Completed Event: Gymnastics at #10 Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series) on January 10, 2026 , Loss , 193.425, to, 196.000
Final
Gymnastics
193.425
#10 Iowa (Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series)
196.000
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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Gymnastics Opens Friday vs. No. 7 Nebraska
01.09.2008 | Gymnastics
Jan. 11, 2008 ? 7 p.m.
Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum
Webcast: Clone Zone
Cyclone Notebook
-Iowa State will kick off the 2008 gymnastics season on Friday, Jan. 11, against the seventh-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum.
-The Cyclones are beginning their 35th season of gymnastics. Iowa State holds a 394-421-4 all-time record and has made 12 NCAA Regional appearances in school history, including the last 11 seasons.
-Iowa State returns 12 letterwinners from the 2007 team that went 15-8-1 and tied for second place in the NCAA Central Regional. The Cyclones will try to replace four letterwinners from last season, including eight-time All-American Janet Anson. The Cyclones have added three newcomers this season: Alexandra Grant, Jacquelyn Holmes and Jasmine Swyningan.
-Iowa State opens its home slate against Nebraska for the second consecutive season. The Cyclones, however, begin the 2008 campaign in the friendly confines of Hilton Coliseum, whereas last season ISU competed in Cancun and at Minnesota before opening the home portion of the schedule.
-The Cyclones were picked 17th in the GymInfo Preseason Poll. All four Big 12 teams were ranked in the preseason top 25, led by defending champion Nebraska at No. 7.
-The Iowa State coaching staff is in its second season in Ames. Head coach Jay Ronayne guided the Cyclones to a second-place finish in the Central Region in his first season at the helm of the ISU program. Also in their second season are assistant coaches Jay Santos and TeShawne Jackson, and director of gymnastics operations Mary Ronayne. Eight-time All-American Janet Anson is in her first season as a volunteer assistant coach.
-Subscribers to the Clone Zone will have access to web casts of all the home gymnastics meets and road meets at Minnesota and Nebraska. To subscribe to the Clone Zone, go to Cyclones.com. Live stats will also be available during home meets at Cyclones.com.
A Closer Look at Nebraska
-The Cornhuskers are ranked seventh in the preseason GymInfo Top 25, and picked to finish at the head of the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska won the Big 12 title last season and finished sixth at the 2007 NCAA Championships.
-Nebraska head coach Dan Kendig is in his 14th season at the helm of the Husker program and has led NU to 12 NCAA Championship appearances and nine Super Six appearances. He has twice been named the National Coach of the Year.
-Nebraska returns nine letterwinners, five of whom are All-Americans, including nine-time All-America honoree Emily Parsons. The senior is the defending Big 12 all-around champion and is considered among the nation's best on vault and floor. Nebraska also boasts two other first-team All-Americans in Tricia Woo and Vanessa Meloche.
-Nebraska holds a 74-20-1 record in the all-time series with Iowa State.
Captain of the Ship
Ashley Kent and Jasmine Thompson will serve as Iowa State captains for the 2008 season. Kent, a junior from Calgary, Alberta, was a regular on bars and beam in a freshman season that earned her the ISU Most Improved Gymnast Award. She missed most of the 2007 season after suffering a knee injury in the third meet of the year. Thompson, a junior from McDonald, Ohio, was a key contributor in all-around competition last year after redshirting her initial collegiate season. She earned the Mari-Rae Sopper Award Jan. 19, against Nebraska signifying the most outstanding and inspiring performance.
Fresh Faces
The Cyclones return 12 letterwinners, but none of ISU's returners have competed for more than one full season at Iowa State. Ashley Kent competed as a freshman in 2006 and began competing in 2007 before ending the season with an injury just three meets into the campaign. Just three Cyclones have previous experience competing in the all-around.
The Coaches Have Spoken
The Iowa State gymnastics team is 17th in the GymInfo Preseason Poll, voted on by head coaches across the country. All four Big 12 teams were ranked in the preseason top 25, led by defending champion Nebraska at No. 7. Georgia headlined the preseason poll, winning 28 first-place votes and easily claiming the top spot.
You Look Familiar
Eight-time All-American and two-time Big 12 Gymnast of the Year (2006, 2007), Janet Anson is on the Iowa State coaching staff this season, serving as the volunteer assistant coach. Anson was a two-time ISU Female Athlete of the Year (2004, 2006) and in 2007 claimed the American Award, which is given to the top Division I gymnast.
On Their Way to Ames
Michelle Browning (Houston, Texas) and Celine Paulus (Yorba Linda, Calif.) will join the Cyclones for the 2008-09 academic year after signing National Letters of Intent last semester. Browning comes to ISU from Champion Gymnastics in Houston. An all-around gymnast, she finished second on bars and 15th on beam at the 2007 Level 10 Junior Olympic Nationals. Paulus finished 11th on bars at the JO Nationals before an injury on beam prevented her from completing the meet. Paulus added top 10 finishes in all five events at the regional championships.
A Look Back at 2007
Coming off the first Super Six appearance in program history, the Iowa State gymnastics team experienced an up-and-down 2007 campaign. The graduation of five key seniors and a coaching change in the off-season made the season a time of transition. The highs included Janet Anson earning her eighth All-America honor in addition to her second Big 12 Gymnast of the Year Award, an accolade she shared with Nebraska's Emily Parsons. Freshman Megan Barnes also represented ISU well as Big 12 Newcomer of the Year. The Cyclones just missed competing at the NCAA Championships after tying Oklahoma in at the Regional meet. The Sooners advanced by two-tenths of a point when the sixth score for each team was added.
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