Gymnasts Prepare for Big Ten Championships
3/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
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| Michigan State at the Big Ten Championships | |
| Date | Saturday, March 19, 2016 |
| Location | Lincoln, Nebraska; Devaney Center |
| Live Results | Live Scoring |
| Live Webstreams | Session I | Session II |
| Meet Notes | Download MSU Notes |
| Big Ten Championship Website | Tournament Central |
| Social Media | @MSUgymnastics  | Facebook  |
NOTES AND NOTABLES
• The Spartans (10-10, 4-5 B1G) compete at the Big Ten Championships on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb. The meet is split into two sessions: the first features Maryland, Iowa, Rutgers and Illinois at 12 pm ET, while Michigan State will join Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Nebraska in the evening session(5 pm ET). This will be the first time the Big Ten Championship meet will be held in Lincoln.
• Season-high scores on three of the four events boosted Michigan State to a season-best 196.350 and a second-place finish behind Nebraska (197.00) at the Big Five meet in Columbus last Saturday. The Spartans posted season high scores on beam (49.175) and vault (48.950), while tying their season-best floor score (49.325) and adding a 48.900 on bars.
• MSU's 196.30 team score at the Big Five meet is tied for sixth-best in program history. The team's beam score ties for the ninth-best in the MSU record book (49.175). The 49.325 on floor matches MSU's 2016 season high and ranks 12th in program history.
• Senior Lisa Burt and junior Elena Lagoski were among the athletes earning All-Big Ten honors, as announced by the Conference office on Monday. Both earned Second Team honors after earning first team kudos in 2015.
• Burt and Lagoski are the seventh and eighth gymnasts to earn All-Big Ten honors multiple times in their careers. Michelle Ingalls (1988, 1989), Sarah Alexander (2003, 2004), Kristin Coleman (2006, 2007), and Rochelle Robinson (2007, 2008) were two-time selections, while Carolyn Hecht (1996, 1997, 1998) and current assistant coach Nicole Curler (2007, 2008, 2010) each earned All-Big Ten honors three times in their careers.
• Michigan State's team floor RQS, a 49.180, ranks 18th in the nation, fourth in the region and fifth in the Big Ten. Floor exercise has been MSU's top event score in each of its last ten competitions.
• Burt earned top-eight finishes for the second straight week at the meet in Columbus. She boasted a career-high 9.850 on vault and season-best 39.375 All-Around, which were both good for second place; she was tied for seventh on bars (9.800), beam (9.850) and floor (9.875). Her floor score matched her season best, set originally at Cal.
• Burt has 26 top-three finishes in 2016 and 85 in her career, the most among current Spartans. Posting a career-best 9.925 on bars on Feb. 28 at Illinois State, her first-place effort was tied for the fifth-best score in school history on the apparatus.
• Burt maintains the team's highest RQS in four events, led by her 39.225 All-Around which is fifth in the region and 12th in the Big Ten. She also boasts a 9.865 on bars to tie for tenth in the region and eighth in the B1G, and a 9.825 on beam to rank 22nd in the region and 25th in the league. Her 9.775 vault RQS ties junior Elena Lagoski for the team best, while her floor RQS, a 9.850, ranks tied for 16th in the Big Ten.
• Burt has finished in the top three All-Around seven times this season, and eight times on bars. She is tied with Elena Lagoski's eight top-three finishes on floor for the most on the team in a single discipline this season.
• Lagoski is currently tied for sixth in the region and seventh in the Conference on floor exercise with a team-high 9.890 RQS in the event.
• Matching her career-high 9.950 on floor at Cal, Lagoski captured the event title with the fifth-best floor score in program history. This was the fourth time she has tied her career best, claiming four of the top 14 floor scores in the Spartan record book.
• Posting a career-high 9.925 on floor at the Big Five meet, junior Kira Frederick shared first place for the 13th top-three finish on her career, 12 of which have come on floor. With a 9.860 floor RQS, she is second on the team, ranks tied for 19th in the region and 13th in the Conference for the event.
• Elena Lagoski and Kira Frederick finished in a tie for fourth at the 2015 Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor with a 9.90 on floor, MSU's top individual finishes on the day.
• Senior Brittany Holmes matched her career high in all events at the Big Five meet to add to a career-high 39.200 all-around. She collected a 9.775 on both vault and bars and a 9.825 on both beam and floor.
• Hailee Westney achieved a career-high 9.900 on beam last Saturday to tie for third, while impressing with a career-best 9.875 on bars to share the event title. She improved her bars RQS to a 9.820, which is tied for 25th in the B1G and second on the team behind Lisa Burt's 9.865.
• Freshman Drew Hendershot garnered a 9.825 on floor at the Big Five meet, her sixth consecutive competition with a 9.8 or better. Her RQS (9.835) is tied for 24th in the B1G.
• Haley Sedgewick matched her MSU best for the third straight week with a 9.800 on vault at OSU to tie for fifth overall. She also posted a team-best 9.775 on beam, matching her career high.
• With a vault RQS of 9.770, senior Nicola Deans holds the second highest score on the team, behind Burt and Lagoski's 9.775. She has missed the last three weeks with injury.
• Redshirt senior Ashley Noll garnered a 9.700 on beam at the Big Five meet last Saturday to improve her RQS to a 9.725. Her score is the second best on the team behind Lisa Burt (9.825).
• The Spartans are aiming for a second consecutive bid to the NCAA Regionals, which will be held on April 2. The Spartans currently hold down the No. 36 spot in team RQS, - and the top 36 teams in RQS after conference championship meets this weekend will receive NCAA bids.
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