Welcome back to college gymnastics! It’s week one of the 2025 season with an exciting dual meet featuring Western Michigan vs. No. 11 Michigan State.
Last year was great for the Spartans, who won their first Big Ten championship title and made it to the regional final. MSU also topped the 2025 Big Ten Preseason Coaches’ Poll for the first time with senior Skyla Schulte and junior Nikki Smith named as gymnasts to watch.
WMU is also coming off of a great 2024 season and enters 2025 as the defending MAC champion. It was its first championship win since 2013. Returning from the winning team, and someone to keep an eye on, is MAC co-champion on floor, Cassie St. Clair.
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Michigan State is hosting today’s meet in East Lansing. Let’s head to Jenison Field House and get started!
Rotation 1: MSU VT, WMU UB
Tucker (MSU): Yurchenko 1.5 with slight bend in the legs and a step backward. 9.750
Roy (WMU): Maloney to Pak, toe on hand to double layout. Hop backwards with a little pike down. 9.600
Duplissis (MSU): Yurchenko 1.5 with small step forward. A little leg separation in the air. 9.800
Garvey (WMU): Stream came in late. A little short on last handstand. Double layout dismount with an open first layout and a slight pike in the second layout. 9.725
Zsarmani (MSU): Yurchenko 1.5 with small hop. Nice form in the air. 9.850
Freeman (WMU): Jaeger to an overshoot. Full pirouette to double tuck dismount with a small step back. 9.775
Smith (MSU): Yurchenko 1.5 with a stuck landing! Great form. 9.950
Moravansky (WMU): Jaeger to shoot over, two giants to a double layout with a small hop backwards. 9.750
Stephen (MSU): Yurchenko 1.5 with a large step forward. Good pop off the table. 9.875
Samuelson (WMU): Jaeger to Pak to a nice last handstand and a floaty double layout to a stick. 9.800
Kellerman (MSU): Front pike half to a perfect landing. Great form. 9.925
Korfhage (WMU): Jaeger to Bail handstand, free hip to handstand to toe shoot from half. Nice. 9.700
Misenheimer (MSU – EX): Not included on the stream. 9.725
Heubach (WMU – EX): Maloney to Pak with some form, two giants to a double layout with a large step forward. 9.550
Ortiz (MSU – EX): Yurchenko 1.5 to a deep squat and a hop outside the lines. 9.450
After 1: MSU 49.400, WMU 48.750
Solid for the first rotation of the season for both teams. Michigan State leads after the first rotation and put up six 10.0 start value vaults. The stuck landings from Smith and Kellerman were highlights of the vault rotation. Western Michigan also looked good on bars and put up solid routines with a highlight being Samuelson’s set with clean form and a stuck dismount.
Rotation 2: WMU VT, MSU UB
Garvey (WMU): Yurchenko full with a slight pike down and small hop on the landing. 9.725
Stephen (MSU): Maloney to Bail handstand, cast handstand to a little arch, nice full in dismount with a small step back. 9.800
Roy (WMU): Yurchenko full with a small hop backwards and slightly piked down. 9.675
Zsarmani (MSU): Mounts onto high bar, Pak to low bar to Maloney to in bar Gienger and giant to double layout. 9.800
Gelesko (WMU): Front handspring front tuck half with chest down and a step forward. 9.475
Doyle (MSU): Pike Jaeger to floaty Pak, nice handstand, full pirouette with slight separation of legs to double tuck with a hop forward. 9.775
Moravansky (WMU): Yurchenko full to a large step backwards. 9.700
Smith (MSU): Maloney to Pak, slight arch in last handstand to huge double layout and a stuck landing. 9.875
St. Clair (WMU): Tsku 1.5 in a stuck position to a stuck landing! Nice. 9.775
Kellerman (MSU): Jaeger a little close with a bend in elbows, Bail handstand, double layout dismount to a stuck landing. 9.850
Faulkner (WMU): Huge Yurchenko full in nice layout position. Great form and slight hop back. 9.825
Harkness (MSU): Gienger, Bail handstand, new dismount… double layout with slight hop forward. 9.825
Cooper (WMU – EX): Yurchenko full with a little form and chest slightly down on landing. 9.600
Abney (MSU – EX): Missed hand on her release move and fell. She is not continuing the routine. 7.100
Tucker (MSU – EX): Maloney, full pirouette to double tuck dismount with small hop backwards on dismount. 9.675
After 2: MSU 98.550, WMU 97.450
Michigan State continues to lead after the second rotation. There were a few missed handstands on bars and hops/steps on the landings. Overall, it was a solid rotation. Western Michigan predominantly put forward Yurchenko fulls (Faulkner’s was a highlight) with hops or steps on the landings which was reflected in the scores.
Rotation 3: MSU BB, WMU FX
Kalefe (MSU): Full turn, BHS BHS LOSO nicely executed, switch leap to tuck full is solid, dismounts with cartwheel to gainer full and a stick. Great start for the Spartans! 9.850
Garvey (WMU): Opening tumbling run is a nice double pike to a good landing, nice leap series, next tumbling run is front tuck through to double tuck with slight chest down. Good start for the Broncos. 9.725
Misenheimer (MSU): Full turn to small wobble, front aerial into a split jump, BHS LOSO is solid, switch leap to split jump is nice, dismounts with RO 1.5 with a slight hop forward. 9.750
Korfhage (WMU): Opens with a double pike with a lot of power, bounce back and out of bounds, second pass is punch front 1.5 to immediate layout, leap series, finished with punch front full to front layout. 9.450
Duplissis (MSU): Triples series to start – BHS BHS LOSO is solid, full turn, beat jump to split three-quarter and dismounts with RO 1.5. 9.850
Roy (WMU): Opens with double pike to a controlled landing, switch leap half to split three quarter, closes with front through to a double tuck and another great landing. 9.775
Zsarmani (MSU): In her all-around debut today. Front toss to a wobble. Repeats front toss to BHS to get the connection. Cat leap to switch side is solid. Full turn. Finishes with RO 1.5 and a small step back. 9.700
Cooper (WMU): Opens with a tuck full in with a good landing, leap series is solid, Front through to a double tuck for her last pass with low landing and puts her hands down on the landing. 9.075
Smith (MSU): BHS LOSO is solid, beat jump to straddle half, full turn, dismounts with a double tuck with slight hop backwards. Nice to see the difficulty. 9.850
St. Clair (WMU): Opens with back 1.5 to a floaty front layout and a good landing, nice full turn, split full to straddle full is nicely done, closes with punch front double full to a good landing. Nice routine after the previous fall. 9.850
Stephen (MSU): Front aerial toss with slight wobble, full turn, BHS LOSO and a fall, beat jump to staddle half, RO double full to a stuck landing. 9.325
Schaupp (WMU): Opens with a solid front handspring to 1.5 to layout step out, closes with a front double full to a good landing, solid leap series to end. 9.825
Ortiz (MSU – EX): Full turn, BHS LOSO is nicely done, switch leap to straddle quarter is solid, beat jump to front toss, dismounts with BHS to 1.5 and a stuck landing. Good routine. 9.775
Lebster (MSU – EX): BHS BHS LOSO with a wobble on the landing but stays on, switch leap, full turn, beat jump to stag jump, dismounts with RO 1.5 and a step forward. 9.525
After 3: MSU 147.550, WMU 146.075
In rotation three we saw both teams have a fall but luckily neither team counted the fall. MSU continues to be in front with three 9.850 scores (Duplissis, Smith, Kalefe) during the beam rotation. In addition to the fall on floor, WMU also had an out of bounds and counted a lower score. St. Clair & Schaupp had solid floor routines delivering a 9.850 and 9.825 respectively.
Rotation 4: WMU BB, MSU FX
Mills (WMU): Stream stared late. Front toss is solid, full turn, RO 1.5 dismount and large step across. 9.650
Tucker (MSU): Opens with front 1.5 to immediate LOSO, unique series – double turn to switch leap split half, closes with front double full to a good landing. 9.825
Samuelson (WMU): BHS LOSO is solid, full turn to large bobble, front aerial to beat jump, split jump to stag jump, dismounts with punch front full to a stuck landing. 9.625
Zsarmani (MSU): Opens with punch front through to huge double pike, fun dance, switch side half to a straddle jump for leap pass, closes with back 1.5 to punch front full. 9.850
Garvey (WMU): BHS LOSO with a slight wobble, switch half to beat jump to standing LOSO, full turn, dismounts with RO double full with chest down and small step. 9.675
Kalefe (MSU): Opens with RO LOSO, next pass is punch front full to punch front layout, closes with punch front double full, leap series is switch leap to wolf full. 9.800
Krzciok (WMU): Full turn, aerial to LOSO is solid and beautiful, nice leap series, dismounts with aerial to 1.5 dismount and a stick. Nice. 9.900
Harkness (MSU): Opens with huge full in and a great landing, switch leap to split full to wolf full, closes with punch front through to double tuck and a good landing. 9.850
Moravansky (WMU): BHS BHS LOSO and a fall, switch leap to LOSO with a little form but solid, full turn, RO 1.5 dismount with small step forward. 9.050
Stephen (MSU): Opens with solid front tuck, front handspring through to 1.5, switch half to wolf full, closes with front handspring front double full with controlled step forward. 9.875
Schaupp (WMU): Opens with unique dance, side aerial into BHS is solid, split jump to tuck full but a little short for the full, nice scale, solid side somersault, gainer full dismount to a stuck landing. Nice one after the fall. 9.750
Smith (MSU): Opens with beautiful full in to a good landing, switch leap half series is huge, closes with front through to double tuck with a step forward. 9.800
Singh (WMU – EX): BHS, BHS, LOSO with a wobble, beat jump to straddle three quarter and gainer full of end of beam for dismount. 9.500
Misenheimer (MSU – EX): Opens with a full in with chest down and a step forward, leap series is switch half to wolf full to wolf full. Closes with RO 1.5 punch front layout and bounces out of the landing. 9.475
Korfhage (WMU – EX): Full turn, BHS BHS, LOSO to slight wobble, split jump to split three-quarter with a little low back leg, punch front full dismount. 9.675
Lebster (MSU – EX): Opens with punch front layout to front 1.5 with a bounce out of the landing, next pass is front handspring front double full, leap series switch leap full to split 1.5. 9.650
FINAL: MSU 196.750, WMU 194.675
MSU led throughout and wins the dual meet with a 196.750. Both teams had a solid performance for week one and neither team counted a fall. MSU’s Nikki Smith had a standout performance today winning vault, bars and the all-around with MSU’s Gabrielle Stephens winning floor and WMU’s Emily Krzciok winning beam.
VT: Smith (MSU), 9.950
UB: Smith (MSU), 9.875
BB: Krzciok (WMU), 9.900
FX: Stephen (MSU), 9.875
AA: Smith (MSU), 39.475
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