Friday, March 1
USAFA, Colo.
7:00 PM MT
Air Force Academy
vs
San Jose State, Utah State
Women’s gymnastics returns home to honor 2024 graduates
2/29/2024 1:43:00 PM | Women's Gymnastics
Air Force vs. Utah State, San Jose State
Friday, March 1 | 7:00 p.m. MT
Cadet Gym | USAFA, Colo.
Watch: Mountain West Network
Live Scoring: Virtius
Air Force | Utah State | San Jose State | Mountain West
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Returning to the Cadet Gym for the third and final time this season, the Air Force women's gymnastics team will host Senior Day on Friday evening, honoring its three 2024 Academy graduates before and after hosting Utah State and San Jose State at 7 p.m.
How to Follow:
Friday's meet will be cast on the Mountain West Network free of charge. Live scoring will be available through Virtius. Both links can be found via the women's gymnastics' schedule page at goairforcefalcons.com.
Senior Day:
The Falcons' three upcoming graduates – Kimberly Kinkade, Grace Nelson and Elizabeth Shearns – will be recognized following Friday's meet in a Senior Day ceremony.
Awards Galore:
Air Force continues to make its mark on the Mountain West weekly awards list, as the Falcons have garnered eleven weekly honors since the start of the 2024 season. Freshman Maggie Slife, now a three-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Week, one-time specialist honoree and five-time Freshman of the Week in six weeks, currently possesses the most awards of any gymnast in the conference.
Junior Gabriella Meccia was recognized on Feb. 13 for her 9.925 floor routine on Feb. 9 to help the Falcons to a team score of 194.875 and victories over Southeast Missouri and Sacramento State. Meccia's 9.925 scored the all-time second highest program score on floor exercise.
Last Time Out:
Air Force women's gymnastics put the pieces together on Feb. 23 at Sacramento State, closing the Falcons' dual with a 195.350 – Scoring the program's ninth-best all-time finish and earning their first 195 final score of 2024 to set a new season-best.
Air Force opened its evening at The Hive in resounding fashion, scoring a 49.400 on uneven bars, eclipsing the all-time program record by a tenth, set at USAG Nationals in 2014. All five counted scores either reset or match career marks, with Slife leading the pack to earn a second-place 9.950, tying the all-time Falcon individual score in the event (Anna Salamone, 2019). Ayla McKean and Madison Carlisle both logged a 9.900 to tie for third, both earning their first 9.900s on bars and resetting career highs along the way. Freshman Clara Wallace and Velandra Brochi both tallied a 9.825, earning Wallace a new career mark and Brochi tying hers.
The Falcons, moving onto vault, built upon their steady rise on the apparatus in 2024, earning a season-best 48.575 and improving as a team for the fifth consecutive week. Slife, again topping Falcon scores, led the way with a 9.800, logging Air Force's second-highest individual score on vault, falling just five-hundredths shy of the 9.850 she earned on Feb. 9 in the Falcons' tri against the Hornets and Southeastern Missouri State. Gabriella Meccia followed up, earning a 9.750 to tie her career/season best, and Sarah Willis ended with a 9.725 to score her second highest finish this year.
On floor exercise, Air Force finished as a team with a 49.125, tying its season-best and earning its third 49 or better this season – doing so for just the second time in a season since 2003. Slife's fourth-place 9.900 set the Falcons' second 9.900 or better on the apparatus this season and netted her a new career best. Meccia scored a 9.875 to earn her second-best career mark and to give her two of the Falcons' top three individual scores this season. McKean, scoring a 9.825, cleared her previous season high to earn her best finish since the 2022 season.
Friday, March 1 | 7:00 p.m. MT
Cadet Gym | USAFA, Colo.
Watch: Mountain West Network
Live Scoring: Virtius
Air Force | Utah State | San Jose State | Mountain West
Facebook | X | Instagram
Returning to the Cadet Gym for the third and final time this season, the Air Force women's gymnastics team will host Senior Day on Friday evening, honoring its three 2024 Academy graduates before and after hosting Utah State and San Jose State at 7 p.m.
How to Follow:
Friday's meet will be cast on the Mountain West Network free of charge. Live scoring will be available through Virtius. Both links can be found via the women's gymnastics' schedule page at goairforcefalcons.com.
Senior Day:
The Falcons' three upcoming graduates – Kimberly Kinkade, Grace Nelson and Elizabeth Shearns – will be recognized following Friday's meet in a Senior Day ceremony.
Awards Galore:
Air Force continues to make its mark on the Mountain West weekly awards list, as the Falcons have garnered eleven weekly honors since the start of the 2024 season. Freshman Maggie Slife, now a three-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Week, one-time specialist honoree and five-time Freshman of the Week in six weeks, currently possesses the most awards of any gymnast in the conference.
Junior Gabriella Meccia was recognized on Feb. 13 for her 9.925 floor routine on Feb. 9 to help the Falcons to a team score of 194.875 and victories over Southeast Missouri and Sacramento State. Meccia's 9.925 scored the all-time second highest program score on floor exercise.
Last Time Out:
Air Force women's gymnastics put the pieces together on Feb. 23 at Sacramento State, closing the Falcons' dual with a 195.350 – Scoring the program's ninth-best all-time finish and earning their first 195 final score of 2024 to set a new season-best.
Air Force opened its evening at The Hive in resounding fashion, scoring a 49.400 on uneven bars, eclipsing the all-time program record by a tenth, set at USAG Nationals in 2014. All five counted scores either reset or match career marks, with Slife leading the pack to earn a second-place 9.950, tying the all-time Falcon individual score in the event (Anna Salamone, 2019). Ayla McKean and Madison Carlisle both logged a 9.900 to tie for third, both earning their first 9.900s on bars and resetting career highs along the way. Freshman Clara Wallace and Velandra Brochi both tallied a 9.825, earning Wallace a new career mark and Brochi tying hers.
The Falcons, moving onto vault, built upon their steady rise on the apparatus in 2024, earning a season-best 48.575 and improving as a team for the fifth consecutive week. Slife, again topping Falcon scores, led the way with a 9.800, logging Air Force's second-highest individual score on vault, falling just five-hundredths shy of the 9.850 she earned on Feb. 9 in the Falcons' tri against the Hornets and Southeastern Missouri State. Gabriella Meccia followed up, earning a 9.750 to tie her career/season best, and Sarah Willis ended with a 9.725 to score her second highest finish this year.
On floor exercise, Air Force finished as a team with a 49.125, tying its season-best and earning its third 49 or better this season – doing so for just the second time in a season since 2003. Slife's fourth-place 9.900 set the Falcons' second 9.900 or better on the apparatus this season and netted her a new career best. Meccia scored a 9.875 to earn her second-best career mark and to give her two of the Falcons' top three individual scores this season. McKean, scoring a 9.825, cleared her previous season high to earn her best finish since the 2022 season.
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