Gymnastics Preview: Stout hosts John Zuerlein Invite

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THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION: The Blue Devil gymnastics team will host the John Zuerlein Invitational, Friday, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. Hamline University and UW-Eau Claire will also compete. 


A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS

• On the strength of a school record 189.950 score at a quadrangular hosted by Texas Woman's University Sunday, the Blue Devils have a combined SAS average of 188.763. Brockport State is second at 187.242. UW-La Crosse is the second-ranked WIAC school (186.058). In the season-opening meet, the Blue Devils scored 187.575 points in defeating two-time defending national champion UW-Whitewater, Jan. 18. 
• The top Stout individuals in this weeks national individual rankings are: Shadae Boone, 2nd on the vault (9.613) and 10th on the floor exercise (9.588); Sierra Beaver second on the uneven bars (9.688); Britney Wolfe fifth on the balance beam (9.55) and Mikala Bugge, third in the all-around (37.563).
• The Blue Devils are on top of the WIAC in the latest honor roll in three of the individual events and in the all-around. The WIAC honor roll is based on top single score of the season. Sophomore Shadae Boone tops the WIAC on the vault (9.675), junior Sierra Beaver on the uneven bars (9.725) and freshman Britney Wolfe and junior Brooke Terry lead the league on the balance beam (9.750). Junior Mikala Bugge broke 38 for the first time in her career and leads the all-around (38.100). 
• Last time out, the Blue Devils competed against their second defending national champion in as many weeks. Texas Woman's University has earned what would be considered the NCAA Division II title the last two years. While the Blue Devils did not beat the Pioneers, they did tie for second with a school record 189.950, just short of 190. 
• Along the way, Stout broke two team event records - the uneven bars and the balance beam. The ink on the previous uneven bars record had barely dried. Stout had notched a mark of 47.550 last week in the season opener, but improved on that mark with a 47.650 today. Stout set a balance beam mark of 47.450, breaking the previous record of 47.300 at the aforementioned Oshkosh meet.
• Host Texas Woman's took first in the meet with a 194.300. Stout tied with Centenary College and downed conference opponent UW-La Crosse (187.350) by more than two points. Texas Woman's is an NCAA Division II member and the last two years have won the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championship, which is, in essence, the Division II national title, similar to the Division III NCGA Championship. Centenary is a Division III program from Louisiana, but the school's athletic program made the switch from Division I to Division III several years ago. UW-La Crosse is the owner of 17 NCGA titles and 24 WIAC titles. 
• Shadae Boone had a pair of Top-8 finishes, capturing third on the vault (9.675) and eighth on the floor exercise (9.625). Mikala Bugge was third in the all-around (38.100) and fourth on the vault (9.650). Brooke Terry and Britney Wolfe were in a four-way tie for fourth place (9.750) on the balance beam. Terry was fourth on the all-around (37.200) and Wolfe was fifth (35.400). Sierra Beaver was sixth on the uneven bars (9.725). 
• In their season opener, the Blue Devils upended two-time defending national champion UW-Whitewater, the first time Stout has outscored the Warhawks since the 2009 season. The team score of 187.575 was the best season-opening score for the Blue Devils in their 50-plus year history and is eighth on the all-time scoring list. The score is the highest opening score of any DIII school this season. Stout has not outscored Whitewater since Feb. 6, 2009, when they downed the Warhawks, 180.10-179.650. 
• The Blue Devils set a team school record on the uneven bars, scoring a total of 47.550 when five gymnasts scored 9.30 or better. The previous school record was 47.400 set late in the 2014 season.
• The Blue Devils' Mallary Dick tied with the Warhawks' Blaisee Wilson for first on the event with a 9.700, far surpassing her previous high of 9.40 on the event. Five Blue Devils scored personal bests on the uneven bars, led by Dick. Brooke Terry was sixth (9.425), Belle Ihde seventh (9.400), Mikala Bugge eighth (9.375) and Olivia Rosenow, making her first varsity appearance on the uneven bars. 
• The preseason was a bit of a surprise for UW-Stout gymnastics coach Becky Beaulieu and her staff. Beaulieu came into the season thinking the 2019 season might be a year to lay a foundation, then use that foundation to launch into the 2020 season. But the first couple of months of workouts have been amazing, Beaulieu said. And the coach, who begins her 14th year at the helm of the Blue Devils, believes the boost can be credited to her 14 returners, and new assistant coach Seth Helland.
• Three Blue Devils earned 2018 NCGA All-America awards to close out last season. Brooke Terry placed fourth in the all-around, Sierra Beaver was fifth on the balance beam and Shaquilla Payne was fifth on the vault. 
• Brooke Terry advanced to the NCAA Division I regional last season at the University of Minnesota.  Sierra Beaver was an alternate.
• On their roster, Blue Devils have one senior, six juniors, seven sophomores and five freshmen. 
• Blue Devil Statistics

A LOOK AT HAMLINE UNIVERSITY

• Hamline made their second foray against a Division I team Saturday, finishing third in a four team field in a meet at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.  Bridgeport won the meet with 195.075 followed by the host school at 191.225. The Pipers scored a season high 188.425 points with Rhode Island coming fourth at 177.850. Meghan Webb was the top Piper finisher, finishing second on the Balance Beam (9.750) and placing sixth in the Floor Exercise with a score of 9.675. Darby Slaterwas ninth on the Vault (9.575). Kelsey Ranneklev finished in the same spot on the Uneven Parallel Bars (9.375) with Lydia Ingram next in line at 9.300. Lauren Faustalso placed ninth on the Balance Beam (9.550). The Pipers leaders include: Darby Slater, vault (9.575); Kelsey Ranneklev, uneven bars, 9.375; Meghan Webb, balance beam, tied for first (9.750) and Amelia Moorhouse, floor exercise (9.450).  | Team Statistics

A LOOK AT UW-EAU CLAIRE

• Despite winning two events on Friday night, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire gymnastics team felHannah Lewis took first on bars with a 9.35 while  Lauralynn Anderson & Andrea Gessner  tied for the top spot on the vault, both scoring a 9.10. Anderson and Kiya Bjorge led the Blugolds on the beam, tying for fourth with scores of 9.150. On the floor exercise, Sydney Dame tallied a 9.275 to take fifth place. Leading the Blugolds, according to the WIAC honor roll: Ashley Benes, vault (9.575); Hannah Lewis, uneven bars (9.625), Jordan Ehde, balance beam (9.600) and Darby Slater and Meghan Webb, floor exercise,(9.675).  | Team Statistics

A LOOK AT UW-LA CROSSE

• UW-La Crosse last season won the WIAC title for the 24th time and were runner-up at the NCGA Championship. La Crosse opened its 2018-19 season with a dual victory at UW-Eau Claire Jan. 11.. The Eagles finished with a team score of 184.100 while the Blugolds totaled 181.00.  UWL recorded a 46.225 on the vault, 44.875 on the uneven parallel bars, 47.150 on the balance beam and 45.875 on the floor exercise. UW-Eau Claire finished with a 46.725 on the vault, 44.825 on the uneven parallel bars, 43.675 on the balance beam and 45.875 on the floor exercise. The Eagles won three individual event titles Friday with Megan Hawkins taking the vault (9.550), Dani Barmore the uneven parallel bars (9.600) and Jessica Ahrens the balance beam (9.500). | Team Statistics

WIAC HONOR ROLL:

• WIAC Honor Roll

ROAD TO NATIONALS HONOR ROLL

• National Honor Roll

LAST TIME OUT:

• Breaking 190 team points no longer looks so insurmountable. The UW-Stout gymnastics team broke the team scoring record by tallying 189.950 points in finishing second at the Texas Woman's University Quadrangular Sunday at Kitty Magee Arena. The Blue Devils toppled the previous team record of 189.350, set in a dual win over UW-Oshkosh, March 9, 2017. Along the way, Stout broke two team event records - the uneven bars and the balance beam. The ink on the previous uneven bars record had barely dried. Stout had notched a mark of 47.550 last week in the season opener, but improved on that mark with a 47.650 today. Stout set a balance beam mark of 47.450, breaking the previous record of 47.300 at the aforementioned Oshkosh meet.
• Is it a signature win? The season will serve to prove that out, but UW-Stout proved early they are a team to be reckoned with when they downed two-time national champion UW-Whitewater, 187.575-186.00, Jan. 18 in Menomonie, The team score of 187.575 was the best season-opening score for the Blue Devils in their 50-plus year history and is eighth on the all-time scoring list. The score is the highest opening score of any DIII school this season. Stout has not outscored Whitewater since Feb. 6, 2009, when they downed the Warhawks, 180.10-179.650. 
• The Blue Devils recorded four personal-bests on the vault, with Terry and Shadae Boone tying for second with personal-best marks of 9.550. Freshmen Britney Wolfe and Madison Latzke set markers of 9.30 and 9.20, respectively, in their first collegiate meets. Mikala Bugge was fourth (9.45). 
• The Blue Devils set a team school record on the uneven bars, scoring a total of 47.550 when five gymnasts scored 9.30 or better. The previous school record was 47.400 set late in the 2014 season.
• The Blue Devils' Mallary Dick tied with the Warhawks' Blaisee Wilson for first on the event with a 9.700, far surpassing her previous high of 9.40 on the event. Five Blue Devils scored personal bests on the uneven bars, led by Dick. Brooke Terry was sixth (9.425), Belle Ihde seventh (9.400), Mikala Bugge eighth (9.375) and Olivia Rosenow, making her first varsity appearance on the uneven bars. 
• Meet Story and Statistics

BLUE DEVIL LEADERSHIP TEAM: Senior Chelsey Gray, and juniors, Brooke Terry and Sierra Beaver.


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.




A QUICK LOOK AT THE WIAC:. | Complete national rankings


WIAC HONOR ROLL: The WIAC compiles a weekly honor roll. 

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Week Two: All-Around: Mikala Bugge, Jr, Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan); Specialist: Shadae Boone, So, ; 
AWARDS AND HONORS: 2019: Mallary Dick was selected as the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week after winning the uneven bars in a team win over two-time defending national champion UW-Whitewater, Jan. 18.  2018: Shaquilla Payne was selected the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, March 5 after winning the vault at the WIAC Championship...Sierra Beaver was selected the WIAC All-Arounder of the Week, Feb. 20, after setting a personal-best in finishing first in thevent with a home dual with UW-La Crosse, Feb. 16...Brooke Terry was selected as the WIAC all-arounder of the week and the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, Jan. 22, after recording four personal best scores in the Blue Devils win over UW-Eau Claire...Sierra Beaver was selected as the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week, Jan. 15, after capturing two first place finishes and three second place finishes as the Blue Devils defeated UW-Oshkosh, 180.350-178.200, Jan. 12 at Kolf Sports Center.


UW-STOUT COACH BECKY BEAULIEU:

• Becky Beaulieu is in her 14th season as the Blue Devil coach.
• Under Beaulieu's direction, UW-Stout gymnasts have earned 46 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, the vault and floor exercise in 2011, and the floor in 2015.
• 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.
• Beaulieu was inducted into the UW-La Crosse Wall of Fame in 2016.
• Seth Helland joined the Blue Devil coaching staff in 2019. Helland was the head coach at Brainerd, Minn., High School, before coming to Menomonie. 

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 14-school National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA). The six East schools are: SUNY-Brockport, SUNY-Cortland, Ithaca (NY) College, Springfield (Mass) College, Rhode Island College, and Ursinus (Pa) College. Each region holds their own regional meet to determine which teams and individuals will advance to the NCGA Championship. The championship is alternated yearly between the East and the West, with the West hosting the event generally during the odd years.

DOWN THE ROAD: : The Blue Devils host Winona State University, Friday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. in the final regular season meet of the season.  

2019 UW-Stout Team Scores & Schedule
Jan. 18 host UW-Whitewater, W 187.575-186.00
Jan. 27 at Texas Woman's University, 2nd of 4, 189.950*.
Feb. 1 host John Zuerlein Invitational, 6 p.m.
Feb. 8 host Winona State University, 6 p.m.
Feb. 15 at Gustavus Adolphus College, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 22 at UW-La Crosse, 6:30 p.m.
March 1 at UW-Eau Claire, 6:30 p.m.
March 9 host WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional, 2 p.m.
March 22 at NCGA Team Championship, 
March 23 at NCGA Individual Championship


UW-STOUT COLLEGIATE VARSITY HIGHS: (updated January 20, 2019)

Samantha Abler
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Sierra Beaver
Vault: 9.525 - Feb. 2, 2018
Uneven Bars: 9.750 - March 24, 2018
Balance Beam: 9.500 - Jan. 20, 2017
Floor Exercise: 9.600 - Feb. 16, 2018; Jan. 23, 2017
All-Around: 37.950 - Feb. 16, 2018

Jackie Bertrand
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 8.550 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Shadae Boone
Vault: 9.675 - Jan. 27, 2019
Uneven Bars: 8,125 - Jan. 18, 2019
Balance Beam: 9.275 - Feb. 23, 2018
Floor Exercise: 9.625  - Jan. 27, 2019
All-Around: x

Mikala Bugge
Vault: 9.675 - - Feb. 2, 2018; Jan. 13, 2017
Uneven Bars:9.500 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: 9.350 - Jan. 27, 2019
Floor Exercise: 9.700 - March 9, 2017; Jan. 23, 2017
All-Around: 38.100 - Jan. 27, 2019

Sierra Coonts
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.125 - Jan. 19, 2018
Balance Beam: 9.075 - Feb. 16, 2018
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Mallary Dick
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.700 - Jan. 18, 2019
Balance Beam: 8.475 - Jan. 18, 2019
Floor Exercise: 8.875 - Feb. 23, 2018
All-Around: x

Cassie Ehmann
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.100 - Jan. 19, 2018
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Chelsea Gray
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: 9.675 - Jan. 19, 2018
Floor Exercise: 8.900 - Feb 24, 2017
All-Around: x

Belle Ihde
Vault: 9.550 - Jan. 23, 2017
Uneven Bars: 9.600 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: 9.650 - Feb. 9, 2018
All-Around: x

Madison Latzke
Vault: 9.325 - Jan. 27, 2019
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Maddy Lord
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Maddie Mullenbach
Vault: 9.475 - Feb. 2, 2018
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: 9.300 - Jan. 27, 2019
Floor Exercise: 9.600 - Feb. 23, 2018
All-Around: x

Olivia Rosenow
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.250 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: 8.150 - Feb. 2, 2018
All-Around: x

Emma Sirjord
Vault:9.125 - Jan. 18, 2019
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: 9.525 - Feb. 2, 2018
Floor Exercise: 9.500 - Feb. 16, 2018
All-Around: x

Saga Svantesson
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 8.325 - Feb. 9, 2018; Jan. 26, 2018
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: 9.175 - Feb. 23, 2018
All-Around: x

Brooke Terry
Vault: 9.550 - Jan. 18, 2019
Uneven Bars: 9.600 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: 9.750 (2x),  - Jan. 27, 2019; Jan. 26, 2018
Floor Exercise: 9.675 - March 23, 2018
All-Around: 38.275 - March 23, 2018

Maria Wagner
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: 9.000 - Jan. 27, 2019
All-Around: x

Britney Wolfe
Vault: 9.500 - Jan. 27, 2019
Uneven Bars: 6.950 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: 9.750 - Jan. 27, 2019
Floor Exercise: 9.625 - Jan. 18, 2019
All-Around: 35.400 - Jan. 27, 2019

2019 BLUE DEVIL INDIVIDUAL SEASON HIGHS
Vault: 9.675 - Shadae Boone at Texas Woman's Quad, Jan. 27
Uneven Bars: 9.725 - Sierra Beaver at Texas Woman's Quad, Jan. 27
Balance Beam: 9.750 - Brooke Terry, Britney Wolfe vs. UW-Whitewater, Jan. 18
Floor Exercise: 9.625 - Shadae Boone at Texas Woman's Quad, Jan. 27; Britney Wolfe  vs. UW-Whitewater, Jan. 18
All-Around: 38.100 - Mikala Bugge at Texas Woman's Quad, Jan. 27
Team: 189.950 -  at Texas Woman's University Quad, Jan. 27

BLUE DEVIL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Vault: 9.800 - Shaquilla Payne, 2018; Kaylee Jondahl, 2016
Uneven Bars: 9.775 - MacKenzie Nicholson, 2017
Balance Beam: 9.850 - Naomi De Lara, 2011
Floor Exercise: 9.900 - Kaylee Jondahl, 2016
All-Around: 38.550 - Katherine Prouty, 2014

BLUE DEVIL TEAM RECORDS
Vault: 48.000 - Feb. 5, 2016
Uneven Bars: 47.650 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: 47.450  - Jan. 27, 2019
Floor Exercise: 48.150 - March 9, 2013
Team Score: 189.950 - Jan. 27, 2019