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Spartans Compete for MW Championships on Saturday

Sat., March 23 Mountain West Championships

Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, Logan, Utah

7 p.m. MT/6 p.m. PT

Live Scoring - https://sidearmstats.com/utahstate/gymnastics/20240323.html

Live Video - Mountain West Network

The San José State women’s gymnastics team competes in the first-ever Mountain West Championship this Saturday evening at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.  This is the first year that the conference has sponsored women’s gymnastics.  San José State will begin the meet on floor, the team’s best event this  season, followed by vault-bars-beam.

National Rankings Ranking NQS AVG Season High

  • San José State 33rd 196.555 196.069 196.675
  • Boise State 30th 196.655 196.313 197.025
  • Utah State 45th 195.765 195.186 196.275
  • Air Force 57th 194.995 194.645 195.650

ROTATION ORDER

Rotation-Vault-Bars-Beam-Floor

  • 1-AF-BSU-USU-SJSU
  • 2-SJSU-AF-BSU-USU
  • 3-USU-SJSU-AF-BSU
  • 4-BSU-USU-SJSJ-AF

Meetings This Season

  • Boise State - 0-2 - L, 1/19, away; L, 3/10, home
  • Utah State - 1-1 - L, 2/17, away; W, 3/1, at Air Force
  • Air Force - 4-0 - W, 1/9 at Boise; W, 2/4, home; W, 3/1 away; W, 3/3, at Denver

ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS

Five Spartans earned Mountain West honors for the first time in school history.

  • Madison Kirsch - Vault - First Team
  • Jaudai Lopes - First Team - Vault & All-Around; Second Team - Floor
  • Jada Mazury - First Team - Floor; Second  Team - Bars
  • Lauren Macpherson - First Team - All-Around & Beam; Second Team - Floor
  • Katherine Weyhmiller - Second Team - Beam

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

The San José State women’s gymnastics has won four team conference championships in program history - 2004, 2017, 2018 and 2022, all while members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

Individually, three Spartans won individual titles while members of the Western Athletic Conference (beam, floor, all-around), while there were 26 individual championships while competing in the MPSF (vault, 7; bars 3;, beam 4; floor, 6; all-around 6).

Jada Mazury (2022) and Lauren Macpherson (2023) won the last two MPSF All-Around crowns. Jaudai Lopes tied for first on the vault (2023), while Madison Kirsch won the vault in 2022. Mazury also won the bars and floor in 2022.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

The Spartans are currently ranked 33rd in the national rankings with a 196.555 national qualifying score. The top-36 teams in the rankings will advance to regional competition, April 3-7.

  • Event NQS Ntl MPSF
  • Vault 49.035 41st 1st
  • Bars 49.035 40th 3rd
  • Beam 49.135 32nd 2nd
  • Floor 49.355 25th 1st

Individual Event Place NQS

  • Jaudai Lopes Vault T77st 9.865
  • Jada Mazury Bars T90th 9.875
  • Lauren Macpherson Beam T48th 9.895
  • Jada Mazury Floor T43rd 9.915
  • Lauren Macpherson All-Around 53rd 39.255

MW WEEKLY HONORS

The Spartans have received 33 Mountain West weekly awards so far this season. 

  • Gymnast of the Week - 6
  • Freshman of the Week - 4
  • Vault Specialist - 7
  • Bars Specialist - 3
  • Beam Specialist - 6
  • Floor Specialist- 7

UP NEXT - The 2024 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Selection Show will go live on Monday, March 25 at 9 a.m. PT on NCAA.com. A link to the show will go live on the front page of NCAA.com. The top-36 teams in the country will advance to one of four regionals for competition, April 3-7. Regionals will be hosted by California (Berkeley, Calif.), Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.), Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)

The Spartans are looking to make their ninth appearance at an NCAA regional.

The NCAA Championships are April 18-20 at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.