Utah State at Southern Utah

Recap

Full Results SUU: 196.600 USU: 193.425
VT: Cacciola, Pardue, 9.850 UB: Murakami, 9.925 BB: Cacciola, 9.925 FX: Ka. McClain, Smith, 9.925 AA: Ka. McClain, 39.475

The Big Storyline: Southern Utah put up its best performance of the season behind Karley McClain’s strong all-around performance and delightful routines from Shylen Murakami on beam and Ellie Cacciola on floor. Utah State, meanwhile, had a meet to forget after a strong opening performance at Best of Utah. The Aggies started the meet on the wrong foot, counting numerous falls on bars. While they recovered OK, the rest of the meet left room for improvement, too, and they counted a miss on beam in the meet’s final rotation.

Implications: Utah State showed it’s a young team capable of producing strong results, but not without struggles along the way. There were lots of new routines in these lineups, and it showed. Moving forward, this is a performance the Aggies will want to drop when NQS kicks in; for now, the result drops the team in the rankings and from second to fourth in the MRGC. Southern Utah was able to drop a fall on both bars and beam; the beam squad in particular is showing tremendous growth this season thus far with its ability to bounce back from mistakes. The Thunderbirds’ 196.600 is a solid score to build upon and will be a welcome addition to their initial NQS when the time comes. 

Records: Southern Utah sophomore Ellie Cacciola notched two personal bests: a 9.850 on vault and a 9.925 on beam. Utah State’s Dani Kirstine and Amari Evans had career-best scores of 9.800 and 9.725, respectively, on bars.

The event is finished.

Date

Jan 20 2023
Expired!

Time

Eastern Time
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm

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