2023-24 Women's Gymnastics Roster
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Kalefe, Giana
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Giana Kalefe
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Santiago
- Hometown:
- Corona, Calif.
Bio
CAREER HIGHS:
• Vault -
• Bars -
• Beam - 9.950 (vs. Rutgers, 2/22/25)
• Floor - 9.900 (2x, most recent vs. Northern Illinois, 3/11/23)
• All-Around -
2025: Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Appeared in the leadoff spot on beam in all 11 meets she competed in ... Also made two appearances in the floor lineup ... Opened the season with a 9.850 on beam and 9.800 on floor vs. Western Michigan (1/4) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam at the Florida Quad (1/10) ... Earned back-to-back 9.875s on beam vs. Michigan (1/17) and at Ohio State (1/24) ... Posted a 9.825 on beam vs. Minnesota (2/8) ... Scored a career-high 9.950 on beam vs. Rutgers (2/22), earning her first event title of the season ... Recorded three-straight 9.875s on beam in her final three meets, at the Big Four Meet (3/2), at Elevate the Stage (3/9) and vs. Bowling Green (3/16) ... Also tied for the beam title vs. Bowling Green.
2024: WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Competed in the lead off spot on beam in every meet in 2024 ... Scored a 9.750 on beam in the season opener at the Super 16 (1/5) ... Earned 9.850s on beam at the Collegiate Quad (1/13) and at Penn State (1/19) ... Scored a 9.825 on beam vs. Iowa (1/28) ... Tied a career-high 9.925 on beam at Michigan to help MSU tie its program record on the event (2/4) ... Posted a 9.900 on beam vs. Illinois (2/9) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam vs. Maryland (2/18) and at the Big Five Meet (2/23) to lead the Spartans to their second straight Big Ten regular season crown ... Won her first event title of the season with a 9.900 on beam vs. New Hampshire (3/1) ... Helped MSU tie its program-high beam record for the second time in 2024 vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville with a 9.925 on the event (3/9) ... Competed on beam at the NCAA Gainesville Regional, earning a 9.850 in the second round (4/5) and 9.900 in the finals (4/7) ... Made four exhibition appearances on floor during the season.
2023: WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Scored a 9.775 in the lead off spot on beam at Alabama (1/6) ... Earned a 9.750 on beam in the lead-off position at NC State (1/14) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam vs. Michigan (1/22) ... Earned a then--season-high 9.875 on beam at Maryland (1/29) ... Made her Spartan debut in the floor lineup at Maryland, scoring a 9.775 ... Scored a 9.800 on beam and career-high 9.900 on floor vs. Penn State (2/4) ... Tied her career high with a 9.925 at the Big Five Meet on beam, earning the event title (2/25) ... Also scored a 9.825 on floor ... Scored her second-straight 9.925 on beam at Illinois (2/27) ... Scored a 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on floor vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) ... Earned a 9.875 on beam and tied her career-high with a 9.900 on floor vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Competed in the leadoff spot on beam at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 9.900 (3/18) ... Earmed a 9.875 on floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) ... Collected a 9.900 in the lead-off spot on beam and a 9.850 on floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Final (4/2).
2022: A WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient, as well as an Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... A second-team All-Big Ten selection ... Made her Spartan debut on 1/9 at UC Davis ... Won the beam competition with a 9.9, the 24th-best beam performance in Spartan history .. Posted a 9.925 on beam at Central Michigan with Western Michigan on 2/11, and again on 2/13 against Illinois, capturing a share of the beam title ... Placed eighth overall in the beam event at Big Fives on 2/19 ... Scored a 9.900 and earned a share of the beam title at Ohio State on 2/26 ... Scored another 9.900 and tied for third overall on beam against Western Michigan on 3/5 ... Tied for sixth overall on beam at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.850 ... Posted scores of 9.875 and 9.825 at NCAA Regionals Second Round and Finals.
2021: Did not compete.
Prior to MSU: Attended Santiago High School … Trained at Wildfire Gymnastics, coached by Whitney Dames and Rick Watson … Five-year level 10 competitor … Placed fourth all-around including third on beam and floor and fourth on vault at the 2020 Carol Galetta Classic … Finished fourth in the all-around competition, composed of first on floor, second on beam and fourth on vault at the 2020 Pacific Classic … Earned second place in all-around with second on bars and beam and third on floor at the 2020 Spirals Beach Classic … Earned second place in the all-around and floor, third on vault at the 2020 San Diego Classic … 2019 J.O. Nationals qualifier … Placed sixth in the all-around competition at the 2019 Region 1 Level 10 Regionals … Finished fourth in all-around and on floor, second on bars at the 2019 SO-CA Level 10 State Meet … 2018 Region 1 Level 10 Regional qualifier … Placed fourth in all-around and bars, third on beam and floor at the 2018 Pacific Classic … Earned the all-around title and titles on bars and beam, with a fourth place finish on floor at the 2017 Daytona Beach Classic.
Personal: Daughter of Lucky Luch and Renee Kalefe … Has a sister, Sophia.
• Vault -
• Bars -
• Beam - 9.950 (vs. Rutgers, 2/22/25)
• Floor - 9.900 (2x, most recent vs. Northern Illinois, 3/11/23)
• All-Around -
2025: Academic All-Big Ten ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Appeared in the leadoff spot on beam in all 11 meets she competed in ... Also made two appearances in the floor lineup ... Opened the season with a 9.850 on beam and 9.800 on floor vs. Western Michigan (1/4) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam at the Florida Quad (1/10) ... Earned back-to-back 9.875s on beam vs. Michigan (1/17) and at Ohio State (1/24) ... Posted a 9.825 on beam vs. Minnesota (2/8) ... Scored a career-high 9.950 on beam vs. Rutgers (2/22), earning her first event title of the season ... Recorded three-straight 9.875s on beam in her final three meets, at the Big Four Meet (3/2), at Elevate the Stage (3/9) and vs. Bowling Green (3/16) ... Also tied for the beam title vs. Bowling Green.
2024: WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Competed in the lead off spot on beam in every meet in 2024 ... Scored a 9.750 on beam in the season opener at the Super 16 (1/5) ... Earned 9.850s on beam at the Collegiate Quad (1/13) and at Penn State (1/19) ... Scored a 9.825 on beam vs. Iowa (1/28) ... Tied a career-high 9.925 on beam at Michigan to help MSU tie its program record on the event (2/4) ... Posted a 9.900 on beam vs. Illinois (2/9) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam vs. Maryland (2/18) and at the Big Five Meet (2/23) to lead the Spartans to their second straight Big Ten regular season crown ... Won her first event title of the season with a 9.900 on beam vs. New Hampshire (3/1) ... Helped MSU tie its program-high beam record for the second time in 2024 vs. Central Michigan, Fisk and Greenville with a 9.925 on the event (3/9) ... Competed on beam at the NCAA Gainesville Regional, earning a 9.850 in the second round (4/5) and 9.900 in the finals (4/7) ... Made four exhibition appearances on floor during the season.
2023: WCGA Scholastic All-American ... Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Scored a 9.775 in the lead off spot on beam at Alabama (1/6) ... Earned a 9.750 on beam in the lead-off position at NC State (1/14) ... Scored a 9.850 on beam vs. Michigan (1/22) ... Earned a then--season-high 9.875 on beam at Maryland (1/29) ... Made her Spartan debut in the floor lineup at Maryland, scoring a 9.775 ... Scored a 9.800 on beam and career-high 9.900 on floor vs. Penn State (2/4) ... Tied her career high with a 9.925 at the Big Five Meet on beam, earning the event title (2/25) ... Also scored a 9.825 on floor ... Scored her second-straight 9.925 on beam at Illinois (2/27) ... Scored a 9.900 on beam and 9.875 on floor vs. Bowling Green and LIU (3/5) ... Earned a 9.875 on beam and tied her career-high with a 9.900 on floor vs. Northern Illinois (3/11) ... Competed in the leadoff spot on beam at the Big Ten Championships, scoring a 9.900 (3/18) ... Earmed a 9.875 on floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Second Round (3/31) ... Collected a 9.900 in the lead-off spot on beam and a 9.850 on floor at the NCAA Pittsburgh Regional Final (4/2).
2022: A WCGA Scholastic All-America Award recipient, as well as an Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... A second-team All-Big Ten selection ... Made her Spartan debut on 1/9 at UC Davis ... Won the beam competition with a 9.9, the 24th-best beam performance in Spartan history .. Posted a 9.925 on beam at Central Michigan with Western Michigan on 2/11, and again on 2/13 against Illinois, capturing a share of the beam title ... Placed eighth overall in the beam event at Big Fives on 2/19 ... Scored a 9.900 and earned a share of the beam title at Ohio State on 2/26 ... Scored another 9.900 and tied for third overall on beam against Western Michigan on 3/5 ... Tied for sixth overall on beam at the Big Ten Championships with a 9.850 ... Posted scores of 9.875 and 9.825 at NCAA Regionals Second Round and Finals.
2021: Did not compete.
Prior to MSU: Attended Santiago High School … Trained at Wildfire Gymnastics, coached by Whitney Dames and Rick Watson … Five-year level 10 competitor … Placed fourth all-around including third on beam and floor and fourth on vault at the 2020 Carol Galetta Classic … Finished fourth in the all-around competition, composed of first on floor, second on beam and fourth on vault at the 2020 Pacific Classic … Earned second place in all-around with second on bars and beam and third on floor at the 2020 Spirals Beach Classic … Earned second place in the all-around and floor, third on vault at the 2020 San Diego Classic … 2019 J.O. Nationals qualifier … Placed sixth in the all-around competition at the 2019 Region 1 Level 10 Regionals … Finished fourth in all-around and on floor, second on bars at the 2019 SO-CA Level 10 State Meet … 2018 Region 1 Level 10 Regional qualifier … Placed fourth in all-around and bars, third on beam and floor at the 2018 Pacific Classic … Earned the all-around title and titles on bars and beam, with a fourth place finish on floor at the 2017 Daytona Beach Classic.
Personal: Daughter of Lucky Luch and Renee Kalefe … Has a sister, Sophia.
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Thursday, March 13
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Friday, March 15
