Gymnastics Records Season-High 197.200 in Sweep of Beaver Quad Meet

Saturday, January 21

1 p.m.

Oregon State

197.200

196.725

Denver

Gymnastics Records Season-High 197.200 in Sweep of Beaver Quad Meet

January 21, 2023 | Women's Gymnastics

Results

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Behind the largest season-opening meet crowd in program history with 4,839 Beaver faithful filling the seats, the Oregon State gymnastics team recorded their highest score of the young season with a 197.200 to defeat No. 8 Denver (196.725), Brown (193.625) and Sacramento State (192.400) on Saturday afternoon at Gill Coliseum.

The Beavs are now 11-0 at Gill Coliseum since the start of the 2022 season.

"It was amazing to be back in front of our fans here in Gill," head coach Tanya Chaplin said. "Our team really fed off the energy that they brought through the entirety of the meet. We can't wait to see them again on Friday night against Rutgers."

Sophomore Jade Carey swept the awards, matching her regular season best in the all-around and second-best mark overall in program history, with a 39.825 across the four events and now has 56 event titles and 13 all-around titles.

Out of the 24 routines, OSU set or matched personal-best in six, with Ariana Young setting a new best on vault and matching her career high on floor to push the Beavers over the 197 mark for the first time this year.

Rotating in Olympic order, the Beavs started the meet on vault, where Carey narrowly missed recording back-to-back 10s to lead the Orange and Black to a 49.200 team score to open the meet. The Beavs sat in second just behind Denver at 49.300 after the first rotation.

VAULT:
Garcia – 9.775
Young – career-high 9.825
Letzsch – career-high matching 9.850
Gonzales – 9.750
Dagen – 9.775
Carey – 9.975
Briones – 9.800 (exh.)

On bars, OSU put together their best sequence of routines thus far, going over 49.000 as a team for the first time early in the 2023 season with a 49.175, led by Carey's 9.925 and freshman Jennifer McMillan's career-best 9.825 to jump into the lead at the halfway point.

BARS:
Beeman – 9.800
Dagen – 9.850
Weaver – 9.050
McMillan – career-high 9.825
Briones – 9.775
Carey – 9.925
Caso – 9.775 (exh.)
Miller – 9.650 (exh.)

Sitting in the top 10 in the country after two meets, the Oregon State beam squad jumped up to the fifth-highest average score at 49.317. The Beavs recorded a 49.525 for their highest mark since the 2017 Pac-12 Championships and one of the highest scores in program history with four of the five counted scores going 9.900 or higher for the Orange and Black to all but put away the meet.

BEAM:
Peterson – 9.850
Domingo – 9.900
Letzsch – 9.825
Gonzales – career-high 9.925
Dagen – 9.900
Carey – 9.950
Young – 9.800 (exh.)

Closing the competition on floor, OSU recorded the highest score of the four teams on floor, with a 49.300 to complete the sweep. Kaitlin Garcia recorded a 9.775 in her first floor routine as a Beav, while Carey again just missed going for back-to-back 10s with a 9.975.

FLOOR:
Miller – 9.850
Garcia – career-high 9.775
Young – career-high matching 9.875
Gonzales – 9.825
Dagen – 9.775
Carey – 9.975
Peterson – 9.850 (exh.)

Oregon State faces a busy week ahead, battling Rutgers at home on Friday, Jan. 27, at 6 p.m. PT, before a short turnaround for their Pac-12 opener at UCLA on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. PT. The meet with the Bruins is set to air on the Pac-12 Networks.

Season and single-meet tickets for the 2023 Oregon State gymnastics season are available for purchase HERE or by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS.

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