MEET 9 #8 DENVER FRIDAY, MARCH 10 // 7 P.M. (MT) // BOISE, IDAHO TACO BELL ARENA

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1 2017 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 2017 Record: 8-4, 4-0 MRGC (vs. Top-25: 2-4) Neil Resnick and Tina Bird BSU Record: (.744) DATE OPPONENTS TIME / RESULT Jan. 13 UC Davis / vs. Stanford and Yale WWW Jan. 20 #5 Utah / vs. #7 Denver and Illinois-Chicago LLW Jan. 27 BYU* W Feb. 3 #11 Southern Utah^ W Feb. 11 #12 Denver L Feb. 17 Utah State W Feb. 24 #4 Alabama L March 2 #22 Utah State W March 10 #8 Denver 7 p.m. March 18 Mountain Rim Gymnastics Champs 6 p.m. s TBD Home Meets in Orange *Jan. 27 meet against BYU is at CenturyLink Arena ^Feb. 3 meet is Beauty and the Beast with Wrestling All Times Mountain 2017 WEEK 9 - NATIONAL RQS RANKINGS RANK, TEAM 13. Nebraska 1. Oklahoma 14. Washington 2. LSU 15. Missouri 3. Florida 16. Iowa 4. UCLA 17. California 5. Utah 18. George Washington 6. Alabama 19. Illinois 7. Georgia 20. Auburn 8. Denver 21. Southern Utah 9. Oregon State 22. West Virginia 10. Boise State 23. Utah State 11. Michigan 24. Ohio State 12. Kentucky 25. Eastern Michigan BRONCO COACHES Head Coaches (Year as HC).. Tina Bird (10th) Neil Resnick (10th) Records at Boise State (.744) Career Records (.744) Assistant Coach...Patty Resnick (10th Year) FOLLOW US Website: Live Scoring: Facebook: Boise State Gymnastics BRONCOSPORTS.COM // BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS Pete Clark: Office: ; Cell: ; peterclark736@boisestate.edu MEET INFO No. 10 Boise State (8-4, 4-0 MRGC) will honor its three seniors Mackenzie Bennion, Diana Mejia and Paige Urquhart Friday night at 7 p.m. in Taco Bell Arena as the team welcomes No. 8 Denver (16-4, 0-2 Big 12) for their last home meet of the 2017 season. The Broncos and Pioneers will have the national stage Friday night, as the meet is the only top-10 matchup of the day. BLACK OUT Fans are encouraged to wear black Friday night, as the gymnasts will be wearing their black leotards. In addition, the first 1,000 fans will receive glow sticks at the door. SERIES HISTORY Denver leads the all-time series and the Broncos dropped a pair of meets to the Pioneers earlier this season, falling on Jan. 20 and then again in what was Boise State s best road score in school history on Feb. 11, coming up short SCOUTING THE PIONEERS Denver comes into the meet with an RQS of and a season-high score of that they have achieved on two occasions (Feb. 18 and March 4). The Pioneers are led by two all-arounders ranked No. 10 and 11 in the MEET 9 #8 DENVER FRIDAY, MARCH 10 // 7 P.M. (MT) // BOISE, IDAHO TACO BELL ARENA country, Maddie Karr ( RQS) and Julia Ross ( RQS). Denver s strongest event is uneven bars where they are No. 8 ( RQS) in the country, but they are also in the top 10 in vault ( RQS T9th) and balance beam ( RQS 9th). LAST TIME OUT Boise State shook off a slow start last Thursday night in Taco Bell Arena and finished strong to take down Utah State with a score of The Broncos rallied down the stretch and used a season-high on floor to pull away from the visiting Aggies. The Blue and Orange swept the event and all-around titles as Shani Remme won on uneven bars (9.9), balance beam (9.9), and also claimed the all-around honor with a Mary Frances Bir won on vault with a 9.85 while Ann Stockwell and Sandra Collantes both posted 9.925s to share the floor title. STILL No. 10 The Road To Nationals team rankings for week nine of the 2017 season were announced Monday morning, and the Broncos maintained their No. 10 ranking after improving their RQS to a The Broncos have been ranked in the top 10 in four of the nine weekly polls so far this season. The Blue and Orange climbed to as high as No. 7 on Feb. 13, good for a program record. SENIOR NIGHT MOJO Last year on March 12 the Broncos honored seniors Krystine Jacobsen, Maddie Krentz, Molly McFarland and Marissa Wossner by exploding for a to earn the highest team score in school history, tallying wins over Southern Utah and San Jose State. Boise State was dominant on all four apparatuses; vault (49.325), uneven bars (49.475), balance beam (49.150) and floor (49.375). MRGC HONORS Remme continued her dominance in the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference as the league announced her as the recipient of both the Balance Beam and Uneven Bars Specialist of the Week on Monday. Remme has now earned two Uneven Bars Specialist of the Week and five Balance Beam Specialist of the Week awards this season. Stockwell and Collantes shined with 9.925s on floor to earn Floor Specialist of the Week honors. The was a career high for Stockwell and a season high for Collantes. BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 1

2 A LOOK BACK AT The 2016 Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference championship team The 18-2 record is the best winning percentage (.900) in program history. The 15-0 record at the end of the 2016 regular season was the first time a Boise State gymnastics team went undefeated in the regular season. Boise State was also the only team to accomplish the feat last season out of the 82 teams that occupy Divisions I, II and III. Co-Head Coaches Tina Bird and Neil Resnick 2016 MRGC Co-Head Coaches of the Year Krystine Jacobsen 2016 First-Team All-American Uneven Bars Sandra Collantes 2016 Second-Team All-American Floor Exercise Maddie Krentz 2016 Second-Team All-American Floor Exercise 2016 All-MRGC Honorees Shani Remme 2016 MRGC Freshman of the Year BRONCOSPORTS.COM Vault - Mackenzie Bennion*, Ann Stockwell* and Mary Frances Bir* Uneven Bars - Krystine Jacobsen and Diana Mejia* Balance Beam - Krystine Jacobsen and Sarah Means* Floor - Sandra Collantes*, Maddie Krentz, Krystine Jacobsen and Shani Remme* All-Around - Sandra Collantes* * - Indicates Returners MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 2

3 A PAIR OF OLYMPIANS... Isabella (Panama) and Courtney McGregor (New Zealand) and McGregor competed in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, marking the first time in school history that the gymnastics program was represented at the Olympic Games with either past or present gymnasts. finished 44th in the all-around with a and McGregor was slightly ahead in 41st place thanks to a s highest individual event score came on vault (13.900), and McGregor ended up taking 13th in the same event after scoring a , just five spots away from qualifying for the final. SUCCESS IN THE CLASSROOM Academic Year 2016 Fall Semester + Finished the academic year with a team grade point average (GPA) of , giving them the highest team GPA among women s gymnastics teams in the country according to the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W). + The No. 1 ranking is the highest ranking in school history, surpassing the previous record set by the team that finished No. 3 thanks to a GPA. + The Broncos saw 93 percent (14-of-15 gymnasts) of the roster earn individual NACGC/W Scholastic All-America honors, giving them the No. 2 percentage in the country. + Finished the 2016 fall semester with a semester GPA of a new record for the Boise State athletic department. + The team cumulative GPA of 3.77 is also an athletic department record. + There was also an athletic department record nine gymnasts who earned perfect 4.0 s in the fall semester. BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 3

4 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS ROSTER NAME HEIGHT YEAR EVENTS HOMETOWN (CLUB TEAM) Isabella 5-1 Fr. AA Panama City, Panama (Excalibur Gymnastics) Mackenzie Bennion 5-3 Sr. V, UB, FX Las Vegas, Nev. (Browns Las Vegas) Mary Frances Bir 5-1 RS Jr. V, FX Huntington Beach, Calif. (SCATS HB) Sandra Collantes 5-3 RS Jr. AA Lima, Peru (Excalibur Gymnastics) Alex 5-5 Jr. BB, FX Auburn, Calif. (Technique Gymnastics) Courtney McGregor 5-4 Fr. AA Christchurch, New Zealand (Christchurch School of Gymnastics) Sarah Means 5-2 So. AA Las Vegas, Nev. (Gymcats) Diana Mejia 5-2 Sr. UB, BB Vancouver, Wash. (Multnomah Athletic Club) McKenna 5-2 Fr. AA Santa Clarita, Calif. (Wallers GymJam Academy) Maddi 5-3 Fr. AA Las Vegas, Nev. (Gymcats Gymnastics) McKinley 5-6 Fr. AA Las Vegas, Nev. (Salcianu Gymnastics) Shani Remme 5-4 So. AA Loomis, Calif. (Byers Gymnastics) Ann Stockwell 5-5 Jr. V, UB, FX Newcastle, Calif. (Miyagi) Paige Urquhart 5-2 Sr. V, BB, FX Maple Grove, Minn. (Twin City Twisters) Abby 5-3 Jr. UB, FX Clarkston, Wash. (Palouse Empire) Co-Head Coaches: Tina Bird and Neil Resnick (10th Season) Assistant Coach: Patty Resnick (10th Season) CLASS BREAKDOWN Seniors (3) Mackenzie Bennion, Diana Mejia and Paige Urquhart Juniors (5) Mary Frances Bir *, Sandra Collantes*, Alex, Ann Stockwell and Abby Sophomores (2) Sarah Means and Shani Remme Freshmen (5) Isabella, Courtney McGregor, McKinley, McKenna and Maddi *Redshirt PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Isabella AMADO (Amah-dough) Mackenzie BENNION (Ben-yun) Sandra COLLANTES (co-yawn-tays) Diana MEJIA (meh-hee-uh) Maddi NILSON (Kneel-son) McKinley PAVICIC (Pav-eh-chick) SHANI REMME (Shay-nee / Rem-ee) Paige URQUHART (URK-heart) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Name... Boise State University Address University Dr. Boise, Idaho, Founded Enrollment...23,886 Nickname... Broncos Colors...Blue and Orange Facility... Taco Bell Arena Conference... Mountain Rim Gymnastics NCAA Affiliation... Division I President...Dr. Robert Kustra Director of Athletics...Curt Apsey SWA...Christina Van Tol Faculty Representative... Dr. Roger Munger 2017 BOISE STATE QUICK FACTS GYMNASTICS STAFF Head Coaches (Year as HC)... Tina Bird (10th) Neil Resnick (10th) Records at Boise State (.744) Career Records (.744) Assistant Coach...Patty Resnick (10th Year) GYMNASTICS INFORMATION 2016 Record MRGC Finish... 1st of NCAA Regional Finish...3rd of NCAA National Finish...N/A 2016 Final NCAA Ranking... 16th 2016 High Score Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 10/4 Newcomers... 5 Boise State s All-Time Record (as of March 10, 2017) BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 4

5 ISABELLA AMADO MACKENZIE BENNION MARY FRANCES BIR SANDRA COLLANTES ALEX ESMERIAN COURTNEY MCGREGOR SARAH MEANS DIANA MEJIA MCKENNA MORRELL MADDI NILSON MCKINLEY PAVICIC SHANI REMME ANN STOCKWELL TINA BIRD BRONCOSPORTS.COM PAIGE URQUHART NEIL RESNICK PATTY RESNICK ABBY WEBB KEITA SHIMADA MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 5

6 DATE OPP. BSU SCORE OPP. SCORE RECORD MRGC Jan. Davis Stanford Yale Jan. Utah #8 Denver Illinois-Chicago Jan. 27 vs. BYU* Feb. 3 #11 Southern Utah* Feb. #12 Denver Feb. State* Feb. #4 Alabama March 2 #22 Utah State* March 10 March 18 April 1 #8 Denver MRGC Champs Southern Utah BYU Utah Regionals TEAM RESULTS at UC Davis/Stanford/Yale (1.13) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL at Utah/Illinois-Chicago/Denver (1.20) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 6

7 vs. BYU (1.27) 9,825 Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL Southern Utah (2.3) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL at Denver (2.11) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 7

8 at Utah State (2.17) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL at Alabama (2.24) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL Utah State (3.2) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 8

9 Denver (3.10) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL MRGC Championships (3.18) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL at NCAA Regionals (4.1) Bennion Bir Collantes McGregor Means Mejia Remme Stockwell Urquhart TOTAL BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 9

10 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS ISABELLA AMADO Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests ALEX ESMERIAN Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests MACKENZIE BENNION Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests COURTNEY MCGREGOR Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests MARY FRANCES BIR Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests SARAH MEANS Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests SANDRA COLLANTES Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests DIANA MEJIA Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests BOLD: SEASON HIGH BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 10

11 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS MCKENNA MORRELL Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests ANN STOCKWELL Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests MADDI NILSON Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests PAIGE URQUHART Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests MCKINLEY PAVICIC Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests ABBY WEBB Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests SHANI REMME Jan. 13 UC Davis/Stanford/Yale Jan. 20 Utah/Denver/UIC Jan. 27 BYU Feb. 3 Southern Utah Feb. 11 Denver Feb. 17 Utah State Feb. 24 Alabama March 2 Utah State Career Bests BOLD: SEASON HIGH BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 11

12 1980-present ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS TEAM FIRST MEETING LAST MEETING W L T STREAK Air Force Dec. 5, 1981 Jan. 17, W4 Alabama Apr. 3, 2004 Apr. 2, L7 Alaska-Anchorage Mar. 6, 1987 March 6, W2 Alberta Jan. 23, 1988 Jan. 25, W4 Arizona Mar. 26, 1983 Apr. 2, W1 Arizona State Mar. 26, 1983 Apr. 6, L1 Arkansas Apr. 2, 2011 Apr. 6, L3 Auburn Apr. 12, 1993 Apr. 10, W2 Ball State Mar. 4, 1989 Jan. 31, W3 Bowling Green Jan. 18, 1992 Apr. 2, W3 Brigham Young Nov. 30, 1979 Jan. 27, W18 British Columbia Feb. 13, 1981 Jan. 20, W4 Brown Jan. 11, 2002 Jan. 11, W1 California Dec. 29, 1983 Apr. 2, L2 Cal Poly Jan. 24, 1987 Feb. 10, L1 Cal Poly-Pomona Jan. 11, 1988 Jan. 11, W1 Cal Poly SLO Jan. 8, 1988 Jan. 14, W3 Cal State Fullerton Apr. 9, 1988 Mar. 19, W10 Calgary Jan. 23, 1988 Jan. 22, W5 Central Michigan Apr. 9, 2005 Apr. 9, W1 Chico State Jan. 8, 1988 Jan. 11, W2 Denver Dec. 5, 1981 Jan. 20, L2 Eastern Washington Feb. 15, 1980 Mar. 21, W15 Florida Feb. 11, 2000 Apr. 2, L4 George Washington Apr. 16, 1994 Jan. 26, W1 Georgia Apr. 6, 2013 Apr. 4, L2 Idaho Feb. 16, 1980 Mar. 12, W5 Illinois-Champaign Apr. 12, 1993 Feb. 10, W1 Illinois-Chicago Apr. 21, 1996 Jan. 20, W4 Illinois State Feb. 17, 2007 Jan. 15, W2 Indiana (Penn.) Jan. 18, 1992 Jan. 18, W1 Iowa Apr. 12, 1993 Feb. 28, W2 Iowa State Jan. 20, 1989 March 15, W2 Kentucky Mar. 17, 2006 Apr. 2, W1 Long Beach Feb. 20, 1987 Feb. 20, W1 Louisiana State Apr. 12, 2003 Jan. 2, L2 Maryland Apr. 21, 1996 April 7, W1 Massachusetts Apr. 12, 1993 Apr. 12, W1 Michigan Jan. 2, 2009 Jan. 2, W1 Michigan State Mar. 12, 1988 March 6, W2 Minnesota Feb. 10, 1989 Mar. 2, W1 Missouri Feb. 20, 2004 April 7, W3 Montana Jan. 31, 1980 Mar. 3, L1 Montana State Jan. 17, 1980 Mar. 21, W2 Nebraska Jan. 11, 1980 Apr. 5, L8 New Hampshire Apr. 12, 1993 April 7, W2 New Mexico Dec. 5, 1981 Mar. 28, W1 North Carolina Jan. 2, 2009 Feb. 7, W2 North Carolina State Jan. 22, 2005 Jan. 22, L1 Northeastern Apr. 16, 1994 Apr. 16, W1 Northern Colorado Dec. 5, 1981 Mar. 19, W2 Northern Illinois Apr. 16, 1994 Apr. 12, W3 Ohio State Jan. 18, 1992 Feb. 19, W3 Oklahoma Apr. 16, 1994 Feb. 15, L6 Oregon Mar. 1, 1980 Feb. 25, L2 Oregon State Mar. 1, 1980 Feb. 15, L16 Pennsylvania Mar. 7, 2004 Mar. 7, W1 Penn State Mar. 3, 1990 Mar. 7, W1 Portland State Jan. 17, 1980 Jan. 31, W3 Ricks (BYU-Idaho) Jan. 26, 1980 Jan. 26, W1 Rutgers Apr. 15, 1995 Feb. 23, W3 Sacramento State Jan. 20, 1990 Mar. 23, W12 San Jose State Mar. 12, 1988 Feb. 12, W3 Seattle University Jan. 30, 1981 Mar. 12, W4 Seattle Pacific Jan. 19, 1980 Jan 15, W34 SE Missouri (formerly State) Apr. 12, 1993 Feb. 12, W3 SW Missouri State Mar. 6, 1999 Mar. 6, W1 Southern California Dec. 29, 1983 Dec. 29, L1 Southern Colorado Dec. 5, 1981 Dec. 5, W1 Southern Utah Jan. 31, 1987 Feb. 3, W4 Spokane C.C. Feb. 15, 1980 Jan. 9, W8 Stanford Apr. 9, 1988 Jan. 13, W1 Texas Women s Feb. 21, 1997 Feb. 15, W3 Towson State Apr. 16, 1994 Apr. 12, W2 UCLA Apr. 9, 1988 April 7, L24 UC Davis Jan. 8, 1988 Jan. 13, W8 UC Santa Barbara Jan. 10, 1988 Mar. 24, W12 Utah Mar. 26, 1983 Jan. 20, L16 Utah State Jan. 11, 1980 Feb. 17, W14 UTEP Dec. 5, 1981 Dec. 5, L1 Washington Mar. 1, 1980 Apr. 5, L1 Washington State Dec. 14, 1979 Apr. 6, W3 West Virginia Mar. 8, 1996 Apr. 2, W1 Western Michigan Apr. 15, 1995 Apr. 15, W1 Western Oregon Mar. 12, 1982 Mar. 12, W1 William and Mary Jan. 26, 1997 Jan. 26, W1 Wisconsin-Stout Feb. 25, 2011 Feb. 25, W1 Wisconsin-Whitewater Jan. 17, 1999 Jan. 17, W1 Yale Jan. 13, 2017 Jan. 13, W1 BRONCOSPORTS.COM MEET 9 // 2017 BOISE STATE GYMNASTICS 12