Beavers Set For First Home Meet of 2024 Sunday Against Brown

vs. BROWN: Oregon State returns home to compete against Brown at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 21 at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers are off to a great start after their first two meets of the 2024 season, both on the road, compiling a 5-1 record with six event titles by five different gymnasts -- Jade Carey, bars (twice); Sophia Esposito, vault; Kaitlin Garcia, floor; Ellie Weaver, floor; and Ariana Young, beam.

This will be the first-ever meeting between Oregon State and Brown. The Bears were supposed to open their 2024 season this past Monday at the Fisk MLK Invitational in Nashville, Tenn., but the meet was canceled due to inclement weather. Brown is led by second-year head coach Brittany Harris, who was a standout gymnast at Oregon State and helped lead the Beavers to Pac-10 titles in 2011 and 2013.

FOLLOW LIVE: The meet against Brown will be streamed live at this link and live scoring is available at this link.

STARTING STRONG: Oregon State has used a mix of veterans and newcomers to get off to a strong start this season. Some individual highlights from the Mean Girls Super 16 Championships and the Rutgers January Quad include:

The Pac-12 Conference has awarded eight weekly honors through the first two weeks of the season, and the Beavers have claimed five of them -- Natalie Briones, Coaches' Choice; Jade Carey, Specialist (two times); Taylor DeVries, Newcomer; and Sage Thompson, Coaches' Choice.
Natalie Briones competed in three events for the first time in her Oregon State career at the Super 16 and posted a career-best score on the bars with a 9.900 to finish in a tie for fourth.
Jade Carey has posted a 9.975 on the bars in back-to-back weeks to win two titles, is ranked No. 1 nationally on that event and now has 95 titles in her Oregon State career.
True freshman Taylor DeVries finished in a tie for fourth on the bars with a 9.900 at the Super 16.
True freshman Sophia Esposito won her first collegiate event title with a 9.900 at the Rutgers January Quad. She posted a 9.825 at the Super 16 Championships and is tied for 20th nationally in that event.
Kaitlin Garcia and Ellie Weaver shared the individual title on the floor with a career-best 9.875 by both of them.
Jennifer McMillan posted a career-best 9.950 on the bars to finish in a tie for second at the Super 16 and a best career score of 9.825 on the beam at the January Quad to finish second.
Sage Thompson has competed in all eight events this season, two in exhibition on the beam, and has tied her best career scores on the vault and floor with a 9.850.
Ariana Young won the event title at the January Quad with a 9.875 on the beam.

PRESEASON RANKINGS: Oregon State was ranked 13th heading into the 2024 season, as voted on by the members of the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA). All eight Pac-12 gymnastics teams were ranked among the Top 22 in the nation in the preseason poll. The 2024 Pac-12 Championships will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, March 23 and be televised nationally on Pac-12 Network.

PAC-12 PRESEASON WATCH LISTS: Jade Carey was named to the Pac-12 Preseason Watch List and Sophia Esposito was selected to the Pac-12 Preseason Newcomer Watch List. The lists include 11 returning Pac-12 standouts and five newcomers as nominated by the league's eight women's gymnastics programs.

Carey has been named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year each of the past two seasons and earned at least one Perfect 10 on all four events, becoming just the 13th NCAA Gymnast all-time to complete the Gym Slam.

Esposito, a freshman from Melville, N.Y., won Development Program National Titles in the all-around and the beam to go with her five-straight regional championships on the floor and three consecutive regional titles on vault this past year.

HOME SWEET HOME: Oregon State has four of its last six regular season Pac-12 meets at Gill Coliseum -- UCLA at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, February 9 (Pac-12 Oregon); Stanford at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 17 (Oregon State Live Stream); Arizona State at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1 (Pac-12 Network); Washington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8 (Oregon State Live Stream).

Sandwiched in between those meets in Corvallis is a trip to Tucson to battle Arizona at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 25 (Pac-12 Oregon). The regular season ends on Sunday, March 17 when the Beavers compete against Boise State and Utah State in Boise, Idaho at 11:00 a.m. PT.

TELEVISION TIME: Oregon State will be featured on television a minimum of six times during the 2024 season, all on the Pac-12 Networks.

January 27 -- Oregon State at California (2:00 p.m.)
February 2 -- Oregon State at Utah (5:00 p.m.)
February 9 -- UCLA at Oregon State (8:00 p.m.)
February 25 -- Oregon State at Arizona (2:00 p.m.)
March 1 -- Arizona State at Oregon State (7:00 p.m.)
March 23 -- Pac-12 Championships (all day)

BACK-TO-BACK: Oregon State won a share of the Pac-12 regular season title for the second-consecutive year in 2023. This is the fourth season the conference has crowned a regular season champion, beginning the tradition in 2020, and the Beavers have shared the title in half of them.

A LOOK BACK AT 2023: Winning a share of the Pac-12 regular season crown was just one of several highlights for head coach Tanya Chaplin and the Oregon State gymnastics team.

Advanced to the Regional Finals for the first time since 2019 where they finished in fourth place with the fifth-highest score in program history (197.650).
Finished in a tie for first place at Regionals (with LSU) after posting a 197.375.
For the first time in program history, Oregon State went over the coveted 198 mark, recording a 198.075 against Stanford to break the previous program record of 197.850.
The Beavers posted three of the six highest scores in program history.
Finished No. 12 in the final 2023 Road to Nationals rankings.
Jade Carey became just the 13th NCAA gymnast, and the sixth Pac-12 gymnast, to complete the Gym Slam with a 10.000 on vault, bars, beam and floor.
The 2023 freshmen class of Francesca Caso, Jennifer McMillan, Savannah Miller and Ellie Weaver all had an instant impact, making up more than 50 percent of the team's bar routines.
Jade Carey was selected the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year for the second-straight season.
Jade Carey, Madi Dagen and Sydney Gonzales were honored by the Pac-12 Conference, taking home eight different honors for their efforts during the 2023 regular season.
Nineteen Oregon State student-athletes were named All-American Scholars by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) and 15 were selected to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
Madi Dagen was named the 2023 Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Beaver to earn the honor since Madeline Gardiner in 2017.

TWO NEW GYMBEAVS COMING TO CORVALLIS: Two student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the program beginning with the 2024-25 season.

Guilianna Fiorillo (fee-oh-rillo) attends Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California and competes with the Airborne Gymnastics Club for her coaches Melanie Ruggiero, Cleo Washington, Melissa Metcalf and Tonya Piacente. She is a two-time USGA Level 10 National Championship qualifier and finished in ninth place in the All-Around at that event in 2022. Fiorillo finished second at the USGA NorCal State Championships and USGA Region One Championships All-Around, and placed first on Uneven Bars at the USGA Region One Championships in 2022.

Fiorillo chose Oregon State because "I truly love everything about the school and gymnastics program. From the first time I spoke to Michael and Tanya, I felt an immediate sense of family and belonging. The support of the team and coaches really goes beyond gymnastics. They care about me as a person and truly want what is best for me, and this genuinely made them stand out."

Sophia Kaloudis (kuh-loo-dus) attends Huntington High School in New York and has competed for the Apex Athletics Gymnastics Club with coaches Rob Wing and Amanda Depaola. She is a three-time USGA National Championship qualifier and finished in the Top 10 all three years. In 2023 she finished fifth in the All-Around and fifth on Beam and Floor at the Level 10 National Championships. She also placed first in the All-Around, Floor and Beam at the USGA New York State Championships, and second in the All-Around and first on Floor and Beam at the USGA Region 6 Championships this year.

Kaloudis chose Oregon State because "of all the amazing programs and opportunities the school has to offer. As soon as I stepped on campus, the coaches and the team made me feel at home and I knew it was the right place for me. Go Beavs!"

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Beavers Set For First Home Meet of 2024 Sunday Against Brown

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Players Mentioned

Natalie Briones

Jade Carey

Francesca Caso

Madi Dagen

Taylor DeVries

Sophia Esposito

Kaitlin Garcia

Sydney Gonzales

Jennifer McMillan

Savannah Miller

Sage Thompson

Ellie Weaver

Ariana Young

Beavers Set For First Home Meet of 2024 Sunday Against Brown

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Natalie Briones

Jade Carey

Francesca Caso

Madi Dagen

Taylor DeVries

Sophia Esposito

Kaitlin Garcia

Sydney Gonzales

Jennifer McMillan

Savannah Miller

Sage Thompson

Ellie Weaver

Ariana Young

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