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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Darian Burns won the all-around competition Saturday and teammate McKenna Zimmermann was the runner-up for Seattle Pacific, which finished a distant second to Air Force in a women's gymnastics dual meet at West Cadet Gym.
 
Burns compiled a four-event total of 37.875 that would have been higher except for a fall on the balance beam. She finished fourth on the floor exercise with a score of 9.700, an event in which she is the defending national USA Gymnastics Collegiate champion.
 
The sophomore from Atlanta, Georgia earned a season-best mark of 9.725 on the uneven bars and scored 9.500 on the vault.
 
Zimmermann, a freshman, totaled 36.850 points in the all-around led by a 9.525 vault.
 
Air Force registered a season-high score of 194.275 to win the team competition. SPU had a two-week streak of 190-point scores snapped with a total of 189.250. The visitors had multiple falls on both the bars and beam, forcing them to count two of them in each event team tally.
 
The hosts captured all four event titles, including two triumphs from Anna Salamone, who shared top honors on the vault (9.700) and bars (9.850). Casey Bell was the final floor performer and earned the title with a 9.825 routine.
 
Analise Howard prevailed on the beam with the highest score of the night on any event, 9.875.
 
SPU sophomore Miyuki Matsune turned in a fourth-place mark of 9.775 on the beam despite having her left hand wrapped while recovering from an injury. That was the highest score for any Seattle Pacific gymnast in any event. The 9.775 was a season-high score for Matsune and equaled her career best.
 
Junior Itzia San Roman performed SPU's best vault and she was rewarded with a fourth-place score of 9.600.
 
The best bars set by an SPU gymnast came from sophomore Sienna Brane, whose 9.750 tied for fifth and matched her career-high score from last season. She has posted the team's top bars score in three of five meets this season.
 
BARS
The Falcons started the meet on the uneven bars and some of them struggled to stay on the apparatus. They counted two falls in the 46.475-point team total.
 
SPU's lone senior, Brittany Atchison, participated in the bars lineup for the first time this season ad likely solidified a spot for future meets. She received a career-best score of 9.650.
 
The final two gymnasts recorded the highest scores as Burns notched a season-high 9.725 followed by Brane with a career-best tying 9.750.
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 8.900, 2-Brittany Atchison 9.650, 3-Shelbi Spivey 8.450, 4-Kylie Reese 8.350, 5-Darian Burns 9.725, 6-Sienna Brane 9.750. Team Total – 46.475
 
VAULT
The second rotation proved to be the finest for the Falcons, whose team score of 47.800 was their third best vault total of the season.
 
Shelbi Spivey led off with a career-best 9.550 score followed by Zahra Lawal, who also turned in a career best, 9.575.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1-Shelbi Spivey 9.550, 2-Zahra Lawal 9.575, 3-Itzia San Roman 9.600, 4-McKenna Zimmermann 9. 525, 5-Lena Wirth 9.550, 6-Darian Burns 9.500. Team Total – 47.800
 
FLOOR
SPU then took to the floor and did not produce any season high marks en route to a team total of 47.550.
 
The third rotation was not without highlights as three gymnasts placed among the top-six placers. San Roman and Kylee Gauna tied for sixth with matching marks of 9.500. Burns earned a score of 9.700 to finish fourth.
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Kylee Gauna 9.500, 2-Jadacie Durst 9.350, 3- McKenna Zimmermann 9.375, 4-Kylie Reese 9.475, 5-Itzia San Roman 9.500, 6-Darian Burns 9.700. Team Total – 47.550
 
BEAM
The final event saw a trio of Falcons shine and some other suffer falls. Two falls were counted in the final tally of 47.225.
 
Spivey notched another career-best performance, earning a 9.700.
 
Competing for the second time this season with her hand wrapped, Matsune was terrific. Her score of 9.775 put her in fourth place and tied her career-best performance.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1- McKenna Zimmermann 9.050, 2-Shelbi Spivey 9.700, 3-Darian Burns 8.950, 4-Lena Wirth 9.225, 5-Miyuki Matsune 9.775, 6-Itzia San Roman 9.675. Team Total – 47.425
 
NEXT MEET
The Seattle Pacific gymnasts complete their three-game road trip with a trip to Sacramento, California. They compete on Friday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. versus host Sacramento State along with San Jose State.
 
The next home meet in Brougham Pavilion is another three-team affair when the Falcons host Sacramento State and Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.

NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
Air Force Dual Meet
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018
Cadet West Gym / Colorado Springs, Colo.

Team Scores
1, Air Force, 194.275
2, Seattle Pacific, 189.250

All-Around
1, Darian Burns, SPU, 37.875
2, McKenna Zimmermann, SPU, 36.850

Vault
1t, Anna Salamone, USAF, 9.700
1t, Lauren Miller, USAF, 9.700
3, Jamie Lewis, USAF, 9.675
4, Itzia San Roman, SPU, 9.600
5t, Zahra Lawal, SPU, 9.575
5t, Heidi Sand, USAF, 9.575
5t, Chloe Camello, USAF, 9.575

Uneven Bars
1t, Mariana Murphy, USAF, 9.850
1t, Anna Salamone, USAF, 9.850
3t, Brittney Reed, USAF, 9.775
3t, Jessica Kirkpatrick, USAF, 9.775
5t, Sienna Brane, SPU, 9.750
5t, Analise Howard, USAF, 9.750

Balance Beam
1, Analise Howard, USAF, 9.875
2t, Lynne Jad, USAF, 9.800
2t, Cam Barber, USAF, 9.800
4, Miyuki Matsune, SPU, 9.775
5, Mariana Murphy, USAF, 9.750
6, Shelbi Spivey, SPU, 9.700

Floor Exercise
1, Casey Bell, USAF, 9.825
2, Brooke Bruder, USAF, 9.750
3, Jamie Lewis, USAF, 9.725
4, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.700
5, Mariana Murphy, USAF, 9.600
6t, Kylee Gauna, SPU, 9.500
6t, Itzia San Roman, SPU, 9.500


Next SPU Gymnastics Meet
Seattle Pacific at Sacramento State
Friday, Feb. 16, 7:00 p.m. PST
The Hornets Nest / Sacramento, Calif.