HARDIN SHINES IN IOWA STATE HOME OPENER

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (2-6, 0-1 Big 12) fell to No. 12 Utah Sunday evening in its home opener. The Cyclones finished with 192.300, and Utah with 195.725.

There were many highlights from Sunday's home opening meet for ISU. Haylee Hardin claimed a podium spot on floor for the Cyclones (9.925). Her score marked a new season high. Junior Noelle Adams also gained a new season high score with a 9.875 on floor. Finley Weldon had a standout performance on beam, tallying up a 9.75 for Iowa State.

"It was really fun to finally open our season at Hilton tonight, we had a great crowd and Cyclone Nation really showed up for these girls. This entire season has been filled with bright spots, I mean Haylee Hardin, what a way to close out the meet. Finley Weldon's beam was incredible. To have a freshman anchor and doing what she did was huge. Moving forward, it is only up from here," said Head Coach Ashley Miles Greig.

Vault (48.400)

Adams had her season debut this evening against Utah on vault. She tallied up a 9.775 for the Cyclones. Aubree Guinee followed close behind with a 9.725.

Paige Wills- 9.650

Ella Roberts- 9.600

Aubree Guinee- 9.725

Frederique Sgarbossa- 9.625

Noelle Adams- 9.750

Haylee Hardin- 9.650

Bars (48.050)

Paige Wills and Hardin both tied on bars for highest scores, each earning a 9.775. Kaia Bochow was yet again another standout in the bar lineup this week. She scored a 9.725.

Paige Wills- 9.775

Taylor Sanders- 9.600

Ella Schell- 9.125

Kennedy Thomas- 8.375

Kaia Bochow- 9.725

Haylee Hardin- 9.775

Beam (47.675)

Freshman Finley Weldon set a new career high on beam this evening against the Red Rocks. With her score of 9.75, she led the Cyclones on scoring. Lauren O'Brochta and Guinee followed behind with scores of 9.65 and 9.625 respectively.

Lauren O'Brochta- 9.650

Chloe Hammond- 9.050

Aubree Guinee- 9.625

Frederique Sgarbossa- 9.050

Noelle Adams- 9.600

Finley Weldon- 9.750

Floor (48.175)

Hardin had an incredible performance on floor this evening, with a score of 9.925. This marks her second highest score on the event in her career. That takes her career 9.9-plus tally to eight. Adams scored a 9.875, giving her a new season high.

Chloe Hammond- 9.500

Madelyn Manternach- 9.400

Aubree Guinee- 9.475

Noelle Adams- 9.875

Haylee Hardin- 9.925

Final Results
Utah: 195.725 (VT: 49.350, UB: 48.750, BB: 49.500, FX: 48.125)

Iowa State: 192.300 (VT: 48.400, UB: 48.050, BB: 47.675, FX: 48.175)