Utah State’s Melanie Oster has been named the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference Co-Beam Specialist of the Week, it was announced Sunday by the league office.
It is the first time this year and first time in her career that the junior from Kenosha, Wisconsin, has earned MRGC weekly accolades.
Overall, this is the Aggies’ 11th MRGC weekly accolade in their third season in the league.
Oster recorded a career-high 9.900 on beam to tie for first on the event in Utah State’s MRGC dual meet against then-No. 7 Boise State last Friday night at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum. The title was the third of Oster’s career as the Aggies recorded a season-high 196.300, which ranks fifth all-time in school history and is the third-highest home score in program history.
Oster, whose beam score is tied for the 11th-best in school history, was one of six gymnasts to be honored by the MRGC this week.
Southern Utah’s Autumn Jorgensen recorded the fourth-highest mark on the floor in MRGC history (9.950) to repeat as Floor Specialist of the Week.
Boise State’s Courtney McGregor earned both Gymnast and Bars Specialist of the Week honors after scoring a 39.250 in the all-around and 9.900 on bars to help the Broncos record a 196.700 against Utah State. Fellow Bronco Ann Stockwell was named the Vault Specialist of the Week (9.900).
Rounding out the weekly awards were Boise State’s Sarah Means and Diana Mejia, who shared Co-Beam Specialist of the Week accolades with Oster.
The 2017 MRGC Championships will be hosted by Utah State on Saturday, March 18, at 6 p.m.