Saturday, January 4
Oceanside, Calif.
12:30 p.m.
Oregon State
vs
California
Photo by: Emma Calimag-Sisson/OSU Athletics
Oregon State Opens 2025 Season in Oceanside
January 03, 2025 | Women's Gymnastics
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Oregon State Gymnastics will open its 2025 season on Saturday, competing against California and UCLA in session one of the American Gold Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Classic.
No. 19 Oregon State Beavers vs No. 4 California and No. 10 UCLA
Date: Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. PT
Location: Frontwave Arena – Oceanside, Calif.
Live Scoring: virti.us/session?s=d6RrNMAAXg
Tickets: beav.es/AGCWGC
THE MATCHUP: The 19th-ranked Beavers face fierce competition to open the season, facing a pair of opponents ranked highly in the WCGA preseason poll.
California sits at No. 4 heading into Saturday's meet and returns both eMjae Frazier and Mya Lauzon from last year's squad that finished in second place at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. UCLA, ranked 10th in the preseason poll, finished third in the second round of the NCAA Regional last year and welcomed Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles back to the team this offseason.
RANKED: Oregon State gymnastics is ranked No. 19 heading into the 2025 season, as voted on by members of the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, it was announced on Dec. 10.
OSU is coming off a 2024 season that ended with the program's 49th-consecutive trip to an NCAA Regional, finishing the year ranked No. 21. The team also returns several key members of last year's group, including Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey, last season's Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Sophia Esposito, and All Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection on bars, Sage Thompson.
VETERANS: The 2025 Gym Beavs are loaded with veteran talent. Now a graduate student, Sydney Gonzales returned for her fifth season as a Beav and is joined by seven other seniors: Carley Beeman, Natalie Briones, Jade Carey, Karlie Chavez, Kaitlin Garcia, Lauren Letzsch and Sage Thompson. Those eight student-athletes alone combined to hit on 155 routines last year, averaging a hit rate of 94.5%, while four of them were perfect on the season.
ROOKIES: Four new student-athletes joined the program during the offseason.
Guilianna Fiorillo, from San Jose, Calif., trained under Mel Ruggiero, Tonya Way, Cleo Washington and Melissa Metcalf at Airborne Gymnastics. She participated at the 2024 Development Program National Championships, where she placed second on vault, and placed first on vault and floor and second in the all-around at States in 2024.
Sophia Kaloudis also competed at DP Nationals in 2024 after training under Rob Wing and Amanda Depaola at Apex Athletics. Originally from Huntington, N.Y., Kaloudis was a three-time state champion and two-time region champion who placed top-seven at JO Nationals from 2021-24.
Las Vegas native Reina Marchal was coached by Tammy Salcianu at Salcianu Elite. The daughter of an Olympian, Marchal is majoring in marketing.
A member of the Mexican Senior National Team at the PanAmerican Championships and Worlds in 2022, Paulina Vargas joins Oregon State from Dynasty Gymnastics and brings a wealth of experience. She was a National Champion on all-around and finalist on both beam and floor in 2022 and also found success in the 2018 cycle, as the Mexico City native was a finalist at the 2018 Junior PanAmerican Championships on floor and bars.
GOLDEN GIRL: July 30, 2024, is a day Jade Carey will never forget. Having already won a gold medal in Tokyo, Carey was back at the Olympics, this time competing in the Team Final with Team USA. When all was said and done, the Americans claimed yet another gold as Carey got her second in as many Olympics; mere days later she won a bronze medal at the Vault Final, bringing her career tally up to three in total.
Just four days later, Carey was back in Corvallis and announced she would be returning for a final season as a Beaver, and now leads the Beavers into the 2025 season as the program's all-time leader in event titles (117) and 10.000 scores, accounting for 12 of the program's 33 perfect 10s.
CALIFORNIA DREAMING: OSU has traveled all over the place for its season-opening meets, a list of destinations that ranges from Cancun, Mexico, to Kailua, Hawaii, Auburn, Ala. and Pittsburgh, Pa. One place the Beavers have not gone much for its first meet of the year, however, is the state of California, as Saturday's competition in Oceanside marks the first time since 2005 that Oregon State has opened its season in the Golden State, when the team placed first in a meet hosted by Cal State Fullerton.
PIPELINE: California has proven to be a key recruiting ground for the Beaver coaching staff, as six members of the Oregon State program call one of its cities home. On a roster of 20 gymnasts, that equates to 30%; the next closest states represented are Arizona, Colorado and New York, with all three states being represented by two different Oregon State gymnasts, or 10%.
BARS ARE BACK: The Beaver bars lineup proved to be among the nation's best in 2024, finishing the regular season ranked as the seventh best and never dropping below No. 8; every single OSU gymnast who completed a bars routine in 2024 is back for the 2025 season.
The lineup stayed the same in the team's final eight consecutive meets, which started with Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Sophia Esposito and was followed by Natalie Briones, Taylor DeVries, Jennifer McMillan, Sage Thompson and Carey. Combined, those six Beaver gymnasts earned 48 scores of 9.850 or higher, 31 at 9.900 or higher, and 11 scored 9.950 or better.
THE RETURN: Two key members of the Beaver beam lineup have returned after long-term injuries. Lauren Letzsch, who last competed during the 2023 season, made her return during the Orange & Black meet on Dec. 13. During her last season of action in 2023, Letzsch set a new career-high on beam with a 9.925 during a record-setting 49.650 rotation score against Stanford.
Joining Letzsch in making her return at Orange & Black was Sydney Gonzales, who went down mid-way through last season with a season-ending injury. Her career high on beam came against Arizona State during the 2023 season, earning a 9.975, and she had hit on 12 of 13 routines across all apparatuses before getting hurt.
UP NEXT: Oregon State returns home for its next meet, welcoming BYU into Gill Coliseum. The action is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11.
Season ticket options start as low as $35 and can be purchased by clicking here or by calling the Beaver Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-BEAVS. Single-meet tickets are also available and can be purchased here.
OUR MISSION:
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
No. 19 Oregon State Beavers vs No. 4 California and No. 10 UCLA
Date: Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025
Time: 12:30 p.m. PT
Location: Frontwave Arena – Oceanside, Calif.
Live Scoring: virti.us/session?s=d6RrNMAAXg
Tickets: beav.es/AGCWGC
THE MATCHUP: The 19th-ranked Beavers face fierce competition to open the season, facing a pair of opponents ranked highly in the WCGA preseason poll.
California sits at No. 4 heading into Saturday's meet and returns both eMjae Frazier and Mya Lauzon from last year's squad that finished in second place at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. UCLA, ranked 10th in the preseason poll, finished third in the second round of the NCAA Regional last year and welcomed Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles back to the team this offseason.
RANKED: Oregon State gymnastics is ranked No. 19 heading into the 2025 season, as voted on by members of the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association, it was announced on Dec. 10.
OSU is coming off a 2024 season that ended with the program's 49th-consecutive trip to an NCAA Regional, finishing the year ranked No. 21. The team also returns several key members of last year's group, including Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey, last season's Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, Sophia Esposito, and All Pac-12 Honorable Mention selection on bars, Sage Thompson.
VETERANS: The 2025 Gym Beavs are loaded with veteran talent. Now a graduate student, Sydney Gonzales returned for her fifth season as a Beav and is joined by seven other seniors: Carley Beeman, Natalie Briones, Jade Carey, Karlie Chavez, Kaitlin Garcia, Lauren Letzsch and Sage Thompson. Those eight student-athletes alone combined to hit on 155 routines last year, averaging a hit rate of 94.5%, while four of them were perfect on the season.
ROOKIES: Four new student-athletes joined the program during the offseason.
Guilianna Fiorillo, from San Jose, Calif., trained under Mel Ruggiero, Tonya Way, Cleo Washington and Melissa Metcalf at Airborne Gymnastics. She participated at the 2024 Development Program National Championships, where she placed second on vault, and placed first on vault and floor and second in the all-around at States in 2024.
Sophia Kaloudis also competed at DP Nationals in 2024 after training under Rob Wing and Amanda Depaola at Apex Athletics. Originally from Huntington, N.Y., Kaloudis was a three-time state champion and two-time region champion who placed top-seven at JO Nationals from 2021-24.
Las Vegas native Reina Marchal was coached by Tammy Salcianu at Salcianu Elite. The daughter of an Olympian, Marchal is majoring in marketing.
A member of the Mexican Senior National Team at the PanAmerican Championships and Worlds in 2022, Paulina Vargas joins Oregon State from Dynasty Gymnastics and brings a wealth of experience. She was a National Champion on all-around and finalist on both beam and floor in 2022 and also found success in the 2018 cycle, as the Mexico City native was a finalist at the 2018 Junior PanAmerican Championships on floor and bars.
GOLDEN GIRL: July 30, 2024, is a day Jade Carey will never forget. Having already won a gold medal in Tokyo, Carey was back at the Olympics, this time competing in the Team Final with Team USA. When all was said and done, the Americans claimed yet another gold as Carey got her second in as many Olympics; mere days later she won a bronze medal at the Vault Final, bringing her career tally up to three in total.
Just four days later, Carey was back in Corvallis and announced she would be returning for a final season as a Beaver, and now leads the Beavers into the 2025 season as the program's all-time leader in event titles (117) and 10.000 scores, accounting for 12 of the program's 33 perfect 10s.
CALIFORNIA DREAMING: OSU has traveled all over the place for its season-opening meets, a list of destinations that ranges from Cancun, Mexico, to Kailua, Hawaii, Auburn, Ala. and Pittsburgh, Pa. One place the Beavers have not gone much for its first meet of the year, however, is the state of California, as Saturday's competition in Oceanside marks the first time since 2005 that Oregon State has opened its season in the Golden State, when the team placed first in a meet hosted by Cal State Fullerton.
PIPELINE: California has proven to be a key recruiting ground for the Beaver coaching staff, as six members of the Oregon State program call one of its cities home. On a roster of 20 gymnasts, that equates to 30%; the next closest states represented are Arizona, Colorado and New York, with all three states being represented by two different Oregon State gymnasts, or 10%.
BARS ARE BACK: The Beaver bars lineup proved to be among the nation's best in 2024, finishing the regular season ranked as the seventh best and never dropping below No. 8; every single OSU gymnast who completed a bars routine in 2024 is back for the 2025 season.
The lineup stayed the same in the team's final eight consecutive meets, which started with Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Sophia Esposito and was followed by Natalie Briones, Taylor DeVries, Jennifer McMillan, Sage Thompson and Carey. Combined, those six Beaver gymnasts earned 48 scores of 9.850 or higher, 31 at 9.900 or higher, and 11 scored 9.950 or better.
THE RETURN: Two key members of the Beaver beam lineup have returned after long-term injuries. Lauren Letzsch, who last competed during the 2023 season, made her return during the Orange & Black meet on Dec. 13. During her last season of action in 2023, Letzsch set a new career-high on beam with a 9.925 during a record-setting 49.650 rotation score against Stanford.
Joining Letzsch in making her return at Orange & Black was Sydney Gonzales, who went down mid-way through last season with a season-ending injury. Her career high on beam came against Arizona State during the 2023 season, earning a 9.975, and she had hit on 12 of 13 routines across all apparatuses before getting hurt.
UP NEXT: Oregon State returns home for its next meet, welcoming BYU into Gill Coliseum. The action is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11.
Season ticket options start as low as $35 and can be purchased by clicking here or by calling the Beaver Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-BEAVS. Single-meet tickets are also available and can be purchased here.
OUR MISSION:
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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