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SEATTLE – Darian Burns tied her career high on the uneven bars Saturday, was the top scorer for host Seattle Pacific on that event and on the vault, and was fifth in the all-around at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships women's gymnastics meet.
 
The Falcons finished sixth in the team competition in Brougham Pavilion with 192.400 points. In a tight three-way battle for the championship, Air Force came out on top with 195.725 points for its first team title in the 18 years the MPSF meet has been contested.
 
Two-time defending champion San Jose State had a runner-up total of 195.450 and UC Davis was third with 195.200 points. Alaska Anchorage compiled 194.200 points to finish fourth and Sacramento State was fifth with 192.425, just 0.025 ahead of the NCAA Division II Falcons who are the only non-Division I competitor in the conference.

 

SPU junior Burns scored a 9.850 on the bars, giving her a tie for fourth place on that event, and came up with a 9.800 on the vault, good for a third-place tie. She shared the awards platform with junior teammate Lena Wirth, whose career-best tying 9.775 vault put her in a fourth-place tie.
 
Burns had a four-event total of 38.300. Right behind her was sophomore teammate McKenna Zimmermann with a sixth-place score of 38.250 in the all-around.
 
Sophomore Kylie Reese set a career high on the floor exercise with a score of 9.800, leading the Falcons and tying for eighth place overall.
 
SPU's top beam performer was junior Miyuki Matsune, who tied for 18th with a mark of 9.725.
 
Anna Salamone of Air Force captured two titles, taking the vault with a 9.875 and the bars with a 9.925. Teammate Tyler Davis claimed the floor crown with a score of 9.950.
 
Sophia Hyderally of Alaska Anchorage was the beam champion with a 9.900.
 
San Jose State's Taylor Chan captured the all-around title, edging Davis, 39.300 to 39.250. Kelley Hebert of UC Davis was third at 38.925.
 
VAULT
• SPU set a season-high with 48.675 points. That was nearly three-tenths above its previous high of 48.400, set at UC Davis on March 8.
• Zimmermann got it started with a season-high 9.725. That was better than the 9.625 she scored not once, not twice, but four times in the past, most recently in the March 8 meet at Davis.
• Burns got it finished with her 9.800.
• Junior Lena Wirth tied her career high with a 9.775., tying for sixth.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1-McKenna Zimmermann 9.725, 2-Kylie Reese 9.650, 3-Kayla Chan 9.675, 4-Lena Wirth 9.775, 5-Jadacie Durst 9.700, 6-Darian Burns 9.800.
 
BARS
• Seattle Pacific matched its season high with 48.425 points. The Falcons also had that many in a home quad meet on Feb. 15 against Air Force, Wisconsin-Oshkosh and Wisconsin-Whitewater.
• Sophomore Jadacie Durst set the tone with a 9.625 on the lead-off routine, tying her career high.
• Sophomore Haven Lanzador set a season high of 9.625, exceeding her previous best of 9.550, then senior Itzia San Roman followed her with a 9.650 to tie her season high.
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-Jadacie Durst 9.625, 2-Miyuki Matsune 8.925, 3-Haven Lanzador 9.625, 4-Itzia San Roman 9.650, 5-McKenna Zimmermann 9.675, 6-Darian Burns 9.850.
 
BEAM
•The team's final event of the night for was a rough one, as the Falcons totaled just 46.775 points.
• Junior Miyuki Matsune led the way with a 9.725 on the anchor leg.
• San Roman had SPU's only other no-fall routine, earning a 9.675.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1-Lena Wirth 9.075, 2-Kayla Chan 9.175, 3-Darian Burns 9.025, 4-Itzia San Roman 9.675, 5-McKenna Zimmermann 9.125, 6-Miyuki Matsune 9.725.

 

FLOOR
• The Falcons tied for their second-highest total of the season with 48.525 points, tying what they scored at Sacramento State in the season opener on Jan. 11.
• The only higher total was 48.825 at San Jose State on Jan. 25.
• Kylie Reese's career high 9.800 beat her previous best of 9.750 set last season. Her top score in 2019 had been 9.725 in last week's regular-season finale at Oregon State.
• McKenna Zimmermann recorded a season-high 9.725.
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Kylee Gauna 9.375, 2-McKenna Zimmermann 9.725, 3-Kayla Chan 9.650, 4-Kylie Reese 9.800, 5-Jadacie Durst 9.725, 6-Darian Burns 9.625.
 
UP NEXT
SPU will find out Monday which of its gymnasts will compete at the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships. The Falcons will not qualify as a team, but expect several gymnasts to earn at-large invitations to the national meet that is slated for April 12-14 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

 
NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
MPSF Championships
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.
 
Team Scores
1, Air Force, 195.725
2, San Jose State, 195.450
3, UC Davis, 195.200
4, Alaska Anchorage, 194.200
5, Sacramento State, 192.425
6, Seattle Pacific, 192.400
 
All-Around
1, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 39.300
2, Tyler Davis, USAF, 39.250
3, Kelley Hebert, UCD, 38.925
4, Gabby Landess, UCD, 38.400
5, Darian Burns, SPU, 38.300
6, McKenna Zimmermann, SPU, 38.250
7, Isabelle Fox, UAA, 38.150
8, Jordyn Brent, SAC, 37.500
 
Vault
1, Anna Salamone, USAF, 9.875
2, Tyler Davis, USAF, 9.850
3t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.800
3t, Heidi Sand, USAF, 9.800
3t, Chelsey Andrada, SJSU, 9.800
6t, Lena Wirth, SPU, 9.775
6t, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.775
6t, Camille Johnson, UCD, 9.775
 
Uneven Bars
1, Anna Salamone, USAF, 9.925
2, Sarah Liddle, UCD, 9.900
3, Gabby Landess, UCD, 9.875
4t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.850
4t, Mackenzie Miller, UAA, 9.850
4t, Aya Suzuki, UCD, 9.850
7t, Analise Howard, USAF, 9.825
7t, Mariana Murphy, USAF, 9.825
7t, Sophia Hyderally, UAA, 9.825
7t, Stephanie Relova, SJSU, 9.825
7t, Kaprece Nadonza, SJSU, 9.825
7t, Nikki Duggan, SJSU, 9.825
7t, Kelley Hebert, UCD, 9.825
 
Balance Beam
1, Sophia Hyderally, UAA, 9.900
2, Hope Nelson, UAA, 9.875
3, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.850
4t, Analise Howard, USAF, 9.825
4t, Emily Luers, USAF, 9.825
4t, Rachel Decious, UAA, 9.825
4t, Tia Gin, SJSU, 9.825
4t, Alyssa Ito, UCD, 9.825
4t, Yasmine Yektaparast, UCD, 9.825
    Top SPU scorer -- 18t, Miyuki Matsune, 9.725
 
Floor Exercise
1, Tyler Davis, USAF, 9.950
2t, Kaylin Mancari, UAA, 9.900
2t, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.900
4, Chelsey Andrada, SJSU, 9.875
5, Yasmine Yektaparast, UCD, 9.850
6t, Carly Pratt, SAC, 9.825
6t, Gabby Landess, UCD, 9.825
8t, Kylie Reese, SPU, 9.800
8t, Cameo Stapleton, USAF, 9.800
8t, Lauren Schmeiss, SAC, 9.800
8t, Josalyn Ray, SJSU, 9.800
8t, Jasmine Henley, SJSU, 9.800