PROVO, Utah – The No. 16-ranked University of Denver women's gymnastics team ended its Big 12 Conference road slate with a second-place finish at No. 23 BYU on Friday night.
 
Denver regrouped from rotation to rotation, routine to routine and extended its streak of not counting a fall all season long on its way to a 195.925. Host BYU finished with a 196.575.
 
SIGNIFICANT STATS

• Denver matched its season high road score on floor with a 49.350 while also hitting its second highest away score on bars with a 49.000.
• Senior Cecilia Cooley won her fifth all-around title in a row while also sharing the win on beam for the third consecutive week.
• Sophomore Addie Hewitt won her first collegiate title, tying atop the vault podium with a new personal best of 9.850.
• Junior Maddison Reidenbach shared the beam title with Cooley, her second career win on the event.

BARS RECAP
DU captured four scores in the 9.800 range to start the meet on bars, beginning with its first routine of the night from freshman Kaitlynd Kastl, who stuck her dismount for a 9.800. Senior Mila Brusch and freshman Shyla Bhatia added their own 9.800s later in the rotation, setting up senior Cecilia Cooley for a 9.825 in the penultimate routine. Senior Kiley Rorich anchored the rotation with a 9.775 for the final counted score.
 
VAULT RECAP
Hewitt's near-stuck Yurchenko full in the anchor slot was the team highlight on vault. The sophomore had only competed in the full lineup once previously in her career and delivered a 9.850 – three tenths higher than her debut vault. Bhatia and fellow freshman Sevana Kasparian shared the team's highest score with matching 9.775s. Cooley and junior Amanda Hargraves had the fourth and fifth counted scores with a 9.700 and 9.675, receptively.
 
FLOOR RECAP
Denver's strongest rotation of the night came on floor once again, counting only scores of 9.800 or higher for the sixth time through the first seven meets. Bhatia and Reidenbach filled the middle of the lineup with back-to-back 9.900s, the highest DU scores of the night on any event. Hargraves equaled her career high with a 9.875, and Cooley delivered a 9.850. In the lead-off spot, junior Ashley Gallen had a 9.825 for another counted score above 9.800. Hewitt narrowly stepped out of bounds, earning a 9.775 following the one-tenth neutral deduction in the No. 6 spot.
 
BEAM RECAP
For the second meet in a row, DU rallied after a fall in the second beam routine to not count the mistake. Highlighting the rotation were hit sets from Cooley and Reidenbach in the Nos. 4 and 5 spots, each registering a 9.875. Gallen started things off with a 9.725, and freshman Megan Aamold earned a 9.700 – despite missing a connection and starting from a 9.900 – in the anchor spot to ensure DU would not count the fall. Hargraves returned to the lineup for the first time since the second meet of the year and had what would be in the final counted score a 9.625 in the routine immediately following the fall.
 
EXHIBITION NOTES
DU opted to only compete with two exhibitions in the meet. For the third meet in a row, Kasparian did so on bars and registered a 9.675. Kastl went for the second consecutive week on beam, earning a 9.800.
 
PODIUM FINISHES
Vault
Hewitt: First Place (tie) – 9.850
 
Bars
Cooley: Third Place – 9.825
 
Beam
Cooley: First Place (tie) – 9.875
Reidenbach: First Place (tie) – 9.875
 
Floor
Bhatia: Third Place (tie) – 9.900
Reidenbach: Third Place (tie) – 9.900
 
All-Around
Cooley: First Place – 39.250
Reidenbach: Second Place – 39.075
 
NEXT UP:
Denver returns home to Magness Arena for its Big 12 Conference finale against Utah on Sunday, March 1, at 1:45 p.m. MT.
 
TICKETS:
Tickets for the 2026 University of Denver gymnastics season are now on sale and can be purchased online, by calling 303-871-4625 or by visiting the Ritchie Center Box Office.