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Women’s gymnastics wraps regular season in quad at Minnesota
3/16/2024 11:06:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Air Force at No. 16 Minnesota, vs. West Virginia, Northern Illinois
Sunday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m. MT
Maturi Pavilion | Minneapolis, Minn.
Watch (B1G+) | Live Scoring
Air Force | Minnesota | NIU
West Virginia | Mountain West
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Air Force women's gymnastics has one final tune up on its 2024 regular-season schedule, as the Falcons head to Minneapolis for a quad, hosted by Minnesota with the Falcons, West Virginia and Northern Illinois rounding out the list of competing programs.
How to Follow:
Friday's meet will be available on B1G+ via subscription, with live scoring accessible via Virtius. Links to both can be found via the women's gymnastics' schedule page at goairforcefalcons.com.
Cornering MW Superlatives:
Air Force continues to leave its mark on the Mountain West weekly awards list, as the Falcons have garnered 13 weekly honors since the start of the 2024 season. Freshman Maggie Slife, now a four-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Week (back-to-back), two-time specialist honoree and seven-time Freshman of the Week in eight weeks (five-straight weeks), currently possesses the most awards of any gymnast in the conference and has earned top freshman honors for each week she has competed.
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.
Excellence in All We Do:
Air Force, scoring a 49.125 on floor at Denver on March 3, earned its third-straight 49-or-better in the event, marking the first streak of its kind in Falcon history. The 49.125 also marked the Falcons' fourth in five contests.
2024 Score Leaders – Vault: Maggie Slife (9.850), Gabriella Meccia (9.775), Velandra Brochi (9.775); Bars: Maggie Slife (9.950), Ayla McKean (9.900), Madison Carlisle (9.900); Beam: Kylee Greene (9.875), Maggie Slife (9.875), Ayla McKean (9.850); Floor: Gabriella Meccia (9.925), Maggie Slife (9.900), Gianna Martyna (9.850).
Last Time Out:
Wrapping up week eight of the Air Force women's gymnastics' season with one week of regular-season competition remaining, the Falcons closed their Friday night dual at Clemson earning a 194.650.
On vault, Air Force finished with a 48.500. Slife's season-tying 9.850 topped Air Force finishes in the event to tie for third, just five hundredths short of the leading score. Gracie Willis' 9.775 tied her career mark in the event, set at last week's Denver quad, closing tied for fifth place.
On bars, the Falcons earned their strongest finish of the night, scoring a 49.025 led by Ayla McKean and Slife's pair of 9.875s to both earn a share of fourth place. Newcomer specialist Chelsea Boyer finished eighth, scoring a 9.800 to earn a new career best in her fifth competition of the season.
Air Force earned a 48.200 on balance beam, led by a tandem of Slife and fellow freshman Clara Wallace's 9.825, good for a share of sixth place. Sophomore Kylee Greene followed up scoring a 9.750 to finish eighth.
The Falcons closed on floor scoring a 48.925, topped by Slife's 9.875 and finishing in sixth. Gianna Martyna closed the evening with a 9.850 to tie her career best and finish eighth, while McKean and Gabriella Meccia were both judged a 9.775 to finish tied for tenth.
Slife's 39.425 in the all-around was good for a second-place finish. Wallace finished fourth, scoring a 38.900, with McKean just behind at fifth with a 38.600.
Sunday, March 17 | 1:00 p.m. MT
Maturi Pavilion | Minneapolis, Minn.
Watch (B1G+) | Live Scoring
Air Force | Minnesota | NIU
West Virginia | Mountain West
Facebook | X | Instagram
Air Force women's gymnastics has one final tune up on its 2024 regular-season schedule, as the Falcons head to Minneapolis for a quad, hosted by Minnesota with the Falcons, West Virginia and Northern Illinois rounding out the list of competing programs.
How to Follow:
Friday's meet will be available on B1G+ via subscription, with live scoring accessible via Virtius. Links to both can be found via the women's gymnastics' schedule page at goairforcefalcons.com.
Cornering MW Superlatives:
Air Force continues to leave its mark on the Mountain West weekly awards list, as the Falcons have garnered 13 weekly honors since the start of the 2024 season. Freshman Maggie Slife, now a four-time Mountain West Gymnast of the Week (back-to-back), two-time specialist honoree and seven-time Freshman of the Week in eight weeks (five-straight weeks), currently possesses the most awards of any gymnast in the conference and has earned top freshman honors for each week she has competed.
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.
Excellence in All We Do:
Air Force, scoring a 49.125 on floor at Denver on March 3, earned its third-straight 49-or-better in the event, marking the first streak of its kind in Falcon history. The 49.125 also marked the Falcons' fourth in five contests.
2024 Score Leaders – Vault: Maggie Slife (9.850), Gabriella Meccia (9.775), Velandra Brochi (9.775); Bars: Maggie Slife (9.950), Ayla McKean (9.900), Madison Carlisle (9.900); Beam: Kylee Greene (9.875), Maggie Slife (9.875), Ayla McKean (9.850); Floor: Gabriella Meccia (9.925), Maggie Slife (9.900), Gianna Martyna (9.850).
Last Time Out:
Wrapping up week eight of the Air Force women's gymnastics' season with one week of regular-season competition remaining, the Falcons closed their Friday night dual at Clemson earning a 194.650.
On vault, Air Force finished with a 48.500. Slife's season-tying 9.850 topped Air Force finishes in the event to tie for third, just five hundredths short of the leading score. Gracie Willis' 9.775 tied her career mark in the event, set at last week's Denver quad, closing tied for fifth place.
On bars, the Falcons earned their strongest finish of the night, scoring a 49.025 led by Ayla McKean and Slife's pair of 9.875s to both earn a share of fourth place. Newcomer specialist Chelsea Boyer finished eighth, scoring a 9.800 to earn a new career best in her fifth competition of the season.
Air Force earned a 48.200 on balance beam, led by a tandem of Slife and fellow freshman Clara Wallace's 9.825, good for a share of sixth place. Sophomore Kylee Greene followed up scoring a 9.750 to finish eighth.
The Falcons closed on floor scoring a 48.925, topped by Slife's 9.875 and finishing in sixth. Gianna Martyna closed the evening with a 9.850 to tie her career best and finish eighth, while McKean and Gabriella Meccia were both judged a 9.775 to finish tied for tenth.
Slife's 39.425 in the all-around was good for a second-place finish. Wallace finished fourth, scoring a 38.900, with McKean just behind at fifth with a 38.600.
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