Completed Event: Cross Country at Nuttycombe Invitational on October 17, 2025 , , Men: 27th; Women: 3rd
Final
Cross Country
Nuttycombe Invitational
Men: 27th; Women: 3rd
Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Gymnasts Hit the Road Against Iowa
03.05.2008 | Gymnastics
THIS WEEK IN ISU GYMNASTICS
> Iowa State at Iowa
> Fri., March 7, 7 p.m. in Iowa City
> Live Stats available at cyclones.com
Cyclone Notebook
> Iowa State will try to claim its second win over Iowa when it travels to face the Hawkeyes on Friday. ISU put up a season-high 195.125 on its way to beating the Hawkeyes on Feb. 22.
> The Cyclones are in their 35th season of gymnastics. Iowa State holds a 395-427-4 all-time record and has made 12 NCAA Regional appearances in school history, including the last 11 seasons.
> Iowa State beat Iowa 195.125-193.800 at Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 26. Jasmine Thompson won the all-around with a score of 39.125. The Cyclones boasted individual champions in all four events as Megan Barnes (vault, 9.825), Ashley Kent (beam, 9.825), Katie Sweetin (floor, 9.875) and Thompson (bars, 9.825) claimed top honors.
> The Cyclones' score of 195.125 against Iowa was the team's top score of the season. Iowa State has improved as the season has gone along, setting a new top score in three of the last five meets.
> Thompson's all-around victory against Iowa was her second such title and the third for an ISU gymnast this season. She also took the all-around crown at Minnesota while Dilbert placed first against Stanford.
> Iowa State's victory over Iowa further padded the Cyclones' lead in the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series. ISU holds an 18-5 lead in the annual rivalry series.
> 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 Iowa
> The Hawkeyes are 8-4-1 this season. After their loss to the Cyclones, the Hawkeyes have won four consecutive meets, including a first-place finish in a Big Ten triangular with Michigan State and Illinois.
> Iowa State and Iowa have already met once this season, with the Cyclones winning 195.125-193.800 on Feb. 22, at Hilton Coliseum. Katie Burke placed second in the all-around with a score of 39.075, earning second-place finishes on bars and floor. Jen Simbhudas placed second on vault for Iowa and third in the all-around competition.
> Jen Simbhudas is ranked No. 20 in the nation in the all-around. She is averaging a score of 39.140 in the four events this season.
> Iowa holds the No. 19 spot in the latest GymInfo top 25 poll, jumping up from No. 23 a week ago.
> The Hawkeyes are third in the North Central region, the same region that Iowa State belongs to. Iowa trails No. 2 Utah and No. 13 Denver in the regional standings. The regional meet will be held April 12, in Minneapolis with the top two teams from that meet advancing to the National Championship in Georgia.
> Iowa State holds a 47-21 advantage over Iowa in the all-time series. ISU has won the last nine meetings with the Hawkeyes and 28 of the last 29.
Cy-Hawk Clincher
> Already sporting a 16-5 advantage in the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series, the Iowa State gymnasts added to the lead with a win over Iowa on Feb. 22. The win puts the Cyclones up in the annual event 18-5, further padding ISU's win. This is the second time in the last three seasons that Iowa State has claimed the rivalry competition.
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.
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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