The No. 7-ranked Michigan Wolverines won their season opener with a score of 196.525 followed Iowa State with a 194.600, and Illinois State with a 187.400. In addition, the Wolverines won all four event titles and the all around title. 

Michigan opened  the 2014 season in style, scoring 196.525 to cruise to an opening night tri-meet win over Iowa State (194.600) and Illinois State (187.400) on Friday (Jan. 10) inside Hilton Coliseum.
Senior Joanna Sampson (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) won the all-around (39.325), floor exercise (9.925) and tied for first on balance beam (9.825) with freshman Nicole Artz (Holland, Mich./West Ottawa), while fifth-year senior Natalie Beilstein (Butler, Pa./Knoch) won uneven bars (9.900) and sophomore Austin Sheppard (Murphy, Texas/Plano East) won vault (9.900).
The three teams alternated routines throughout the evening, with Michigan starting on uneven bars. Beilstein led the team with a 9.900 out of the anchor spot, beautifully sticking her full twisting double layout to push Michigan over the 49.000 mark as a team. Other top scorers included senior Shelby Gies (Pennington, N.J./Hopewell Valley Central) at 9.875, just one quarter-of-a-tenth off her career high in her first meet of the season and junior Sachi Sugiyama (Keller, Texas/Keller) at 9.825 in the second position. The Wolverines scored 49.050 as a team.
Michigan's two rookies were put under pressure right away, occupying the first two spots on the balance beam for their first routines as a college gymnast. Artz put down a clean routine to score a 9.825, followed by Talia Chiarelli (Boston, Mass./Lexington) with a 9.775, deducted slightly for a balance check and a small hop on the landing. Sampson was also strong on beam, tying Artz for the team lead (9.825). At the halfway point, Michigan led the tri-meet with 97.950, one full point ahead of second-place Iowa State (96.950).
The freshmen once again provided a spark on floor. Chiarelli was a last-minute add to the lineup and actually led off, but didn't show any nerves, setting the table with a solid 9.850 routine. Two routines later, Artz wowed the judges with a clean 9.900 routine, highlighted by great height and a stuck landing on her double pike. The rotation was capped by the reigning national champion Sampson, who led all gymnasts with a 9.925, cleanly hitting all three tumbling passes.
The Wolverines closed out the meet on vault, scoring 49.200 as a team. The top three scores came from Sugiyama, who had just a small step on her Yurchenko 1 1/2 to score a 9.850. In the last two spots, Sampson (9.875) and Sheppard both nailed their Yurchenko fulls with only slight steps on landings.
The Wolverines are on the road again next Friday (Jan. 17), facing North Carolina State, North Carolina and Towson in a quad meet in Raleigh, N.C. The meet will begin at 7 p.m.

Team Standing

Place	Team	Score
1	University of Michigan	196.525
2	Iowa State University	194.600
3	Illinois State	187.400

 

Iowa State University
Head Coach:  Jay Ronayne

Gymnast	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	AllArr
Caitlin Brown	9.700	9.800	9.750	9.875	39.125
Kristen DeCosta		8.300		9.825
Henrietta Green	9.400	9.750	9.525	9.850	38.525
Milan Ivory	9.700		9.725	9.850
Hailey Johnson			9.750
Alex Marasco	9.675		9.725
Megan McDonald	9.675	9.725		9.750
Camille Santerre-Gervais		9.825	9.550
Sara Townsend	9.700	9.400		9.700
Team Totals	48.450	48.500	48.500	49.150	194.600

 

Illinois State
Head Coach:  Bob Conkling

Gymnast	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	AllArr
Jenna Bossle		8.625	9.200	9.625
Kristyn Bossle	9.275	9.650
Kimberly Caron	9.425	9.450	9.400	8.050	36.325
Danci Cha			9.175
Sarah Fisher	8.950		9.450	9.700
Sydney Kennedy	9.450
Sami King	9.625	9.650	9.775	8.500	37.550
Kristen Lieberman	9.375
Amanda Mohler		9.400
Demi Pas			9.150	8.800
Heather Pena				9.525
Samantha Ward		8.950
Team Totals	47.150	47.100	47.000	46.150	187.400

 

University of Michigan
Head Coach:  Bev Plocki	Top

Gymnast	Vault	Bars	Beam	Floor	AllArr
Nicole Artz			9.825	9.900
Natalie Bielstein	9.800	9.900		9.850
Talia Chiarelli			9.775	9.850
Shelby Gies		9.875	9.775
Annette Miele		9.675
Brooke Parker	9.725
Joanna Sampson	9.875	9.700	9.825	9.925	39.325
Austin Sheppard	9.900	9.750
Sachi Sugiyama	9.850	9.825		9.725
Lindsay Williams			9.025
Reema Zakharia	9.775		9.700	9.850
Team Totals	49.200	49.050	48.900	49.375	196.525

 

Vault Results	Top

Place	Gymnast	Team	Score
1	Austin Sheppard	University of Michigan	9.900
2	Joanna Sampson	University of Michigan	9.875
3	Sachi Sugiyama	University of Michigan	9.850
4	Natalie Bielstein	University of Michigan	9.800
5	Reema Zakharia	University of Michigan	9.775
6	Brooke Parker	University of Michigan	9.725
7	Sara Townsend	Iowa State University	9.700
7	Caitlin Brown	Iowa State University	9.700
7	Milan Ivory	Iowa State University	9.700
10	Alex Marasco	Iowa State University	9.675
10	Megan McDonald	Iowa State University	9.675

 

Uneven Parallel Bars Results	Top

Place	Gymnast	Team	Score
1	Natalie Bielstein	University of Michigan	9.900
2	Shelby Gies	University of Michigan	9.875
3	Camille Santerre-Gervais	Iowa State University	9.825
3	Sachi Sugiyama	University of Michigan	9.825
5	Caitlin Brown	Iowa State University	9.800
6	Henrietta Green	Iowa State University	9.750
6	Austin Sheppard	University of Michigan	9.750
8	Megan McDonald	Iowa State University	9.725
9	Joanna Sampson	University of Michigan	9.700
10	Annette Miele	University of Michigan	9.675

 

Balance Beam Results	Top

Place	Gymnast	Team	Score
1	Nicole Artz	University of Michigan	9.825
1	Joanna Sampson	University of Michigan	9.825
3	Talia Chiarelli	University of Michigan	9.775
3	Shelby Gies	University of Michigan	9.775
3	Sami King	Illinois State	9.775
6	Hailey Johnson	Iowa State University	9.750
6	Caitlin Brown	Iowa State University	9.750
8	Alex Marasco	Iowa State University	9.725
8	Milan Ivory	Iowa State University	9.725
10	Reema Zakharia	University of Michigan	9.700

 

Floor Exercise Results

Place	Gymnast	Team	Score
1	Joanna Sampson	University of Michigan	9.925
2	Nicole Artz	University of Michigan	9.900
3	Caitlin Brown	Iowa State University	9.875
4	Henrietta Green	Iowa State University	9.850
4	Milan Ivory	Iowa State University	9.850
4	Talia Chiarelli	University of Michigan	9.850
4	Natalie Bielstein	University of Michigan	9.850
4	Reema Zakharia	University of Michigan	9.850
9	Kristen DeCosta	Iowa State University	9.825
10	Megan McDonald	Iowa State University	9.750

 

All Around Results

Place	Gymnast	Team	Score
1	Joanna Sampson	University of Michigan	39.325
2	Caitlin Brown	Iowa State University	39.125
3	Henrietta Green	Iowa State University	38.525
4	Sami King	Illinois State	37.550
5	Kimberly Caron	Illinois State	36.325

via Michigan Gymnastics