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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 W/196.625-195.525 W/196.900-194.175 197.625 (1st of 4) W/197.150-196.300 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 Today Two nationally-ranked unbeaten gymnastics teams will square off in the Huntsman Center when No. 4 Utah (6-0, 1-0 Pac-12) hosts No. 15 California (8-0, 3-0) in a matinee meet starting at 1:30 p.m. Fan Fun The Ute gymnasts will host their only autograph session of the year after today’s meet, which is billed as “Character Day,” with kids encouraged to come dressed in their favorite costume. Famous characters will roam the concourse and interact with fans before the meet … The first 2,000 kids in attendance will receive their choice of a red Utah gymnastics light saber or white light-up crown … The free Kids Zone opens at noon and features a face painter, balloon artist, poster making station and more … The first 100 University of Utah students in the doors will receive a free MUSS crewneck sweatshirt. National Rankings Utah held steady at No. 4 in the national rankings after its second-straight 197-plus score last week at Washington. The Utes are ranked No. 4 on vault (49.238 season average), No. 4 on beam (49.306), No. 4 on floor (49.244) and No. 5 on bars (49.288). MyKayla Skinner is ranked No. 2 in the all-around (39.625), No. 4 on beam (9.894), No. 4 on floor (9.938), No. 6 on vault (9.912) and No. 12 on bars (9.881). Baely Rowe is No. 2 on beam (9.90), No. 4 in the all-around (39.563) and No. 14 on bars (9.875). MaKenna Merrell is ranked No. 19 on vault (9.875) and Kari Lee is No. 21 on beam (9.862). Chalk Talk MyKayla Skinner has won all four all-around, vault and floor competitions this season and has 17 total wins of 20 possible individual titles ... Skinner is a three-time Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week and Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. She is the only Pac-12 gymnast ever to accomplish the dual feat in the same week more than once … Baely Rowe has gone all-around in the last two meets, placing
second to Skinner in both (career-high 39.625 on Jan. 20 and 39.500 on Jan. 28) … Ute individual event/all-around winners: Skinner (17), Rowe (4), MaKenna Merrell (2) and Tiffani Lewis (1) … The Utes are 92-96 in hit routines (routines without a fall), including 24-24 at Washington … Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Skinner (16-16), Kari Lee (10-10), Sabrina Schwab (8-8), Kim Tessen (7-7), Macey Roberts (5-5) and Maddy Stover (4-4). Ute Insider Utah has lost two starters to season ending injuries. Sophomore All-American Sabrina Schwab (the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of Year) tore her ACL at practice on Jan. 17. Freshman Kim Tessen tore her Achilles in pre-meet floor warm-ups last Saturday at Washington. Schwab was competing in the all-around, while Tessen was a two-three event starter … MaKenna Merrell, who is ranked 19th in the country on vault, could return to the starting vault lineup this week. If so, she will rejoin MyKayla Skinner and Baely Rowe in the all-around lineup. If not, Erika Muhaw will vault for the second time this season … Maddy Stover could potentially lead off Utah’s beam lineup against Cal, with Merrell moving to the second position. Stover led off the beam team as a freshman in 2015. Series Shorts The Utes are 17-1 all-time against the Bears with their only loss coming last April in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships. Utah had won both previous meetings in 2016 (at Cal and at the Pac-12 Championships). Utah Co-Coaches Megan Marsden and Tom Farden are in their second season as a co-head coaching tandem. It is Marsden’s eighth year as Utah’s co-head coach and her 33rd year overall on the staff. Farden is in his second year as the co-head coach and his seventh year on the Ute coaching staff. Marsden, the Pac-12 Meet Notes (continued on page 30)
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Front Row: MyKayla Skinner, Kim Tessen. Second Row: Erika Muhaw, Maddy Stover, Macey Roberts, Kari Lee. Third Row: Missy Reinstadtler, Sabrina Schwab, Tiffani Lewis, MaKenna Merrell, Baely Rowe, Shannon McNatt. Name
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Kari Lee
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Peoria, Ariz.
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Las Vegas, Nev.
Southwest Career and Technical Academy/Brown’s Gymnastics
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Houston, Texas
Texas Connections Academy/Stars Gymnastics Training Center
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5-4
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Pleasant Grove, Utah Pleasant Grove HS/All-American Gymnastics
Erika Muhaw
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
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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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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 … back-to-back 9.90s on beam and 9.85s on bars are both season highs … also competes on vault (9.825 season high) … 8 career wins … has hit 10-10 routines this season and 60-64 career routines. Tiffani Lewis: 2016 Pac-12 floor champion … 2016 Coaches’ Award for Most Improved Gymnast … season highs on vault (9.875), bars (9.90) and floor (9.80) at Washington on Jan. 28 … 1 win this season and 2 career wins … has hit 9-10 routines this season and 68-70 career routines. Shannon McNatt: One exhibition routine on beam as a freshman in 2016 ... competed in exhibition on beam against Boise State, Denver and UIC on Jan. 20 … has hit 0-0 routines this season and in her career. MaKenna Merrell: 2016 Pac-12 bronze medalist on floor as a freshman … competed all-around in the first three meets with a career-high 39.425 in her first career all-around on Jan. 7 … 2 wins this season and in her career … has hit 14-15 routines this season and 36-38 career routines. Erika Muhaw: Competed to count once as a freshman last year, scoring a 9.80 on vault at California … first start of the season last week at Washington, scoring a 9.75 on vault … has hit 1-1 routines this season and 2-2 career routines. Missy Reinstadtler: Qualified as a Senior International Elite in 2014 … two-time Junior Olympic national champion … has competed on three events for the past two meets … season bests of 9.875 on floor, 9.85 on bars and 9.85 on beam … fell on her only vault attempt … has hit 5-6 routines this season and in her career.
Macey Roberts: Transfer from Maryland qualified for NCAA Regionals on floor … has competed on floor in all four meets (9.85 best) and on vault once (9.80) ... has hit 5-5 routines this season and 27-28 career routines. Baely Rowe: Two-time NCAA Championships’ All-American … 2016 Pac-12 beam champion … has gone all-around in the last two meets, finishing second both times, with a career-high 39.625 on Jan. 20 … 4 wins this season and 14 career wins … has hit 13-14 routines this season and 113-118 career routines. Sabrina Schwab: 2016 second-team All-American on bars and Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … suffered a season-ending knee injury (torn ACL) in practice on Jan. 17. MyKayla Skinner: Alternate on the 2016 USA goldmedal Olympic Team … 2016 Glasgow World Cup all-around champion … has won 17 of a possible 20 individual titles, including all four all-around, vault and floor competitions … 39.775 all-around score on Jan. 20 is tied for the fifth-best score in school history and is tied for the best ever by a Utah freshman … Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week and Freshman of the Week for three-straight weeks (Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24) … won every event and the allaround at BYU on Jan. 13 … 17 wins this season and in her career … has hit 16-16 routines this season and in her career. Maddy Stover: 2016 second-team regular season All-American and first-team All-Pac-12 Conference on beam … 6 career victories (all on beam) … has hit 4-4 routines this season and 33-36 career routines. Kim Tessen: 2016 Junior Olympic National Team member and co-national champion on bars … suffered a season-ending Achilles tear during premeet floor warmups at Washington on Jan. 28.
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CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Name Zoe Draghi Alexandra Dudschus Alicia Gallarzo Dana Ho Jessica Howe Cassidy Keelen Rachael Mastrangelo Charlie Owens Desiree Palomares Mariah Peterson Emily Richardson Arianna Robinson Sofie Seilnacht Sylvie Seilnacht Chelsea Shu Yuleen Sternberg Amber Takara Toni-Ann Williams
Height 5-1 5-5 5-3 5-3 5-3 5-1 5-7 5-4 4-11 5-2 5-1 5-2 5-7 5-6 5-6 5-3 5-1 5-1
Year Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. Jr.
Hometown Long Beach, Calif. San Jose, Calif. Burbank, Calif. Plano, Texas Plano, Texas Lucas, Texas Waxhaw, N.C. Alta Loma, Calif. San Dimas, Calif. Salt Lake City Fort Smith, Ark. Chantilly, Va. Fremont, Calif. Fremont, Calif. Manhattan Beach, Calif. Berkeley, Calif. Tacoma, Wash. Randallstown, Md.
Head Coach: Justin Howell (5th year) Associate Head Coach: Elisabeth Crandall-Howell Assistant Coach: Holly Thomas
Meet Notes (continued from page 4) Coach of the Year in 2014 and 2015 (with Greg Marsden), has a 157-54-3 career record as a co-coach. Farden is 25-7-1 in his second season at the Ute helm and has a career record of 9655-1 that includes seven years as the head coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2004-09.
Scouting California Head Coach: Justin Howell (5th year) 2016 NCAA Finish: 7th National Rank: No. 15 2017 Record: 8-0, 3-0 Pac-12 Season High: 196.025, Jan. 28 Notes: The Bears return every routine from their 2016 team that finished seventh at the NCAA Championships. Last
season marked Cal’s first appearance at the NCAA Gymnastics Championships in 24 years … Pac-12 wins have come against Stanford, Washington and Arizona State … Toni-Ann Williams has won all four floor competitions to date and Desiree Palomares has three wins on beam.
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