Gymnastics Preview: Second-ranked Blue Devils at Gustavus Friday

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THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION: The Blue Devil gymnastics team has outscored all five WIAC schools they have competed against this season. The Blue Devils were the top-ranked school in the NCGA, but were leap-frogged by Brockport State this week after Brockport competed at Division I Cornell and scored more than 192 points at a meet last weekend at Division I Cornell University.  Stout will be at Gustavus Adolphus College, Friday, Feb. 15 for a 6 p.m. contest. 


A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS

• For the first three weeks of the season, the Blue Devils had been the top-ranked team in the country, downing two-time defending champion UW-Whitewater, then stepped that up with the top Division III score of the season when they competed at a quadrangular at Texas Woman's University. The Blue Devils defeated Winona State by more than five points, sweeping the top spot in each event..  The Blue Devils currently have an NCGA-best 188.2938 points. Stout has scored more than 186 points in all four meets so far. 
• Brockport State is currently first nationally (189.2625), Ithaca College third (187.025), Uw-La Crosse fourth (186.9438) and Springfield College fifth (185.9563).
• In the latest Road to Nationals individual rankings, Blue Devil Sierra Beaver is ranked first on the uneven bars (9.650) and Mikala Bugge is ranked first in the all-around (37.5938).  The top Stout individuals in this week's national individual rankings are, by event: Vault  3. Shadae Boone, (9.6188) 4. Mikala Bugge (9.5688); Uneven bars: 1. Beaver;  7.. Mallary Dick (9.4625), 8. Belle Ihde (9.4313); Balance beam: 4. Britney Wolfe, Brooke Terry (9.5688); Floor exercise: 6. Boone (9.6313), 8. Bugge (9.6188) All-around: 1. Bugge (37.5938). 
• The Blue Devils are on top of the WIAC in the latest honor roll in all four 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),  junior Brooke Terry leads the league on the balance beam (9.750) and junior Mikala Bugge leads the floor exercise (9.725) and the all-around (38.100). 
• On their roster, Blue Devils have one senior, six juniors, seven sophomores and five freshmen. 
• Blue Devil Statistics

A LOOK AT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE

• Gustavus posted a season-high 183.825 team score in a WIAC dual meet Saturday at UW-Eau Claire, who scored 185.100. Gustavus totaled 47.500 on floor, 46.850 on vault, 44.825 on beam, and 44.650 on bars. Amanda Malo (Sr., Greenwood, Minn.) won the floor with a 9.650 and the all-around at 37.650. She also took third on both the vault (9.475) and bars (9.300). Sam Ardy (Sr., Thousand Oaks., Calif.) won the bars at 9.500 and placed third on the floor with a 9.550. | 2019 Statistics

WIAC HONOR ROLL:

• WIAC Honor Roll

ROAD TO NATIONALS HONOR ROLL

• National Honor Roll

LAST TIME OUT:

• The Blue Devils captured a five-point win over Winona State, 188.825-183.675, Feb. 8.  
• Their last time out, UW-Stout took the top four spots in the vault and the uneven bars and captured the top spot on both the balance beam and the floor exercise on their way to a 188.825-183.675 win over Winona State University Feb. 8 at Johnson Fieldhouse. For the fourth straight meet, the top-ranked Blue Devils exceeded 186 points, this time by almost three points, for the first time in school history. Shadae Boone took two first place finishes, winning the vault (9.650) and the floor exercise with a personal-best score of 9.675. She also scored a personal-best in finishing sixth on the bars (9.150). Following Boone on the vault were Belle Ihde, with a personal-best of 9.600, Mikala Bugge (9.575) and Brooke Terry (9.400). Sierra Beaver led the way on the uneven bars (9.675), followed by Mallary Dick (9.525), Belle Ihde(9.450) and Bugge (9.325). Terry scored a personal best to capture the balance beam crown with a 9.775. Britney Wolfe was third (9.475) and Beaver fourth (9.450). Bugge followed Boone on the floor (9.600) and Emma Sirjord was fourth 9.400). Bugge was the only all-around competitor tonight, putting together a 37.750. | Complete Game Story and Statistics

BLUE DEVIL LEADERSHIP TEAM: Senior Chelsea 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.



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

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Week Four: All-Around: Mikala Bugge, Jr, Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan); Specialist: Shadae Boone, So, Maple Grove, Minn. (Park Center);  

AWARDS AND HONORS: 2019: Shadae Boone was selected the WIAC Gymnastics Specialist of the Week and the UW-Stout/Toppers Athlete of the Week after winning two events in a dual win over Winona State, Feb. 8...Mikala Bugge was named the WIAC all-around athlete of the week after winning the all-around event at the John Zuerlein Invitational, Feb. 1....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 will travel to UW-La Crosse, Friday, Feb. 22 with a 6:30 p.m. meet.   

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, 1sr of 3, 186.825
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 February 11, 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: 9.150 - Feb. 8, 2019
Balance Beam: 9.275 - Feb. 23, 2018
Floor Exercise: 9.675  - Feb. 8, 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: 9.600  - Feb. 8, 2019
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: 8.475  - Feb. 8, 2019
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: 8.350 - Feb. 8, 2019
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: 9.775  - Feb. 8, 2019
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