Record Crowd Propels Gym Beavs to Share of Pac-12 Title with Win Over No. 4 Utah

Saturday, March 11

2 p.m.

Oregon State

197.950

197.700

Utah

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

Record Crowd Propels Gym Beavs to Share of Pac-12 Title with Win Over No. 4 Utah

March 11, 2023 | Women's Gymnastics

Results

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A record 8,859 fans piled into Legendary Gill Coliseum on Saturday afternoon to watch the No. 13 Oregon State gymnastics team record their second-best score in program history with a 197.950 to defeat Utah's 197.700 and clinch a share of the 2023 Pac-12 Regular Season Championship.

The 197.950 is the highest score inside Gill Coliseum in program history.

"There aren't enough words to describe how much I appreciate Beaver Nation," head coach Tanya Chaplin said. "Michael and I have been doing this for 26 years now and today was one of the proudest days of my career. I've always said that our home fans were the seventh person up on the event. They really pushed us to perform at our best and I couldn't be happier to get the win for them and our senior class that has meant so much to this program."

Oregon State completes a second-straight undefeated season at home to wrap up a second-straight share of the Pac-12 title.

Sophomore Jade Carey swept the awards and now has 89 event titles in her career, while freshman Jennifer McMillan earned her first event title, sharing the podium on bars with a 9.950.

The Beavs sent out a senior class with over 360 hit routines, as Kayla Bird, Madi Dagen, Jenna Domingo and Kristina Peterson wrapped up their illustrious careers on top of the conference standings.

OSU matched their season-high vault score with a 49.300, led by Sydney Gonzales and Jade Carey going over the 9.900 mark with a 9.900 and 9.925 from the duo.

VAULT:
Garcia – 9.775
Letzsch –9.800
Briones – 9.800
Gonzales – 9.900
Dagen – 9.875
Carey – 9.925
Chavez – 9.850 (exh.)

Rotating to bars, the Beavs made their move, with the third-best score in program history. Three freshmen recorded the highest scores of their careers, as the Beavs put down a season-high 49.550 to take a lead they won't relinquish.

BARS:
Beeman – 9.825
Miller – 9.800
Weaver – career-high 9.925
Caso – career-high 9.900
McMillan – career-high 9.950
Carey – 9.950
Bird – 9.700 (exh.)

In their final beam routines in Gill, Peterson and Dagen matched their season highs of 9.875 and 9.925, to push the Beavs to a 49.550, with Carey leading the way with a 9.975.

BEAM:
Peterson – 9.875
Domingo – 9.825
Letzsch – 9.875
Gonzales – 9.900
Dagen – 9.925
Carey – 9.975
Young – 9.950

In her final routine in front of the Beaver faithful, Dagen all but sealed the meet, matching her career high of 9.950 to lift the crowd of 8,859 to its feet. Carey put the final stamp on the programs first win over Utah since 2017 with a 9.975 to end the afternoon.

FLOOR:
Miller – 9.875
Young – 9.850
Letzsch – 9.875
Gonzales – 9.875
Dagen – matched career-high 9.950
Carey – 9.975
Garcia – 9.800 (exh.)

UP NEXT
OSU flips the switch to postseason with the Pac-12 Championships in West Valley City, Utah on Saturday, March 18. Oregon State took third at the 2022 Pac-12 Championships with their sixth 197 of the season, which was the first time that any Beaver squad has done so.

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