Gymnasts during warmups.
The No. 8-ranked Oregon State gymnastics team wrapped up the home slate Friday night against New Hampshire and Seattle Pacific.
OSU won with a 196.725 to New Hampshire’s 193.050 and Seattle Pacific’s 191.000.
The usual lineup was being used. Makayla Stambaugh gave it a go in the all-around.
It was senior night for Leslie Mak and Olivia Vivian. Read about them in my previous blogs for Mak here and Vivian here.
“I have to remember this moment because I’ve never going to have it back,” Mak said. “Olivia and I shared a moment after floor. I wanted to cry. It’s a bittersweet moment. I’m so happy with our careers.”
If you missed my story on Brittany Harris in Friday’s GT, check it out there. And here’s my story on the art of the vault from earlier in the week.
Vault
The team started out bad, but ended up with a good score of 49.100. That’s the best score since the last home meet. Check out Chelsea Tang below.
Here are the scores: Melanie Jones 9.725, Leslie Mak 9.725, Chelsea Tang 9.775, Makayla Stambaugh 9.825, Brittany Harris 9.850, Kelsi Blalock 9.925.
Uneven bars
Melanie Jones tied a career on this event to help the Beavers to a 49.250, and the Beavers pulled away. Check out Mak below.
Here are the scores: Hannah Casey 9.750, Brittany Harris 9.825, Olivia Vivian 9.825, Melanie Jones 9.850, Makayla Stambaugh 9.850, Leslie Mak 9.900.
At the halfway point, the scores are OSU 98.350 – UNH 96.125 – SPU 95.175 heading for the third rotation.
Balance beam
This was a solid but not the best performance for the team on this event with a 49.125. Check out Jones below. Team scores through three: OSU 147.475 – UNH 144.475 – SPU 143.075
Here are the individual scores: Makayla Stambaugh 9.750, Kelsi Blalock 9.800, Brittany Harris 9.800, Olivia Vivian 9.800, Leslie Mak 9.850, Melanie Jones 9.875.
Floor
Blalock scored a career high and the Beavers scored well with a 49.250. Check out Mak below.
Vivian struggled all meet. I think she put a lot of pressure on herself in her final home meet.
Here are the scores:Olivia Vivian 9.050, Brittany Harris 9.775, Melanie Jones 9.825, Kelsi Blalock 9.850, Makayla Stambaugh 9.875, Leslie Mak 9.925.
3 comments
Saltoed nuts says:
Mar 17, 2012
Here are some random thoughts: The beavs look very tired and lackluster right now, which is going to be a huge problem going into the post-season. The main concern in general is that they have no depth, so their best gymnasts are forced to compete all season long–compare this to UCLA, which can rotate gymasts to keep them from injuring themselves and getting too fatigued. Until the beavs have more depth, they will not be able to break into the top 6–and the way they look now, the top 10 is questionable too. It’s just hard for the beavs to compete with teams like UCLA, Alabama and Florida, which are packed with elite gymnasts. JO/L10 gymnasts are great, but boy would it make a difference to have a couple US national team members. I just don’t think we’ll ever be able to recruit them to OSU, sad to say. I hope the beavs do well at the PAC 12s, but if they finish above third place, I will be truly shocked.
Cliff Kirkpatrick says:
Mar 17, 2012
The coaches knew that going in. Read my story in Saturday’s GT, addressing the philosophical approach to this season and how it changed.
Saltoed nuts says:
Mar 17, 2012
The coaches didn’t have any other options except to be aggressive–if you don’t use your best gymnasts your RQS will suffer due to low scores. But no depth + long season = poor post-season performances. Just saying…BTW watched the Pacific Rim competition, and no fewer than 4 of the gymnasts are going to UCLA/Stanford. How many to OSU?? None….