PAC-12 GYMNASTICS SQUADS OFF to IMPRESSIVE START the Pac-12 Went 11-4 in the First Week of the 2016 Season
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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, January, 13, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) PAC-12 GYMNASTICS SQUADS OFF TO IMPRESSIVE START The Pac-12 went 11-4 in the first week of the 2016 season. The opening weekend was highlighted by UCLA’s win over then-No. 3 Alabama. CALIFORNIA took home a meet victory 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE at the annual NorCal classic and now sits at 4-0 to start the GYMNASTICS STANDINGS season. Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT This coming weekend will feature more tough non-conference California 0 0 .000 4 0 1.000 competition for Pac-12 squads as No. 5 UCLA travels to No. 3 Arizona 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Florida, No. 11 CALIFORNIA travels to No. 4 Oklahoma, and UCLA 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 No. 22 STANFORD travels to No. 15 Georgia. Utah 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Stanford 0 0 .000 3 1 .750 Arizona State 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 STANFORD’s Elizabeth Price is tied for the national lead in Oregon State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 the all-around after scoring a 39.500 in the NorCal Classic. Washington 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 UCLA’s Danusia Francis and Christine Peng Peng Lee are tied for first nationally on the beam. As a team, UTAH leads the nation on the bars so far this season. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) RANKINGS AS OF JAN. 13 Fri., Jan. 15 #5 UCLA at #3 Florida 3:45 p.m. PT #12 OREGON STATE at Lindenwood 4 p.m. PT RANK TEAM with Bridgeport, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Illinois State 1. LSU #11 CALIFORNIA at #4 Oklahoma 4:45 p.m. PT 1. Michigan #7 UTAH at Southern Utah 6 p.m. PT 3. Florida 4. Oklahoma Sun., Jan 17 5. UCLA #10 ARIZONA at Texas Woman’s University 11 a.m. PT 6. Alabama 7. Auburn Mon., Jan. 18 7. George Washington #22 STANFORD at #15 Georgia 11 a.m. PT 7. Utah WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE 6 p.m. PT 10. Arizona 11. California 12. Oregon State 13. Denver RECENT RESULTS 14. Missouri 15. Georgia Fri., Jan. 8 16. Arkansas BYU at #7 UTAH UTAH, 196.175-193.850 16. Kent State Michigan State at #10 ARIZONA ARIZ, 195.700-193.775 18. New Hampshire ARIZONA STATE vs Nebraska, Bowling Green ASU 2nd, 192.700 19. Illinois-Champaign 20. Eastern Michigan Sat., Jan 9 21. Kentucky Ohio State at WASHINGTON Ohio State, 194.275-193.725 22. Stanford 23. North Carolina State Sun., Jan. 10 23. Minnesota NorCal Classic: #22 STANFORD, #11 CAL, CAL 1st 195.575, 25. Maryland- College Park with San Jose State, UC Davis, Sacramento State #6 Alabama at #5 UCLA UCLA, 196.550-196.300 #7 Auburn at #12 OREGON STATE Auburn, 195.425-196.175 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten ............................................... 1-2-0 ARIZ ................................. TABITHA YIM UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 .............................................. 1st season ................................................26th Season East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 23 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 0-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0-0 ASU ..................................... RENE LYST UTAH ................................TOM FARDEN Midwest Independent .......................... 0-0-0 .............................................2nd season .................................................. 1st season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 6-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim ..................................... 1-0-0 Southeastern ....................................... 1-1-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .................................................. 4th season .................................................. 7th season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .................................NCAA Appearances: 6 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 Total-All ......................................... 0-0-0 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS ................................................19th Season ................................................10th Season ...............................NCAA Appearances: 11 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH ................................................ 15th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com ............................................. Danielle Bracamonte ...............................NCAA Appearances: 12 ances made as head coach of current [email protected] school ...................................................... 520-621-4163 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com .................................................... Kathryn Roberts [email protected] ...................................................... 480-965-1237 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com ....................................................... Mara Rudolph SAN FRANCISCO – In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics, UTAH [email protected] was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference an- ...................................................... 510-643-5846 nounced today. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the ....................................................... Jason Amberg national preseason coaches’ poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top [email protected] ...................................................... 541-230-0706 spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had domi- nated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in ........................................................... Greg Marsh 2014 and 2015. ......................................... [email protected] ...................................................... 650-736-7635 UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches’ poll. UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with 39 2016 Pac-12 Women’s ............................................................. Liza David points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll ...................................... [email protected] Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the ...................................................... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (6) ................... 49 national top ten, coming in at No. 8. 2. UCLA ...................... 41 UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com 3. Stanford (1) ............. 39 .................................................................Liz Abel OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 4. Oregon Sate ............. 30 [email protected] coaches’ poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were 5. California ................. 24 ...................................................... 801-209-6346 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA 6. Arizona .................... 21 STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 7. Washington .............. 13 WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com 8. Arizona State ............. 7 ..........................................................Justin Green Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 ....................................................jgreen8@uw.edu nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon ...................................................... 801-473-7376 State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com ............................................................. Liz Beadle .............................................. [email protected] The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- ...................................................... 415-549-2858 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 13, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS Pac-12 in the rankings: This week’s top-25 features six Pac-12 Pac-12 Networks will begin its fourth season of women’s gymnastics squads, including five in the top 12. UCLA, Utah, Arizona, Califor- coverage