The Cyclones scored their season high in the Big 12 Championships Saturday afternoon but still found themselves in fourth place.

“Me, as a spectator, it was awesome! Everywhere I looked there was great gymnastics,” said coach Jay Ronayne.

For the first rotation, Iowa State was on floor and scored a 48.900. The Cyclones were led by Jasmine Thompson who scored a 9.875.

“It was a little different this meet starting on floor,” Thompson said.

“We like to end on floor because it’s the showy event. I was really pleased with how we did and how we started out. Starting out strong like that really helped out the entire competition.”

During the second events, ISU moved to vault and scored a 49.025. Megan Barnes led the Cyclones with a 9.900, which tied her season high score. Megan was awarded the silver medal in this event.

“Vault we did better than we have all season, so can’t complain there. Personally, I wish I would have held that step back a little bit, but I’m not disappointed at all,” Thompson said.

The third rotation put Iowa State on bars and the Cyclones scored a 48.925. Ceilia Maccani led the team with a 9.850. Maccani received the gold medal on bars.

“We had a strong day. We missed a few little things but overall we’re really pleased. We went out there and hit 24 for 24. We’ll definitely be ready in two weeks for regionals,” said Ashley Kent.

To finish the afternoon, the Cyclones ended on beam and scored a 48.925. Thompson led ISU with a 9.850. Thompson was awarded the gold medal on beam.

“[Beam] was really a challenge but we worked really hard in the gym and we wanted to hit 6 for 6 and that’s what we did,” Kent said.

The final scores put Oklahoma in first with a 196.125, Nebraska in second with a 196.075, Missouri in third with a 195.925, and Iowa State in last place with a score of 195.775.

Thompson received fourth place in the all around competition for the meet.

The Cyclones will spend their next two weeks preparing for the regional competition.

“We do have a couple minor things to clean up but when we do we’ll be scoring just above what Oklahoma scored and that puts us where we want to be,” Ronayne said. The Cyclones compete next in the NCAA Regionals Saturday, April 4th.