This Week:
Sunday, March 8
at Denver, Washington, Alaska Anchorage
Denver, Colo.
2:00 p.m. MT/1:00 p.m. PT
Live scoring - http://statb.us/b/311730
TV Coverage - Live on Altitude, DirecTV channel 681
Live Video - https://denverpioneers.com/showcase?Live=289
The San José State women's gymnastics team goes on the road for the third consecutive meet, this time a quadrangular meet hosted by the University of Denver on Sunday. The Spartans will compete with the Pioneers, Washington and Alaska Anchorage. The meet will be shown on Altitude, DirecTV channel 681, and on a live stream through the Denver website.
National Rankings Ranking NQS AVG
Denver 7th 197.135 196.839
Washington 12th 196.690 196.553
San José State 46th 194.415 194.150
Alaska Anchorage 63rd 192.335 191.758
LAST TIME
vs. Denver - 2015 season, quad meet at California on January 25
vs. Washington - 2017 season, tri-meet at California on January 21
vs. Alaska Anchorage - 2020 season - twice this year, Jan. 18 at Alaska and Feb. 14 in San Jose
LAST MEET
In a very close meet at Sacramento State, the Spartans won all four event titles and Emma Milne tied her school record as the San José State women's gymnastics team escaped with a 194.275-194.225 win over the Hornets on February 28.
One week after becoming the first Spartan to ever record a 9.925 on beam, Milne repeated her feat with another 9.925 on beam to win the beam title. She also helped the Spartan beam team record a 49.250, the second-highest beam score in school history and the first time the Spartans have recorded that exact score.
Milne started the meet with another accomplishment in her young Spartan career. She is now the seventh Spartan in school history to record a 9.900 on bars, joining fellow freshman Jada Mazury who accomplished the feat on February 14.
Taylor Chan won the other two event titles, taking the vault with a 9.800 and the floor with a 9.850. She won her sixth vault title and 23rd floor title in her Spartan career.
MILNE HONORED BY MPSF
Emma Milne was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Freshman of the Week after her performances in a dual meet last week at Sacramento State.
Milne tied her San José State and MPSF record on beam with a 9.925 to win the event. She had set the record a week earlier at Seattle Pacific. Milne also helped the Spartan beam team record a 49.250, the second-best beam score in school and MPSF history.
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On bars, Milne won her first title on the apparatus with a season-best 9.900, becoming the seventh Spartan in school history to achieve that score. She joined fellow freshman Jada Mazury who achieved a 9.900 earlier this season.
Milne added a season-best 9.650 in the lead-off spot on vault.
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 WE
EKLY 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
Emma Milne Freshman of the Week March3???????
WASHINGTON CONNECTION
Spartan head coach Joanne Bowers coached for 10 years at the University of Washington. This is the first time in her Spartan coaching career that she will coach SJSU against the Huskies. San José State last competed against Washington during the 2017 season in a tri-meet at California on January 21.
MILNE SETS BEAM RECORD X2
Freshman Emma Milne etched her name in the San José State record book as she set the Spartan beam record with a 9.925 at Seattle Pacific on February 21. Just one week later, she added her name to the record again as Milne had another 9.925 on beam at Sacramento State on February 28. She won the beam title in each of those meets. Eight Spartans, including current teammates Taylor Chan and Chelsey Andrada, had recorded a 9.900 in a meet 11 times, but no one could reach past that score.
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 ADDING NEW NUMBERS
In three meets during February, the Spartan beam team has recorded three top-five scores, adding two new numbers to the list. At Sacramento State on February 28, the beam team scored a 49.250, the second-best beam score in school history and the first time that score had been achieved by SJSU. Emma Milne led the team with a 9.925, followed by Chelsey Andrada at 9.900, Jada Mazury at 9.850, Taylor Chan at 9.825, and Tia Gin at 9.750.
To start the month, the Spartans scored a 49.175 at UC Davis on February 7. Mazury and Andrada each scored a 9.875. Milne scored a 9.825, while Gin and Chan each had a 9.800.
The Spartans also tied for the third-best beam score with a 49.100 in a meet at Seattle Pacific on February 21. Milne led the team with a school record 9.925.
49.275 at Southern Utah Feb. 18, 2011
49.275 at MPSF Championships March 24, 2018
49.250 at Sacramento State February 28, 2020
49.175 at UC Davis February 7, 2020
49.100 MPSF Championships March 28, 2017
49.100 at Seattle Pacific February 21, 2020
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
FRESHMEN HITTING THE 9.900 MARK ON BARS
Two Spartan freshmen have made an impact on bars for the team this season after each has recorded a 9.900. The latest to do it was Emma Milne who recorded her score in a meet at Sacramento State on February 28, to win the event. Jada Mazury received a 9.900 on bars against Alaska Anchorage on Valentine's Day. They are the sixth and seventh Spartan gymnasts to record a 9.900 and the 18th and 19th times 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.
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. She now has three beam titles and one bars title on the season.
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 host Sacramento State on Sunday, March 15, for the final home meet of the season and of the careers of Chelsey Andrada and Taylor Chan. The meet begins at 2 p.m., and the senior celebration will take place after the meet is concluded.