This Week:
Fri., February 7
at UC Davis
The Pavilion, Davis, Calif.
7:00 p.m. PT
Live scoring - http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=284065&vislive=sjsu
Live Video - https://www.facebook.com/ucdavisgymnastics/
For the second consecutive Friday, the San José State women's gymnastics team competes against UC Davis, this time at Davis. The meet begins at 7 p.m., inside The Pavilion on the campus of UC Davis. The meet features the top-two teams in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, and right now, the favorites to compete for the conference championship on March 23 at UC Davis.
National Rankings Ranking AVG
San José State 44th 193.869
UC Davis 53rd 192.100
LAST MEET
Taylor Chan won the floor as the Spartans scored just a 192.575 in a home meet with the Aggies on the final day of January. Chan scored a 9.900 to win her third consecutive floor title. She added a team-best 9.775 on vault, a 9.725 on bars and a 38.625 in the all-around.
After a 48.425 on vault, the team had to count falls on bars and beam with 47.500 and 47.957 team scores, respectively. Emma Milne led the team on beam with a 9.800. The floor team recorded the best score of the night with the 48.675.
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 wasnamed the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Gymnast of the Week for three consecutive weeks, while Jada Mazury was the Freshman of the Week on January 21.
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
After scoring a 38.800 in the all-around at the NorCal Classic, freshman gymnast 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.
Chan won the all-around title with a 38.875 at a dual meet at Alaska Anchorage last Saturday, 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.
Mazury, a freshman from Calgary, Alberta, recorded season-highs on the bars, beam and floor in the meet against the Seawolves. She was second on floor with a 9.825, tied for fourth on beam at 9.725 and a 9.750 on bars.
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.
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
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 the first two meets of the year. She added another 9.900 this season in a home meet with UC Davis. Last season, she scored a 9.900 in seven of her 13 floor routines performed. In her four years at San José State, she has received a 9.900 or better on floor 16 times. Chan's career-best 9.925 came during her freshman season (2017).
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 host Alaska Anchorage on Valentine's Day (Feb. 14) inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center. The meet begins at 7 p.m., as the night is designated as the annual Pink Meet, Military Appreciation Night and Organ Donation Awareness meet.