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Assistant Coach Meredith Paulicivic
Tonight’s Meet is Presented by:
2016 Utah Gymnastics Roster 2016 Utah Utes A Tradition of Excellence Scorecard
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Utah Gymnastics Staff Jon M. Huntsman Center Utah All-Americans Utah’s Individual NCAA Champions The Utah 10.0 Club Ute Updates Arizona Wildcats
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SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Fri., Jan. 8 Fri., Jan. 15 Sat., Jan. 23 Mon., Feb. 1 Sat., Feb. 6 Sat., Feb. 13 Sat., Feb. 20 Sat., Feb. 27 Fri., Mar. 4 Sat., Mar. 12 Sat., Mar. 19 Sat., Apr. 2 Fri., Apr. 15 Sat., Apr. 16
Opponent Brigham Young at Southern Utah Oregon State* Arizona* at UCLA* Washington* at Stanford* at California* at Michigan Georgia at Pac-12 Championship NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships-Semifinals NCAA Championships-Super Six
Location Salt Lake City Cedar City, Utah Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Los Angeles Salt Lake City Stanford, Calif. Berkeley, Calif. Ann Arbor, Mich. Salt Lake City Seattle Salt Lake City Ft. Worth, Texas Ft. Worth, Texas
*Pac-12 Conference meet; Times are local to site 2016 UTAH GYMNASTICS | 3
Result/Time W/196.175-193.850 W/196.725-195.600 W/196.125-195.125 6:00 MT 1:00 PT 7:00 MT 2:00 PT 1:00 PT 7:00 ET 5:00 MT 1:00/6:00 PT 6:00 MT 1:00/7:00 CT 8:00 CT
MEET NOTES Tonight The Utah gymnasts (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) host their first Monday meet in a decade at 6 p.m. vs. Arizona (2-1, 0-1 Pac-12). The Pac-12 Networks will televise the meet live. The evening features a fairytale-themed Family Night. Quick Sticks While Utah has hosted 80 Monday meets in its history, there have been just five Monday meets in the Huntsman Center in the last 20 years. Utah is 79-1 all-time in Monday home meets, winning its first 79 Monday meets before falling to Georgia in 2006 ... Tonight’s meet is the first of two this week for the Utes, who have a road meet at UCLA on Saturday at 2 p.m. MT. The UCLA meet will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks … Utah is 57-0 all-time vs. Arizona, which is under a new coach—former Stanford gymnast and assistant coach Tabitha Yim … Utah averaged 15,286 fans to its first two home meets in the 15,000-seat Huntsman Center. The standing-room crowd of 15,550 against Oregon State on Jan. 23 was the fourthlargest attended gymnastics meet in school history and Utah’s 15th crowd in excess of 15,000 all time (including both home meets this season). National Rankings Utah slipped one position to No. 7 in the national rankings last Monday (which were based on season average) after a 196.125-195.125 win over then No. 11 Oregon State on Jan. 23. Utah was ranked No. 3 on bars last Monday (49.292 average) after two weeks at No. 1. Utah’s best individual rankings were on bars, where Baely Rowe was ranked No. 4 with a 9.917 season average and Kassandra Lopez was No. 6 (9.892 average). Chalk Talk Senior Breanna Hughes, off to her best season as a Ute, leads the team with three wins, which is also her career win total … In the first three meets, Utah has won 11-of12 individual event titles and one all-around. There have been two double winners (Hughes and Kari Lee at SUU) … High scores this season are 9.90 on vault (Hughes twice), 9.95 on bars (Baely Rowe),9.925 on beam (Maddy Stover) and 9.925 on floor (Sabrina Schwab) … Ute winners: Hughes (3), Lee (2), Rowe (2), Schwab (2), Stover (2), Kailah Delaney (1), Kassandra Lopez (1) and Samantha Partyka (1) … The Utes are 67-72 in hit routines (routines without a fall). Gymnasts who have hit every routine are
Hughes (9-9), Partyka (9-9), Schwab (6-6), MaKenna Merrell (5-5), Delaney (5-5) and Lopez (4-4). Ute Insider Look for changes to every event lineup tonight. Floor exercise is the event most impacted by the changes, where MaKenna Merrell and Kailah Delaney enter the projected lineup as the first two competitors, Kari Lee moves from No. 5 to No. 3, and the last three competitors are Utah’s high scorers this season: Sabrina Schwab (9.925), Samantha Partyka (9.875) and Breanna Hughes (9.90) … Kassandra Lopez replaces Merrell in the beam lineup … Utah has two Pac-12 weekly award winners: Sabrina Schwab was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 12 and Breanna Hughes was the Pac12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 19. Utah Co-Coaches Megan Marsden and Tom Farden are in their first season as a co-head coaching tandem. It is Marsden’s seventh year as Utah’s co-head coach and her 32nd year overall on the staff. Farden, Utah’s assistant coach for the past five seasons, is in his first year as its co-head coach. Marsden, the Pac-12 Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2015 (with Greg Marsden, who retired after 40 years as Utah’s head coach in April), has a 135-47-2 record in her seventh year as the co-coach. Farden, the head coach at Southwest Missouri State from 2004-09, is 3-0 at Utah and 73-46 overall. He was the 2008 NCAA South Central Region Coach of the Year and a four-time conference coach of the year. Nation’s Attendance Leader Utah is averaging 15,286 fans to its first two home meets. The standing-room crowd of 15,550 on Jan. 23 against Oregon State was the fourth-largest attended gymnastics meet in school history, Utah’s second sellout this season and its 15th crowd in excess of 15,000 all time. The Utes broke their own NCAA gymnastics attendance record in 2015, averaging 14,950 fans to their regular-season home meets. The Utes also broke the attendance record for a Pac12 Championship in 2015, drawing a two-session total of 23,568 and setting the single-session mark with 14,402 spectators. Utah, which attracted an NCAA single-meet gymnastics crowd of 16,019 against Michigan, captured its fifth all-women’s sports attendance title in 2015 and its 31st gymnastics attendance crown. Utah owns every NCAA (continued on page 30)
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2016 UTAH GYMNASTICS ROSTER
Name
Height Year Hometown
High School/Club
Kailah Delaney
5-5
Esperanza HS/Kips Gymnastics
Sr.
Yorba Linda, Calif.
Breanna Hughes 5-4
Sr.
Champlin, Minn.
Totino-Grace HS/Twin City Twisters
Kari Lee
5-1
So.
Peoria, Ariz.
Liberty HS/Flames Gymnastics Academy
Tiffani Lewis
5-4
So.
Las Vegas, Nev.
Southwest Career and Technical Academy/Brown’s Gymnastics
Kassandra Lopez 5-1
Sr.
Tucson, Ariz.
Amphitheater HS/Tumbleweeds Gymnastics Texas Connections Academy/Stars Gymnastics Training Center
Shannon McNatt 5-3
Fr.
Houston, Texas
MaKenna Merrell 5-4
Fr.
Pleasant Grove, Utah Pleasant Grove HS/All-American Gymnastics
5-1
Fr.
Montville, N.J.
Montville Township HS/North Stars Gymnastics Academy
Samantha Partyka 5-4
Erika Muhaw
So.
Katy, Texas
Katy HS/Champion Gymnastics Academy
Baely Rowe
5-3
Jr.
Federal Way, Wash.
Auburn Riverside HS/Auburn Gymnastics Center
Sabrina Schwab
5-3
Fr.
Lucas, Texas
Lovejoy HS/WOGA
Maddy Stover
5-1
So.
Fullerton, Calif.
Troy HS/Wildfire Gymnastics
Co-Head Coach Megan Marsden (7th/32nd year) Utah & Career Record: 132-47-2 (6 years) Co-Head Coach Tom Farden (1st/6th year) Utah Record: 0-0 (1st year) Career Record: 70-46 (6 years) Assistant Coach Meredith Paulicivic (1st year)
GYMNASTICS SUPPORT STAFF Director of Operations: Cameron Linford Director of Player Development: Dakota Marsden Athletic Trainer: Katie Lorens Strength Coach: Jon Webster Aerobics Instructors: Denise Druce, Jenny Larsen Sport Psychologist: Nicole Detling Nutritionists: Shannon Bowles-Doleac, Beth Wolfgram Student Coach: Georgia Dabritz Student Manager: Elizabeth Berndt
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Kailah Delaney Sr. | Yorba Linda, Calif.
Breanna Hughes Sr. | Champlin, Minn.
Kari Lee So. | Peoria, Ariz.
Tiffani Lewis So. | Las Vegas, Nev.
Kassandra Lopez Sr. | Tucson, Ariz.
Shannon McNatt Fr. | Houston, Texas
MaKenna Merrell Fr. | Pleasant Grove, Utah
Erika Muhaw Fr. | Montville, N.J.
Samantha Partyka So. | Katy, Texas
Baely Rowe Jr. | Federal Way, Wash.
Sabrina Schwab Fr. | Lucas, Texas
Maddy Stover So. | Fullerton, Calif.
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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
Dynasty! • Most National Championship Appearances (40) • Most National Championships (10) • Most NCAA Championships All-Americans (347) • Most Fans (14,000+ Per Meet Since 2010) Regular Season • The Utah gymnastics team first competed in 1976. Since then, Utah is the only team to qualify for every National Championships (40), including all 34 NCAA Championships. • Utah’s overall regular and postseason record is 1,048-208-8. Regional Meets • Utah has won its regional meet 28 times and been runner-up 12 times.
National Championships • Utah has won a record 10 national championships and been runner-up nine times. Utah has also placed in the top-three 23 times and never finished lower than 10th. • Utah has qualified for the Super Six 19 times. • Utah gymnasts have earned a record 347 NCAA Championships All-America awards and have won 25 individual national championships. Fanatics • Utah owns every gymnastics attendance record, including the most people ever to watch a collegiate gymnastics meet (16,019 vs. Michigan in 2015) and highest season attendance average (14,950 in 2015). • Utah gymnastics led all women’s sports teams in attendance in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 becoming the first women’s team other than basketball to lead the nation in season attendance.
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VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND
Kailah Delaney Breanna Hughes Kari Lee Tiffani Lewis Kassandra Lopez Shannon McNatt MaKenna Merrell Erika Muhaw Samantha Partyka Baely Rowe Sabrina Schwab Maddy Stover
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VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND
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CO-HEAD COACHES
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MEGAN MARSDEN
TOM FARDEN
Megan Marsden Co-Head Coach 7th/32nd Year
Tom Farden Co-Head Coach 1st/6th year
ormer NCAA all-around champion Megan Marsden is in her 32nd year on the Utah coaching staff and her seventh as the cohead coach. As a gymnast or coach, Marsden has participated in all of Utah’s record-tying 10 national championships and 19 Super Six appearances. Since becoming the co-head coach in 2010, she has compiled a 132-47-2 overall record and has twice been named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2014, 2015). She is also a two-time NCAA Region Head Coach of the Year (2011, 2012). Marsden began coaching at her alma mater in 1985 after leading Utah to four national championships as a 12-time first-team AllAmerican and three-time NCAA champion from 1981-84. She spent 25 years as an assistant or associate coach. She and husband Greg (Utah’s gymnastics coach for 40 years) have two sons, Montana and Dakota. Montana is pursuing an MBA from Utah and Dakota is the director of player personnel for the Utah gymnastics team.
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n April 20, 2015, one day after he celebrated his first NCAA individual champion, Tom Farden was promoted to co-head coach at Utah, joining Megan Marsden at the helm. Farden, Utah’s assistant coach for the previous five years, draws from 18 years of NCAA coaching experience. He was the head coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2004-09, where he compiled a 70-46 record and was the 2008 NCAA South Central Regional Coach of the Year and a four-time conference coach of the year. Farden continues to coach the uneven bars, his primary event since coming to Utah, and has also taken over as the lead vault coach. He assisted coaching floor in his first five seasons at Utah, when the bar and floor lineups produced 26 All-America awards, an NCAA champion, nine routines in the NCAA individual event finals, seven regional champions and six Pac-12 individual titles. He and his wife Christina have a son, Ki.
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ASSISTANT COACH MEREDITH PAULICIVIC
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Meredith Paulicivic Assistant Coach 1st year
eredith Paulicivic (pronounced paul-a-civic) is in her first year as a Utah gymnastics assistant coach, but she is plenty familiar with both the storied program and the Pac-12 Conference. As Meredith King, she competed for two Utah NCAA Championship teams from 1991-94, when she was a three-time vault All-American and a team captain her senior season. This is Paulicivic’s third Pac-12 assistantship. She was an assistant coach at California in 1996 and spent last season in the same role at Arizona. She also brings 18 years of high-level club coaching experience from SCEGA Gymnastics in Temecula, Calif. At SCEGA, she coached a number of elite level gymnasts and six U.S. National Team members. She is married to George Paulicivic. They have a son Corbin and daughters Blayne and Avery.
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ranks third among the nation’s arenas for most NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament games held (81). Perhaps the most legendary NCAA Tournament game of all time—the 1979 NCAA Championship game starring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson—was played in the Huntsman Center. TOP HUNTSMAN CENTER CROWDS
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HUNTSMAN HIGHLIGHTS Crowds in Excess of 16,000: 1 Crowds in Excess of 15,000: 13 Crowds in Excess of 14,000: 36
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UTAH’S INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONS SUE STEDNITZ 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around Balance Beam ELAINE ALFANO 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault 1983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault MEGAN MCCUNNIFF (MARSDEN) 1983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around 1984. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around Vault LISA MITZEL 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor Exercise MISSY MARLOWE 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise KRISTEN KENOYER 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault
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THE UTAH 10.0 CLUB Vault 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Oregon State, 3-2-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-20-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Oregon State, 2-19-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Brigham Young, 3-13-93 10.0, Suzanne Metz vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. UCLA, 1-10-04 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. UW/Iowa/UIC, 3-5-04 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Brigham Young, 3-19-04 10.0, Rachel Tidd vs. Brigham Young, 3-19-04 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Minnesota, 2-1-08 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. SUU/USU, 2-22-08 10.0, Tory Wilson vs. California, 2-9-13 10.0, Tory Wilson vs. Arizona State, 2-6-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Arizona State, 2-6-15 10.0, Tory Wilson at Pac-12 Championships, 3-21-15 Uneven Bars 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Cal State-Fullerton, 2-11-91 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Cal State-Fullerton, 3-1-91 10.0, Missy Marlowe at WAC Championship, 3-28-92 10.0, Aimee Trepanier vs. Oregon State, 2-13-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-20-93 10.0, Sandy Woolsey vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Sandy Woolsey at NCAA Regional, 4-13-96 10.0, Angie Leonard vs. Stanford, 3-7-97 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State/BSU, 2-26-99 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Brigham Young, 3-27-99 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Brigham Young, 2-9-01 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Michigan, 2-23-01 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Arizona, 1-18-02 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Minnesota, 1-25-02 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Minnesota, 2-1-03 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Florida, 3-16-13 10.0, Georgia Dabritz at Pac-12 Championships, 3-22-14 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Arizona, 1-31-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Stanford, 2-21-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Michigan, 3-6-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz at NCAA Championships, 4-17-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz at NCAA Championships, 4-18-15 Balance Beam 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Utah State, 2-7-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Penn State, 3-9-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-28-92 10.0, Missy Marlowe at NCAA Regional, 4-11-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. UW/Boise State, 3-6-93
Ashley Postell 10.0, Traci Sommer vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Sandy Woolsey vs. Oregon State, 2-12-96 10.0, Summer Reid vs. Brigham Young, 1-31-97 10.0, Shannon Bowles vs. Brigham Young, 2-6-98 10.0, Traci Sommer vs. Oregon State, 3-14-98 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. New Hampshire, 3-20-99 10.0, Shannon Bowles vs. Arizona, 1-26-01 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State, 2-6-01 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State, 2-15-02 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski at NCAA Regional, 4-6-02 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Washington, 3-7-03 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski at NCAA Regional, 4-12-03 10.0, Melissa Vituj vs. Utah State, 2-27-04 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Washington, 3-11-05 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Arizona State, 3-18-05 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Brigham Young, 3-28-08 Floor Exercise 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Penn State, 3-9-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Oregon State, 2-13-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. UW/Utah State, 3-6-93 10.0, Aimee Trepanier vs. UW/Utah State, 3-6-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-20-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at NCAA Regional, 4-3-93 10.0, Suzanne Metz vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State/BSU, 2-26-99 10.0, Shannon Bowles vs. Brigham Young, 3-23-01 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Arizona State, 1-24-03 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Brigham Young, 3-28-03 10.0, Melissa Vituj vs. Arizona State/AFA, 2-20-04 10.0, Veronique Leclerc vs. Utah State, 2-27-04 10.0, Melissa Vituj vs. Brigham Young 3-19-04 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Arizona State, 3-18-05 10.0, Lia Del Priore vs. Stanford, 2-23-13 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Michigan/UCLA, 3-7-14 10.0, Nansy Damianova vs. Georgia, 3-15-14
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UTE UPDATES Kailah Delaney: Three-time All-American (1 at NCAA Championships, 2 regular season) … three-time firstteam All-Pac-12 … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … missed the SUU meet on Jan. 15 after injuring her knee in pre-meet warm-ups, but returned on vault (9.85) and beam (9.825) against OSU on Jan. 23 … 1 win this season and 16 career victories … has hit 5-5 routines this season and 66-69 career routines.
Oregon State on Jan. 23, scoring a 9.70 … has hit 0-0 routines this season and in her career.
Breanna Hughes: Second-team balance beam AllAmerican as a freshman in 2012 … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … ranked No. 12 in the nation on vault (9.875 average) last Monday … career highs on vault (9.90), bars (9.925) and floor (9.90) this season … leads Utah with 3 wins (also her career win total) … has hit 9-9 routines this season and 69-71 career routines.
Erika Muhaw: Four-time Junior National Championships’ qualifier … third on vault and floor and ninth all-around at the 2015 J.O. Championships (Senior C Division) … competed exhibition on vault against BYU and OSU, scoring a 9.775 on both … has hit 0-0 routines this season and in her career.
Kari Lee: Three-time All-American as a freshman in 2015 … first-team All-American and NCAA event finalist on vault (5th) and floor (14th) … second-team regular-season AllAmerican on beam … first-team All-Pac-12 on floor … first-year all-arounder has a 39.100 best (vs. OSU) … won the all-around and beam at SUU … 2 wins this season and 8 career wins … has hit 10-12 routines this season and 50-54 career routines. Tiffani Lewis: Three-event starter as a freshman at the 2015 NCAA Championships ... season-best 9.875 on bars at SUU … hit the first 29 routines of her career before a fall on floor vs. OSU … has hit 8-9 routines this season and 29-30 career routines. Kassandra Lopez: Second-team All-American on bars at the 2015 NCAA Championships … also second-team AllPac-12 on bars as a junior … two-time NCAA Regional runner-up (bars and beam) … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … ranked No. 6 in the nation on bars last Monday with a 9.892 average … won bars at SUU with career-tying 9.925 … 1 win this season and in her career … has hit 4-4 routines this season and 63-67 career routines. Shannon McNatt: Qualified International Elite twice … first on floor and sixth all-around at the 2014 Junior National Level 10 National Championships (Senior B Division) … competed in exhibition on beam against
MaKenna Merrell: Four-time Junior National Championships’ qualifier … 2015 J.O. runner-up in the allaround, vault and floor (Senior C Division) … has competed on beam in all three meets and on vault, beam and floor at SUU … has hit 5-5 routines this season and in her career.
Samantha Partyka: Second-team All-American on vault as a freshman scored a 9.90 in the NCAA semifinals … after competing on vault as a freshman, she is now a three-event performer on vault, beam and floor and has scored 9.85 or better on all three … won beam at SUU with career-high 9.90 … 1 win this season and in her career … has hit 9-9 routines this season and 18-18 career routines. Baely Rowe: All-Pac-12 on beam and Utah’s Most Improved Gymnast as a sophomore … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … career-high 39.350 allaround score in 2015 … ranked No. 6 in the nation on bars last Monday with a 9.917 average … career-high 9.95 on bars vs. OSU … 2 wins this season and 6 career victories … has hit 8-9 routines this season and 64-68 career routines. Sabrina Schwab: Qualified Senior Elite in 2013 on her first attempt … won compulsory all-around, vault, bars, beam and floor, and optional all-around, vault, bars and beam at the 2013 elite testing … named Pac12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 12 after winning floor against BYU … also won floor against Oregon State … high scores of 9.925 on floor and 9.875 on bars … 2 victories this season and in her career … has hit 6-6 routines this season and in her career. Maddy Stover: Utah’s beam leadoff as a freshman last year is now Utah’s beam anchor … won balance beam against BYU and Oregon State … fell in her floor debut vs. OSU … 2 wins this season and 3 career victories (all on beam) … has hit 3-4 routines this season and 17-18 career routines.
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ARIZONA WILDCATS Name
Height
Year
Hometown
Danielle Buchanan
5-4
Sr.
Lancaster, Calif.
Maddy Cindric
5-3
So.
Lantana, Texas
Charle Dembo
5-2
Fr.
Dallas, Texas
Shelby Edwards
5-4
Sr.
San Tan Valley, Ariz.
Selynna Felix-Terrazas
4-11
Jr.
Tucson, Ariz.
Haylie Hendrickson
5-3
Fr.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Krysten Howard
5-3
Jr.
Phoenix, Ariz.
Gabrielle Laub
5-3
Jr.
Owasso, Okla.
Lauryn Mattson
5-3
Fr.
Waconia, Minn.
Lexi Mills
5-3
Sr.
Frisco, Texas
Victoria Ortiz
5-4
So.
Tucson, Ariz.
Brittany Robertson
5-4
Fr.
Auckland, New Zealand
Kennady Schneider
5-1
So.
Henderson, Nev.
Skyler Sheppard
5-6
Fr.
Plano, Texas
Jessie Sisler
5-3
Sr.
Sloughhouse, Calif.
Danielle Spencer
5-2
Fr.
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Head Coach: Tabitha Yim Assistant Coach: John Court Assistant Coach: David McCreary Meet Notes (continued from page 4) gymnastics attendance record and has averaged more than 14,000 fans a meet for the past six seasons and more than 11,000 dating back to 1990. The Huntsman Center (seating capacity 15,000) has hosted one crowd in excess of 16,000, 14 crowds in excess of 15,000 and 36 crowds of 14,000 or more.
Series Shorts Utah is 57-0 all-time vs. Arizona and 20-0 in Salt Lake City. Arizona is one of three Pac-12 teams that have never beaten Utah, along with California (15-0) and Washington (49-0-2). Utah is 332-56-4 all-time against Pac-12 schools and has a winning record against every team.
Academic Champs The gymnastics team recorded the best grade point average of all Utah athletic teams in the 2015 fall term with a 3.719 GPA. It marks the fifth time in the last seven semesters that the gymnasts have claimed school’s athletic GPA title, dating back to fall of 2012. All 12 members of the team made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0 or better) and seven made the Dean’s List (3.5 and up). Last year, Utah finished with the second-best GPA of any gymnastics team in the nation (3.7838) and the best among the NCAA Championships’ qualifiers.
Scouting Arizona Coach: Tabitha Yim (1st Season) 2015 NCAA Finish: N/A Last Week’s National Rank: No. 20 2016 Record: 2-1 (0-1 Pac-12) Notes: Under first-year head coach Tabitha Yim, Arizona is 2-1 and was ranked No. 20 last week. Yim was a 14-time All-American at Stanford and spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater … The Wildcats scored a season-high 196.475 in a losing cause against No. 4 UCLA (196.800) on Jan. 23.
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