Cyclones Place Third at Border Battle

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Iowa State (1-3, 0-0 Big 12) placed third Saturday evening as it participated in its first multi-team meet of the season, the Border Battle. The meet, hosted by the Iowa Hawkeyes, also featured both Illinois and Illinois State. The Cyclones finished with 193.425, Iowa finished 196.000, Illinois with 194.950 and Illinois State with 191.900. The result does not count toward the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.

Kaia Bochow and Frederique Sgarbossa were ISU's high scorers on the afternoon as each tallied a 9.85 on bars. The 9.85 marked a new career high for Bochow. Noelle Adams also had a standout performance for ISU as she recorded a score of 9.825 on floor.

"A much better result tonight for the team. There was a lot of improvement over the week, just by the sheer will of these athletes. Definitely some highlights today, you know, Kaia Bochow earned a new career high on bars. So, we're just going to continue to improve and stay on this trajectory," said Head Coach Ashley Miles Greig.

Vault (48.175)

Ella Schell was the leader on vault for Iowa State on the day as she put up a score of 9.7. Sgarbossa earned a 9.65. Aubree Guinee and Paige Wills both tallied up scores of 9.625. For Wills, it was her second consecutive meet scoring a 9.625.

Ella Schell- 9.700

Frederique Sgarbossa- 9.650

Aubree Guinee- 9.625

Paige Wills- 9.625

Chloe Hammond- 9.575

Ella Roberts- 9.075

Bars (48.900)

Bars was an event for season highs for ISU. Kaia Bochow and Sgarbossa tied for the Cyclones on bars, as each earned 9.85. Sgarbossa's score was a season high. Schell followed with a 9.775, which was a season-high for her. Paige Wills scored a of 9.70 for ISU which was her high through two meets.

Kaia Bochow- 9.850

Frederique Sgarbossa- 9.850

Ella Schell- 9.775

Paige Wills- 9.700

Kennedy Thomas- 9.675

Peyton Nock- 8.800

Beam (48.050)

Chloe Hammond and Noelle Adams tied for the high score on beam for Iowa State as each put up scores of 9.675. The 48.050 was .250 higher than its opening meet score at Missouri.

Chloe Hammond- 9.675

Noelle Adams- 9.675

Frederique Sgarbossa- 9.625

Aubree Guinee- 9.600

Lauren O'Brochta- 9.475

Finley Weldon- 8.925

Floor (48.300)

Noelle Adams had a solid performance on floor on Saturday. She earned a score of 9.825, which marked a new season high as she finished fourth in the event. Ella Schell put up a score of 9.75, and Hammond was close behind with a 9.65.

Noelle Adams- 9.825

Ella Schell- 9.750

Chloe Hammond- 9.650

Aubree Guinee- 9.625

Frederique Sgarbossa- 9.450

Madelyn Manternach- 9.225

Final Results

Iowa: 196.000 (VT: 49.000, UB: 49.275, BB: 48.700, FX: 49.025)

Illinois: 194.950 (VT: 48.650, UB: 49.050, BB: 48.800, FX: 48.450)

Iowa State: 193.425 (VT: 48.175, UB: 48.900 BB: 48.050, FX: 48.300)

Illinois State: 191.900 (VT: 48.425, UB: 48.100, BB: 47.150, FX: 48.225)