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SEATTLE – Darian Burns placed second on the floor exercise and third in the all-around Sunday for Seattle Pacific, which posted season-high team totals on three events en route to a third-place mark of 191.575 at the San Jose State Triangular women's gymnastics meet.
 
The SPU senior registered a stellar season-high score of 9.825 on the floor, a full tenth better than her previous best. That figure was topped only by a 9.875 turned in by San Jose State's Taylor Chan, who also won the all-around title with 39.100 points.
 
The Spartans Tia Gin, who was first on the balance beam with a 9.825, compiled a second-place score of 38.550 in the all-around.
 
Burns' four-event tally of 38.275 included a sixth-place uneven bars mark of 9.800, her season best. She scored 9.475 on the beam and 9.175 on the vault.

 

"She's just starting to hit her stride this season and I know she has even higher expectations for herself," first-year coach Sarah Jean Marshal said of the SPU's standout senior. Burns is a two-time national champion, claiming the all-around crown last year after winning the floor title as a freshman in 2017.
 
"We're excited to see what Darian can do with this last season at SPU."
 
Boise State captured first place in the team competition with strong performances in the vault and bars. The Broncos collected 195.525 team points and San Jose was second with 194.675.
 
Seattle Pacific's total of 191.575 was well over a point superior to its previous season-high of 190.300 established at home on Jan. 17. The Falcons opened on the bars Sunday and the gymnasts combined for a season-high 48.200 in that event. Two more season bests followed in the next two rotations, with a 47.725 on the beam and 48.225 on the floor.
 
"It was a good day," Marshall exclaimed. "We had a lot more consistency overall between all of the events, which was great to see. We still counted a few falls, but this was a really solid score and we have lots of ability to raise that even higher."
 
BSU boasted the top-five bars performers, led by Emily Muhenhaupt whose score of 9.975 was the finest on any apparatus. Gabriella Bouza topped the vault field with a 9.825 and was one of three Broncos' placers among the top-five in the event.
 
Two of the meet's top beam performers were Falcons as freshman Alixandra Pierce received a fourth-place score of 9.775 and senior Miyuki Matsune tied for fifth at 9.750.
 
 

Lena Wirth, an SPU senior, tied for sixth place on the vault with a 9.700. She has been the team's top vaulter in each of the first three meets, scoring 9.800 in the opener on Jan. 11 and 9.750 last week in Seattle.
 
Eight career-high marks were surpassed by Falcons gymnasts, two of them from Pierce with the 9.775 on the beam and 9.725 on the floor.
 
"We're so grateful to have Alix on this team. She is an amazing gymnast and has proven to be quite the competitor," Marshall said of the first-year Falcons competitor from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
 
Sophomore newcomer Delaney Fields exhibitioned on a trio of events and earned a score of 9.500 on the vault, 9.550 on the bars and a 9.400 on the floor.
 
In addition, eighth season-best scores were equaled or eclipsed. That list featured Burns on the bars (9.800) and floor (9.825) along with Matsune on the beam (9.750) and floor (9.600).
 
VAULT
• A team total of 47.425 points was SPU's second-best this season, trailing last week's 47.600.
• Two Falcons newcomers posted season-high marks, Simone Dumas-Guzman with a 9.450 in her vault debut and Delaney Fields with an exhibition score of 9.500.
• Jadacie Durst matched the season-high mark of 9.625 she received in the season-opening meet on Jan. 11.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1-Alixandra Pierce 9.475, 2-Simone Dumas-Guzman 9.450, 3-Kayla Chan 9.050, 4-Jadacie Durst 9.625, 5-Darian Burns 9.175, 6-Lena Wirth 9.700, EX-Delaney Fields 9.500.
 
BARS
• Darian Burns' sixth-place score of 9.800 was the best bars mark of the season for any SPU gymnast.
• Over half of the SPU lineup improved career or season-best scores.
• Setting new career highs were Corrin Coons, Delaney Fields and Shelbi Spivey while Burns turned in her season best.
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-Sienna Brane 9.325, 2-Ciello Magsanide 9.000, 3-Corrin Coons 9.700, 4-Shelbi Spivey 9.750, 5-Darian Burns 9.800, 6-Miyuki Matsune 9.625, EX-Delaney Fields 9.550.
 
BEAM
• The team total of 48.200 was over a full point better than SPU's previous 2020 high of 48.075.
• For the second straight meet Miyuki Matsune earned a 9.750, this one putting her in a fifth-place tie.
• In just her third meet as a Falcon, Alixandra Pierce turned in an impressive beam routine and was rewarded with a fourth-place score of 9.775.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1-Kylie Reese 8.900, 2-Darian Burns 9.475, 3-Lena Wirth 9.450, 4-Alixandra Pierce 9.775, 5-Miyuki Matsune 9.750, 6-Kayli Tran 9.275, EX-Sienna Brane 9.125.
 
FLOOR
• All five counting scores were 9.500 or higher en route to a season-best 48.225 team total on floor.
• Six of the seven Falcons that performed floor routines (one exhibition included) earned their highest score of the season, including Burns, Durst, Fields, Matsune, Pierce and Reese.
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Miyuki Matsune 9.600, 2-Jadacie Durst 9.575, 3-Kylie Reese 9.500, 4-Alixandra Pierce 9.725, 5-Kayla Chan 9.450, 6-Darian Burns 9.825, EX-Delaney Fields, 9.400.
 
UP NEXT
Seattle Pacific returns home to host a three-team meet on Friday, Jan. 31. Alaska Anchorage and Sacramento State visit Brougham Pavilion for the 7 p.m. competition.
 

NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
SPU at San Jose State Triangular
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020
Event Center / San Jose, Calif.
 
Team Scores
1, Boise State, 195.525
2, San Jose State, 194.675
3, Seattle Pacific, 191.575
 
All-Around
1, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 39.100
2, Tia Gin, SJSU, 38.550
3, Darian Burns, SPU, 38.275
 
Vault
1, Gabriella Bouza, BSU, 9.825
2t, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.775
2t, Tatum Bruden, BSU, 9.775
2t, Cameron Kelperis, SJSU, 9.775
5, Isabella Amado, BSU, 9.725
6t, Lena Wirth, SPU, 9.700
6t, Tia Gin, SJSU, 9.700
6t, Samantha Smith, BSU, 9.700
 
Uneven Bars
1, Emily Muhlenhaupt, BSU, 9.975
2, Maddi Nilson, BSU, 9.900
3, Tatum Bruden, BSU, 9.850
4t, Gabriella Bouza, BSU, 9.825
4t, Hope Masiado, BSU, 9.825
6t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.800
6t, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.800
6t, Emma Milne, SJSU, 9.800
 
Balance Beam
1t, Tia Gin, SJSU, 9.825
1t, Chelsey Andrada, SJSU, 9.825
3, Emma Milne, SJSU, 9.800
4, Alixandra Pierce, SPU, 9.775
5t, Miyuki Matsune, SPU, 9.750
5t, Hope Masiado, BSU, 9.750
5t, Jada Mazury, SJSU, 9.750
5t, Adriana Popp, BSU, 9.750
5t, Simone Adams, SJSU, 9.750
 
Floor Exercise
1, Taylor Chan, SJSU, 9.875
2, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.825
3t, Tatum Bruden, BSU, 9.800
3t, Isabella Amado, BSU, 9.800
3t, Chelsey Andrada, SJSU, 9.800
3t, Adriana Popp, BSU, 9.800
 
 
Next SPU Meet
Seattle Pacific Triangular Meet (Alaska Anchorage & Sacramento State)
Friday, Jan. 31, 7:00 p.m. PST
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.