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#7 Michigan Opens 2014 with Tri-Meet Win

#7 Michigan Opens 2014 with Tri-Meet Win

Jan 10, 2014 by Jennifer Teitell
#7 Michigan Opens 2014 with Tri-Meet Win

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