded her with a 9.800. Well, that scored turned out to be the best beam score of the night and gave Duggan her first collegiate event title.
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.
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.
WINNER, WINNER
In just her second meet as a Spartan, freshman Emma Milne won her first collegiate event title as she tied for first on beam with a 9.850 at Alaska Anchorage.
WINNER, WINNER PART DEUX
Freshman Jada Mazury won her first two collegiate events in a meet at UC Davis on February 7. She started the night with a 9.800 on bars and finished with a 9.875 on beam for the two victories. Mazury added another event title the next week as she won the bars with a 9.900 on Valentine's Day.
UP NEXT
The Spartans continue on the road with a meet at Sacramento State on Friday, February 28, at 7 p.m.
