Sydney
Jelen
Sydney Jelen is a senior bars and beam gymnast from Algonquin, Illinois, on Utah State's 2026-27 gymnastics roster. She was Utah State's 2026 team MVP and a two-time First-Team All-Mountain West selection on beam.
Who is Sydney Jelen?
Sydney Jelen is a gymnastics athlete for Utah State from Algonquin, Illinois. 2026: team MVP; 9.925 bars career high; averages 9.808 bars and 9.813 beam
Utah State's 2026 MVP
Jelen trained at Legacy Elite in Aurora, Illinois, and graduated from Dundee-Crown High School in 2023 before joining Utah State. Her bio lists a 2022 DP National Championships beam title.
In 2026 she was a fixture on two events. The Mountain West named her First-Team All-Mountain West on beam for a second straight season and Second-Team on bars. Her best score came against No. 25 Oregon State on March 6, 2026: a career-high 9.925 on bars that won the event, tied for 11th-highest in program history, in a 196.650 win that is the 10th-highest team score Utah State has posted. She won four event titles during the season, and at the end-of-season banquet the Aggies named her team MVP.
Among the program's best averages
Her 2026 averages, 9.808 on bars and 9.813 on beam, rank 10th and 13th in program history, according to her bio. She has been a WCGA Scholastic All-American twice and Academic All-Mountain West three times. She is a senior on the 2026-27 roster. Read more in the Utah State gymnastics 2027 program guide.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Utah State team MVP, 2026 (end-of-season banquet, April 23, 2026)
- First-Team All-Mountain West on beam, 2025 and 2026; Second-Team on bars, 2026
- Career-high 9.925 on bars to win the event against Oregon State, March 6, 2026
- Four event titles in 2026
- 2026 averages of 9.808 on bars and 9.813 on beam, 10th and 13th in program history
Official sources
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Photo: Utah State Athletics
- Utah State Athletics roster headshot (official file, downloaded 2026-10-18)utahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: Sydney Jelen bioutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: 2026-27 women's gymnastics rosterutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: end-of-season banquet (Apr. 23, 2026)utahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: 10th-highest score in program history against Oregon State (Mar. 6, 2026)utahstateaggies.com
What each source confirms
- Utah State Athletics roster headshot (official file, downloaded 2026-10-18)
- Served as WebP; re-encoded to JPEG.
- Utah State Athletics: Sydney Jelen bio
- Read 2026-10-18: Sr., UB/BB, Algonquin, Ill.; Dundee-Crown HS (2023); Legacy Elite, Aurora, Ill.; First-Team All-MW beam 2025, 2026; Second-Team bars 2026; WCGA Scholastic All-American 2025, 2026; Academic All-MW 2024-26; career-high 9.925 bars vs Oregon State 3/6/26, tied 11th-highest in program history; 9.808 bars average (10th) and 9.813 beam average (13th); four event titles in 2026; 2022 DP Nationals beam champion. A Mar. 20, 2026 release prints 9.95 for the same bars score; the bio figure is used.
- Utah State Athletics: 2026-27 women's gymnastics roster
- Confirmed on the roster on 2026-10-18.
- Utah State Athletics: end-of-season banquet (Apr. 23, 2026)
- Read 2026-10-18: Jelen team MVP.
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