TEMPE, Ariz.--The Arizona State gymnastics team (1-5, 0-2 Pac-12) returns to the road on Monday, facing off against No. 12 Stanford (7-4, 1-2 Pac-12) at 7 p.m. MT at Burnham Pavilion.
Live stats will be available via GoStanford.com, linked on the women’s gymnastics schedule page.
Fans can also follow along on Twitter by following @ASUGymnastics. Fans are encouraged to tweet with #EmbraceExcellence in support of the 2016 Gym Devils.
ABOUT STANFORD
Last week, the Cardinal placed fourth at the Metroplex Challenge with a score of 196.075. Stanford matched up against Oklahoma, LSU, Missouri, and Pac-12 foe Washington, and recorded season highs on bars and beam. The bars total of 49.325 was highest, while they took second as a team on beam at 49.000.
Individually, Elizabeth Price won her fourth consecutive all-around with a season best score of 39.600. She tied for first on bars (9.950), tied for third on beam (9.900), tied for fourth on vault (9.875), and tied for sixth on floor (9.875). Additionally, Ivana Hong tied for first on beam with a 9.925.
LAST TIME OUT
The Sun Devils were on the road at Oregon State last week, and scored a 193.075 total as a team. Senior Taylor Allex took home the vault title with a 9.850, marking the third time this season that she’s won an event.
Freshman Heather Udowitch made her collegiate debut on floor, scoring a 9.675, while Allex placed second with a score of 9.875. On beam, freshman Katelyn Lentz scored a season best 9.825, for third overall.
UP NEXT
ASU returns home on Monday, Feb. 15, to host California at Wells Fargo Arena at 7 p.m. MT.
ASU’S 2016 EVENT LEADERS
Vault
In ASU’s Pac-12 opener, at home against Washington, Taylor Allex matched her career best score on vault, winning the event with a 9.900. The score marked the first time Allex has won vault this season.
Bars
Two Sun Devils scored a season 9.750 on bars this season, with both Kristine Levin and Carissa Kraus’ making the mark in ASU’s opener against Bowling Green and Nebraska.
Beam
Freshman Katelyn Lentz set a new season best score for the Sun Devils on beam at Oregon State, taking third with a 9.825. The score improves from her previous high, a 9.800, which is the second-highest mark set by a Sun Devil so far this season.
Floor
On the same night that Allex tied her career best on vault with a 9.900, she scored the same on floor, a career best, which also gave her the individual title for that event. Allex has also scored the second and third highest Sun Devil scores on floor with a pair of 9.875.
All-Around
Allie Salas has improved on her all around score in each of the four meets so far this season, most recently posting a career best 38.875 at Oregon State. Salas’ previous best, 38.750 from the Oklahoma and Iowa State meet, is the second-highest all-around score for the Sun Devils this season.
Gym Devils Post All-Time High Team GPA In Fall 2015
The Fall 2015 semester was a time of academic success for the GymDevils as the team achieved its all-time highest cumulative and semester GPA, it was announced this week.
Last spring, the team ended with a GPA of 3.27 for the semester, which improved after the 2015 fall semester to a GPA of 3.51. In addition to the team’s collective achievements, seniors Taylor Allex (3.65 GPA) and Kristine Levin (3.27 GPA) and junior Beka Conrad (3.67 GPA) all earned their highest semester GPA.
Freshman Corinne Belkoff had the team’s highest semester GPA at 3.93. Belkoff, as well as freshmen Katelyn Lentz, Heather Udowitch and Eileen Imbus are all students in Barrett, the Honors College.
THE 2016 RETURNERS
ASU returns five gymnasts from last year’s lineup, with seniors Taylor Allex, Carissa Kraus, Kristine Levin, and Allie Salas ready to lead the program. Also back is beam and floor specialist Beka Conrad.
Last season, Allex competed in just her second all-around of the season at the NCAA Regional in Norman, Okla.
THE 2016 NEWCOMERS
The Gym Devils are set to field a young roster in 2016, with six freshmen expected to contribute to the lineup: Corinne Belkoff (Tucson, Ariz./Arizona Dynamics), Justine Callis (Chesapeake, Va./Oaktree Academy), Eileen Imbus (San Antonio, Texas (Aerial Athletics), Katelyn Lentz (Brisbane, Calif./Head Over Heels Athletic Arts), Heather Udowitch (Spring Creek Academy), and Morgan Wilson (Lee’s Summit, Mo./Diamond Gymnastics Academy).
THE 2016 SCHEDULE
ASU heads out for a meet at Stanford on Monday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. MT.
On Monday, Feb. 15, ASU will return home to host California on Monday, Feb. 15, before taking on the rival Arizona Wildcats on Monday, Feb. 22. Both matches are slated for a 7 p.m. MT start.
ASU will return to the road for the final time in the Pac-12 regular-season slate on Saturday, Feb. 27 at UCLA before rounding out the home schedule on Friday, March 4.
During the home finale, ASU will host both Penn State’s women’s and men’s program in a double-dual with the Arizona State men’s gymnastics team.
The final regular-season meet is slated for Friday, Match 11 at Auburn, and on the following Saturday, March 19, ASU will make the trek up to Seattle, Wash., for the 2016 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships.
GYM DEVILS ON THE PAC-12 NETWORKS
Each of ASU’s three home conference meets (vs. Washington, vs. California, and vs. Arizona) will air on the Pac-12 Networks. The Gym Devils’ meet at UCLA will also be televised on the Pac-12 Networks, as will the sessions of the 2016 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships.
THE 2015 CAMPAIGN
Despite being plagued by injuries throughout most of the 2015 season, the Sun Devils bounced back in their regular season finale with a 195.175-191.050 victory over Air Force.
Following competition at the Pac-12 Championships, then-senior Natasha Sundby (floor) and then-junior Taylor Allex (all-around) qualified to compete at the NCAA Regional championships.
DR. RENE LYST
Rene Lyst was named head coach of the Arizona State women’s gymnastics team in May of 2014, and enters her second season at the helm of the Sun Devil program in 2016. Lyst helped the Razorbacks have qualified for 11 NCAA Regionals as a team, seven NCAA Championship appearances, five top-10 finishes, and two NCAA Super Six appearances.