WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – To kickstart the postseason, No. 14 Sun Devil Gymnastics took the top spot in the first session of the 2023 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships with a 196.700 on Saturday afternoon at the Maverik Center.
Between the two sessions at the conference championships, Arizona State placed fifth. Junior Emily White tied for second on beam with her career-high 9.950.
Notable Stats
1. Arizona State, 196.700
T2. Arizona, 196.375
T2. Washington, 196.375
4. No. 19 Stanford, 195.875
Rotation One: Vault, 49.000
Jaslow and Mangahas started the Gym Devils off with a 9.800 on vault. Alex Theodorou secured a 9.825, while White scored a 9.800 as well. The team just reached the 49.000 mark with those four scores of 9.8-plus.
Rotation Two: Bars, 49.200
Arizona State started the second rotation of the day with three-straight 9.850s from Reeves, Samiley, and Mangahas. Scharf recorded a 9.800 while Clark anchored, getting a stick and scoring another 9.850 for the Gym Devils.
Rotation Three: Beam, 49.325
The Gym Devils fought back to the top of the four-team session after a strong performance on beam. Lee got the scoring started with a 9.850, with a 9.825 from Reeves right behind her. Clark tied her season high with a 9.900, her best in a Pac-12 championship meet in her career. She was followed by White's huge 9.950 routine. Harper and Scharf both scored a 9.800 to finish the scoring.
Rotation Four: Floor, 49.175
Arizona State finished the day with a solid performance on the floor, as Clark started the scoring with a 9.850. Theodorou and Jaslow followed her up with a pair of 9.825s. White recorded a 9.850 while Mangahas and Scharf put another pair of 9.825s on the board.
Up Next
The team will find out where they will be for NCAA Regionals at the Selection Show on Monday at 9 a.m. MST on NCAA.com.
Between the two sessions at the conference championships, Arizona State placed fifth. Junior Emily White tied for second on beam with her career-high 9.950.
Notable Stats
- Arizona State (7-6, 4-3 Pac-12) secured its top seeding in the first session of the conference championships, with only one score below 9.800 counting across all four events.
- The 196.700 team score is the third-highest Pac-12 Championship score in ASU history.
- The beam squad brought the heat with a 49.325, bouncing back after a tough beam rotation in the previous meet. It was highlighted by a career-high 9.950 from junior Emily White. Fellow junior Sarah Clark also shone in the event, matching her season high with a 9.900.
- White won the beam event title in the first session with a 9.950, a career high on beam for the junior. This was her fourth score of 9.9-plus on beam this year. The personal best also came a week after her first ever fall on beam, White getting a big bounce-back score.
- The Gym Devils scored 49 or higher in all four rotations, which extends the vault and floor streaks of 49+ to eight meets in a row. On the bars, the squad has eclipsed that mark for seven straight.
- Arizona State had multiple Pac-12 Championship debuts, as Cienna Samiley, Kayla Lee, and Skye Harper saw their first conference championship action.
- Sarah Clark tied her season high with a 9.900, putting her over the mark she recorded in last year's conference meet.
1. Arizona State, 196.700
T2. Arizona, 196.375
T2. Washington, 196.375
4. No. 19 Stanford, 195.875
Rotation One: Vault, 49.000
Jaslow and Mangahas started the Gym Devils off with a 9.800 on vault. Alex Theodorou secured a 9.825, while White scored a 9.800 as well. The team just reached the 49.000 mark with those four scores of 9.8-plus.
Rotation Two: Bars, 49.200
Arizona State started the second rotation of the day with three-straight 9.850s from Reeves, Samiley, and Mangahas. Scharf recorded a 9.800 while Clark anchored, getting a stick and scoring another 9.850 for the Gym Devils.
HOLDS THAT STICK ??@jadamangahas gets a 9.850, the third in a row for the bars squad ??
— Sun Devil Gymnastics (@SunDevilGym) March 18, 2023
??: @Pac12Network#GymDevils /// #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/sYiXYbclwq
Rotation Three: Beam, 49.325
The Gym Devils fought back to the top of the four-team session after a strong performance on beam. Lee got the scoring started with a 9.850, with a 9.825 from Reeves right behind her. Clark tied her season high with a 9.900, her best in a Pac-12 championship meet in her career. She was followed by White's huge 9.950 routine. Harper and Scharf both scored a 9.800 to finish the scoring.
New career-high alert ??
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) March 18, 2023
Emily White scores a 9.950 on beam!#Pac12Gym | @SunDevilGym pic.twitter.com/qthcfustin
Rotation Four: Floor, 49.175
Arizona State finished the day with a solid performance on the floor, as Clark started the scoring with a 9.850. Theodorou and Jaslow followed her up with a pair of 9.825s. White recorded a 9.850 while Mangahas and Scharf put another pair of 9.825s on the board.
Our lead-offs today are really bringing it ??@saarahclark has brought her A game today, capping it off with a 9.850 on floor!
— Sun Devil Gymnastics (@SunDevilGym) March 18, 2023
??: @Pac12Network#GymDevils /// #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/LLo03cPf0N
Up Next
The team will find out where they will be for NCAA Regionals at the Selection Show on Monday at 9 a.m. MST on NCAA.com.