Quick results of Friday's gymnastics meet

ISU Results at Stanford with Oregon State & San Jose State

Feb. 9, 2007 (Stanford, Calif.)

Name - Vault - Bars - Beam - Floor - All-Around
Janet Anson - 9.900 - 9.875 - 9.825 - 9.850 - 39.450
Megan Barnes - 9.875 - 9.725 - 9.775 - 9.675 - 39.050
Nikki Dilbert - 9.800 - 9.850 - -- - -- - --
Jade Kvach - -- - -- - * - -- - --
Katie Lasher - * - 9.875 - -- - -- - --
Ceilia Maccani - -- - 9.850 - -- - -- - --
Anna Robey - -- - -- - -- - 9.725 - --
Katie Sweetin - 9.750 - -- - 9.900 - * - --
Melanie Tham - -- - -- - 9.800 - 9.725 - --
Jasmine Thompson - 9.750 - * - 9.675 - 9.875 - --

Team Totals - 49.175 - 48.425 - 48.150 - 48.350 - 196.075

Team - Vault - Bars - Beam - Floor - Total
Stanford - 49.200 - 49.450 - 49.375 - 49.250 - 197.275
Iowa State - 49.175 - 48.425 - 48.150 - 48.350 - 196.075
Oregon State - 49.175 - 48.425 - 48.150 - 48.350 - 194.100
San Jose State - 48.450 - 48.025 - 48.725 - 47.975 - 193.175

- courtesy of courtesy of Cyclones.com and gostanford.cstv.com
* - the asterisks indicates that this gymnast had the lowest score of the six performers on the event. As you know, only the top five scores on each event count toward the team score. Stanford inexplicably did not provide live stats for the meet and only the top five scores for each team on each event were released, meaning we don't know how Kvach did on beam, Lasher did on vault, etc.

I don't know how the No. 5 team in the country can fail to provide live stats of one of the biggest meet's in the country this weekend. Totally inexcusable with the technology available in 2007.

Quick breakdown of Iowa State's performance (as much as I can give without actually watching the meet):

- 196.075 is Iowa State's highest team score of the year, topping the Cyclones 195.725 effort last weekend against Missouri. Stanford, however, truly proved its one of the best programs in the country this year, scoring a 197.275, even with all-star gymnasts Tabitha Yim and Liz Tricase not competing. Really impressive.

- Iowa State set a new season-high on vault with a 49.175.

- Janet Anson performed strong against some of the West Coast's top competition, tying for second place in the all-around (39.450). It's her highest all-around score of the year. Including Anson, five top 25 gymnasts competed in the meet. She also was part of a three-way tie for first on vault.

- Freshmen Katie Sweetin and Melanie Tham posted season-highs on beam, posting 9.900 and 9.800, respectively.

- Sophomore Jasmine Thompson posted a season-high 9.875 on floor.

- Look for a possibly shakeup in the Top 15 of the national rankings next week. Iowa State's team score is higher than No. 6 Nebraska (195.350), No. 8 Michigan (195.825), No. 12 LSU (195.575), No. 14 Arizona (195.300) and No. 16 Arkansas (195.775) posted on Friday. No. 9 Oklahoma (196.400), No. 1 Florida (197.275), and No. 4 Utah (196.575) scored higher than the Cyclones. Saturday, No. 3 Alabama travels to No. 2 Georgia, so expect them to bring the best out of each other. If Alabama doesn't top Utah's score, expect the Utes to jump to No.3. No. 7 UCLA also competes at No. 13 Denver tonight.

Finally, a quick reminder that interviews I conducted with ISU freshman Megan Barnes and head coach Jay Ronayne were posted to the Iowa State Daily Web site recently. Here's direct links to my conversations with them. You can find future Sportscasts under the "Podcasts" list on the home page of iowastatedaily.com.

Jay Ronayne interview heading into the Stanford meet
Megan Barnes interview about being recruited by Iowa State's three opponents on Friday

Thanks for reading and look for an article on Monday or Tuesday about Iowa State's experience at Stanford,
Cody Saveraid