WAC GYMNASTICS Jason Erickson, Director of Media Relations (Gymnastics Contact) March 5, 2009 E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: 303-962-4206 WAC Meets All Meets W L Pct. W L Pct. High Score Boise State 6 1 .857 12 5 .706 195.700 San Jose State 5 1 .833 12 1 .923 195.400 Southern Utah 2 1 .667 8 3 .700 195.675 Cal State Fullerton 3 2 .600 5 7 .417 193.875 Sacramento State 1 5 .167 4 8 .333 193.900 Utah State 0 7 .000 0 11 .000 193.600

Schedule: Week #9 Results: Week #8

Friday, March 6 Friday, February 27 *Boise State at Boise State Tri Meet 7:00 p.m. MT Cal State Fullerton at Missouri Quad 3rd/4, 193.275 *Cal State Fullerton at Boise State Tri Meet 7:00 p.m. MT San Jose State at UC Davis Tri 1st/3, 194.700 Pittsburgh at Utah State 7:00 p.m. MT *Boise State at Sac State Tri 1st/3, 195.325 *San Jose State at Southern Utah 7:00 p.m. MT *Sacramento State at Sac State Tri 2nd/3, 192.050 *Utah State at Sac State Tri 3rd/3, 190.250 Sunday, March 8 Southern Utah def. Brigham Young 194.675-189.125 Sacramento State at UC Davis Quad Meet 2:00 p.m. PT *Utah State at San Jose State 2:00 p.m. PT *WAC Meet

*WAC Meet 2009 WAC Gymnastics WAC Media Services SOUTHERN UTAH’S WHEELER AND SCHULTZ NAMED WAC GYMNASTS OF THE WEEK Internet San Jose State’s Thomasina Wallace has been named the Western Athletic Conference Information on the Western Athletic Confer- Gymnast of the week and Boise State’s Lindsay Kazandjian, along with Southern Utah’s ence can be accessed many ways. The WAC’s Gaby Grey have been named the WAC’s Co-Specialists of the Week for Feb. 23-Mar. 1. website is www.wacsports.com. Standings, top performances, team notes, meet stories, Wallace, a freshman from Pomona, Calif. (Diamond Ranch HS) won the all-around title with and releases will be available on the website a season-best 39.350 at a tri meet with No. 3 Stanford and UC Davis. Her all-around score is along with PDFs of records and links to school the third-highest in school history and the second-highest in the WAC this season. Wallace’s sites. performance helped lead the Spartans to an upset win over No. 3 Stanford and UC Davis. E-Mail Lists She tied for first on floor with a season-best 9.900. She has now scored a 9.900 or better Media may contact Jason Erickson at the on vault, bars and floor this season. She also tied for second on bars with a 9.875, third on WAC (303-962-4206 or [email protected]) to be included on the league’s e-mail lists. beam with a 9.775 (season-high) and tied for fourth on vault with a 9.800.

WAC Gymnastics Kazandjian, a freshman from Las Vegas, Nev. (Coronado HS) earned her third title on beam this season, improving her career-best to a 9.900 at the Sacramento State tri meet. With Media Contacts three beam wins, Kazandjian moved into a three-way tie for ninth on the Boise State all-time Boise State - Michelle Railsback single season beam wins list. She won the event by .750. Phone...... (208) 426-3438 Fax...... (208) 426-3361 Press Row...... (208) 426-1503 Grey, a freshman from Long Beach, Calif. (Marina HS) scored a career-high 9.900 on beam Email...... [email protected] to capture the individual title at a dual meet against Brigham Young. The score was the high- Website...... broncosports.com est mark during Southern Utah’s 194.675-189.125 victory over the Cougars. The freshman Cal State Fullerton - Jason Spencer also finished first on floor with a 9.850. Phone...... (714) 278-3970 Fax...... (714) 278-3141 Cell...... (714) 904-7547 Other Gymnast of the Week nominees included: Cal State Fullerton sophomore Alaina Baker; Email...... [email protected] Southern Utah senior Kellie Dangerfield; and Utah State senior Nicki Felley. Website...... fullertontitans.com

Sacramento State - Brian Berger Other Specialist of the Week nominees included: Cal State Fullerton senior Alana Mouery; Phone...... (916) 278-4313 Fax...... (916) 278-5429 San Jose State sophomore Lily Swann; and Utah State sophomore Nicole Simoneau. Cell...... (916) 397-4325 Email...... [email protected] Website...... hornetsports.com SACRAMENTO STATE TO HOST WAC GYMNAS- TICS CHAMPIONSHIP San Jose State - Amy Villa This year’s Western Athletic Conference Gymnas- Phone...... (408) 924-1208 Fax...... (408) 924-1291 tics Championship will take place at Sacramento Cell...... (408) 421-8604 State’s Hornets Gym on March 21. The event will Email...... [email protected] Website...... sjsuspartans.com begin at 6 p.m. (PT). For more information on the championship, visit www.wacsports.com. Southern Utah - Kyle Cottam Phone...... (435) 586-7752 Fax...... (435) 586-5444 Cell...... (435) 817-7702 Email...... [email protected] Website...... suutbirds.com 2009 WAC 2009 WAC Utah State - Zach Fisher GYMNAST OF THE WEEK SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK Phone...... (435) 797-2066 Fax...... (435) 797-2615 Cell...... (435) 213-0318 Jan. 12.....Marina Borisova, Sr.,Sacramento St. Jan. 12..... Shelly Cooper, So., Cal St. Fullerton Email...... [email protected] Website...... utahstateaggies.com Jan. 19....Marina Borisova, Sr., Sacramento St. Jan. 19...... Alaina Baker, So., Cal St. Fullerton Gymnastics Coaches

Boise State - Tina Bird and Neil Resnick Jan. 26...... Elise Wheeler, Jr., Southern Utah Jan. 26...... Traci Takeda, Jr., Sacramento State Phone...... (208) 426-1657 Email...... [email protected] Feb. 2....Thomasina Wallace, Fr., San Jose St. Feb. 2...... Taylor Jacob, Jr., Boise State Cal State Fullerton - Jill Hicks ...... Jenna Vogt, So., Southern Utah Phone...... (714) 278-3842 Email...... [email protected] Feb. 9.....Marina Borisova, Sr., Sacramento St. Feb. 9...... Chelsee Apple, Fr., Boise State Sacramento State - Kim Hughes Phone...... (916) 278-5361 Feb. 16..Thomasina Wallace, Fr., San Jose St. Email...... [email protected] ...... Jenna Vogt, So., Southern Utah Feb. 16...... Shaniece Craft, Sr., Boise State

San Jose State - Wayne Wright Phone...... (408) 924-1390 Feb. 23...... Elise Wheeler, Jr., Southern Utah Feb. 23...... Lindsey Schultz, Jr., Southern Utah Email...... [email protected]

Southern Utah - Scott Bauman Mar. 2....Thomasina Wallace, Fr., San Jose St. Mar. 2...... Lindsay Kazandjian, Fr., Boise State Phone...... (435) 586-7825 ...... Gaby Grey, Fr., Southern Utah Email...... [email protected] Mar. 9...... Utah State - Jeff Richards Mar. 9...... Phone...... (435) 797-1494 Email...... [email protected] Mar. 16...... Mar. 16......

WAC Gymnastics • Page 2 2009 WAC Gymnastics Schedule Boise State (12-5, 6-1 WAC) Cal State Fullerton (5-7, 3-2 WAC) Date Opponent (s) Location Time/Result Date Opponent (s) Location Time/Result Jan. 2 LSU, Michigan, North Carolina Cancun, Mex 2nd/4,193.700 Jan. 11 *San Jose State Fullerton, CA L, 191.825 Jan. 23 *San Jose State, *Boise State San Jose, CA 1st/3, 193.900 Jan. 16 *Southern Utah Fullerton, CA W, 192.275 Jan. 30 *Utah State Boise, ID W, 194.750 Jan. 23 UCLA Fullerton, CA L, 193.875 Feb. 6 Chicago Pier Meet Chicago, IL 2nd/4, 194.775 Feb. 1 UC Davis Fullerton, CA W, 193.125 Feb. 15 UCLA, Washington *CS Fullerton Los Angeles 2nd/4, 195.700 Feb. 6 *Utah State Logan, UT W, 192.575 Feb. 20 BYU, *San Jose State, *Utah State Provo, UT 3rd/4, 191.950 Feb. 15 UCLA, Washington, *Boise State Los Angeles 4th/4,193.150 Feb. 27 *Sacramento State, *Utah State Sacramento 1st/3, 195.325 Feb. 22 *Sacramento State Fullerton, CA W, 193.375 Mar. 6 BYU, *Cal State Fullerton Boise, ID 7:00 p.m. Feb. 27 Missouri, Michigan State, Western Mich. Columbia, MO 3rd/4, 193.275 Mar. 14 *Southern Utah Boise, ID 7:00 p.m. Mar. 6 *Boise State, BYU Boise, ID 7:00 p.m. Mar. 21 WAC Championship Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m. Mar. 13 Ball State, Nebraska, Arizona State Tempe, AZ 7:00 p.m. Mar. 21 WAC Championship Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m. *WAC Meet *WAC Meet

Sacramento State (4-8, 1-5 WAC) San Jose State (12-1, 5-1 WAC) Date Opponent (s) Location Time/Result Date Opponent (s) Location Time/Result Jan. 10 California, UC Davis Berkeley, CA 1st/3, 191.925 Jan. 11 *Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA W, 193.400 Jan. 16 Washington, Seattle Pacific, Stanford Seattle, WA 3rd/4, 193.550 Jan. 16 Brigham Young, UC Davis San Jose, CA 1st/3, 192.350 Jan. 23 *Southern Utah Cedar City, UT L, 193.900 Jan. 23 *Boise State, Seattle Pacific San Jose, CA 2nd/3, 193.700 Jan. 30 Illinois State Sacramento, CA L, 192.800 Jan. 31 Seattle Pacific Seattle, WA W, 195.400 Feb. 6 *San Jose State San Jose, CA L, 192.300 Feb. 6 *Sacramento State San Jose, CA W, 194.200 Feb. 15 *San Jose State Sacramento, CA L, 193.700 Feb. 15 *Sacramento State Sacramento, CA W, 194.000 Feb. 22 *Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA L, 192.900 Feb. 20 Brigham Young, *Utah State, *Boise State Provo, UT 1st/4, 194.850 Feb. 27 *Boise State, *Utah State Sacramento 2nd/3, 192.050 Feb. 27 UC Davis, Stanford Davis, CA 1st/3, 194.700 Mar. 8 UC Davis, New Hamp., Bowling Green Davis, CA 7:00 p.m. Mar. 6 *Southern Utah Cedar City, UT 7:00 p.m. Mar. 13 UC Davis, California, Seattle Pacific Sacramento, CA 7:00 p.m. Mar. 8 *Utah State San Jose, CA 2:00 p.m. Mar. 21 WAC Championship Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m. Mar. 21 WAC Championship Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m.

*WAC Meet *WAC Meet

Southern Utah (8-3, 2-1 WAC) Utah State (0-11, 0-7 WAC) Date Opponent (s) Location Time/Result Date Opponent (s) Location Time/Result Jan. 16 *Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA L, 190.450 Jan. 10 Kentucky Lexington, KY L, 191.100 Jan. 23 *Sacramento State Cedar City, UT W, 195.250 Jan. 16 Central Michigan Logan, UT L, 190.800 Jan. 26 *Utah State Cedar City, UT W, 194.750 Jan. 26 *Southern Utah Cedar City, UT L, 191.925 Jan. 30 Southeast Missouri State Tri Meet Girardeau, MO 2nd/3, 193.625 Jan. 30 *Boise State Boise, ID L, 193.600 Feb. 6 Utah, BYU, Texas Woman’s Salt Lake City 2nd/4, 194.325 Feb. 6 *Cal State Fullerton Logan, UT L, 192.225 Feb. 13 BYU Cedar City, UT W, 194.875 Feb. 9 UTAH Logan, UT L, 193.500 Feb. 20 Iowa Cedar City, UT W, 195.675 Feb. 20 BYU, *San Jose State, *Boise State Provo, UT 4th/4, 191.375 Feb. 27 BYU Provo, UT W, 194.675 Feb. 27 *Sacramento State, *Boise State Sacramento 3rd/3, 190.250 Mar. 6 *San Jose State Cedar City, UT 7:00 p.m. Mar. 6 Pittsburgh Logan, UT 7:00 p.m. Mar. 14 *Boise State Boise, ID 7:00 p.m. Mar. 8 *San Jose State San Jose, CA 2:00 p.m. Mar. 16 *Utah State Logan, UT 6:00 p.m. Mar. 13 BYU Logan, UT 7:00 p.m. Mar. 21 WAC Championship Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m. Mar. 21 WAC Championship Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m.

*WAC Meet *WAC Meet

WAC Gymnastics • Page 3 2009 WAC Team Notes (12-5, 6-1 WAC) (12-1, 5-1 WAC) The Broncos scored their second-highest team total of San Jose State has now scored a 194.000 or better in the season and their season-best on floor exercise at five consecutive meets ... Veronica Porte finished sec- the Sacramento State Tri Meet. They improve their team ond in the all-around with a 39.150 ... San Jose State RQS from a 193.70 to 194.41 this week ... the Broncos recorded its season-high on floor with a 49.075, which scored their second-highest team total of the season and their ties for the fifth-highest score in school history. season-best on floor exercise at the Sacramento State Tri Meet ... they improve their team RQS from a 193.70 to 194.41 this week.

Cal State Fullerton Titans (5-7, 3-2 WAC) Southern Utah Thunderbirds (8-3, 2-1 WAC) Cal State Fullerton topped the 193 mark for the third The victory at BYU completed the season sweep against straight meet and the fifth time in the last six competi- the Cougars ... Southern Utah scored season highs tions last week in Missouri … The Titans set a season on bars and beam during the meet in Provo, but also high on floor with a 48.700 – scoring 48 points or better recorded a season-low on floor. for the fifth straight meet … the Titans also continued their strong vaulting performance, scoring a 48.500 – topping that mark in every meet this season.

Sacramento State Hornets (4-8, 1-5 WAC) Utah State Aggies (0-11, 0-7 WAC) The Hornets picked up their first WAC win of the year After six dual meets to open the season, USU has had after finishing second in a meet against Boise State and two multi meets in a row after a tri meet Friday at Sac- Utah State … Eryn Stubblefied won the all-around with aramento State with Boise State … Nicole Simoneau a season-high total of 38.775 …Stubblefield also placed won the bars individual title with a 9.875, tying her second on beam with a 9.825 … competed with the services of all- season-high for the third time this season and tallying her 20th score arounders Marina Borisova (illness) and Cayla Boyce (ankle) ... the of 9.800 or better in 22 career meets … the win was her fourth bars team was also without beam specialist Lizzy Norvell who placed fifth title and sixth event win overall this season … the Aggies finished in the pole vault at the Big Sky Track and Field Championships. 2-3-4 in the all-around.

2009 GymInfo Poll GymInfo - Women’s Regional Ranking for: (March 2 - by Regional Qualifying Average) Team Total March 2 - by Regional Qualifying Average Rk. School RQS Avg. 1 Georgia 197.035 196.772 2 Utah 196.885 196.831 West 3 Stanford 196.590 196.206 Rank Team RQS Region High 4 Florida 196.465 196.319 1 Stanford 196.590 W 197.175 5 Alabama 196.455 196.297 2 UCLA 196.430 W 197.125 6 UCLA 196.430 196.434 3 Oregon State 196.295 W 196.650 7 Oklahoma 196.340 196.197 8 Auburn 196.310 196.208 4 Washington 194.655 W 196.000 9 Oregon State 196.295 195.911 5 Boise State 194.410 W 195.700 10 Arkansas 196.290 196.067 6 San Jose State 194.290 W 195.400 11 L.S.U. 196.290 195.986 7 Cal State-Fullerton 193.100 W 193.875 12 Nebraska 195.745 195.550 8 Sacramento State 193.050 W 193.900 13 Missouri 195.535 195.472 9 UC Davis 191.550 W 192.700 14 Michigan 195.370 195.072 10 Alaska 189.785 W 192.775 15 Illinois-Champaign 195.215 195.036 11 California 189.755 W 191.475 16 Arizona 195.120 194.753 12 Seattle Pacific 188.915 W 189.875 17 Ohio State 195.025 194.897 18 Minnesota 195.025 194.583 North Central 19 Penn State 194.960 195.266 20 West Virginia 194.930 194.741 Rank Team RQS Region High 21 Iowa State 194.765 194.469 1 Utah 196.885 NC 197.525 22 Washington 194.655 194.409 2 Minnesota 195.025 NC 195.850 23 Iowa 194.645 194.242 3 Iowa State 194.765 NC 195.525 24 Kentucky 194.590 194.039 4 Iowa 194.645 NC 195.050 - Kent State 194.590 193.916 5 Southern Utah 194.550 NC 195.675 26 Southern Utah 194.550 194.203 6 Denver 194.200 NC 195.625 27 Michigan State 194.525 194.253 7 Utah State 191.965 NC 193.600 28 Arizona State 194.415 194.389 8 Brigham Young 190.715 NC 192.850 29 Boise State 194.410 194.243 9 Air Force 188.835 NC 190.925 30 Maryland-College 194.325 193.431 10 Wisconsin-WW 184.825 NC 188.525 11 Wisconsin-LC 184.375 NC 188.975 WAC Schools in the Top 50 12 Winona State 181.785 NC 183.600 31 San Jose State 194.290 194.062 41 Cal State-Fullerton 193.100 192.934 42 Sacramento State 193.050 192.897 Bold = WAC Schools 47 Utah State 191.965 191.353

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ALL-AROUND TEAM TOTAL Athlete School Score Date School Score Date Elise Wheeler Southern Utah 39.425 2/20 Boise State 195.700 2/15 Thomasina Wallace San Jose State 39.350 2/27 Southern Utah 195.675 2/20 Veronica Porte San Jose State 39.275 2/20 San Jose State 195.400 1/31 Jenna Vogt Southern Utah 39.225 2/13 Sacramento State 193.900 1/23 Marina Borisova Sacramento State 39.175 1/16 Cal State Fullerton 193.875 1/23 Kellie Dangerfield Southern Utah 39.125 2/20 Utah State 193.600 1/30 Melissa Johnson Southern Utah 39.075 2/13 Alaina Baker Cal State Fullerton 39.050 2/22, 2/27 Heather Heinrich Utah State 38.950 1/30 VAULT LIndsay Kazandjian Boise State 38.925 1/30 School Score Date Southern Utah 49.275 2/20 VAULT Boise State 49.225 2/15 Athlete School Score Date Cal State Fullerton 49.125 2/15 Lindsey Schultz Southern Utah 9.950 2/20 San Jose State 49.100 2/20 Veronica Porte San Jose State 9.925 2/20 Utah State 48.725 1/30 Alaina Baker Cal State Fullerton 9.900 1/23 Sacramento State 48.275 2/15 Melissa Johnson Southern Utah 9.900 1/23 Thomasina Wallace San Jose State 9.900 1/23 UNEVEN BARS Chelsee Apple Boise State 9.900 2/6 School Score Date Shaniece Craft Boise State 9.900 2/15 Southern Utah 49.075 2/27 Alise Blackwell San Jose State 9.900 2/20 San Jose State 48.925 1/23 Katie Turcotte Cal State Fullerton 9.875 2/15 Utah State 48.900 2/6 Elise Wheeler Southern Utah 9.875 2/20 Boise State 48.875 2/6 UNEVEN BARS Sacramento State 48.625 2/15 Athlete School Score Date Cal State Fullerton 48.575 2/6, 2/22 Thomasina Wallace San Jose State 9.925 2/20 Taylor Jacob Boise State 9.900 1/30 BALANCE BEAM Nicole Simoneau Utah State 9.875 1/16, 2/9, 2/27 School Score Date Elise Wheeler Southern Utah 9.875 1/23 Southern Utah 49.275 2/27 Erin Morgan Southern Utah 9.875 2/27 Boise State 48.900 2/15 Marina Borisova Sacramento State 9.850 1/10, 1/30, 2/16 San Jose State 48.875 1/31 Jenna Vogt Southern Utah 9.850 2/27 Sacramento State 48.750 1/23 Renae Moneymaker San Jose State 9.825 1/23 Cal State Fullerton 48.525 1/23 Alise Blackwell San Jose State 9.825 1/23, 2/20 Utah State 47.875 1/30 Mallory Dziawura Boise State 9.825 1/23 Shelly Cooper Cal State Fullerton 9.825 1/23, 2/1 FLOOR EXERCISE Kelllie Dangerfield Southern Utah 9.825 2/27 School Score Date Boise State 49.225 2/27 BALANCE BEAM Athlete School Score Date Southern Utah 49.200 1/26 Traci Takeda Sacramento State 9.925 1/23 San Jose State 49.075 2/27 Kellie Dangerfield Southern Utah 9.900 1/23 Utah State 48.925 2/9 Lindsay Kazandjian Boise State 9.900 2/27 Cal State Fullerton 48.700 2/27 Gaby Grey Southern Utah 9.900 2/27 Sacramento State 48.600 2/27 Ariel Lamb Southern Utah 9.875 2/20 Alise Blackwell San Jose State 9.850 1/31 Marina Borisova Sacramento State 9.850 2/15 Elise Wheeler Southern Utah 9.850 2/20, 2/27 Jenna Vogt Southern Utah 9.850 2/20 Rebecca Holliday Utah State 9.825 1/26 Cayla Boyce Sacramento State 9.825 1/16 Taylor Jacob Boise State 9.825 2/15 Eryn Stubblefield Sacramento State 9.825 2/27 Melissa Johnson Southern Utah 9.825 2/27

FLOOR EXERCISE Athlete School Score Date Jenna Vogt Southern Utah 9.900 1/26 Elise Wheeler Southern Utah 9.900 1/30, 2/20 Sarah Smith Boise State 9.900 1/30 Kelsey Lang Boise State 9.900 2/27 Thomasina Wallace San Jose State 9.900 2/27 Alaina Baker Cal State Fullerton 9.875 1/11, 1/16 Veronica Porte San Jose State 9.875 1/16, 1/23 Lauren Jeffrey Southern Utah 9.875 1/26 Kellie Dangerfield Southern Utah 9.875 2/20 Katie Turcotte Cal State Fullerton 9.850 1/16 Melissa Johnson Southern Utah 9.850 1/26 Yvette Leizorek Boise State 9.850 1/30 Heather Heinrich Utah State 9.850 2/9 Gaby Grey Southern Utah 9.850 2/27

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