Beavers Start Season Strong At Super 16 In Las Vegas

Saturday, January 6

Las Vegas, NV

12:00 PM

Oregon State

196.525

195.900

Brigham Young

Photo by: Ralph Greene

January 06, 2024 | Women's Gymnastics

Live Scoring Results (PDF)

By: Athletic Communications

LAS VEGAS – The Oregon State gymnastics team had a strong start to its season in the third session of the two-day Mean Girls Super 16 Championships on Saturday afternoon at Orleans Arena.

The Beavers, ranked No. 13 nationally in the preseason Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) poll, posted a 196.525 in their season opener and defeated No. 24 Southern Utah (196.025) and No. 31 BYU (195.900) but fell to No. 18 Minnesota (196.850).

Jade Carey took the beam title with a 9.975, while Jennifer McMillan finished in a tie for second on the beam after equaling her best career score with a 9.950. Kaitlin Garcia and Ellie Weaver each had career-best scores on the floor with a 9.875 and shared the title with two gymnasts from Minnesota.

Oregon State opened its season on the vault and scored a 48.950. Two newcomers, true freshman Sophia Esposito and transfer Sage Thompson, both began their Beaver careers in spectacular fashion with a team-best 9.850. Kaitlin Garcia and Sydney Gonzalez each posted a 9.775 and true freshman Olivia Buckner contributed the final score with a 9.700

The Beavers moved to the bars for the second rotation and scored a 49.625, the best in the session. Carey made her season debut and performed as one would expect with a 9.975. McMcMillan added a 9.950, equaling a career best score that she set last season when Oregon State defeated Utah to clinch a share of the 2023 Pac-12 Regular Season Championship. Another true freshman, Taylor DeVries, made her Oregon State debut in the No. 3 spot and showed no nerves to equal Natalie Briones and Thompson with a 9.900.

The third rotation had Oregon State on the beam where it scored a 48.725. Carey posted a team-best 9.900, while Gonzales had a 9.850, and Ariana Young and Esposito both finished with a 9.825. The team had to count one of two falls that kept it from a better score on the event.

In the final rotation of the meet, the Beavers took to the floor and scored a session-best 49.225. Garcia and Weaver both scored a 9.875 to share the event title with Gianna Gerdes and Mya Hooten of Minnesota. Garcia's previous career best was a 9.800 last season, while Weaver performed in an exhibition on the floor one time last season and posted a 9.800. Thompson added a 9.850, Young finished with a 9.825 and Briones had a 9.800 for the Beavers' scoring on the floor.

UP NEXT
The Beavers will travel to Piscataway, N.J. for the Rutgers January Quad that includes Rutgers, Southern Connecticut State and Utica beginning at 11 a.m. PT on Saturday, January 13. The event will be live streamed at this link and live scoring will be available at this link.

SUPER 16 CHAMPIONSHIPS (196.525)

VAULT (48.950)
Briones -- 9.675
Buckner -- 9.700
Garcia -- 9.775
Gonzales -- 9.775
Esposito -- 9.850
Thompson -- 9.850
Chavez -- 9.650 (exh.)

BARS (49.625)
Weaver -- 9.800
Briones -- 9.900
DeVries -- 9.900
McMillan -- 9.950
Thompson -- 9.900
Carey -- 9.975
Beeman -- 9.775 (exh.)

BEAM (48.725)
Esposito -- 9.825
Buckner -- 9.125
Weaver -- 9.325
Young -- 9.825
Gonzales -- 9.850
Carey -- 9.900
Thompson -- 8.950 (exh.)

FLOOR (49.225)
Briones -- 9.800
Esposito -- 9.625
Weaver -- 9.875
Garcia -- 9.875
Thompson -- 9.850
Young -- 9.825
Chavez -- 9.550 (exh.)

2024 SEASON TICKETS
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