Broncos to Host Southern Utah on Senior Night

Friday, March 13

Boise, Idaho

6 p.m. MT

Boise State

Southern Utah

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3/11/2026 11:55:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics

Meet Notes

WHAT'S NEXT: Boise State will compete at home for the final time in the regular season, hosting Southern Utah for a Senior Night dual. The Broncos and Flippin' Birds will meet at 6 p.m. in ExtraMile Arena on Friday, March 13. Following the meet, Boise State will recognize seniors Anna Ferguson, Kylee Hamby, Sydney Kho, Sydney Leitch and Brantley Lucas, as well as fifth year Blake Pascal.

FOLLOW THE MEET: Live scoring for the meet will be available for free on Virtius. A free live stream will also be available on the Mountain West Network. Both links can be located on BroncoSports.com.

SCOUTING SOUTHERN UTAH: Southern Utah enters the meet with an NQS of 195.967, ranking 26th in the NCAA. The Flippin' Birds are 21st in the country on floor, posting an NQS of 49.200. Niya Randolph, the team's top performer on bars (9.870 NQS) is tied for 18th in the nation with a 39.355 all-around NQS.

CONFERENCE AWARD WINNERS: Blake Pascal earned Mountain West Co-Floor Specialist of the Week honors following her 9.900 routine and event crown at San Jose State. This is the first weekly conference award of the fifth year's career. Her 9.900 equaled her career-high and marked her 14th-career floor score of 9.850 or higher. After notching a career-best 9.875 on beam at California, Sydnie Whipple was named MW Co-Freshman of the Week, her first-career weekly accolade. The Broncos have six total awards this year.

BEAM QUEENS: Boise State recorded its top beam score of the season in the March 7 dual at Cal, tallying a 49.150. Sydney Whipple paced the Broncos with a career-best 9.875, followed by Sydney Kho, who posted a 9.850, her fourth-straight meet with a beam routine of 9.800 or better. Brantley Lucas added a career-high 9.825 while Isabella Delarosa and Kristina Shchennikova each added a 9.800. This was the Broncos first meet with five 9.800+ beam scores since March 7, 2025.

BROUGHT IT ON BARS: Boise State also notched its best bars score of the season at California, posting a 49.100. This was the Broncos' third-straight meet improving their season-high mark on the apparatus. Kristina Shchennikova led the way with a 9.925, setting a career-high and matching the program's highest bars score at a non-home meet since Jan. 20, 2025 (Emily Lopez). Mahleea Werline posted a season-best 9.875, equaling her career-best score. Noelle Ball matched her season-high with a 9.825.

SEASON-BESTS IN SAN JOSE: On March 1, Boise State swept a road quad at San Jose State, posting a season-high 196.275 while adding season-best scores on vault (49.150) and floor (49.275). Julia Krzywanski (vault) and Blake Pascal (floor) each scored a 9.900 on their respective routines to earn a share of the event title for the first time this year. It was Krzywanski's first-career win and Pascal's fifth.

FABULOUS ON FLOOR: Boise State had its best rotation of the year at San Jose State, posting a 49.275 on floor. Blake Pascal earned a share of the event title with a 9.900. Anna Ferguson (9.875), Delaney Reeves (9.850) and Kristina Shchennikova (9.825) all had career-best routines while Miraya Nero added a 9.825. This was the Broncos' highest floor score since March 14, 2025.

BIG SCORES ON VAULT: The Broncos secured their quad meet sweep with a season-best 49.150 on vault, their best score since Feb. 28, 2025. Julia Krzywanski captured her first event title with a career-high 9.900, while Noelle Ball added a career-best 9.850. Bridget Kemp matched her career-high with a 9.825 and Sydney Kho tallied a 9.800.

TRIO OF AWARDS: Following their 9.900 beam routines at the Feb. 15 Metroplex Challenge, Miraya Nero and Kristina Shchennikova were named Mountain West Co-Beam Specialists of the Week, with Nero adding MW Co-Freshman of the Week. Nero has three MW weekly awards this season, most on the team. This was Shchennikova's first weekly honor of the year and team-best ninth of her career, with four of those being MW Beam Specialist of the Week.

FANTASTIC FRESHMAN: Miraya Nero was also named Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Week after her Jan. 16 performance at BYU, where she won the all-around crown with a 39.075 and tied for second on beam with a 9.825. She posted a career-high 9.850 on floor in the Jan. 30 home quad and was the vault runner-up at the Metroplex Challenge on Feb. 15, scoring 9.850. At Utah State, she captured her second all-around crown, becoming the first Boise State freshman to win two all-around titles since 2017 (Courtney McGregor). At San Jose State (March 1), she earned a career-high 9.800 on bars and notched the program's best all-around score (39.125) since 2021 (Hope Masiado).

KRISTINA KEEPS IT GOING: Kristina Shchennikova won a share of the bars title in Boise State's Feb. 6 quad, recording a 9.875. It gave the sophomore her first-career win on the apparatus. She has four overall wins in her career, posting three on beam last season. She is the only gymnast on the Boise State roster with a title in multiple events in her career. On March 1 at San Jose State, she tallied a 9.825 on beam to tie for second and added a career-high 9.825 on floor. In a March 7 dual at California, she tied for second on bars with a career-best 9.925, Boise State's top-scoring routine this year.

LOCAL LEGENDS: Freshmen and Meridian, Idaho natives Isabella Delarosa and Sydnie Whipple have made an early impact on their hometown team. Delarosa competed at home for the first time on Jan. 30, scoring 9.825 on beam to earn a share of the event title, the first of her career. The following week, she posted a career-high 9.800 on vault, Boise State's highest score in the Feb. 6 home quad. Whipple earned a 9.800 on beam in her second-career routine at the Feb. 20 dual at Utah State, then followed with a team-high 9.875 on beam at California, capturing Mountain West Co-Freshman of the Week honors. This is the first time multiple Broncos have been named MW Freshman of the Week in the same season, with Miraya Nero winning twice.

KHO-BOOM: Senior Sydney Kho captured her first vault title of the year and second of her career at Air Force on Jan. 23, scoring a season-high 9.825. On March 7, she tallied a 9.850 on beam, her fourth-straight routine of at least 9.800. The senior has appeared in Boise State's vault lineup in all but two meets since joining the Broncos, completing 44 routines.

PACK THE X: Boise State set a single-meet attendance record in the Jan. 30 home opener, announcing a crowd of 2.986. The Broncos followed with a crowd of 2,667 on Feb. 6, giving them an average home attendance of 2,827, which is on pace to shatter the current record of 2,196, set in 2025.

CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE: One season after winning the inaugural Mountain West Championships, Boise State won the 2025 MW regular season crown. The Broncos had the league's top NQS on bars (49.240), beam (49.080) and floor (49.105) last year. This season, the Broncos will host the Mountain West Championships in ExtraMile Arena. The championship meet is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 21.

BIRD BACK WITH THE BRONCOS: Head coach Tina Bird is in her 19th season at the helm, serving as co-head coach from 2008-19 before becoming the lone head coach in 2020. From 1990-2007, she was an assistant coach for Boise State. Bird was a gymnast at Boise State from 1986-89, holding the school's floor record for four years. In her 36 years on staff, Boise State has produced 34 NCAA Regional appearances, 15 conference titles and 13 All-Americans. Bird has earned the conference coach of the year eight times, including the last two awards in the Mountain West.

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST RETURNERS: Boise State returns three All-Mountain West selections from last season, led by Co-Freshman of the Year Kristina Shchennikova, who was also a second-team selection on bars. She earned MW Freshman of the Week five times and MW Beam Specialist of the Week three times throughout the 2025 campaign, winning three beam titles during her rookie year. Also coming back for the Broncos are two All-MW floor selections. First-team honoree Blake Pascal returns for her fifth year and second-team honoree Bridget Kemp is back for her sophomore campaign. Pascal has five-career wins on floor with Kemp adding two.

--BroncoSports.com--