Gymnastics Wins Fourth Straight, Upends Iowa State 195.600-194.800

Sunday, February 12

Ames, Iowa

Noon CT/1 p.m. ET

Central Michigan University

195.600

194.800

Iowa State

Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography

Gymnastics Wins Fourth Straight, Upends Iowa State 195.600-194.800

2/12/2023 6:12:00 PM | Gymnastics

Final Results (PDF)

Senior Hannah Demers registers top scores in vault and bars; Chippewas take lead on floor exercise, hold off Cyclones on beam.

By: Greg Hotchkiss

AMES, Iowa—Senior Hannah DeMers notched high scores in both vault and bars as Central Michigan won its fourth consecutive gymnastics meet with a 195.600-194.800 victory over Iowa State Sunday at the Hilton Coliseum. With the win, Central Michigan improves to 5-1 in head-to-head competition on the year.

DeMers took first place in the vault (9.900) and uneven parallel bars (9.875), and finished in third place in the floor exercise with a 9.900. She was the only gymnast to compete in the all-around, totaling a 38.775.

Central Michigan began the day on bars, registering the top four scores in the competition. DeMers finished with a 9.875, junior Adriana Bustelo scored a 9.850, senior Audriana Hammond added a 9.825, and freshman Luciana Alvarado-Reid took fourth with a 9.800.

On the second rotation, the Chippewas gained the lead on vault, led by DeMers' 9.900, a 9.850 by sophomore Lia Kimieciak and 9.825s by Alvarado-Reid and junior Elizabeth Cesarone.

With a combined team score of 49.275, CMU maintained its lead with a stellar performance in the floor exercise. Senor Taylor Pitchell registered a 9.925, DeMers finished at 9.900, Alvarado-Reid notched a 9.875, and redshirt sophomore Hallie Hornbacher a 9.825.

Central Michigan held off Iowa State and sealed the victory with its beam scores as senior Aleysia Kolyvanova and Pitchell both notched 9.775s, while Bustelo totaled a 9.725.

Central Michigan gets back to MAC competition on Sunday, Feb. 19 at Western Michigan.

—CMU—