Beavs to Host Triangular on Senior Night

THE MEET
The No. 20 Oregon State gymnastics team closes out its home schedule Friday evening when it hosts Ball State and Seattle Pacific for a triangular on Senior Night. The meet is set to begin at 7 p.m. in Gill Coliseum and will stream live at osubeavers.com. Former OSU gymnasts Heather Humphrey and Stephanie McGregor will have the call.

SENIOR NIGHT
Friday's meet marks the final time two seniors - Risa Perez and Jamie Radermacher - will compete inside Gill Coliseum. The duo will be honored in a senior ceremony following the meet.

BEAVER BITES
The Beavers are ranked No. 20 this week. Rankings switched last week to being determined by Regional Qualifyting Score ... all four of OSU's lineups are ranked among the top 25 in the nation. The bars (49.025) and beam teams are the Beavers' highest ranked lineup at No. 17 (48.995). The vault lineup is tied at No. 18 (48.960 average) and the floor exercise is tied at No. 21 (49.030) ... the Beavers are at the end of a stretch of three staight meets at Gill Coliseum including two this week, Monday, Feb. 29 vs. Stanford and Friday, Mar. 4 for Seattle Pacific and Ball State on Senior Night ... OSU's roster includes a pair of All-Americans, three-time honoree Madeline Gardiner, who has finished third on the beam in Event Finals each of the last two years, and Erika Aufiero, who will miss the season due to a knee injury suffered the week of the season opener ... the Beavers return 10 contributors in 2016 including 15 out of 24 routines from NCAA Championships in 2015. But it is more complicated than that. Senior Erika Aufiero, who was slated to perform in the all-around, and sophomore Dani Dessaints, who anchored the vault and bars lineups in the season-opener will both miss the season due to injury.

VS. SEATTLE PACIFIC
The Beavers have met the Falcons 45 times and have won each meeting. OSU carries a 30-0 home record against SPU into the Friday's meet. The teams last met in on Senior Night in 2015 with Oregon State coming out on top in a quad meet 197.075-193.225.

VS. BALL STATE
Friday's meet will be the first time that Ball State and Oregon State have met in women's gymnastics.

OREGON STATE QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about the Oregon State gymnastics team in 2016:

The Beavers have counted only one fall in 2016 ... the counter came with pair of falls on the balance beam at Utah ... OSU counted falls in just two meets in 2015.
OSU has 'hit' 179 out of 192 (93.2% ) routines in 2016 ... the Beavers 'hit' 95% (297 out of 314) of their routines over the course of 13 meets in 2015.
It took until the seventh meet of the season, but the Beavers 'hit' all 24 routines for the first time in 2016 against California ... they came back to repeat the feat in the next meet, Monday, against Stanford.
Oregon State has relied heavily on junior Madeline Gardiner to compete in the all-around for much of the last three seasons. Thus far in her career, Gardiner has performed in the all-around 23 times in her career including the last 13 meets. Gardiner had won three all-around titles entering the season and has already exceeded that mark in 2016 having won the all-around in the Beavers' first four meets ... in total she has won five all-around titles this season and 12 total individual titles in 2016.
With the rankings moving to Regional Qualifying Scores (RQS) last week and the Beavers not competing during Week 8, Madeline Gardiner is tied for 20th in the all-around (39.245) and tied for 19th on the balance beam (9.870).
The 2016 roster includes four freshmen: Mary Jacobsen, Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, McKenna Singley and Elizabeth Yu. Colussi-Pelaez is the younger sister of Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, who transferred to Oregon State last year.
Nine of OSU's 2016 opponents were ranked in the preseason top 36: No. 4 Utah, No. 5 LSU, No. 6 UCLA, No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Auburn, No. 14 California, No. 30 Washington, No. 33 New Hampshire and No. 36 Arizona State.

LAST TIME IN COMPETITION
Monday night the Beavers completed a two week sweep of the Bay Area schools with a come-from-behind, final-routine victory over Stanford, 196.325-196.250. With the score knotted at 196.250, freshman McKenna Singley, who was added to the floor lineup during the four-minute touch in place of Kaytianna McMillan, stepped onto the floor needing to score 9.850 or better (previous career-high was 9.750) to secure the win for the Beavers. Singley performed the best floor routine of her career bringing the Gill Coliseum crowd to its feet and elicited a score of 9.900 to not only win the meet but also the event title. OSU recorded a season-high 49.400 on the floor with career-highs from Mary Jacobsen (9.825) and Taylor Ricci (9.875) and four straight 9.875's to set the table for Singley's heroics. McMillan, who last week set her personal-mark on the bars with a 9.950, repeated the feat Monday to tie for the event title, while Risa Perez and Madeline Gardiner each posted 9.85's on the beam to tie for the meet-high score.

TANYA CHAPLIN QUICK HITTERS

Chaplin holds the Oregon State record for wins during the regular season as well as overall. She set the record at the 2014 home opener with a 196.425-194.850 victory over Iowa State. Now in her 19th season Chaplin has 358 career wins including 289 victories during the regular season.
Chaplin has led the Beavers to conference titles in two of the last five years, winning the 2011 Pac-10 title and the 2013 Pac-12 Championships.
She has directed OSU to the NCAA Championships 11 times in her 18 seasons at the helm.

MADELINE GARDINER QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Madeline Gardiner, a junior from Cambridge, Ontario:

Has 'hit' 116 out of 119 routines in her career ... 31-32 in 2016.
Has won 26 event titles in her two-plus seasons; 12 in 2016 (5 AA, 2 V, 4 BB & 1 FX); 10 in 2015 (3 AA, 2 V, 3 BB & 2 FX); and four in 2014 (3 BB & 1 FX).
Set career-high with 9.925 on the beam against Arizona State (1/30) and matched it against Cal (2/20).
Became a three-time All-American in 2015 earning first team honors on beam ... again finished third at Event Finals.
Earned All-America First Team honors on the balance beam and in the all-around in 2014 ... finished tied for third in the Individual Event Finals in 2014 - the best beam finish for an OSU gymnast since Joy Selig was first in 1990 ... qualified to NCAA Championships as an individual all-arounder in 2014.
Two-time Pac-12 All-Conference selection - 2015 All-Around first team & 2014 Balance Beam second team.
Earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 17-22) after scoring a career-best 39.475 in the all-around to go with a career-high tying 9.925 on the balance beam in a win over Cal.
Received Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week for the week of March 9-15, 2015 after winning the all-around tying her career-high with a 39.400. She added an event title on the beam.
Madeline was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the week of Feb. 10-16, 2014 after she posted career-bests of 9.95 on floor and 9.875 on beam to win the first event titles of her career ... named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the week of Mar. 3-9, 2014 after she won the beam title (9.925) and scored 39.400 in her first all-around performance.
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection.
Canadian National Team's alternate for the 2012 Olympics in London.
Is a study facilitator and tutor for exercise and sport science student-athletes at OSU's Beth Ray Center for Academic Support.
Majoring in exercise and sport science with an option in pre-therapy and allied health.

KAYTIANNA MCMILLAN QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Kaytianna McMillan, a junior from Coburg, Oregon:

Has 'hit' 66 of 70 routines in her career ... 17-17 in 2016.
Has won 11 event titles in her career; 5 in 2016 (4 UB & 1 BB); 3 in 2015 (2 UB, 1 FX); and 3 in 2014 (2 BB, 1 UB).
One of just nine gymnasts in Oregon State history to record a score of 9.90 or better on each apparatus in her career.
Scored career-bests of 9.950 on the bars and beam against California (2/20) ... matched her bars output with another 9.950 against Stanford (2/29).
Suffered a season-ending knee injury on the final routine (vault) at the 2015 NCAA Norman Regional; her recovery continues and began the season competing only on the balance beam ... returned to the bars lineup in Week 2 at Lindenwood, winning the event ... she returned to the floor lineup at UCLA scoring a team-high 9.875.
2015 Pac-12 All-Conference second team on the floor exercise.
Tied for balance beam title (9.85) at NCAA University Park Regional in 2014 qualifying to NCAA Championships on the the event.
Volunteers regularly at Stone Soup Corvallis.
Kaytianna trained at the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics - the same gym as other OSU greats Chari Knight, Jami Lanz and Chelsea Tang among others including OSU head coach Tanya Chaplin.
Four-time Junior Olympic Nationals qualifier and won the Level 10 national titles on beam and all-around in 2013.
Majoring in human development and family science with an option in human services.

RISA PEREZ QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Risa Perez, a senior from Las Vegas, Nevada:

Has 'hit' 93 out of 101 routines in her career including 41-42 in her OSU career ... 18-18 in 2016.
Has won five event titles in her OSU career; one each on beam and floor in 2016 and three event titles in 2015 for the Beavers; two on floor and one on beam.
Forced into the vault lineup against ASU for the first time in her career (9.675).
Competed in beam and floor lineups for the Beavers 12 out of 13 meets last season.
Has cut and choreographed her floor routines since she was a Level 8 gymnast.
Also helped choreograph several of her current teammates' floor routines this season.
Transferred to Oregon State from Arizona State in the fall of 2014.
Majoring in liberal studies.

JAMIE RADERMACHER QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Jamie Radermacher, a senior from Tualatin, Oregon:

Has 'hit' 20-23 career routines and all 11 routines of her OSU career ... 8-8 in 2016.
Won the first event title of her career tying for first on the floor (9.875) against Auburn (1/10) ... followed up with another career-high 9.90 on the floor and another event title at Lindenwood (1/15).
Cracked the floor lineup late in the 2015 season competing three times.
Aggravated a previous injury at regionals and was unable to compete at nationals.
Majoring in human development and family sciences.

MEGAN JIMENEZ QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Megan Jimenez, a junior from Temecula, California:

Has 'hit' 40 of 43 routines in her career ... 17-20 in 2016.
Began the season in three lineups (vault, beam & floor), but has been unable to perform on the floor for the last three weeks due to injury.
Has set career-highs on beam (9.825) and floor (9.825) in 2016.
Performed in the vault lineup in all 13 meets in 2015 and nine times in 2014.
Forced into making her floor lineup debut at 2015 NCAA Championships due to injury.
Majoring in digital communication arts.

TAYLOR RICCI QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Taylor Ricci, a junior from North Vancouver, British Columbia:

Has 'hit' 24 of 25 routines in her career ... 16-17 in 2016.
Bettered her career-high on floor for the second straight meet with a 9.875 against Stanford (2/29).
Has performed in the vault and floor lineups in every meet in 2016.
Was inserted into the balance beam lineup at Utah (1/23) for the first time in her career - 9.500.
Performed in the vault lineup seven times in 2015.
Like Jimenez, she was forced into making her floor lineup debut at 2015 NCAA Championships due to injury scoring 9.800.
2015 Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection.
Has applied for a program at OSU that serves as a med school pipeline. If accepted she will shadow a physician during spring term.
Elected as OSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's Public Relations officer.
Majoring in exercise and sport science with an option in pre-therapy and allied health.

SILVIA COLUSSI-PELAEZ QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Silvia Colussi-Pelaez, a junior from Oakville, Ontario:

Has 'hit' 32 of her 34 routines in her college career and 29 of 31 at OSU ... 11-13 in 2016.
Set career-high 9.85 on balance beam at Washington (2/8).
Set a season-best 9.825 on the bars against Californai (2/20).
Transferred to Oregon State from Florida following spring term of 2014.
Competed as a member of Spain's national team.
Successfully performed a sideways aerial on balance beam – a first in World or Olympic competition – the skill is now named the Colussi-Pelaez. She has not used the skill in competition at the collegiate level.
Younger sister, Mariana, is a freshman for the Beavers in 2016.
Elected as OSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee's Community Service officer.
Majoring in chemical engineering.

MARIANA COLUSSI-PELAEZ QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Mariana Colussi-Pelaez, a freshman from Oakville, Ontario:

Has 'hit' all 14 of her routines to start her career.
Won her first event title against Arizona State (1/30) with a career-high 9.85 on the uneven bars ... tied that mark against California (2/20).
Set career-best on balance beam with a 9.775 at Washington (2/8) and matched it against Stanford (2/29).
Majoring in biology.

SHIREEN KHAMEDOOST QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Shireen Khamedoost, a sophomore from Bountiful, Utah:

Has 'hit' 22 of 23 routines in her career ... 15-16 in 2016.
Has become a mainstay in the bars and vault lineups in 2016.
Set career-high 9.775 on vault at Washington (2/8) and matched against California (2/20).
Began the 2015 near the top of the bars lineup for the first seven meets.
Majoring in exercise and sport science.

McKENNA SINGLEY QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about McKenna Singley, a freshman from Bountiful, Utah:

Has 'hit' 10 out of 13 routines in 2016.
Set a career-high on floor (9.90) against Stanford (2/29) breaking a tie in the final routine of the meet to secure the win for the Beavers.
One of only two OSU gymnasts to have performed on all four events in 2016 (Madeline Gardiner), although she has NOT performed in the all-around yet.
Missed the Arizona State & Washington meets due to injury ... returned to vault lineup at UCLA.
Scored career-best 9.825 on vault at Lindenwood (1/15).
Registered career-high on bars (9.875) at Utah (1/23).
Majoring in sociology with an emphasis in crime and justice.

MARY JACOBSEN QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Mary Jacobsen, a freshman from Puyallup, Washington:

Has 'hit' 20 out of 22 routines in 2016.
Has been a versatile cog in the lineup in 2016 competing on three events in six out of eight meets.
Captured the first individual title of her career winning on bars with a then-personal mark 9.825 at Washington (2/8).
Shattered her previous best on the bars against California (2/20) with a 9.950 to tie for the event title.
Set career-high on vault with a 9.825 at UCLA (2/13) and matched it against California (2/20).
Set career-mark on floor exercise (9.825) against Stanford (2/29).
Is a freshman in athletics and a junior in academics ... majoring in computer science.

ERIKA AUFIERO QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Erika Aufiero, a senior from Sparks, Nevada:

Suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice (1/7) leading up to the season opener.
Earned first team All-America honors on uneven bars in 2015.
Owns 15 career event titles; 13 on bars and two on vault.
Chosen as one of the team's captains in 2015 and '16
Earned All-Pac-12 honors on uneven bars in 2013 and on vault in 2015.
Has 'hit' 57 of 62 routines in his career.
Erika's sister, Breyanna, competed at Utah State.
Double-majoring in finance and accountancy.

DANI DESSAINTS QUICK HITTERS
Here are some quick hitters about Dani Dessaints, a sophomore from Las Vegas, Nevada:

Suffered a shoulder injury in practice prior to the Lindenwood meet (1/13) and will miss the rest of the season.
Has 'hit' all nine of her routines in her college career ... 2-2 in 2016.
Anchored the Beavers' vault and bars units in the season-opener posting career-bests on both events.
Battled injuries as a freshman competing only seven routines.
Majoring in sociology with an emphasis in crime and justice.

WHICH WAY DO WE GO?
The Beavers, like every other team in the country, are seeking to qualify to the NCAA Championships and the Super Six. But to reach that goal teams must get through NCAA Regionals. In 2016, regionals will be held at Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Utah. The top two finishers at each regional will advance to the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas.

CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS
The Pac-12 Conference has seven out of eight of its teams ranked in the Top 36, which is the number of teams that qualify to NCAA Regionals. Utah is ranked No. 6, UCLA is at No. 7, California is 12th, Stanford is 16th, Arizona is 18th, Oregon State is 20th and Washington is at No. 28.

THREE FOR 2017
In November, two gymnasts signed the National Letters of Intent to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2016-17 academic year. Isis Lowery (Melbourne, Australia) and Brianna McCant (Frisco, Texas) are scheduled to enroll in Oregon State this coming summer. In addition, 2015 signee Sabrina Gill (Oakville, Ontario) is slated to join the program for the 2017 season as well. Gill opted to defer her enrollment while she trains for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for Team Canada.

LOOKING BACK AT 2015

Oregon State finished the 2015 season ranked No. 12 in the nation.
All four of OSU's lineups were ranked among the top 25 in the nation. Vault ranked No. 13 (49.285 RQS); uneven bars ranked No. 14 (49.215); balance beam ranked No. 12 (49.145); and floor exercise was No. 7 (49.360).
OSU's floor team posted a 49.675 mark in a quad meet against San Jose State, Lindenwood and Seattle Pacific (Mar. 14), the second-highest floor score the Beavers have ever tallied.
Oregon State's upperclassmen performaned the majority of the routines in 2015 with the juniors and seniors accounting for 56% of the routines.
Erika Aufiero (bars), Madeline Gardiner (beam) and Chelsea Tang (beam and all-around) each earned All-America honors. Aufiero and Gardiner qualified to Individual Event Finals where Gardiner finished third on the beam.
Kaytianna McMillan scored a 9.90 on the vault for the first time in her career at Pac-12 Championships. With that mark she became the ninth gymnast in Oregon State history to record a 9.90 on all four apparatuses in her career.
The Beavers welcomed three rather unexpected transfers to the squad in the fall of 2014 with the arrival of Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (Florida), Risa Perez (Arizona State) and Jamie Radermacher (Eastern Michigan). The trio combined to 'hit' 44 out of 45 routines in 2015.

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