Blanske Tumbles to Success at NCAA Event Finals

Fort Worth, Texas—The Nebraska women’s gymnastics team officially wrapped up the 2015 season Sunday at the NCAA Championships event finals competition, where junior Hollie Blanske represented NU on floor to finish in 11th place with a 9.85 score.

The individual event finals occurred in an alternating format beginning with the finalists on vault and bars. Beam and floor followed, closing out the 2015 championship competition.

Floor saw competition from 15 total competitors, the most of any event. Blanske was the eighth gymnast up on the floor to wrap up the first flight of competitors. The first-team floor All-American tumbled to a 9.85 with a minor low landing on the opening pass, good enough for 11th place on the event overall.

Florida’s Kytra Hunter dominated the field on floor and took the crown with a huge 9.9625. On vault, Stanford frosh standout Elizabeth Price took the title with a 9.9333, while Utah’s Georgia Dabritz snagged the bars title with a 9.9625. UCLA’s Sam Peszek closed out her collegiate career with the beam crown, tallying a 9.95.

On Friday, Hunter and Peszek tied for the all-around national title with matching 39.600 marks. Husker senior Jessie DeZiel was honored on the podium for her sixth-place all-around finish with a 39.425. At last night’s Super Six team finals, Florida won its third straight team title in a row, beating out runner-up Utah 197.850-197.800. Oklahoma took third with a 197.525.

Vault:

1. Elizabeth Price (Stanford)- 9.9333

2. Bridget Sloan (Florida)- 9.925

3T. Kayla Williams (Alabama)- 9.8917

3T. Haley Scaman (Oklahoma)- 9.8917

5. Kari Lee (Utah)- 9.875

6. Ali Jackson (Oklahoma)- 9.8583

7. Myia Hambrick (LSU)- 9.8167

Bars:

1. Georgia Dabritz (Utah)- 9.9625

2T. Bridget Sloan (Florida)- 9.95

2T. Brittany Rogers (Georgia)- 9.95

4. McKenzie Wofford (Oklahoma)- 9.925

5T. Katie Bailey (Alabama)- 9.9

5T. Rheagan Courville (LSU)- 9.9

5T. Keeley Kmieciak (Oklahoma)- 9.9

5T. Elizabeth Price (Stanford)- 9.9

9. Shae Zamardi (LSU)- 9.8625

10. Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma)- 9.85

11. Erika Aufiero (Oregon State)- 9.825

12. Randii Wyrick (LSU)- 9.2875

Beam:

1. Samantha Peszek (UCLA)- 9.95

2. Ivana Hong (Stanford)- 9.9375

3. Madeline Gardiner (Oregon State)- 9.925

4. Chayse Capps (Oklahoma)- 9.9125

5T. Kytra Hunter (Florida)- 9.875

5T. Rebecca Clark (Oklahoma)- 9.875

7. Keeley Kmieciak (Oklahoma)- 9.8625

8T. Caitlin Atkinson (Auburn)- 9.825

8T. Alex McMurtry (Florida)- 9.825

8T. Jessie Jordan (LSU)- 9.825

8T. Talia Chiarelli (Michigan)- 9.825

12. Nicole Artz (Michigan)- 9.8125

13. Kayla Williams (Alabama)- 9.225

Floor:

1. Kytra Hunter (Florida)- 9.9625

2T. Nina McGee (Denver)- 9.95

2T. Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma)- 9.95

4. Haley Scaman (Oklahoma)- 9.9375

5T. Ashleigh Gnat (LSU)- 9.9125

5T. Georgia Dabritz (Utah)- 9.9125

7T. Talia Chiarelli (Michigan)- 9.9

7T. Sachi Sugiyama (Michigan)- 9.9

9T. Mary Beth Box (Georgia)- 9.8875

9T. Samantha Peszek (UCLA)- 9.8875

11. Hollie Blanske (Nebraska)- 9.85

12. Kennedy Baker (Florida)- 9.775

13. Taylor Rice (Stanford)- 9.7625

14. Kari Lee (Utah)- 9.6125

15. Bridgette Caquatto (Florida)- 9.3375