2014 Chicago Style NCAA Session

#18 Boise State Dominates in Chicago

#18 Boise State Dominates in Chicago

Feb 7, 2014 by Jennifer Teitell
#18 Boise State Dominates in Chicago

The 18th-ranked Boise State gymnastics team recorded the 15th-best team total in school history Friday evening (Feb. 7), winning the Chicago Style quad meet and improving to 8-2 on the season. 
 
The Broncos earned a season-best total of 196.325 to top Bowling Green (194.325), North Carolina (192.075) and Illinois-Chicago (191.950) at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Boise State earned team scores of 49.00 on vault and 49.150 on the uneven bars, as well as season-bests of 49.00 on balance beam and 49.175 on floor exercise. 
 
Juniors Kelsey Morris and Ciera Perkins led the Broncos, each earning two individual titles. Morris scored a career-best of 39.275 to win her fourth all-around title this season. Her four wins also marks her career total, tying the seventh best career all-around wins total in school history. The Snohomish, Wash., native shared the balance beam title with teammate Paige Urquhart, scoring 9.850’s. In addition, Morris tied for second on floor with a score of 9.850. 
 
Perkins captured her third title of the season on bars scoring 9.875. The win marked her seventh career bars title, tying for the ninth-best Boise State career total. The Las Vegas native also earned her fourth title of the season on floor, tying for the 10th-best in Boise State season floor titles. Her score of 9.90 helped her earn her fifth-career title on the event.  Perkins added a 9.875 performance on vault, earning second on the event. 
 
Adding to a solid team effort freshman Diana Mejia earned a second-place finish on bars (9.850), senior Kelsey Black placed third on vault (9.850) and sophomore Krystine Jacobsen placed third on beam (9.825). 
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RESULTS

Team
1. Boise State - 196.325
2. Bowling Green - 194.325 
3. University of North Carolina - 192.075
4. University of Chicago at Illinois 191.950

 
Vault
 
Bars
 
Beam
1. Kelsey Morris - Boise State- 9.850
2. Paige Urquhart - Boise State - 9.850
3. Catherine Dion - UIC - 9.825
3. Krystine Jacobsen - Boise State - 9.825
 
Floor 
1. Ciera Perkins - Boise State - 9.900
2. Kelsey Morris - Boise State - 9.850
2. Megan Harrington BGSU - 9.850
 
All Around
1. Kelsey Morris - Boise State - 39.275
2. Megan Harrington - BGSU -39.100
3. Lauren Feely - BGSU - 38.975
3. Alyssa Nocella - BGSU - 38.975

 

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