The Iowa State gymnastics team dropped a weekend meet at Denver, 192.075-190.625, despite continued success on the vault and floor exercises. The loss evened the Cyclones’ record at 2-2 on the season.

ISU once again dominated the vault, as it has all season, scoring the third-highest mark in school history with a 48.325.

“This is the most talented team we’ve ever had here, but we haven’t been able to put it all together yet. The scores don’t reflect it, but we had a good meet,” said Cyclone Coach Amy Pyle.

Junior Amy Wall placed first on the vault, scoring a personal best of 9.775.

Freshman Kelly Cherwein finished second with a mark of 9.75. Junior Heidi Kirt contributed a 9.675 for the Cyclones.

“Last year vault was our weakest event, and this year it’s been our strongest. I felt this was our best vault meet of the year,” Pyle said. Senior Kim Mazza continued her stellar performance as she tied for second in all-around scoring with a 38.250. Mazza recorded marks of 9.80 on the floor exercise, 9.775 on the uneven bars, 9.575 on the vault and a 9.10 on the balance beam.

“Kim had a great meet, she had the best floor routine that I’ve ever seen her have,” Pyle said.

The Cyclones also performed their best floor exercise routines of the season as they tallied a score of 48.10.

Following Mazza’s lead on the floor, junior Libby Bell scored a 9.725 and Heidi Kirt came through with a 9.575 to lead the Cyclones in the event.

“We’ve basically been a two event team this season with the vault and the floor.” Coach Pyle said.

Junior Shannon Herzog continued to lead the Cyclones on the balance beam.

Herzog recorded a team high 9.675 while sophomore Michelle Hladky chipped in with a 9.625.

Mazza also led ISU on the uneven bars, recording a team high 9.775. Freshman Kelli More added a score of 9.575 to the Cyclone effort.

“The encouraging thing about the meet is that the mistakes are ones we can fix, they’re ones we hit everyday in practice. We need to eliminate the falls, they can cost between [one half and eight-tenths] of a point. If we can stay on it would be a big difference in our score” Pyle said.

Iowa State plays host to Minnesota Feb. 8, the first of four consecutive home meets at Hilton Coliseum.

Competition begins at 7 p.m.

“Saturday should be a very close meet, talent-wise we’re very close. Any mistakes could cost us a win.” Pyle said.