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SEATTLE – Fantastic performances by freshmen in Seattle Pacific's final 2018 home meet showcased why fans should be excited to come out to Brougham Pavilion in 2019.
 
McKenna Zimmermann won the balance beam and all-around titles Saturday for SPU, which topped 192 points for the fourth consecutive week in a runner-up finish to Air Force during the last women's gymnastics home event of the season.
 
She earned a score of 9.750 en route to a four-event total of 38.675. Both of those first-place figures were career-high marks for Zimmermann.
 
"McKenna had a terrific meet. She's growing into becoming a real consistent athlete, which is really nice," exclaimed SPU coach Laurel Tindall. "Her beam was an awesome routine. She hit everything, didn't have a wobble and stuck her dismount. You couldn't ask for much more than that."
 


Air Force, ranked fourth nationally among teams competing for the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships, compiled 192.850 points to edge No. 11 SPU. The host Falcons had a team score of 192.625, their fourth best of the year.
 
Anna Salamone won the vault (9.800) and tied for first on the uneven bars (9.825) with Air Force teammate Analise Howard. Tyler Davis claimed the floor exercise crown (9.875) for USAF.

Joining Zimmermann in the all-around medals were two Falcons teammates. Junior Itzia San Roman registered a second-place total of 37.975 led by a career-high 9.725 on the bars. Sophomore Darian Burns was had a third-place all-around mark of 37.850.
 
Zimmermann wasn't the only rookie gymnast to shine for SPU as the team's top performer in every event was a freshman. Autumn Huskie finished second on the vault (9.775), Haven Lanzador fourth on the bars (9.750) and Kylie Reese second on the floor (9.750).
 
They are part of a six-gymnast freshman class that comprises one-third of the SPU roster.
 
"It is remarkable," Tindall said of the fine results from her freshman class. "That's great and shows that we are a really young team, we knew that going into the year.
 
"We're still in the process of getting to know our freshman and what makes them tick and how to motivate them. I'm really glad that they were able to come through finals week and most of those freshman had a good practice yesterday."

 

Saturday's meet marked the final home competition appearance for SPU's lone senior, Brittany Atchison. She participated in two events, scoring a 9.475 on the floor and 9.350 on the bars. Atchison hails from Biloxi, Mississippi.
 
"Britt was out last year for an injury and she's been working to get back into things this year," said Tindall. "Her bar routine is good and we're hoping that it will come together even a little better. We really would like that in our lineup."
 
NEXT MEET
The Seattle Pacific gymnasts begin postseason action next Saturday, March 24, at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo. The six-team conference meet, hosted by Air Force, starts at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
 
The MPSF meet traditionally falls at the end of SPU finals week. It fell a week later on this year's calendar. The Falcons completed their final exams on Friday.
 
"It's nice that it's not at the end of finals week this year. Usually the conference meet is at the end of finals week and we're traveling and missing Friday finals to travel," Tindall described. "We have three days to have everybody at workout.
 
"When we are in school, kids are in and out with early classes or leaving early with late classes. We haven't had a workout with everybody at the same for months. That's the thing we really like about spring break week workouts. Having everybody there will help us prepare for the conference meet."
 
EVENT RECAPS
VAULT
• The team surpassed the 48-point plateau on the vault for the fourth consecutive week, posting a total of 48.575 that tied for SPU's second best of the season.
• Sophomore Zarah Lawal led off and received a career-high 9.625.
• The final three competitors in the Falcons lineup each reached the 9.70 level, including No. 4 Itzia San Roman (9.700), No. 5 Autumn Huskie (9.775) and anchor Darian Burns (9.725).
• SPU gymnasts claimed four of the top-six places on the vault, led by the second-place performance of freshman Autumn Huskie (9.775). She surpassed 9.70 points for the fourth straight week.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1-Zahra Lawal 9.625, 2-Lena Wirth 9.700, 3-McKenna Zimmermann 9.675, 4-Itzia San Roman 9.700, 5-Autumn Huskie 9.775, 6-Darian Burns 9.725. Team Total – 48.575
 
BARS
• The second rotation saw the Falcons finest collective bars sets with a season-best total of 48.475 that was four-tenths higher than their previous mark of 48.075 set on March 4 at San Jose State.
• Individually, improving by over two-tenths was junior Itzia San Roman who shattered her previous bars best of 9.475 with a fifth-place score of 9.725.
• Freshman Haven Lanzador was SPU's top scorer with a 9.750 that matched her career high and put her in fourth place overall.
• Darian Burns and Itzia San Roman each earned 9.725 points to tie for fifth place.
• McKenna Zimmermann tallied a season-best 9.625.
• Even the exhibitionists exceled on the bars as Shelbi Spivey's 9.775 would have been the team's top score if she was in the counting lineup and Jadacie Durst would have been fifth.
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 9.625, 2-Brittany Atchison 9.350, 3-Itzia San Ramon 9.725, 4-Haven Lanzador 9.750, 5-Sienna Brane 9.650, 6-Darian Burns 9.725, EX-Jadacie Durst 9.675, EX-Shelbi Spivey 9.775. Team Total – 48.475
 
BEAM
• The team score of 47.525 stopped SPU's streak of four consecutive meets over 48 points on the beam.
• McKenna Zimmermann picked up the fourth event win of the season for SPU, topping the beam field with a 9.750. That improved her previous career best of 9.725 from the last home meet on Feb. 23.
• Sophomore Miyuki Matsune again provided consistency from her beam anchor spot with a 9.700. She has scored 9.70 or higher in each of the last six meets.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 9.750, 2-Sienna Brane 7.600, 3-Darian Burns 9.500, 4-Lena Wirth 9.500, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.075, 6-Miyuki Matsune 9.700, EX-Shelbi Spivey 9.100. Team Total – 47.525
 
FLOOR
• Although the final rotation saw SPU reach the 48-point plateau, the 48.050 was just the seventh-best team score on that apparatus.
• Freshman Kylie Reese was the team's top scorer with 9.750 points. That eclipsed the mark of 9.700 she achieved last week at UW in her return to the lineup after a two-week absence.
• The top-three SPU floor scorers were all freshmen. Reese placed second overall (9.750), Jadacie Durst was fourth (9.725) and McKenna Zimmermann seventh (9.625).
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Brittany Atchison 9.475, 2-McKenna Zimmermann 9.625, 3-Jadacie Durst 9.725, 4-Kylee Reese 9.750, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.475, 6-Darian Burns 8.900, EX-Kylee Gauna 9.525. Team Total – 48.050
 
 
NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
Seattle Pacific – Air Force Dual
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
Team Scores
1, Air Force, 192.850
2, Seattle Pacific, 192.625
 
All-Around
1, McKenna Zimmermann, SPU, 38.675
2, Itzia San Roman, SPU, 37.975
3, Darian Burns, SPU, 37.850
 
Vault
1, Anna Salamone, USAF, 9.800
2, Autumn Huskie, SPU, 9.775
3, Chloe Camello, USAF, 9.750
4t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.725
4t, Jessica Kirkpatrick, USAF, 9.725
6t, Lena Wirth, SPU, 9.700
6t, Itzia San Roman, SPU, 9.700
 
Uneven Bars
1t, Analise Howard, USAF, 9.825
1t, Anna Salamone, USAF, 9.825
3, Brittney Reed, USAF, 9.775
4, Haven Lanzador, SPU, 9750
5t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.725
5t, Itzia San Roman, SPU, 9.725
 
Balance Beam
1, McKenna Zimmermann, SPU, 9.750
2, Cam Barber, USAF, 9.725
3, Miyuki Matsune, SPU, 9.700
4, Analise Howard, USAF, 9.650
5t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.500
5t, Lena Wirth, SPU, 9.500
 
Floor Exercise
1, Tyler Davis, USAF, 9.875
2t, Kylie Reese, SPU, 9.750
2t, Casey Bell, USAF, 9.750
4t, Jadacie Durst, SPU, 9.725
4t, Brittney Reed, USAF, 9.725
6, Jamie lewis, USAF, 9.700
 
 
Next SPU Gymnastics Meet
Seattle Pacific at MPSF Championships
Saturday, March 24, 5:00 p.m. PST
Cadet West Gym / Colorado Springs, Colo.