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PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS | MARCH 19 CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS Assistant Director of Athletic Communications (Women’s Gymnastics contact): Mara Rudolph Phone: (510) 384-6574 • Email: [email protected] WEBSITE: CALBEARS.COM • FACEBOOK: FACEBOOK.COM/CALWOMENSGYMNASTICS • TWITTER: @CALWGYM • INSTAGRAM: @CALWGYM 2016 SCHEDULE NO. 11 CALIFORNIA at Pac-12 Championships PAC-12 Overall: 14-4 • Pac-12: 4-3 GOLDEN BEARS (14-4, 4-3 Pac-12) Date ..........Saturday, March 19 DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT CHAMPIONSHIPS Jan. 10 at NorCal Classic # 195.575 (1st) Session I .....................1 p.m. PT #8 Stanford W, 194.800 (2nd) #5 Washington, #6 Stanford, Sacramento State W, 194.325 (3rd) #7 Arizona, #8 Arizona State UC Davis W, 192.700 (4th) Session II ....................6 p.m. PT San Jose State W, 191.800 (5th) #1 Utah, #2 UCLA, Jan. 15 at Oklahoma Tri Meet 194.225 (2nd) #3 Cal, #4 Oregon State #4 Oklahoma L, 197.125 (1st) Venue ..... Alaska Airlines Arena TWU W, 188.250 (3rd) Jan. 24 at Stanford Tri Meet 195.650 (2nd) Location ............ Seattle, Wash. #24 Stanford L, 196.675 (1st) Live Stats .......... GoHuskies.com San Jose State W, 194.875 (3rd) Broadcast ........Pac-12 Network FEB. 1 #5 UCLA (P12N) W, 196.375-195.175 FEB. 8 ARIZONA (P12N) W, 196.825-196.00 Feb. 15 at ASU (P12N) W, 196.900-194.725 Feb. 20 at #16 OSU (P12N) L, 196.850-195.350 FEB. 27 #5 UTAH (P12N) L, 197.025-196.750 For the first time since the Pac-12 adopted its eight-team, two-session format for the conference MARCH 4 CAL QUAD MEET 196.650 (1ST) championships, California women’s gymnastics heads to the annual event as one of the top four teams Southern Utah W, 195.050 (2nd) in the league. No. 11 California is the No. 3 seed at Saturday’s Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships and Michigan State W, 194.875 (3rd) will compete in the evening session at 6 p.m. alongside top-seeded Utah, No. 2 UCLA and No. 4 Oregon Lindenwood W, 193.550 (4th) State at the Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle, Wash. March 11 at UC Davis Tri Meet 197.500 (1st) UC Davis W, 196.025 (2nd) Sacramento State W, 195.425 (3rd) The four teams in each of the championships’ two sessions are seeded by their regional qualifying score March 19 at Pac-12 Champs% (P12N) 6 p.m. (RQS), with the four lower-seeded teams -- No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Arizona and No. 8 April 2 NCAA Regionals TBD Arizona State -- will compete in session one at 1 p.m. This is Cal’s first foray as a top-four seeded team April 15-16 NCAA Championships TBD after securing its third-place spot in the Pac-12 with a 196.555 RQS. # San Jose, Calif. Both sessions of the Pac-12 Championships will be televised live on the Pac-12 Network, and follow @ % Seattle, Wash. CalWGym on Twitter and Instagram for updates, behind-the-scenes photos and videos and the latest * indicates Pac-12 opponent information on the Bears throughout the season. All times listed Pacific (PT) Home meets listed in BOLD BEAR NECESSITIES: CAL'S TOP STORYLINES ROTATION ORDER BY THE NUMBERS FAST FACTS Team seedings for Saturday’s event were based on NCAA RQS. As the No. 3 seed, Cal will begin COACHING STAFF the meet on bars. All teams will rotate in Olympic Head Coach ................................ Justin Howell order. 197.500 San Jose State ‘99 • fourth season Cal scored a program-record 197.500 Assoc. Head Coach..Elisabeth Crandall-Howell Rotation order for Saturday is as follows: in the regular-season finale at the UC BYU ‘97 • fourth season Davis triangular. Assistant Coach .........................Jessa Hansen Starting Event Session I Session II Iowa ‘12 • third season Vault #6 Stanford #2 UCLA Volunteer Coach ............... Jeffrey Langenstein Uneven Bars #7 Arizona #3 Cal 2 California ‘14 • second season Balance Beam #5 Washington #1 Utah After picking up this week’s Pac-12 Floor Exercise #8 Arizona St. #4 Oregon St. Specialist of the Week honor, Toni-Ann 2016 TEAM INFORMATION Williams is one of only two gymnasts Arena: Haas Pavilion (11,877) CAL AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS in conference history to earn at least 2015 Overall Record: 16-10 overall The Golden Bears have yet to claim a Pac-12 title, one of each type of the conference’s 2015 Pac-12 Record: 6-8 Pac-12 (including but came close in 2014, finishing third when they Pac-12 Championships) hosted the event in Haas Pavilion in Berkeley. Cal weekly honors. 2014 Final Ranking: 18 won the NorPac Conference title in 1984 before Letterwinners Returning: 12 gymnastics joined the Pacific conference in 1987. Newcomers: 4 2004 Individually, just four Cal gymnasts have been 2004 was the last time a Cal UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA crowned Pac-12 Champions. Cal’s last Pac-12 gymnast was crowned an individual Location: Berkeley, Calif. champion on any event was My-Lan Dodd, who event champion at the conference Nickname: Golden Bears shared a six-way tie for the balance beam title in championship event. Enrollment: 37,581 2004 after turning in a 9.9. 2016 CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS California Pac-12 Championship Individual Event Champions: CAL IN THE Event Year Gymnast Score Vault 1995 Lisa Washington 9.95 NATIONAL RANKINGS Uneven Bars 1992 Cindy Tom 9.90 Balance Beam 2004 My-Lan Dodd 9.95 Road To Nationals - March 14, 2016 Floor Exercise 1997 Mindy Ornellas 9.90 RANK TEAM NAME RQS LAST YEAR AT THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 Oklahoma 197.845 The Golden Bears turned in their second-highest Pac-12 Championships total in school history, a 196.150, 2 Florida 197.655 to finish sixth overall at the 2015 conference championship at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake 3 LSU 197.555 City, Utah. The hosting Utes defended their title, winning with a 198.150, followed by UCLA (2nd, 197.350), 4 Alabama 197.325 Stanford (3rd, 197.175), Oregon State (4th, 196.900), Arizona (5th, 196.225), Cal (6th, 196.150), 5 Utah 197.205 Washington (7th, 196.000) and Arizona St. (8th, 192.700). 6 Auburn 197.120 7 Michigan 197.085 Toni-Ann Williams, named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, led Cal’s all-arounders with a 39.325 for sixth 8 Georgia 196.990 place, and Charlie Owens logged a 39.025 all-around score. Desiree Palomares shined in all three of her events, turning in 9.85s across the board, including a team-best 9.85 on beam. 9 UCLA 196.940 10 Denver 196.645 AWARDS SEASON HAS ARRIVED 11 CALIFORNIA 196.555 The beginning of championship season also heralds in awards season, and this weekend Cal’s gymnasts 12 Nebraska 196.535 have the opportunity to pick up multiple awards. Among the yearly awards up for grabs at the Pac-12 13 Arkansas 196.505 Championships are: Gymnast of the Year, Specialist of the Year, Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, Coach of 14 Oregon State 196.450 the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Bears have six awards from among those categories to date: 15 Boise State 196.425 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year: Serena Leong (2013), Toni-Ann Williams (2015) 16 Minnesota 196.395 Coach of the Year: Alfie Mitchell (1994), Cari DuBois (2003), Justin Howell (2013) 17 Washington 196.360 Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Alicia Asturias (2014) 18 Iowa 196.330 19 Stanford 196.305 PAC-12 PREDICTIONS 20 Missouri 196.235 Coaches around the conference have predicted that the Bears will finish fifth in the Pac-12 this season. 21 Arizona 196.155 Utah was selected to repeat as the conference champion for the third year in a row, followed by UCLA, Stan- 22 Kentucky 196.115 ford, Oregon State, Cal, Arizona, Washington and finally Arizona State. 23 George Washington 195.905 24 Eastern Michigan 195.875 RANKINGS ROUNDUP 25 Illinois-Champaign 195.870 The Bears stayed inside the top 15 for the fourth week of regional qualifying score (RQS) rankings. The Bears are No. 11 in the nation this week with a 196.555 RQS. TEAM EVENT Cal is in the nation’s top 20 on all four events, led by a ninth-place ranking on vault (49.185 RQS). Cal is 12th on floor (49.255) and 19th on both bars (49.110) and beam (49.120). Event Rank Average RQS V 9 49.085 49.185 Individually, Toni-Ann Williams ranks ninth on floor with a 9.93 RQS. UB 19 48.930 49.110 BB 19 48.948 49.120 This is the highest Cal has ever been ranked in week No. 11 of the season. The Bears got as close as No. FX 12 49.218 49.255 18 in 2003, and were in the top 20 in 2014 and 2015. INDIVIDUAL EVENT (Top 25) WHAT’S AN RQS? The RQS, or regional qualifying score, is determined by the six best regular-season-meet scores, of which Vault three must be road scores. Among those six scores, the high score is eliminated and the remaining five Gymnast Rank Average RQS scores are averaged. - - - - LAST TIME OUT Uneven Bars Cal rewrote its own record book to win the UC Davis triangular Friday in Davis, Calif., turning in a pro- Gymnast Rank Average RQS gram-high 197.500 to defeat UC Davis (195.975) and Sacramento State (195.425). The Bears rode - - - - season-high team totals on every event to their record-breaking finale, including the highest beam total (49.35), second-highest floor total (49.45) and third-highest bars total (49.475) in school history.