THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION: The Blue Devils will host their final home meet of the season, Friday, Feb. 14 when they will entertain
Gustavus Adlophus College at 6 p.m. It will be the last home meet for seven Blue Devil seniors –
Brittany DeZiel,
Kristen Barra,
Kim Gulik,
Kaitlynn Christensen,
Ashley Nelson,
Liz Peters, and
Kayla Widmar.
THE BLUE DEVILS: The 2014 Blue Devil squad was scheduled to return all five performers who advanced to the NCGA Championship last spring, but an injury just before the start of the competitive season has taken three-time All-American
Brittany DeZiel out for the season. Stout returns senior
Kaitlynn Christensen, junior
Katherine Prouty and sophomores
Sara Perez and
Randi Schorzman. DeZiel and Schorzman returned home with All-America honors, Schorzman on the balance beam. As a team, the Blue Devils have improved their team scores every time out, starting off with a 176.925 in their season opener, Jan. 11, and in their third outing nearly broke 180, tallying a 179.600 at UW-Whitewater. Stout has broken 180 their last three meets, scoring a 180.550 at home, Jan. 28, then jumped up nearly two points four days later when they won their first dual meet of the season, 182.325-180.425, at Hamline University, Jan. 31. Stout won the John Zuerlein Invitational with a season=best 183.550. Prouty is posting Stout's top scores on the vault (9.575) and the balance beam (9.300). Perez, who advanced to the NCGA Championship last spring, leads Stout on the uneven bars (9.375). Jondahl leads Stout on the floor exercise (9575). Christensen, who advanced to the national meet last year, is posting Stout's second best scores on the beam (9.250) and floor (9.525). |
2014 Season Stats
CAREER BESTS: Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this page to check out each Blue Devil's collegiate best score in each of their events.
LAST TIME OUT: Stout took the top five finishes in the balance beam, including four personal best, as well as a team event record on their way to a victory in the John Zuerlein Invitational. The 183.550 points scored by UW-Stout was their highest output of the season.
Kelly Huseman led the way on the balance beam with a personal best score of 9.450.
Kaitlynn Christensen finished second on the beam at 9.425.
Natasha Hansen finished third with a score of 9.350. All three were new personal best. Stout nearly swept the balance beam event as
Randi Schorzman,
Katherine Prouty and
Callie Counts finished tied for third, fifth and seventh respectively. Counts score of 9.250 was also a personal best. The Blue Devils overall beam score of 46.875 is a new team event record. . |
Complete Meet Recap
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS: For the most part, the Gusties have inched their way up in their team scores throughout the season, with a slip the last time out. The Gusties scored a season-high 173.975 when they hosted UW-Oshkosh, Jan. 25, then slipped slightly in a dual with UW-Eau Claire (172.25), Feb. 1. The Gusties have been idle since that Feb. 1 meet, which was their finalof four home contests of the season. All-arounder Jamie Ries leads the team, posting season top scores on the vault (9.125), uneven bars (8.90) and floor exercise (9.00). Lauren Kershner has an all-around score of 35.575 and Paige Dieleman has a top all-around score of 34.725. |
2014 Statistics
WIAC HONOR ROLL: The WIAC compiles a
weekly honor roll.
AWARDS AND HONORS: 2013 Season:
Brittany DeZiel was named the WIAC gymnastics all-around athlete of the week after she collected three first-place medals and set new personal bests on the vault, balance beam, and in the all-around as UW-Stout defeated UW-Oshkosh on March 1...
Katherine Prouty was named the UW-Stout athlete of the week after winning the all-around and setting personal bests on the uneven bars and balance beam in a dual with UW-La Crosse, Feb. 8...
Brittany DeZiel was named the UW-Stout athlete of the week after winning the all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise at the John Zuerlein Invitational, Jan. 25...
Brittany DeZiel was named the WIAC gymnast of the week after winning the all-around event at the Gustavus Adolphus Triangular to kick off the season.
2014 TEAM CAPTAINS: Captains for the 2014 season are
Ashley Nelson and
Kayla Widmar.
THE COACHES: UW-Stout: Becky Beaulieu begins her ninth season as the Blue Devil coach. Under Beaulieu's direction, UW-Stout gymnasts have earned 28 All-American awards and Beaulieu has coached national champions on the balance beam in 2008, the floor exercise in 2009, the uneven bars in 2010 and the vault and floor exercise in 2011. A UW-Stout gymnast has qualified and competed at the NCAA Division I regionals in 2009 at the University of Iowa and in 2010 at the University of Utah. Beaulieu, competing as Becky McDonnell at UW-La Crosse from 1997-2001, captured back-to-back NCGA floor exercise titles in 1998 and 1999. She established a since-eclipsed school floor exercise record score of 9.8. A seven-time NCGA All-American, she also garnered all-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors nine times. The Eagles, for which she was a two-year captain, won two NCGA titles during her competing days. In 2012, Beaulieau was selected to the WIAC All-Time Gymnastics Team as the conference celebrated their 100th anniversary. |
Gustavus Adolphus:
Charles Aydt is in his first season as the head coach of the Gusties.
WIAC AND NCGA: The
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is made up of eight schools - UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stout, UW-Whitewater, Hamline University, Gustavus Adolphus College and Winona State University. These eight schools make up the NCGA West Region and are also members of the 15-school
National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA). The other seven schools are: SUNY-Brockport, SUNY-Cortland, Ithaca (NY) College, Springfield (Mass) College, Rhode Island College, Ursinus (Pa) College and Wilson (Pa) College.
DOWN THE ROAD: The Blue Devils will travel to the University of Nebraska, Sunday, Feb. 23 for the four-team Masters Classic/Power of Pink Invitational along with Kentucky and Bridgeport.
Brittany DeZiel's sister is a member of the University of Nebraska team.
2014 UW-Stout Team Scores
January 11 - at UW-Oshkosh, 3rd of 3, 176.925
January 17 - at Winona State, 2nd of 3, 178.575
January 25 - at UW-Whitewater, L 187.075-179.600
January 28 - vs. UW-La Crosse, L 185.075-180.550
January 31 - at Hamline University, W 182.325-180.425
February 7 - John Zuerlein Invitational, 1st of 3, 183.550
UW-STOUT COLLEGIATE VARSITY HIGHS: (updated February 10, 2014)
Kristen Barra
Floor Exercise:
Balance Beam:
Kaitlynn Christensen
Vault: 9.275 - Mar. 12, 2011
Balance Beam:9.425, Feb. 7, 2014
Floor Exercise: 9.650 - Mar. 9, 2013
Callie Counts
Vault: 9.45 - Jan. 19, 20133
Balance Beam: 9.25 (2x), Feb. 7, 2014, Jan. 29, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.600 - Mar. 9, 2013
Brittany DeZiel
Vault: 9.650 - March 22, 2013
Uneven Bars: 9.650 - Feb. 15, 2013
Balance Beam: 9.550 - March 1, 2013, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.725 - Feb. 17, 2012
All-Around: 37.925 - March 1, 2013
Kim Gulik
Vault: 9.275 - Feb. 27, 2010
Uneven Bars: 9.10 - Mar. 12, 2011
Natasha Hansen
Vault: 9.525 - March 1, 2013
Uneven Bars: 8.65 - Jan. 31, 2014
Balance Beam: 9.350 - Feb. 7, 2014
Kelly Huseman
Vault: 9.300 - Feb. 7, 2014
Uneven Bars: 8.575 - Jan. 25, 2014
Balance Beam:9.450 - Feb. 7, 2014
Kaylee Jondahl
Vault: 9.525 - Jan. 31, 2014
Uneven Bars: 9.00 - Jan. 11, 2014
Balance Beam: 7.775 - Jan. 25, 2014
Floor Exercise: 9.575 (2x) - Feb. 7, 2014, Jan. 38, 2014
All-Around: 34.825 - Jan. 25, 2014
Brandi McSweeney
Vault: 8.775 - Jan. 11, 2014
Balance Beam: 8.475 - Jan. 25, 2014
Floor Exercise: 9.200 - Jan. 31, 2014
Ashley Nelson
Vault: 9.150 - Feb. 12, 2012
Balance Beam: 8.575 - Jan. 12, 2013 (ex)
Sara Perez
Vault:
Uneven Bars: 9.525 - Feb. 8, 2013
Balance Beam: 8.475 - Jan. 11, 2014
Floor Exercise: 8.70 - Feb. 22, 2013; Jan. 12, 2013 (ex)
All-Around:
Mesha Peterson
Vault: 9.50 - Jan. 12, 2013
Uneven Bars: 8.975 - Jan. 12, 2013
Balance Beam: 8.725 - Jan. 12, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.425 - Jan. 12, 2013
All-Around: 36.625 - Jan. 12, 2013
Sarah Polvi
Vault:
Uneven Bars:
Balance Beam:
Floor Exercise: 8.850 - Feb. 8, 2014
All-Around:
Katherine Prouty
Vault: 9.675 - Feb. 17, 2012
Uneven Bars: 9.550 - Feb. 8, 2013
Balance Beam: 9.550 - Feb. 15, 2013
Floor Exercise: 9.725 - Mar. 9, 2013
All-Around: 37.975 - Feb. 17, 2012
Randi Schorzman
Vault: 9.500 - March 1, 2013
Uneven Bars:
Balance Beam: 9.575 - Feb. 15, 2013
Floor Exercise: 8.70 - Jan. 19, 2013
All-Around:
Kasondra Tulloch
Vault:
Uneven Bars: 8.925 - Jan. 11, 2014
Balance Beam: 7.650 - Jan. 11, 2014
Floor Exercise: 8.550 - Jan. 31, 2014
Kayla Widmar
Vault:
Balance Beam:
Floor Exercise: 8.775 - Jan. 8, 2012
Tara Zimmerman
Uneven Bars: 8.650 - Feb. 12, 2012
Floor Exercise: 9.275 - Jan. 11, 2014
BLUE DEVIL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Vault: 9.700 - Naomi De Lara, 2011
Uneven Bars: 9.725 - Meghan Hargens, 2009
Balance Beam: 9.850 - Naomi De Lara, 2011
Floor Exercise: 9.800 - Rhian Paulsen, 2004
All-Around: 38.450 - Meghan Hargens, 2009
BLUE DEVIL TEAM RECORDS
Vault: 47.500 - March 1, 2013
Uneven Bars: 46.950 - Feb. 8, 2013
Balance Beam: 46.875 - Feb. 7, 2014
Floor Exercise: 48.150 - Mar. 9, 2013
Team Score: 185.700 - Feb. 13, 2013
