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SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Sat., Jan. 7 Fri., Jan. 13 Fri., Jan. 20 Sat., Jan. 28 Sat., Feb. 4 Sat., Feb. 11 Sat., Feb. 18 Sat., Feb. 25 Fri., Mar. 3 Sat., Mar. 11 Sat., Mar. 18 Sat., Apr. 1 Fri., Apr. 14 Sat., Apr. 15
Opponent Michigan at Brigham Young Boise State, Denver, Illinois-Chicago at Washington* California* at Oregon State* UCLA* at Arizona State* Stanford* at Georgia Pac-12 Championship NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships-Semifinals NCAA Championships-Super Six
Location Salt Lake City Provo, Utah Salt Lake City Seattle Salt Lake City Corvallis, Ore. Salt Lake City Tempe, Ariz. Salt Lake City Athens, Ga. Stanford, Calif. TBA St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
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Time/Result 5:00 p.m. MT 7:00 p.m. MT 7:00 p.m. MT 1:30 p.m. PT 1:30 p.m. MT 2:00 p.m. PT 8:00 p.m. MT 5:00 p.m. MT 7:00 p.m. MT 4:00 p.m. ET 1:00/6:00 PT TBA 12:00/7:00 CT 8:00 CT
MEET NOTES Tonight The preseason No. 6-ranked Utah gymnastics team (00, 0-0 Pac-12) opens its 2017 season by hosting No. 7 Michigan (0-0, 0-0 Big Ten) in the Huntsman Center. Quick Sticks Utah has shattered its school season ticket record, selling season seats in the upper deck for the first time in school history. More than 8,600 season tickets have been sold, extending into row five of the upper bowl … The last time Utah hosted Michigan in the Huntsman Center on March 6, 2015, the two teams competed before the largest crowd in NCAA gymnastics history (16,019) … The Utes were ranked sixth in the preseason coaches’ poll—the only school in the preseason top six that did not make the Super Six last year. Utah, the 2015 NCAA runner-up, finished ninth a year ago at the NCAA Championships, after winning its regional … In the Pac-12 Conference preseason coaches’ poll, Utah was picked to finish a close second to UCLA, which is ranked No. 4 in the nation. Utah trailed the Bruins by two points (47-45) and two first-place votes (5-3) in the Pac-12 poll. Fan Fun The Kid Zone opens at 3:30 p.m. and features a balloon artist, face painter, poster-making station and more … Saturday’s meet is Alumni Night and Utah gymnastics alumni will be recognized on the floor following the meet … Season ticket holders may pick up their exclusive Red Rocks Beanie prior to the meet with the voucher included in their season ticket packet. Limit is one per ticket account. Chalk Talk The Utes elected co-captains in senior Baely Rowe and junior Maddy Stover … The lead vault coach this season is second-year assistant Meredith Paulicivic. She has 18 years of experience on the event as a club coach. Paulicivic handles the floor exercise choreography, as well, and is assisting cohead coach Megan Marsden on beam … Co-head coach Tom Farden takes over as the lead floor coach. He will continue to oversee bars.
Lineup Look Utah returns eight letterwinners, among them four All-Americans: senior Baely Rowe and sophomores Kari Lee, Sabrina Schwab and Maddy Stover. Lee, a first-team All-American on vault and floor as a freshman in 2015, returns for her second sophomore season after missing most of 2016 with a torn Achilles … Schwab was the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … Rowe (beam) and junior Tiffani Lewis (floor) are the reigning Pac-12 champions on those events … Making their Ute debut will be freshmen MyKayla Skinner, Missy Reinstadtler and Kim Tessen, as well as sophomore transfer Macey Roberts. Skinner, the 2016 Glasgow World Cup all-around champion and an alternate for the gold medal 2016 USA Olympic Team, placed fourth in the all-around at the Olympic Trials. Reinstadtler and Tessen are both Junior Olympic National champions. Ute Insider Freshman MyKayla Skinner performs some of the most difficult elements in collegiate gymnastics history including a double twisting double back on her first floor pass. The four-year U.S. Senior National Team member is scheduled to go all-around against Michigan … Also projected to make their first all-around appearances as Utes are sophomores MaKenna Merrell and Sabrina Schwab … All-America all-arounder Baely Rowe is another potential all-arounder for the first meet—starting the week in three lineups (bars, beam and floor) … Newcomers penciled into starting positions against Michigan include freshman Kim Tessen on vault and bars and sophomore Macey Roberts on floor … Utah’s sophomore class gained two “recruits” in the offseason. Three-time All-American Kari Lee gained her sophomore season back after missing most of 2016 with an Achilles’ tear. Roberts, who competed at Maryland as a freshman, is just the second transfer gymnast Utah has ever accepted. Meet Notes (continued on page 30)
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Kari Lee
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Peoria, Ariz.
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Las Vegas, Nev.
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Houston, Texas
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Pleasant Grove, Utah Pleasant Grove HS/All-American Gymnastics
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5-2
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Montville, N.J.
Montville Township HS/North Stars Gymnastics Academy
Missy Reinstadtler
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Fr.
Brick, N.J.
Brick Township HS/North Stars Gymnastics Academy
Macey Roberts
5-2
So.
McDonald, Tenn.
Ooltewah HS/Gymnastics Center of Chattanooga
Baely Rowe
5-3
Sr.
Federal Way, Wash.
Auburn Riverside HS/Auburn Gymnastics Center
Sabrina Schwab
5-3
So.
Lucas, Texas
Lovejoy HS/WOGA
MyKayla Skinner
5-0
Fr.
Gilbert, Ariz.
Higley HS/Desert Lights Gymnastics
Maddy Stover
5-1
Jr.
Fullerton, Calif.
Troy HS/Wildfire Gymnastics
Kim Tessen
5-1
Fr.
Orem, Utah
Mountain View HS/All-American Gymnastics
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DYNASTY! • Most National Championship Appearances (41) • Most National Championships (10) • Most NCAA Championships All-Americans (351) • 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 to every National Championships (41), including all 35 NCAA Championships. • Utah’s overall regular and postseason record is 1,067-215-9. Regional Meets • Utah has won its regional meet 29 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 351 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 has led the nation in gymnastics attendance 32 times and has won six all-women’s sports attendance titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) becoming the first women’s team other than basketball to lead the nation in season attendance.
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ormer NCAA all-around champion Megan Marsden is in her 33rd year on the Utah coaching staff and her eighth as the co-head coach. As a gymnast or coach, Marsden has participated in all of Utah’s record-tying 10 national championships and 36 of its record 41 national championship appearances. Since becoming the co-head coach in 2010, she has compiled a 151-54-3 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 have two sons, Montana and Dakota. Greg coached the Ute gymnastics team for 40 years before retiring after the 2015 NCAA Championships.
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n six years at Utah—including last season as the co-head coach—Tom Farden has been a vital cog in the program’s six NCAA Championship appearances, 2015 NCAA runner-up finish and two Pac-12 championships. Farden, who owns a 19-7-1 record in one season as Utah’s co-head coach, has a career record of 90-55-1 that includes six years at Southeast Missouri State. In addition to his coaching duties, Farden oversees Utah’s recruiting and training. Utah’s bar coach his entire career at the school, he also assists on the other events. As an assistant or head Utah coach, Farden is credited for contributing to 35 All-America performances, nine individual regional championships and 10 individual Pac-12 titles. The program has also performed well in the classroom. Utah has placed in the top five in the country in gymnastics team GPA for the past five years, including first place in 2014 and second place in 2015 and 2016. He and his wife Christina have a son, Ki.
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n her second year as Utah’s assistant coach, former Ute All-American Meredith Paulicivic (pronounced paul-a-civic) has already begun putting her stamp on the program. Her background as a high-level choreographer has brought a new look to Utah’s floor routines. This season, in addition to her responsibilities designing and coaching the choreography and dance elements on floor, Paulicivic will serve as Utah’s primary vault coach. She has familiarity with that event at Utah as well, as a former three-time vault AllAmerican. As a gymnast at Utah from 1991-94, the former Meredith King competed for two Utah NCAA Championship teams (1992, 1994) and was a team captain her senior season. Paulicivic draws from both a club and NCAA coaching background. Her 18 years as an assistant or head coach at SCEGA Gymnastics in Temecula, Calif., were sandwiched between stints at Pac-12 schools California (1996) and Arizona (2015). She is married to George Paulicivic. They have a son Corbin and daughters Blayne and Avery.
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Dakota Marsden Dir. of Player Development
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ounded in 1850 and encompassing 1,500 acres in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountain range, the University of Utah prepares students to live and compete in the global workplace. Utah became a member of the Pac-12 Conference on July 1, 2011. With an enrollment of over 32,000, the U. offers 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate level fields of study. It has earned a top-tier grading from the Academic Ranking of World Universities for 12 consecutive years, and offers nationally-ranked programs in law, pharmacy, mathematics, business, biomedical engineering, family medicine, life sciences, fines arts and architecture, entertainment arts and engineering. The U. was rated No. 41 in the U.S. by the Center for World University Rankings and No. 21 among “best value education programs” by Value Colleges in 2016. RESEARCH The University of Utah ranks among the top public research universities in the nation. From university-developed technology, the U. has launched nearly 130 new startups over the last eight years, consistently placing it in the top 10 in the nation for university startup creation. TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCES In 2015, the U.’s entertainment arts and engineering program was ranked first in the country for the second time in three years. The
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he most famous college gymnastics facility in the country, Utah’s Jon M. Huntsman Center has showcased more major collegiate gymnastics meets than any other venue. The Huntsman Center has hosted a record nine national championships—one AIAW and eight NCAA Championships: 1981 (AIAW), 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2007. Other gymnastics events making Huntsman Center appearances include the 1979 USGF World Championships Trials, the 1980 and ’82 Championships of the USA, the 1993 World University Games Trials, 13 NCAA regional championships (most recently in 2016) and two Pac-12 Championships. Opened in 1969 on the southeast side of campus (elevation 4,657 feet), the 15,000-seat Huntsman Center is still in pristine condition. The facility underwent a $6 million renovation in the summer of 2014. The project included the installation of a super-grid ceiling structure, a state-of-theart sound system, brighter and energy-efficient LED lighting in the arena and concourse, a maple wood floor, and updated graphics wrapping the walls of the lower bowl and mid-level concourse. Also calling the Huntsman Center home are the Ute men’s and women’s basketball, and women’s volleyball teams. The Huntsman Center ranks third among the nation’s arenas for most
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UTAH ALL-AMERICANS Alfano, Elaine (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) Allan, Kim (2000) Baskett, Kristina (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Bijak, Daria (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Bowles, Shannon (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002) Canary, Christa (1982) Caudle, Megan (1994, 1995, 1996) Coleman, Shannon (1981) Dabritz, Georgia (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Damianova, Nansy (2013, 2014) Lia Del Priore (2014) Deetscreek, Jamie (2009, 2010) Delaney, Kailah (2012, 2014, 2015) DiLuzio, Annie (2007, 2010) Donaldson, Jenny (1992) Duke, Jessica (2007) Eberle, Annabeth (2003, 2004, 2005) Ellingson, Diane (1980, 1981) Ford, Nicolle (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) Frenz, Alysa (1994) Graham, Deidra (1999, 2000, 2001) Hansen, Hailee (2013) Harrington, Celeste (1985) Hermann, Tina (1985) Hofmann, Gritt (2005, 2006) Huck, Eileen (1980, 1981) Hughes, Breanna (2013, 2016) Jones, Denise (1998, 2000) Kardos, Linda (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) Kenoyer, Kristen (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Kever, Ashley (2000) Kim, Nina (2009) King, Meredith (1992, 1993, 1994) Kulikowski, Theresa (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) Leclerc, Veronique (2001, 2002, 2003) Lederer, Lynne (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) Lee, Kari (2015) Leonard, Angie (1997, 1998, 1999) Lofgren, Mary Beth (2011) Lopez, Kassandra (2015, 2016) Lothrop, Corrie (2011, 2012, 2015) Marlowe, Missy (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) Massoels, Patti (1988) McCunniff, Megan (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) McAllister Stephanie (2010, 2011, 2012) McVay, Lisa (1986) Metz, Suzanne (1993, 1994, 1995)
Georgia Dabritz Mitzel, Lisa (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) Northrop, Molly (1997, 1998) Northrop, Sarah (1996) Partyka, Samantha (2015) Pinnick, Kristi (1988, 1990) Postell, Ashley (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Reid, Summer (1996, 1997) Richard, Tracy (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Riffanacht, Kristen (2003, 2004) Rizzo, Beth (2007) Robarts, Kyndal (2008, 2010) Rowe, Baely (2016) Schaerrer, Shelly (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) Schatton, Angelika (2000) Schmidt, Jenny (2000) Schwab, Sabrina (2016) Smith, Jessica (1988, 1990) Sobotka, Sandy (1985, 1986) Sommer, Traci (1995, 1997, 1998) Stednitz, Sue (1982) Stover, Maddy (2016) Stuart, Jill (1987) Takahashi, Kris (1987) Tidd, Rachel (2005) Trepanier, Aimee (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Tutka, Becky (2013, 2014) Vituj, Melissa (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Wagner, Kylee (2001) Weatherstone, Cheryl (1985, 1986, 1987) Wells, Missy (1993, 1994) Wilson, Tory (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Wolf, Theresa (2001) Wolsey, Kelli (1992, 1994) Woolsey, Sandy (1993, 1994, 1995)
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UTAH’S NCAA INDIVIDUAL 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
Theresa Kulikowski Sandy Woolsey 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars Summer Reid 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam Angie Leonard 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars Theresa Kulikowski 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around Balance Beam 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam Kristina Baskett 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars Ashley Postell 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam Georgia Dabritz 20015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars
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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 Champ, 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 10.0, Breanna Hughes vs. Georgia, 3-12-16
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UTE UPDATES Kari Lee: Three-time All-American as a freshman in 2015 is repeating her sophomore year after missing most of last season with an Achilles’ tear … 6 career wins … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 50-54 career routines. Tiffani Lewis: 2016 Pac-12 floor champion … Two-time All-Pac-12 Conference … 2016 Coaches’ Award for Most Improved Gymnast … 1 career win … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 59-60 career routines. Shannon McNatt: Competed one exhibition routine (on beam) as a freshman in 2016 ... has hit 0-0 routines this season and 0-0 career routines. MaKenna Merrell: 2016 Pac-12 bronze medalist on floor as a freshman … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 22-23 career routines.
MyKayla Skinner: 2016 Glasgow World Cup all-around champion … alternate on the 2016 USA gold-medal Olympic Team after placing fourth allaround, second on vault and fifth on beam and floor at the Olympic Trials … Four-year member of U.S. Senior National Team … 0-0 in Utah routines. Maddy Stover: Second-team regular season AllAmerican and first-team All-Pac-12 Conference on beam … team co-captain … 6 career victories (all on beam) … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 29-32 career routines. Kim Tessen: 2016 Junior Olympic National Team member and co-national champion on bars … 0-0 in Utah routines.
Erika Muhaw: Competed to count on one routine as a freshman last year, scoring a 9.80 at California … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 1-1 career routines. Missy Reinstadtler: Qualified as a Senior International Elite in 2014 … Two-time Junior Olympic national champion … 0-0 in Utah routines. Macey Roberts: Transfer from Maryland qualified for NCAA Regionals on floor and scored a 9.825 … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 22-23 career routines. Baely Rowe: Two-time NCAA Championships’ All-American … 2016 Pac-12 beam champion … team co-captain … 10 career wins … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 100-104 career routines. Sabrina Schwab: 2016 second-team All-American on bars and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … schoolrecord four Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards … 3 career victories … has hit 0-0 routines this season and 26-26 career routines.
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MICHIGAN WOLVERINES Name Nicole Artz Brianna Brown Talia Chiarelli Lexi Funk Olivia Karas Lauren Marinez Emma McLean Maggie O’Hara Maddy Osman Sam Roy Polina Shchennikova Paige Zaziski
Year Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.
Hometown Holland, Mich. West Chester, Ohio Boston, Mass. Aurora, Ill. Chicago, Ill. Orlando, Fla. Clarkston, Mich. Lexington, S.C. Orlando, Fla. Chesterfield, Mich. Evergreen, Colo. Chesterfield, Mich.
Head Coach: Bev Plocki Assistant Coach: Scott Sherman Assistant Coach: Dave Kuzara
Meet Notes (continued from page 4) Series Shorts Utah leads the series with Michigan 27-13 (11-2 in Salt Lake City) … The Utes have won three straight contests with the Wolverines, including 2015 wins in Salt Lake City and at the NCAA Championships, and in Ann Arbor last year. Michigan had won the two previous meets. Scouting Michigan Coach: Bev Plocki (28th season) 2016 NCAA Finish: DNQ Preseason Rank: No. 7 2017 Record: 0-0 Notes: Under longtime head coach Bev Plocki, Michigan has won 21 Big Ten championships and made 22 NCAA Championship appearances and 10 NCAA Super Six berths … Returning 17 of 24 routines from last year even with six newcomers
(half the roster) … Senior Nicole Artz is a five-time Big Ten champion … Arkansas transfer Paige Zaziski was the 2015 co-SEC Freshman of the Year and a two-time All-SEC selection. Nation’s Attendance Leader Utah, which has won six all-women’s sports attendance titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) and 32 gymnastics attendance crowns, has averaged more than 14,000 fans a meet for the past seven seasons and nearly 12,000 over the past 25 years. The Huntsman Center has hosted one crowd in excess of 16,000, 17 crowds in excess of 15,000 and 38 crowds of 14,000 or more. The Utes set a national gymnastics attendance record in 2015, averaging 14,950 fans per meet. Last year’s average was 14,928. Utah also owns the NCAA gymnastics single-meet attendance record (16,019 against Michigan in 2015).
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