Completed Event: Gymnastics versus Texas Woman's on March 15, 2025 , Win , 196.100, to, 195.975
Final
Gymnastics
196.100
Texas Woman's
195.975
Iowa State University Athletics
Friday, February 15
St. Charles, Mo.
2:00 PM
Iowa State University
193.575
vs
195.275
Lindenwood
No. 23 Iowa State Places Second in Mardi Gras Invite
02.15.2019 | Gymnastics
St. Charles, Missouri – No. 23 Iowa State (193.575) placed second in the Mardi Gras Invitational beating Texas Woman's University (190.725) and Southeast Missouri (188.450), but fell to Lindenwood (195.275) on Friday afternoon at The Family Arena. The Cyclones now have an 8-4 record on the season.
Iowa State started the meet on vault and recorded a solid score of 48.925, but their afternoon was faced with adversity from there on. Even though the overall score wasn't what Iowa State hoped for, head coach Jay Ronayne was proud of the way his team stuck together during the meet.
"We had to to deal with a whole bunch of weird things that don't really happen, I'm just proud of the way the team stuck together through that," Ronayne said. "Nobody got too low, and everyone was able to help each other out through the whole meet. I am just really proud of the way the team works together."
Vault
Iowa State got the meet going by scoring a 48.925 on vault. The Cyclones' highest score of the afternoon came from Sydney Converse who tied a personal best notching a 9.850. Aside from the great score, Converse's vault is extremely special because this is just the second time she has competed on vault since her injury last season. Sophia Steinmeyer anchored for ISU tallying a 9.825 on her Yurchenko one and a half. Kelly Martin notched a 9.775 for the second week in a row and Phoebe Turner posted a 9.750. Kelsey Boychuk led off for Iowa State scoring a 9.725 and Ariana Orrego followed with a 9.675.
Floor Exercise
There were a lot of positives to come out of the Cyclone floor lineup tonight. Iowa State scored a 48.550 as a team and they used awesome performances for Kelly Martin and Sophia Steinmeyer to achieve this score. This was the first time Martin competed on floor for ISU, and scored a 9.750. After recently adding new skills to her routine, Sophia Steinmeyer earned an 9.825. The next highest scorer was Maddy Langkamp who tallied a 9.700. Molly Russ also added a 9.675 while Laura Burns scored a 9.625.
Senior Kelly Martin
"I was nervous but super excited to finally do something other than vault. Knowing my teammates had my back and having them talk to me before, gave me the confidence to go out there and have fun."
Balance Beam
The Cyclones tallied a 48.425 on beam this afternoon. Molly Russ had a nice routine scoring a 9.800, which tied a season high from week one. Sophia Steinmeyer and Meixi Semple both had solid routines tallying a 9.750. Sydney Converse got Iowa State started with a 9.675 and Cassie Diaz rounded out the countable scores with a 9.450.
Uneven Bars
Iowa State posted a team score of 47.675 on bars this afternoon. The Cyclones hit on a couple of routines, and were led in scoring by Casandra Diaz with her 9.725. Ariana Orrego hit a bars routine for the first time of her career scoring a 9.625. MJ Johnson also added a 9.700 to the scoring output this afternoon.
Up Next
Iowa State will travel to Denver, Colorado for a tri-meet with No. 10 Boise State and hosts No.6 Denver on Sunday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. Central.
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