SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Senior
Cammi Johnson posted event wins on both vault and uneven bars while junior co-captain
Kelley Hebert notched her fourth career beam score of 9.9 or better, leading UC Davis to a winning 191.825 team total in women's collegiate gymnastics dual meet at the Nest Sunday afternoon.
Host Sacramento State scored a 191.175 in the meet.
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Johnson joined teammate
Gabby Landess as part of a three-way tie for first place with a 9.775 on bars, then won the vault outright with a 9.700 effort in the second rotation. Hebert led the Aggies with a 9.775 on floor exercise in the third rotation, then popped her 9.900 to anchor the beam lineup in the fourth. Johnson added a 9.750 beam to round out a strong three-event performance for the day.
Other UC Davis highlights included sophomores
Cortney Cunningham and
Shannon Sklow. Cunningham put up a 9.725 on bars, then turned in 9.525 on vault and 9.575 on floor. Sklow made her bars debut with a 9.600 score, then posted a 9.625 on floor.Â
Landess was the lone Aggie all-arounder for the meet. She shared the meet title on bars with the 9.775, then went 9.600 on vault and 9.725 on floor before suffering a fall on beam. Landess finished with a 38.150, behind Sac State's Jordyn Brent, who won the floor (9.825) and all-around (38.725).
Hebert's 9.900 is her fourth such score on beam in her career. She previously tied the school record of 9.925 late in the 2018 season. Hebert also has hit the 9.9 threshold eight times on floor, including five straight late in her sophomore season.
Sunday's meet also saw the debut of two Aggie freshmen:
Rachel Schuelke led off on vault (9.350) and beam (9.400), while
Petra Engstrom was the first up on floor (9.325).Â
UC Davis returns home to host the NorCal Classic with Sacramento State, San Jose State, Cal and Stanford on January 12. Meet time is 2 p.m. at the Pavilion.
TEAM SCORES - 1. UC Davis, 191.825; 2. Sacramento State, 191.175.
VAULT - 1.
Cammi Johnson, UC Davis, 9.700; 2. Jordyn Brent, Sac State, 9.650; 3(tie). Destiny Watley, Sac State;
Alyssa Ito, UC Davis, 9.625.
UNEVEN BARS - 1 (tie).
Cammi Johnson, UC Davis;
Gabby Landess, UC Davis; Taylor Weber, Sac State, 9.775.
BALANCE BEAM - 1.
Kelley Hebert, UC Davis, 9.900; 2. Amber Koeth, Sac State, 9.825; 3(tie). Taylor Weber, Sac State; Kendra Braida, Sac State, 9.775.
FLOOR EXERCISE - 1. Jordyn Brent, Sac State, 9.825; 2.
Kelley Hebert, UC Davis, 9.775; 3.
Gabby Landess, UC Davis, 9.725.
ALL-AROUND - 1. Jordyn Brent, Sac State, 38.725; 2.
Gabby Landess, UC Davis, 38.150.
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