Beauty and the Beast

The Iowa State Athletics Department will return Beauty and The Beast event Friday, January 24 at 7PM. The event will feature a simultaneous Cyclone gymnastics and wrestling meet in Hilton Coliseum. This unique and fan favorite event marks Iowa States first Beauty and The Beast event since 2023. The Iowa State Gymnastics team will welcome Simpson College and the wrestling team will host Oklahoma.

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TICKETS: $10 - Adults | $5 - Youth [high school age & younger] +BUY TICKETS.

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SPECIAL ACCESS:

Jr. Cyclone Club - Admission to this event is included in the Jr. Cyclone Club membership. Digital tickets can be accessed via the free ISU Cyclones App.
Iowa State Students - Iowa State Students receive free admission to all regular season wrestling and gymnastics events. Students can access their free Cy's Pass by clicking here.
Cyclone Club (Gold Level and Above) - Cyclone Club donors at the Gold level and above receive two complimentary general admission tickets as part of their membership. Donors can access their tickets by clicking here.

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Seating Information

All tickets will be general admission. Wrestling and Gymnastics season ticket holders will receive more detailed information via email directly from the Athletics Ticket Office regarding their tickets for this event.

MatCYd Club [Johnny's] will receive a wristband for reserved seating in sections 121, 122, and 123.

Questions can be directed to the ticket office toll-free at 888-478-2925 or locally at 515-294-1816.

General Information about Gymnastics

A collegiate gymnastics meet will contest four apparatuses - vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. Six gymnasts compete on each event with the top five scores counting towards the team total. Teams may opt to have an exhibition performance. Meaning, a seventh gymnast will perform on an apparatus but her score will not count toward the team total.

The rotation scores from each apparatus are added together to determine the team's meet score. A score of 196 or higher is considered strong in collegiate gymnastics.

VAULT

Gymnasts vault off an inclined table with both of their hands, perform multiple twists and turns, and try to land steady and controlled. All twisting should be completed at the apex of the vault.
Each gymnast will perform one vault for which the score will count.
During the 3-minute touch warm-up, each vaulter is guaranteed two times over the vaulting table.

BARS

Gymnasts will perform a routine on two flexible bars. Gymnasts twist, turn and flip with multiple changes in direction and grip.
Gymnasts must end the routine with a controlled landing.
Routines must have a minimum of two bar changes, two flight elements, and one element with a longitudinal turn.

BEAM

Gymnasts perform a 60 - 80 second choreographed routine comprised of tumbling moves, flips, turns, and jumps on a wooden beam that is only 4 inches wide.
The dismount must be controlled and steady.
Routines must contain an acro series, dance series with a minimum of two elements, and a leap or jump requiring 180º split.

FLOOR

Gymnasts perform a 70-90 second dance-like routine featuring somersaults, back flips, and other acrobat skills to an accompanying music piece.
The routine must consist of one acro series, two saltos or one acro series with two saltos, and three different saltos within the exercise.
There must also be a dance series with a minimum of two elements [leaps/jumps/hops or turns].

Deductions

Stepping out of bounds on the floor exercise is a 0.1 deduction.
Deductions for skill accuracy may range from 0.05 - 0.3 of a point.
Falling off of an apparatus is an automatic 0.5 deduction.
Deductions are taken for failure to complete a skill accurately, form breaks, and breaks in the continuity of the routine. The amount deducted depends on the apparatus.
Landing deductions are taken for lack of control and/or movement occurring prior to presenting to the judges.

Terms Defined

Salto: flip or somersault, with the feet coming up over the head and the body rotating around the axis of the waist.
Acro: a series of flight elements.
All-around: category of gymnastics that includes all of the events. The all-around champion earns the highest total score from all of the events.

General Information about Wrestling

A collegiate dual wrestling meet consists of ten matches with three periods in each match. Period one lasts three minutes and periods two and three last two minutes each. In the result of a tie, a sudden death overtime will take place in which the first competitor to score a point is declared the winner.

Each wrestler is given a green or red band to wear around their ankle at the start of the match. The referee wears a color around each of his wrists and raises the appropriate hand to award points.

Team points are awarded during dual competition as follows:

6 POINTS

5 POINTS

4 POINTS

3 POINTS

Fall [Pin]

Default

Forfeit

Disqualification

Technical Fall
*records near fall during match

Major Decision

Decision

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