Smith Fieldhouse
Smith Fieldhouse Provo UT 84606
PROVO -- The BYU women's gymnastics team used 12 individual season highs and two career highs from Kylee Draper to edge Utah State 193.525 -- 192.550 in its home opener Thursday night in the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars improved to 3-2 on the season.
"I'm very proud of Kylee," BYU coach Brad Cattermole said of Draper. "I'm thrilled with her enthusiasm. She had a good night."
The Cougars started off on vault, taking a 48.750 -- 48.075 advantage after the first rotation. Dayna Smart recorded a season high 9.825 in taking first place on the event. Hayley Jensen matched her career high 9.750 to place third.
Draper scored a career high 9.825 and took first place on bars to help the Cougars keep a 95.875 -- 95.850 edge after the second rotation. Lisa Willis was second with a season best 9.725.
BYU also enjoyed success on beam, scoring a season best 48.825 on the event. Kandis Kelly and Dayna Smart scored season highs of 9.875 to tie for first place. Draper was right behind with her other career high, 9.775.
The Cougars took the top five spots on floor to post a 48.825 score on the event. Kacie Capra took first place with a season high 9.825. Willis, Smart, Sierra Jacobs and Alethea Boon all tied for the next four spots at 9.750.
"They had some struggles early on bars, but to their credit they picked it back up and did a nice job on the last two events," Cattermole said.
Utah State took the top two spots in the all-around. Meagan Lewis took first place with a 38.775 and Alex Martin was second at 38.250. The Cougars' Capra was third at 38.050.
BYU will travel to Cedar City next Friday to take on Southern Utah in the Centrum. Start time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Women's Gymnastics Meet ResultsHost: BYU Cougars
Meet: USU Aggies @ BYU Cougars 20060202 February 2, 2006
Location: Smith Fieldhouse BYU Provo UT 84602 Home Meet
Contents: Event Results Team Results
Vault Team Standing
Uneven Parallel Bars BYU Cougars
Balance Beam USU Aggies
Floor Exercise Judge List
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Team Standing Top
Place Team Score
1 BYU Cougars 193.5250
2 USU Aggies 192.5500
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BYU Cougars Home
Head Coach: Brad CATTERMOLE Top
Gymnast Vault Bars Beam Floor AllArr
BOON, Alethea 9.7250 8.9250 9.7500
CAPRA, Kacie 9.6000 9.0500 9.5750 9.8250 38.0500
DRAPER, Kylee 9.8250 9.7750 9.4750
JACOBS, Sierra 9.7250 9.7500
JENSEN, Hayley 9.7500 9.0500
KELLY, Kandis 9.8750
MYERS, Cassie 9.1250
WALKER-POND, Aimee 9.7250 9.4000
SMART, Dayna 9.8250 9.8750 9.7500
WILLIS, Lisa 9.7250 9.7250 9.7500
Team Totals 48.7500 47.1250 48.8250 48.8250 193.5250
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USU Aggies
Head Coach: Ray Corn Top
Gymnast Vault Bars Beam Floor AllArr
JOHNSON, Sarah 9.4000 9.6250
KOHLER, Liesel 9.7750 9.6500
LEWIS, Meagan 9.7500 9.6500 9.6750 9.7000 38.7750
MANDY, Rachael 9.7750 9.6750
MARTIN, Alex 9.3250 9.6500 9.7000 9.5750 38.2500
OMMAN, Katie 9.0750
PARENTI, Jessica 9.2000 9.7000 9.3250 9.7500 37.9750
PATTERSON, Kelly 9.5250
PRICE, Brittany 9.7500 9.0000
RICKARD, Ana 9.4000 9.5000
Team Totals 47.7750 48.0750 48.5250 48.1750 192.5500
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Vault Results Top
Place Gymnast Team Score
1 SMART, Dayna BYU Cougars 9.8250
2 MANDY, Rachael USU Aggies 9.7750
3 JENSEN, Hayley BYU Cougars 9.7500
3 LEWIS, Meagan USU Aggies 9.7500
5 BOON, Alethea BYU Cougars 9.7250
5 WALKER-POND, Aimee BYU Cougars 9.7250
5 JACOBS, Sierra BYU Cougars 9.7250
8 CAPRA, Kacie BYU Cougars 9.6000
9 PATTERSON, Kelly USU Aggies 9.5250
10 RICKARD, Ana USU Aggies 9.4000
11 MARTIN, Alex USU Aggies 9.3250
12 PARENTI, Jessica USU Aggies 9.2000
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Uneven Parallel Bars Results Top
Place Gymnast Team Score
1 DRAPER, Kylee BYU Cougars 9.8250
2 WILLIS, Lisa BYU Cougars 9.7250
3 PARENTI, Jessica USU Aggies 9.7000
4 MANDY, Rachael USU Aggies 9.6750
5 LEWIS, Meagan USU Aggies 9.6500
5 MARTIN, Alex USU Aggies 9.6500
7 WALKER-POND, Aimee BYU Cougars 9.4000
7 JOHNSON, Sarah USU Aggies 9.4000
9 MYERS, Cassie BYU Cougars 9.1250
10 OMMAN, Katie USU Aggies 9.0750
11 JENSEN, Hayley BYU Cougars 9.0500
11 CAPRA, Kacie BYU Cougars 9.0500
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Balance Beam Results Top
Place Gymnast Team Score
1 KELLY, Kandis BYU Cougars 9.8750
1 SMART, Dayna BYU Cougars 9.8750
3 DRAPER, Kylee BYU Cougars 9.7750
3 KOHLER, Liesel USU Aggies 9.7750
5 PRICE, Brittany USU Aggies 9.7500
6 WILLIS, Lisa BYU Cougars 9.7250
7 MARTIN, Alex USU Aggies 9.7000
8 LEWIS, Meagan USU Aggies 9.6750
9 JOHNSON, Sarah USU Aggies 9.6250
10 CAPRA, Kacie BYU Cougars 9.5750
11 PARENTI, Jessica USU Aggies 9.3250
12 BOON, Alethea BYU Cougars 8.9250
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Floor Exercise Results Top
Place Gymnast Team Score
1 CAPRA, Kacie BYU Cougars 9.8250
2 WILLIS, Lisa BYU Cougars 9.7500
2 BOON, Alethea BYU Cougars 9.7500
2 JACOBS, Sierra BYU Cougars 9.7500
2 SMART, Dayna BYU Cougars 9.7500
2 PARENTI, Jessica USU Aggies 9.7500
7 LEWIS, Meagan USU Aggies 9.7000
8 KOHLER, Liesel USU Aggies 9.6500
9 MARTIN, Alex USU Aggies 9.5750
10 RICKARD, Ana USU Aggies 9.5000
11 DRAPER, Kylee BYU Cougars 9.4750
12 PRICE, Brittany USU Aggies 9.0000
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All Around Results Top
Place Gymnast Team Score
1 LEWIS, Meagan USU Aggies 38.7750
2 MARTIN, Alex USU Aggies 38.2500
3 CAPRA, Kacie BYU Cougars 38.0500
4 PARENTI, Jessica USU Aggies 37.9750
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Meet Judges Top
Vault
Judge 1 Cathy BENNION National
Judge 2 Pat BRYANT Level 10
Uneven Parallel Bars
Judge 1 Tina PAULOS National
Judge 2 Charity GREENE National
Balance Beam
Judge 1 Charity GREENE National
Judge 2 Pat BRYANT Level 10
Floor Exercise
Judge 1 Cathy BENNION National
Judge 2 Tina PAULOS National
PROVO -- After competing on the road for its first two meets, the BYU women's gymnastics team will return home for its home opener February 2 against Utah State in the Smith Fieldhouse. The Cougars are 2-2 on the year.
In their last meet, the Cougars edged Utah State in Logan 193.375 -- 193.275. BYU was down 144.900 -- 144.625 going into its last rotation, beam. The Cougars notched their highest score of the night and took four of the top five spots to win the event and pull out the victory.
Alethea Boon scored a career high 9.825 and tied with Lisa Willis for first place on beam. Willis also took second on floor and Aimee Walker Pond placed first on bars with a 9.800.
Utah State is coming off a third place finish at a tri-team meet at the University of Utah behind the Utes and Southern Utah. The Aggies' Jessica Parenti took second on floor and third in the all-around with a 38.975.
"We're looking to score. Home meets are what its all about," BYU coach Brad Cattermole said. "The girls love it. Having a big crowd and being at home really excites them. They perform well too."
Last year when the two faced off in Provo the Cougars recorded their third highest beam score in school history (49.500) and three current gymnasts scored career highs.
Start time for the meet will be at 7:00 p.m. in the Smith Fieldhouse. A live stats feed will be available on the schedule page of the Women's Gymnastics homepage at byucougars.com.