DENVER – The No. 23-ranked University of Denver women's gymnastics team set a new season high while earning its first 197 mark of the year in its home finale against Air Force on Monday.
 
Denver registered a 197.075 to finish ahead of Air Force (195.925) in the teams' second meeting in the last four days.
 
SIGNIFICANT STATS

• Denver ended the meet with a season-high 49.600 on floor, which is now tied for the fourth highest floor score in program history.
• For the second meet in a row, Denver set a new season on vault, earning a 49.275 on Monday.
• DU also posted a new season's best on bars, doing so with a 49.350 that was a full two tenths higher than its previous best.
• Denver finished with 11 scores in the 9.900 range, tied for the seventh most in a single meet in program history.
  • It was the most since 9.900+ scores in a singles meet since the 2025 NCAA Second Round at Utah and the most in a regular-season meet since March 3, 2024.
• After two rotations, Denver held a 98.625, its second highest score midway through a meet this year.
• DU also hit its third highest three-rotation score of the season with a 147.475.
• Freshman Shyla Bhatia stuck her vault for a career-best, near-perfect 9.975, which is tied for the ninth highest score in program history on the event.
• Six DU gymnasts combined to set or tie seven career highs in the meet including at least one on each of the four events led by junior Amanda Hargraves on both beam (9.875) and floor (9.950).

VAULT RECAP
Denver anchored its first rotation with back-to-back stuck vaults to drop a lower score from earlier in the lineup. Senior Mila Brusch had the first stick, doing so on her Yurchenko full to tie her career high of 9.900 for a second straight meet in Magness Arena. Bhatia followed it up with her own stick, hers on a Yurchenko one-and-a-half for a near-perfect 9.975, giving her a stuck vault in her first and last home meets of her freshman season.
 
Leading up to the final two vaults were sturdy hits from junior Maddison Reidenbach and sophomore Addie Hewitt with a 9.850 and 9.825, respectively, immediately following an underrotated vault in the No. 2 spot. Hargraves led off the lineup with what would be the final counted score of a 9.725.
 
BARS RECAP
Four scores at or above 9.800 settled DU in for its best bars rotation of the season so far, highlighted by a season-high 9.950 from senior Kiley Rorich that was just a quarter tenth from her career best and became Denver's single-highest bars score of 2026. Her fellow seniors also made it into the 9.9+ range with Brusch setting a new career high of 9.900 and Cecilia Cooley equaling hers with a 9.925.
 
Reidenbach posted a 9.800 to match her personal best for a second consecutive meet and for the third time in her last four routines. Bhatia had the team's final counted score with a 9.775 that was just off Reidenbach's pace. Freshman Kaitlynd Kastl led off the lineup with a 9.725.
 
BEAM RECAP
For the fifth meet in a row, Denver overcame a fall on beam to drop the scores and continue its streak of not having counted a fall in any meet this season. Freshman Megan Aamold served as the lead off for the second straight meet and improved on her first appearance with a 9.800 on Monday. Fellow freshman Terra Rutter fought through her routine in the No. 2 spot in what proved to be a counted score. Junior Ashley Gallen settled things with a steady 9.800 of her own in the No. 3 spot.
 
After a fall in the fourth routine, Denver's final two gymnasts hit the team's best routines of the rotation, starting with a career-high 9.875 from Hargraves – an improved of nearly a full tenth over her previous best. Cooley competed as the anchor for the second meet in a row, earning a 9.900 that was just off her personal best.
 
FLOOR RECAP
With five scores of 9.900 or higher and all six scores earning at least a 9.850, Denver closed out the meet with a 49.600 for its single best rotation on any event this season. Finishing atop the final meet standings were matching scores of 9.950 for Hargraves and Cooley – the junior's becoming a new career high. Her classmate Gallen, too, set a new personal best, doing so with a 9.900 in DU's first routine.
 
Two more gymnasts added scores of 9.900 in Bhatia and Reidenbach, each just a quarter tenth from their career highs. Rorich competed on floor for the third meet in a row and earned a 9.850 – including a 9.900 from one judge.
 
EXHIBITION NOTES
For the first time since February 14, DU competed with at least one exhibition on all four events. Cooley did so on vault for a 9.725 in what was her first appearance on the event of any kind since February 20. On bars, both Kasparian and freshman Abby Steeley went in exhibition and scored matching 9.825s.
 
Two DU gymnasts competed in beam exhibitions as well, starting with Steeley and a 9.850. Fellow freshman Kastl also made an exhibition appearance for a 9.750. On floor, Hewitt took the spot after sitting out the last two meets and scored a 9.850.
 
PODIUM FINISHES
Vault
Bhatia: First Place – 9.975
Brusch: Third Place – 9.900
 
Bars
Rorich: First Place – 9.950
Cooley: Second Place – 9.925
Brusch: Third Place – 9.900
 
Beam
Cooley: First Place – 9.900
Hargraves: Second Place – 9.875
 
Floor
Cooley: First Place (tie) – 9.950
Hargraves: First Place (tie) – 9.950
Bhatia: Third Place (tie) – 9.900
Gallen: Third Place (tie) – 9.900
Reidenbach: Third Place (tie) – 9.900
 
NEXT UP:
Denver finishes its 2026 regular season at No. 25 Oregon State on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT.