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ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Darian Burns won the vault and uneven bars competitions and tied for first place on the floor exercise Sunday, leading the Seattle Pacific women's gymnastics team to a second-place team score of 191.425 at the Lindenwood quad meet in Hyland Arena.
 
Burns execute an outstanding 9.825 vault and topped the bars field with a score of 9.800. She and Lindenwood's Ryan Henry shared the floor title with matching marks of 9.825.
 
"It's just really awesome to see Darian have confidence and be able to lead the team through her gymnastics," first-year SPU coach Sarah Jean Marshall said. "She's so incredibly talented and she's really finding her role on this team and was able to hit some really great performances today."
 
The host Lions handily won the meet with a 194.475-point team total. Trailing runner-up SPU was third-place Centenary with a score of 188.925 and Gustavas Adolphus in fourth at 184.800.
 
A trio of Lindenwood gymnasts tied for first place on the balance beam with scores of 9.800; Katie Bailey, Mackenzy Chavez and Courtney Mitchell.

 

Only a subpar performance on the beam prevented Burns from notching her fourth consecutive all-around victory. Instead, she settled for third place with a four-event total of 38.675.
 
The SPU senior entered Sunday's event averaging 9.600 points on the beam. Hitting that average, instead of the 9.225 she did receive, would have pushed Burns' total to 39 points and an all-around win.
 
Several other Falcons excelled in events, adding up to seven top-six finishes.
 
SPU gymnasts captured three of the top-four places on the bars, led by Burns 9.800. Sophomore Ciello Magsanide registered a career-high, turning in a third-place score of 9.725.
 
"That was so great to see Ciello do so well," said Marshall. "She made a mistake on that event on Friday and she was really hungry to get back in competition and hit an awesome set. That's exactly what she did."
 
SPU senior Sienne Brane was rewarded for a fine bars set with a fourth-place score of 9.700.
 
Sophomore Kayla Chan achieved a fifth-place mark of 9.750 on the floor for the Falcons.
 
"There were a lot of positives overall for the meet," Marshall concluded. "It definitely wasn't our best performance with our team score, but some great things happened."
 
VAULT
• No season-high marks were registered by the Falcons, but the lineup produced all counting scores of 9.450 or above.
• Freshman Alixandra Pierce has consistently scored between 9.400 and 9.575 all season and did so again Friday with a 9.550.
• Darian Burns anchored the lineup with a winning score of 9.825 that was her second-highest of the season.
 
SPU vault scores in competition order
1-Delaney Fields 9.450, 2-Shelbi Spivey 9.450, 3-Alixandra Pierce 9.550, 4-Kayla Chan 9.100, 5-Jadacie Durst 9.575, 6-Darian Burns 9.825. Team Total–47.850.
 
BARS
• All five counting scores were 9.525 or better, leading to a team score of 48.275 that was SPU's second-best of the year on the bars.
• Ciello Magsanide increased her career-best mark by 0.05 with a stellar score of 9.725.
• A pair of Falcons matched their season-high marks, Darian Burns (9.800) and Sienna Brane (9.700).
 
SPU bars scores in competition order
1-Jadacie Durst 9.525, 2-Sienna Brane 9.700, 3-Ciello Magsanide 9.725, 4-Corrin Coons 9.525, 5-Shelbi Spivey 8.650, 6-Darian Burns 9.800. Team Total–48.275.
 
BEAM
• The Falcons faltered on the beam in their final event with just 47.050 points.
• SPU's best beam performance came from Sienna Brane, whose 9.525 eclipsed her previous season-high of 9.525.
 
SPU beam scores in competition order
1-Haven Lanzador 9.425, 2-Sienna Brane 9.575, 3-Darian Burns 9.225, 4-Kayli Tran 9.300, 5-Alixandra Pierce 9.125, 6-Miyuki Matsune 9.525. Team Total-47.050.
 
FLOOR
• SPU started the meet on the floor exercise and surpassed the 48-point plateau for the fifth straight meet with 48.250 team points.
• Darian Burns continued an impressive streak of three consecutive floor routines that scored above 9.8, with a 9.825 performance.
 
SPU floor scores in competition order
1-Miyuki Matsune 9.575, 2-Jadacie Durst 9.525, 3-Kylie Reese 9.575, 4-Alixandra Pierce 8.925, 5-Kayla Chan 9.750, 6-Darian Burns 9.825. Team total-48.250.
 
Next Meet
The Falcons gymnasts return to Seattle to host their final home meet of the season on Friday, Feb. 21. They entertain San Jose State at 7 p.m. in Brougham Pavilion.
 
A quartet of SPU seniors will be honored Friday as that will be the final home appearance for Sienna Brane, Darian Burns, Miyuki Matsune and Lena Wirth. Also being recognized will be former gymnast Zahra Lawal, who is serving as the team manager this season.
 
"Wow, it's really amazing to imagine that this is our last home meet and even crazier to picture it being these seniors' last meet in Brougham," Marshall exclaimed. "They are a very talented group and we've gone through a lot together.
 
"I'm excited to see them be celebrated and the whole team is ready to have an amazing last meet at home for them."

NCAA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
Lindenwood Quad
Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020
Hyland Arena / St. Charles, Mo.
 
Team Scores
1, Lindenwood, 194.475
2, Seattle Pacific, 191.425
3, Centenary, 188.925
4, Gustavas Adolphus, 184.800
 
All-Around
1, Ryan Henry, LU, 38.850
2, Sydney Lopez, LU, 38.725
3, Darian Burns, SPU, 38.675
4, Annie Corbett, GAC, 38.450
5, Kendall Sanders, CCL, 38.225
6, Leah Heilig, GAC, 36.975
7, Brooke Merila, GAC, 36.125
 
Vault
1, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.825
2, Gayla Griswold, LU, 9.800
3t, Ryan Henry, LU, 9.725
3t, Sydney Lopez, 9.725
5t, Courtney Mitchel, LU, 9.700
5t, Cami Bea Austin, CCL, 9.700
 
Uneven Bars
1, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.800
2, Courtney Mitchell, LU, 9.775
3, Ciello Magsanide, SPU, 9.725
4t, Sienna Brane, SPU, 9.700
4t, Katie Bailey, LU, 9.700
6t, Ryan Henry, LU, 9.650
6t, Mackenzy Chavez, LU, 9.650
 
Balance Beam
1t, Katie Bailey, LU, 9.800
1t, Mackenzy Chavez, LU, 9.800
1t, Courtney Mitchell, LU, 9.800
4, Annie Corbett, GAC, 9.750
5, Kendall Sanders, CCL, 9.725
6, Sydney Lopez, LU, 9.700
 
Floor Exercise
1t, Darian Burns, SPU, 9.825
1t, Ryan Henry, LU, 9.825
3, Cami Bea Austin, CCL, 9.800
4, Gayla Griswold, LU, 9.775
5t, Kayla Chan, SPU, 9.750
5t, Sydney Lopez, LU, 9.750
 
 
Next SPU Meet
San Jose State at Seattle Pacific
Friday, Feb. 21, 7:00 p.m. PST
Brougham Pavilion / Seattle, Wash.