IOWA STATE CYCLONES 2017 GYMNASTICS NOTES APRIL 1 4:00 PM LINCOLN, NEB. BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER TOP CYCLONE STORIES 2017 IOWA STATE QUICK FACTS

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1 IOWA STATE CYCLONES 2017 GYMNASTICS NOTES IOWA STATE (11-9, 0-5 BIG 12) AT NCAA LINCOLN REGIONAL APRIL 1 4:00 PM LINCOLN, NEB. BOB DEVANEY SPORTS CENTER Video: huskers.com Live Stats: huskers.com Twitter: for updates during the meet SCHEDULE 11-9, 0-5 Big 12 Conference JANUARY Fri. 6 Arizona State (W) Fri. 13 Towson (W) UW-Oshkosh (W) Sat. 21 at Arizona (L) Fri. 27 Oklahoma* (L) Sun. 29 at Texas Woman s (W) FEBRUARY Fri. 3 Centenary (W) SE Missouri (W) Fri. 10 at Missouri (L) vs. Lindenwood (W) Fri. 17 vs. GWU (W) Illinois State (W) Gustavus Adolphus (W) Sun. 26 at West Virginia* (L) vs. Maryland (W) MARCH Sat. 4 at Iowa$ (L) Fri. 10 at Alabama (L) Sat. 19 Big 12 Championship* (4th/4) APRIL Sat. 1 Lincoln Regional 4 p.m. Fri. 14 NCAA Championships# All Day BOLD indicates home meet. *Big 12 Conference meet $Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series #NCAA Championships in St. Louis, MO All Iowa State Gymnastics home meets will be shown live on Cyclones.TV Powered by Mediacom. TOP CYCLONE STORIES 1. The Iowa State gymnastics team will compete at the NCAA Lincoln Regional competition on Saturday at 4 p.m. The meet will take place at Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. 2. The Cyclones finished their season with a Regional Qualifing Score of in order to qualify for the NCAA Regional competition, making it back into the NCAA Gymnastics Championships regionals after missing out for the first time in 20 years last season. 3. The Cyclones will be competing as one of six teams at the Regional competition, including No. 2 LSU, No. 11 Boise State, No. 14 Nebraska, No. 25 Arizona, and Minnesota. The meet will also be host to individual competitiors from Air Force. 4. In the Big 12 Championship, the Cyclones earned their ninth-consecutive 195+ score with a to take fourth place behind No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 7 Denver, and No. 22 West Virginia. 5. The team finished off the regular season with a season high score of , nearly defeating the No. 6 team in the country, Alabama. The score marks the highest scored by an Iowa State team since the 2014 Big 12 Championships, and the highest regular season score since 2007 against Iowa. 6. ISU s meet at Alabama was led by junior Haylee Young, who earned the Cyclones highest score on every event to earn a career-high on vault, uneven bars and the all-around with a This is the first time an Iowa State gymnast has earned an A-A score that high since Janet Anson in Young holds the team s season-highs on beam and the all-around this season. The Des Moines native currently ranks fifth in the Big 12 and No. 19 in the country with her all-around RQS of on the season. 8. The Cyclones earned their season-high scores on vault and uneven bars at the meet with a and , respectively. 9. Helping the Cyclones to their season-high vault score was 2016 NCAA Championship qualifier, Meaghan Sievers, who holds the Cyclones season-high vault score with a Sievers, a sophomore, became the third Iowa State gymnast in program history to compete at an NCAA Championship as an event specialist after she qualified on vault at the 2016 Minneapolis Regional. 11. Iowa State has made two appearances in the top-25 this season, the first coming after the team s second-best meet of the season where they scored a at Texas Woman s University on Jan To earn their season-high score, the team recorded a on balance beam, tying for the fourth-highest beam score in school history. The beam score the Cyclones posted is tied for the ninth-highest balance beam score in the country this season IOWA STATE QUICK FACTS Location Ames, Iowa Enrollment 36,660 Nickname/Mascot Cyclones/Cy Colors Cardinal & Gold Conference Big 12 University President Dr. Steven Leath Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard Arena Hilton Coliseum Head Coach Jay Ronayne Career Record (11th year) at Iowa State Letterwinners Returning COACHING STAFF Contact Cassidy Mace, Athletics Communications Student Assistant Iowa State University Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA Cyclones.com Head Coach Jay Ronayne Last name pronounced: row-nayne 11th year Massachusetts, 89 Associate Head Coach Katie Minasola. 6th year Massachusetts, 03 Assistant Coach Nilson Medeiros Savage Name pronounced: NEAL-son meh-der-ohs 1st year Universidade Gama Filho, 86 cjmace@iastate.edu

2 JAY RONAYNE Head Coach 11th Season Hometown: Worcester, Mass. College: Massachusetts, 89 Wife: Mary Ronayne Jay Ronayne is in his 11th year as head gymnastics coach at Iowa State University. Ronayne has seen his Cyclones succeed both in the gym and in the classroom, while witnessing record attendance figures during his tenure. In his nine years at Iowa State, the Worcester, Mass., native has coached multiple All-Americans, two Big 12 Gymnasts of the Year, a Big 12 Event Specialist of the Year, a pair of Big 12 Newcomer-of-the-Year recipients and guided gymnasts six times to the NCAA National Championships in the all-around. Ronayne s Cyclones have qualified to an NCAA Regional 10 out of 11 years of his tenure. He has also seen his squads come within 0.1 of a point from being Big 12 champions, and Ronayne has coached nine Big 12 individual champions. During his tenure in Ames, Ronayne has seen record crowds come to watch his Cyclones inside Hilton Coliseum. The top four attended meets in Iowa State history, including a record crowd of 7,732 against Oklahoma on Feb. 8, 2013, have come under Ronayne s watch. Iowa State consistently ranks among the nation s best in attendance numbers, as the Cyclones have finished the season in the top 25 in national attendance for 14-straight years was highlighted by a star senior and a bright future. Senior Caitlin Brown qualified for the NCAA Championships as an individual for the second-straight year, making it five times in the last six years Ronayne has had an individual qualify for the NCAA Championships. Brown s senior year had many highs, tying a school record on balance beam, regular and postseason All-America honors on beam and a Big 12 championship on uneven bars, the apparatus coached by Ronayne. ISU s future is bright as a talented freshman class was welcomed into the program in Among the stars was 2015 s Big 12 All-Around champion, Haylee Young, the first Big 12 all-around crown for Iowa State in 12 years. Ronayne was named head coach at Iowa State on July 5, He came to Iowa State after four seasons ( ) as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Auburn SEASON: VAULT The Cyclones earned their best score of the day at the Big 12 Championship with a on vault. Haylee Young led the team on the event, tying her career-high with a to tie for second place on the event. Young competed on vault in every meet last season, including the Minneapolis Regional, where she competed in the all-around. She came into 2017 with a career-high on the apparatus, which she hit three times last season. She also recorded a three other times. Iowa State earned its highest vault score in their final regular-season meet at No. 6 Alabama with a Meaghan Sievers brought in the second-best score for the Cyclones with a Earlier this season, Sievers tied her career-high score at West Virginia with a Sievers led the Cyclones on vault in 2016, earning herself a spot at the NCAA Championship as an individual competitor on the event and earning a She also held the team s highest season score on the event last season after earning a for her vault at Illinois. She led Iowa State on vault in eight out of 13 meets in Kelsey Paz earned the third-highest score for ISU with a at the Big 12 Championship, just one week after recording a career-high at No. 6 Alabama. Kelly Martin brought in the next best score for Iowa State on vault with a Sydney Converse competed on vault for the second time this season, scoring a after recovering from an off-season injury. She hit her career- high in her first appearance this season with a against Alabama. Converse earned a spot at the 2016 Minneapolis Regional Championship on vault. Converse was a steady competitor on the event throughout Briana Ledesma also competed for Iowa State against Alabama, scoring a Ledesma and fellow junior Courtney Middelkoop have both subbed in and out of the lineup throughout the season on vault. Middelkoop competed as an exhibition at last Friday s meet. The ISU vault team is coached by head coach Jay Ronayne SEASON: UNEVEN BARS ISU started of the Big 12 Championship on the uneven bars, earning a team score of The team was led by Haylee Young with a Young tied her career-high at No. 6 Alabama the week prior with a to help the team to their season-high score of Young worked her way into a regular spot in the uneven bars line-up during the second half of the 2016 season, after fighting to overcome a shoulder injury that made the event difficult for the Des Moines native. Three Cyclones earned a at the Big 12 Championship to tie for ISU s next-highest score. One of the gymnasts, Meaghan Sievers, held Iowa State s season-high individual score on the event in 2016 after scoring a career-high Hilary Green also earned the score of at Big 12s and boasts a career-high of 9.900, which she has hit twice in her career. Green was ISU s top returning performer on bars, recording two s in 2016 to tie with Meaghan Sievers as the season-high individual score. She also finished tied for third on bars at the NCAA Regional last season. Briana Ledesma recorded a as well. Ledesma is the Cyclones individual season-high score holder on the uneven bars with a at TWU, which also serves as the junior s career-high on the event. Kelsey Paz earned a to round out the scoring for Iowa State on the uneven bars. Both Paz and Johnson earned their career-high with a to help the Cyclones to their seasonhigh at No. 6 Alabama. The biggest change for the Cyclones on the uneven bars in 2017 has been the new uneven bars coach, Neilson Medieros Savage, who just returned from coaching Venezuelan gymnast Jessica Lopez at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. The Iowa State bars team is coached by assistant coach Nilson Medieros Savage.

3 2017 SEASON: BALANCE BEAM ISU earned their third-highest score of the day at the Big 12 Championship on balance beam with a Freshman Casandra Diaz led the team for the first time in her career with a on the event. Diaz holds a career-high on beam with a 9.900, the first time a freshman has earned the score since Young earned it in the 2015 Beauty and the Beast. The freshman s career-high helped Iowa State to their highest event score of the season, a against Texas Woman s University. The score marks a tie for the fourth-highest beam score in school history, and is tied for the ninth-highest balance beam score in the country this season. Sydney Converse hit the next-highest score for the Cyclones on the event at Big 12 s with a 9.775, having worked her way back into the lineups after rehabbing a foot injury for the first half of the season. Converse qualifed as an individual event specialist on balance beam for the Minneapolis Regional Championship in She proved herself as a consistent competitor on beam in 2016, making the line-up in all 13 regular season meets. Converse earned her career-high in 2016 with a against No. 23 West Virginia. Kelsey Paz scored a to bring in the third-highest score for ISU. Paz is a regular in the lineup s lead-off slot, and hit a career-high this season at Texas Woman s University with a Haylee Young and Meaghan Sievers both earned s on beam to round out the scoring at the Big 12 Championship. Young is the team s current indvidual season-high holder with a on the event. Young is regularly a consistant scorer on beam for the Cyclones. The junior scored the second of her career on beam in 2016 against No. 14 Nebraska, NC State, and UW-La Crosse at Hilton Coliseum. The score tied for the Iowa State season-high on the event for The Iowa State balance beam group is coached by associate head coach Katie Minasola SEASON: FLOOR EXERCISE The Cyclones earned their second-highest score at the Big 12 Championship on floor with a in the third rotation, which placed them ahead of No. 22 West Virginia going into the final rotation of the meet. Haylee Young earned the Cyclones highest score on the event with a Young earned the Cyclones highest individual event score of 2016 with a to place first against in-state rival No. 17 Iowa and currently ranks 22nd nationally on the event. In 2017, Young has hit five s and six s. Sophomores Hilary Green and Briana Ledesma both scored s on the event to tie for Iowa State s next-highest score. Ledesma is the Cyclones current individual high score holder for the season after hitting a on floor against UW-Oshkosh and Towson. Ledesma excelled on floor in 2016, earning herself a then career-high to take second place on the event against Iowa, and has showed her continued improvement on the event in 2017 with a martial arts-inspired routine. Two more Cyclones tied on the event with s to round out the scoring at the Big 12 Championship. Both Courtney Middelkoop and Kelsey Paz earned the score to finish out the scoring routines. Meaghan Sievers also competed on the event at the Big 12 Championship, her fourth time competing on the event this season after debuting her routine at West Virginia earlier this season and earning a season-high at No. 14 Iowa. The Cyclones earned their highest floor score of the season against No. 14 Iowa with a Three Iowa State gymnasts earned 9.900s at the meet to earn the season-high score. The three Cyclones were juniors Haylee Young, Briana Ledesma, and Kelsey Paz. The score marks Paz s career-high on the event. The Iowa State floor team is coached by associate head coach Katie Minasola. BIG 12 ROUNDUP 2017 BIG 12 GYMNAST OF THE WEEK Jan. 10 Chayse Capps, Oklahoma Jan. 17 Chayse Capps, Oklahoma Jan. 24 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Jan. 31 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Feb. 7 Kirah Kishinski, West Virginia Feb. 14 Maddie Karr, Denver Feb. 21 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Feb. 28 Chayse Capps, Oklahoma March 7 Chayse Capps, Oklahoma March 14 Maddie Karr, Denver 2017 BIG 12 EVENT SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK Jan. 10 Stefanie Catour, Oklahoma Jan. 17 AJ Jackson, Oklahoma Jan. 24 AJ Jackson, Oklahoma Jan. 31 AJ Jackson, Oklahoma Feb. 7 Nicole Lehrmann, Oklahoma Feb. 14 AJ Jackson, Oklahoma Feb. 21 Stefanie Catour, Oklahoma Feb. 28 McKenzie Wofford, Oklahoma March 7 Leah Lomonte, Denver March 14 AJ Jackson, Oklahoma 2017 BIG 12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Jan. 10 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Jan. 17 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Jan. 24 Sam Ogden, Denver Jan. 31 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Feb. 7 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Feb. 14 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma Feb. 21 Maddie Karr, Denver Feb. 28 Jade Degouvela, Oklahoma March 7 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma March 14 Maggie Nichols, Oklahoma THIS WEEK AROUND THE BIG 12 Denver: Fayetteville Regional- April 1, 4 p.m. Iowa State: Lincoln Regional- April 1, 4 p.m. Oklahoma: Seattle Regional- April 1, 4 p.m. West Virginia: Morgantown Regional- April 1, 4 p.m. All Times Central

4 ROAD TO NATIONALS TOP-25 POLL Oklahoma 2. LSU 3. Florida 4. Utah 5. UCLA 6. Alabama 7. Michigan 8. Oregon State 9. Denver 10. Georgia 11. Boise State 12. Kentucky 13. Washington 14. Nebraska 15. Missouri 16. California 17. Iowa 18. Southern Utah 19. Illinois 20. George Washington 21. Auburn 22. Eastern Michigan 23. West Virginia 24. Utah State 25. Arizona Note: National Rankings are based on average score for the first six weeks of the season, before ranking criteria changes to Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). A team s RQS is calculated by taking its top six scores, of which at least three must be from away meets, dropping the highest score, and averaging the remaining five scores. The final rankings of the season are based on National Qualifying Score (NQS), which is calculated by adding the regional meet score with the RQS INDIVIDUAL SEASON-HIGH SCORES Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Burns, Laura (Twice) Converse, Sydney (3-10) (2-3) Diaz, Casandra (1-29) (2-3)...- Green, Hilary (4 Times) (1-25) (1-27)...- Johnson, Madeline (Twice) (3-10) (1-29) Ledesma, Briana (3-4) (1-29) (1-13)...- Martin, Kelly (Twice) Middelkoop, Courtney (2-10) (3-10)...- O Dell, Micole Paz, Kelsey (3-10) (3-10) (1-29) (3-4) (3-4) Russ, Molly (Twice) (2-10)...- Sievers, Meaghan (2-26) (3 Times) (1-27) (3-4) (3-10) Walsh, Riley White, Emily Young, Haylee (Twice) (3-10) (1-29) (5 Times) (3-10) 2017 SEASON POINT TOTALS Young, Haylee Paz, Kelsey Sievers, Meaghan Ledesma, Briana Green, Hilary Johnson, Madeline Middelkoop, Courtney Diaz, Casandra Russ, Molly Martin, Kelly Sydney Converse Burns, Laura

5 INDIVIDUAL CAREER-HIGH SCORES Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around Burns, Laura (Twice) Converse, Sydney ( ) (2-5-16) ( )...- Diaz, Casandra ( ) (2-3-17)...- Green, Hilary (Twice) ( ) (3-6-15)...- Johnson, Madeline (Twice) ( ) ( ) Ledesma, Briana ( ) ( ) ( )...- Martin, Kelly (4 Times) Middelkoop, Courtney (4-4-15) ( ) (Twice)...- O Dell, Micole (Twice) (2-8-15)...- Paz, Kelsey ( ) ( ) (Twice) (3-4-17) (3-4-17) Russ, Molly (Twice) ( )...- Sievers, Meaghan (Twice) ( ) ( ) (3-4-16) (Twice) Walsh, Riley White, Emily Young, Haylee (Twi ce) ( ) ( ) (3-4-16) ( ) 2017 TEAM-HIGH SCORES Vault (3-10) Bars (3-10) Beam (1-29) Floor (3-4) Overall (3-10) 2017 INDIVIDUAL-HIGH SCORES Vault (Sievers) Bars (Ledesma) Beam (Young) Floor (Ledesma) All-Around (Young) 2017 TEAM AVERAGES Vault Bars Beam Floor Overall CAREER POINT TOTALS Young, Haylee...1, Paz, Kelsey...1, Ledesma, Briana Sievers, Meaghan Green, Hilary Converse, Sydney Middelkoop, Courtney Johnson, Madeline O Dell, Micole Martin, Kelly Diaz, Casandra Russ, Molly Burns, Laura MARI-RAE SOPPER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE WINNERS Jan. 6...Briana Ledesma Jan Briana Ledesma Jan Casandra Diaz Feb. 3...Hilary Green Feb Meaghan Sievers The Mari-Rae Sopper Outstanding Performance award is presented to the Iowa State gymnast whose performance inspired and captivated the Cyclone coaches, teammates and fans at home meets. The honor is in memory of former Cyclone gymnast Marie-Rae Sopper who was aboard the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

6 Laura Burns Fr. - AA St. Charles, Ill. St. Charles North Legacy Gymnastics Sydney Converse So. - AA Stone Mountain, Ga. Parkview Georgia Gymnastics Academy Casandra Diaz Fr. - AA Downey, Calif. Downey Broadway Gymnastics Hilary Green Jr. - AA Madison, Ala. James Clemens Calvin Twister s Gymnastics Madeline MJ Johnson So. - AA North St. Paul, Minn. North St. Paul Flips Gymnastics Briana Ledesma Jr. - AA San Antonio, Texas Theodore Roosevelt Aerial Athletics Kelly Martin So. - AA North Haven, Conn. Hamdel Hall Connecticut Gymnastics Academy Courtney Middelkoop Jr. - AA Richardson, Texas Canyon Creek Christian Richardson Gymnastics Team Micole, O Dell Jr. - AA Woodstock, Ga. River Ridge Georgia All-Stars Gymnastics Kelsey Paz Jr. - AA Sioux City, Iowa East Siouxland Gymnastics Academy Molly Russ Fr. - AA Cincinnati, Ohio Mount Notre Dame Queen City Gymnastics Meaghan Sievers Riley Walsh So. - AA Fr. - AA Gary, S.D. Highlands Ranch, Colo Deuel Mountain Vista All-American Gymnastics Academy Colorado Gymnastics Institute Emily White Haylee Young Fr. - AA Jr. - AA Winston-Salem, N.C. Des Moines, Iowa East Forsyth Valley High Point Gymnastics Academy Triad Gymnastics Jay Ronayne Head Coach - 11th Year Massachusetts Nilson Medeiros Savage Assistant Coach - 1st Year Gama Filho Katie Minasola Assistant Coach - 6th Year Massachusetts Mary Ronayne Dir. of Operations - 11th Year West Virginia

7 MEET SCORES Meet 1 Iowa State vs. Arizona State Jan. 6, 2017 (Ames, Iowa) Meet 2 Iowa State vs. Towson and Wisconsin-Oshkosh Jan. 13, 2017 (Ames, Iowa) Burns Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Martin Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Arizona State Burns Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Towson UW-Oshkosh Meet 3 Iowa State at Arizona at McKale Memorial Center Jan. 21, 2017 (Tucson, Ariz.) Meet 4 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Oklahoma Jan. 27, 2017 (Ames, Iowa) Burns Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Martin Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Arizona Iowa State Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Oklahoma Iowa State

8 MEET SCORES Meet 5 Iowa State vs. Texas Woman s University at Kitty Magee Arena Jan. 29, 2017 (Denton, Texas) Meet 6 Iowa State vs. Centenary and Southeast Missouri Feb. 3, 2017 (Ames, Iowa) Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Texas Woman s Converse Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Martin Middelkoop Paz Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State S.E. Missouri Centenary Meet 7 Iowa State at No. 13 Missouri w/ No. 14 George Washington & Lindenwood at Hearnes Center Feb. 10, 2017 (Columbia, Mo.) Meet 8 Iowa State vs. Gustavus Adolphus and Illinois State Feb. 17, 2017 (Ames, Iowa) Converse Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Martin Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Missouri Iowa State GW Lindenwood Converse Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Illinois State Gustavus

9 Meet 9 Iowa State vs. West Virginia and Maryland at WVU Coliseum Feb. 26, 2017 (Morgantown, W. Va.) Converse Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State West Virginia Maryland Meet 10 Iowa State vs. No. 14 Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena March 4, 2017 (Iowa City, Iowa) Converse Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Russ Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Iowa Meet 11 Iowa State vs. No. 6 Alabama at Coleman Coliseum March 10, 2017 (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Meet 12 Iowa State at the Big 12 Championship at Dr. Pepper Arena March 18, 2017 (Frisco, Texas) Converse Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Martin Middelkoop Paz Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Alabama Converse Diaz Green Johnson Ledesma Middelkoop Paz Sievers Young Team Totals Iowa State Oklahoma Denver West Virginia