Spartans Victorious Sunday, Four Win Event TitlesSpartans Victorious Sunday, Four Win Event Titles

Spartans Victorious Sunday, Four Win Event Titles

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Four San José State women’s gymnasts won event titles as the Spartans scored a season-high 195.900 Sunday afternoon to win a tri-meet over Southern Utah and Texas Woman’s inside the Provident Credit Union Event Center.

  • Kaviana Jurries won her third consecutive vault title, and Sophie Patterson won her first vault title as both scored a 9.850.
  • Genesis PeBenito won her first beam event title with a season-high 9.900, the highest individual score by a gymnast in the meet.
  • PeBenito’s 9.90 on beam is the 28th time that score has been recorded by an SJSU gymnast on beam.
  • Ava Johnson won her second floor title of the season with a career-best 9.875.
  • The Spartans scored a 195.900 as a team, the 19th-highest score in school history and the first time a Spartan team has recorded that exact score.
  • The vault team started the meet with a 48.950, tying for the 10th-highest vault team score at SJSU.
  • The beam team cracked the 49+ score for the first time this season with a 49.125.
  • San José State and Southern Utah were neck-and-neck heading into the final rotation, with the Flippin’ Birds with a 146.825-146.725 lead. The Spartans posted a 49.175 on floor, the ninth-best floor score in school history, to seal the victory.

UP NEXT – The Spartans travel to Boise State for a quad meet this Friday, February 6, against the Broncos, Oregon State and UC Davis beginning at 6 p.m. PT.

San José State    195.900
Southern Utah    195.525
TWU    194.875
Vault
1. Kaviana Jurries, SJSU    9.850
1. Sophie Patterson, SJSU    9.850
1. Alaina Reid, TWU    9.850
SJSU Scores – Mikaela Pitts 9.800, Devyn Valuch 9.750, Samantha Macasu 9.700, Olivia Reardon 9.400.
Bars
1. Mia Hampton, SUU    9.900
SJSU Scores- Kaviana Jurries 9.825, Olivia Reardon 9.750, Genesis PeBenito 9.750, Victoria Kisch 9.725, Samantha Macasu 9.600, Sophie Patterson 9.400.
Beam
1. Genesis PeBenito, SJSU    9.900
SJSU Scores – Marissa Ashton 9.825, Sophie Patterson 9.825, Samantha Macasu 9.800, Devyn Valuch 9.775, Mia Nelson 9.775.
Floor
1. Ava Johnson, SJSU    9.875
1. Sophie Hernandez, TWU    9.875
1. Kyleigh Ghanbari, TWU    9.875
SJSU Scores – Kaylee Larson 9.850, Marissa Ashton 9.825, Kaviana Jurries 9.825, Genesis PeBenito 9.800, Sophie Patterson 9.725.
All-Around
1. Niya Randolph, SUU    38.925
2. Sophie Patterson, SJSU    38.800
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