Gymnastics Preview: Blue Devils to meet UW-Whitewater for second time this year

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THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION:  UW-Stout has already seen UW-Whitewater once this season. And when they meet the Warhawks in a dual this Saturday, Feb. 26, it won't be the last time the teams cross paths. Stout will travel to UW-Whitewater for a 4 p.m. meet on Saturday. The Blue Devils, and the entire WIAC conference, will converge on Whitewater a week later for the WIAC Gymnastics Championship (presented by Culver's). The teams will also meet at the NCGA Championship the end of March at Ithaca College.


A LOOK AT THE BLUE DEVILS

• The Blue Devils have one senior, four juniors, four sophomores and seven freshmen on their 2022 roster. | Complete 2022 Preview
• Mikala Bugge is Stout's only senior. This is Bugge's sixth season with the Blue Devils. Bugge is a three-time All-American, and earned first team All-America honors in 2019 when she placed second in the all-around. Finished first on floor exercise at 2019 WIAC Championship. Bugge recently set career-bests on the vault and the uneven bars. Bugge set a team-best 9.725 on the vault and scored a 9.525, the team's second best uneven bars scores this season. 
• Carlie Beatty finished fifth on the uneven bars at the 2020 WIAC Championship. 
• Mikala Bugge, Carlie Beatty and Chloe Beatty are the only returning Blue Devils to have competed at a WIAC Championship meet. 
• The Blue Devils finished the COVID-19 shortened season at 3-1 last year. The season was shortened to four dual meets, with no WIAC or NCGA Championships.
• The Blue Devils finished fourth at the 2020 WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional.
• Stout won their first ever WIAC Championship/NCGA West Regional title in 2019 and finished second at the 2019 NCGA Championship, their best-ever finish. 
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UW-STOUT LAST TIME OUT:

•  In her final home meet, UW-Stout senior Mikala Bugge captured two first place finishes and set a personal best as the Blue Devils defeated Gustavus Adolphus College, 187.150-182.350, the fourth time the Blue Devils have broken 187 this season.  Bugge won the vault with a personal-best mark of 9.775 and also won the floor exercise with a 9.625. Bugge was fourth on the uneven bars (9.250). Bugge was selected as the WIAC/Kwik Trip Gymnastics Specialist of the Week for her efforts.  Combined with Bugge's two top finishes, Stout took first in all five events. Kiara Brown was first in the uneven bars (9.475) and the all-around in a personal best 37.750. Isabela Krulich was first on the balance beam with a personal-best 9.725. Krulich was second on the all-around (37.200). Stout had six personal-best scores tonight. Freshmen Gabrielle Winstead, Emma Brittingham and Alia Wilson joined Bugge, Brown and Krulich with personal-best scores. Winstead placed fifth on the vault with a mark of 9.450. Brittingham was third on the uneven bars with a score of 9.325 and Wilson was seventh on the balance beam with a 9.350.  The Blue Devils took the top five spots on the floor exercise, contributing to a team season-high of 47.650. Bugge (9.625) and Krulich (9.600) finished first and second. Winstead was third (9.550), Brown fourth (9.450) and Carlie Beatty was fifth (9.425). Genevieve Czaplewski was second on the balance beam (9.550), Effie Ferguson fourth (9.425) and Brown fifth (9.400).   |   Game Story and Statistics

UW-WHITEWATER: Whitewater  remained unbeaten in competition against WIAC opponents Feb. 18 by placing first at a quadrangular meet hosted by UW-Eau Claire. The Warhawks scored a 189.700 to finish more than three points ahead of runner-up Winona State. UW-Whitewater swept the top three spots and took four of the top five on uneven bars, its first event of the meet, and finished with a team score of 47.000. Taiya Stelmachowski tallied a 9.600, her third straight score of 9.550 or above, to place first. Emily North finished as runner-up with a season-best 9.500 and was followed by Estee Flom, who placed third with a 9.450. Kelsey Kollhoff (Miamisburg, Ohio/Miamisburg) tied for fourth with a 9.300, and Faith Mylin tallied a 9.150 to finish eighth. The Warhawks recorded their highest score of the night on balance beam with a 47.850, good for the No. 11 team score in program history. North led a group of three UW-W gymnasts in the top four with a season-high 9.725, good for first place. Lauren Goble tied for second with a 9.625, while Kollhoff finished fourth with a 9.600, her third straight of 9.6 or higher. Meg McGinley and Morgan McEntire tied for eighth with matching 9.450s. UW-Whitewater registered a 47.450 on floor exercise and was led by Mylin, who continued her consistency in the event with a first-place score of 9.675, her sixth straight above a 9.6. North collected her fourth consecutive score of 9.6 or higher with a 9.600, good for third place. Kollhoff tied for sixth with a 9.525, Kara Welsh (Plainfield, Ill./Central) placed ninth with a 9.500 and Richella Velarm425, bino contributed a 9.150 to finish 17th. The Warhawks closed the meet with a 47.400 on vault and were led by Welsh and Rachel Lewellen, who tied for third with matching 9.550s. Neither gymnast has finished below a 9.5 in the event this season. McGinley (9.500) and Kollhoff (season-best 9.475) placed fifth and sixth, respectively. Mylin recorded a 9.325 to finish 10th.North and Kollhoff finished 1-2 in the all-around competition with scores of 38.100 and 37.900, respectively, tying Kollhoff's season high. Mylin placed fifth with a 37.125.   |  Game Story and Statistics

LAST TIME STOUT AND WHITEWATER MET: Two UW-Stout freshmen each grabbed a first place finish and the Blue Devils improved on their team score in finishing second at a triangular hosted by Winona State Jan. 30. The Blue Devils totaled 188.025 points - currently their highest score of the season - to 190.025 for UW-Whitewater and 183.025 for host Winona. Freshmen Effie Ferguson and Isabela Krulich finished first and second, respectively, on the balance beam, and Krulich took the top spot on the floor exercise. Ferguson scored a 9.650 on the beam and Krulich was right behind with a 9.600. All three scores were personal-best scores. Krulich was only one-tenth of a point away from matching the school record when she scored a 9.800 on the floor exercise. Senior Mikala Bugge scored a personal-best 9.700 to place third on the vault. Kiara Brown was fourth on the balance beam with a personal-best score of 9.600. Carlie Beatty was sixth on the beam (9.500). Brown was sixth on the vault (9.600) and Bugge was sixth on the uneven bars (9.275).  As a team, the Blue Devils set 10 individual personal-high scores.  Last season, the Blue Devils hosted UW-Whitewater during the pandemic when there were only four meets. The Warhawks outscored the Blue Devils, 187.825-184.425, but again the Warhawks brought out the best in the Blue Devils with Stout's highest team score of the short season. | Game Story and Stats | History

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WIAC HONOR ROLL:  | 2022 WIAC Honor Roll

ROAD TO NATIONALS HONOR ROLL: 2022 Honor Roll  | The Blue Devils are currently ranked fifth in Division III with an average score of 187.190 (season-high 188.025), while the Warhawks are ranked third with an average score of 189.375, with a season-high score of 192.275. Stout has an SAS score of 187.4125 and Whitewater has an SAS score of 190.9125. Mikala Bugge is currently ranked first on the vault by average (9.675 avg/9.775 season high). Whitewater's Kara Welch is third (9.646/9.750) and Rachel Lewellen is fourth (9.637/9.750) Kiara Brown is currently second on the uneven bars, with an average score of 9.560 and a season-high of 9.625. Whitewater's Estee Flom is third (9.554/9.725).  Effie Ferguson is ranked seventh on the balance beam (9.550/9.650). Whitewater's Emily North is ranked ninth (9.504/9.725). Isabela Krulich is ranked 16th on the floor exercise (9.530/9.800). The Warhawks' Faith Mylin is ranked fifth (9.717/9.775). Mylin is the top-ranked all-arounder (37,705/38.100). All of the rankings listed are straight averages, which include all scores for the season.

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.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: 2022:  Week Five: All-Around: Kiara Brown, So, Whitewood, S.D..; Specialist: Mikala Bugge, Sr, Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan).; Week Four: All-Around: Kiara Brown, So, Whitewood, S.D..; Specialist: Mikala Bugge, Sr, Oakdale, Minn. (Tartan).;  Week Three: Specialist: Kiara Brown, So, Whitewood, S.D..; All-around: Isabela Krulich, Fr, Rosemount, Minn.; Week Two: Specialist: Isabella Krulich, Fr, Rosemount, Minn.; Week One: Specialist: Effie Ferguson, Fr, Mississauga, Ontario (Clarkson Secondary);

AWARDS AND HONORS: 2022: Mikala Bugge was selected as the WIAC/Kwik Trip Gymnastics Specialist of the Week after winning two events and setting a personal-best on the vault in a win over Gustavus Adolphus, Feb. 17... Isabela Krulich was selected as the WIAC/Kwik Trip All-Arounder of the Week after her first collegiate all-around competition vs. UW-Eau Claire...Isabela Krulich was selected as the WIAC/Kwik Trip Specialist of the Week and the UW-Stout Athlete of the Week after coming within one-tenth of a point short of the school floor exercise in a triangular with Winona State and UW-Whitewater, Jan. 30.

UW-STOUT COACH BECKY BEAULIEU:

• Becky Beaulieu is in her 17th season in 2022 as the Blue Devil coach.
• Under Beaulieu's direction, UW-Stout gymnasts have earned 57 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, the floor in 2015 and the vault in 2019. The 2019 team won the WIAC/NCGA Midwest Championship and finished second at the NCGA Championship.
• A UW-Stout gymnast has qualified and competed at the NCAA Division I regionals in 2009 at the University of Iowa, in 2010 at the University of Utah and in 2018 at the University of Minnesota.
• 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.
• Beaulieu has been named the WIAC Coach of Year three times - 2011, 2015 and 2019. She was the NCGA West Region Coach of the Year
• 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.
• Kj Wheeler joined the Blue Devil coaching staff in 2019, but joined the staff full-time for the 2020-21 school year.

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 numbered years.

DOWN THE ROAD:  The Blue Devils return to UW-Whitewater to compete in the WIAC Gymnastics Championship (presented by Culver's), Saturday, March 5 at 4 p.m.. 

2022 UW-Stout Team Scores & Schedule
Jan. 14 - at UW-Oshkosh, canceled
Jan. 21 - vs. UW-La Crosse, L 189.450-187.075
Jan. 30 - at WInona State, w/UW-Whitewater, 2nd of 3, 188.025.
Feb. 4 - vs. UW-Eau Claire, W 186.300-179.675
Feb. 11 - at Hamline University, W 187.400-182.500
Feb. 17 - vs. Gustavus Adolphus, W 187.150-182.350
Feb. 26 - at UW-Whitewater, 4 p.m.
March 5 - at WIAC Championship at UW-Whitewater, 4 p.m.
March 26 - at NCGA Championship at Ithaca College



UW-STOUT COLLEGIATE VARSITY HIGHS: (updated February 18, 2022)

Bridgette Allen
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 8.950 - February 4, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.600 - March 20, 2021
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Carlie Beatty
Vault: 9.350 - March 20, 2021
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: 9.750 - Feb. 23, 2020
Floor Exercise: 9.650 - Feb. 28, 2020
All-Around: x

Chloe Beatty
Vault: 8.60 - Jan. 24, 2020
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: 9.675 - Feb. 23, 2020
Floor Exercise: 9.500 - Feb. 23, 2020
All-Around: x

Emma Brittingham
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.325 - Feb. 17, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.000 - Feb. 11, 2022
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Kiara Brown
Vault: 9.600 - January 30, 2022
Uneven Bars: 9.625 - Jan. 21, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.650 - February 4, 2022
Floor Exercise: 9.650 - Feb. 11, 2022
All-Around: 37.750 - Feb. 18, 2022

Mikala Bugge
Vault: 9.775 - Feb. 17, 2022
Uneven Bars: 9.525 - Feb. 11, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.650 - March 23, 2019
Floor Exercise: 9.825 - March 9, 2019
All-Around: 38.100 - Jan. 27, 2019

Gillian Cummins
Vault: 9.325 - Jan. 21, 2022
Uneven Bars: 9.125 - (2x) January 30, 2022; Jan. 21, 2022
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Genevieve Czaplewski
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 8.525 - March 13, 2021
Balance Beam: 9.550 - Feb. 18, 2022
Floor Exercise: 9.575 - Feb. 11, 2022
All-Around: x

Jensen DeJong
Vault: 9.575 - January 30, 2022
Uneven Bars: 8.225 - April 1, 2021
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: 9.375 - April 1, 2021
All-Around: x

Effie Ferguson
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.275 - Feb. 11, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.650 - January 30, 2022
Floor Exercise: 9.625 - (2x) - February 4, 2022; January 30, 2022
All-Around: x

Jenna Jones
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 9.075 - Jan. 21, 2022
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Isabela Krulich
Vault: 9.475 - Jan. 21, 2022
Uneven Bars: 9.150 - February 4, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.725 - February 17, 2022
Floor Exercise: 9.800 - January 30, 2022
All-Around: 37.250 - February 4, 2022

Abi Rose
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 8.800 - Jan. 21, 2022
Balance Beam: x
Floor Exercise: 8.575 - January 30, 2022
All-Around: x

Kailyn Westbrook
Vault: 8.500 - Jan. 24, 2020
Uneven Bars: x
Balance Beam: 9.375 - Feb. 23, 2020
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Alia Wilson
Vault: x
Uneven Bars: 8.900 - Feb. 11, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.350 - Feb. 17, 2022
Floor Exercise: x
All-Around: x

Gabrielle Winstead
Vault: 9.450 - February 17, 2022
Uneven Bars: 7.800 - February 4, 2022
Balance Beam: 9.175 - February 4, 2022
Floor Exercise: 9.650 - January 30, 2022
All-Around: x


2022 BLUE DEVIL TEAM SEASON HIGHS
Vault: 47.475 - January 30, 2022
Uneven Bars: 46.200 - Jan. 21, 2022
Balance Beam: 47.450 - Feb. 17, 2022
Floor Exercise: 47.650 - February 17, 2022
Team: 188.025 - January 30, 2022

2022 BLUE DEVIL INDIVIDUAL SEASON HIGHS
Vault: 9.775 - Mikala Bugge vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Feb. 17
Uneven Bars: 9.625 - Kiara Brown vs. UW-La Crosse, Jan. 21
Balance Beam: 9.725 - Isabela Krulich vs. Gustavus Adolphus, Feb. 17
Floor Exercise: 9.800 - Isabella Krulich at Winona Triangular, Jan. 30
Team: 188.025 at Winona Triangular, Jan. 30



BLUE DEVIL INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
Vault: 9.825 - Shadae Boone, 2019; 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: 48.050 - March 23, 2019
Uneven Bars: 47.650 - Jan. 27, 2019
Balance Beam: 48.025 - Feb. 22, 2019
Floor Exercise: 48.450 - Feb. 28, 2020; 48.350 - March 9, 2018
Team Score: 190.275 - March 23, 2019