DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

Gymnastics SID: Liza David For Immediate Release: SID Phone: (310) 206-8140 April 9, 2004 UCLA Web Site — www.uclabruins.com

DEFENDING CHAMPION UCLA HOSTS NCAA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Four-time champion Bruins begin competition Thursday, Apr. 15 at 7 pm.

NCAA Championships - The top-ranked UCLA gymnastics team (15-5) will 2004 UCLA Gymnastics Schedule host the NCAA Gymnastics Championships April 15-17 in Pauley Pavilion. UCLA begins competition on Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 pm in the evening Date Opponent Time/Result team preliminary session. The Bruins will battle Arizona State, Utah, LSU, Ala- 1/10 UTAH L 196.375-197.35 bama and Michigan for three spots in the NCAA Super Six Team Finals. Stanford, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia and Nebraska will meet in the af- 1/16 at Arizona L 194.625-196.725 ternoon session at 1:00 pm. 1/19 at Georgia W 197.85-197.475 Competition Format — The three-day competition begins on Thursday, Apr. 15 with two sessions (1:00 pm and 7:00 pm PT) of preliminary team compe- 1/25 at Minnesota W 197.55-195.325 tition. The Top 3 teams from each Thursday session will advance to the team 2/1 ASU, CSUF 1st, 197.55 finals (The "Super Six"), which will begin at 7:00 pm on Friday, Apr. 16. The individual event finals competition will be held Saturday, Apr. 17 at 7:00 pm. 2/8 STANFORD W 197.975-196.425 The all-around champion and individual event finalists will be determined 2/13 at 1st, 197.8 during the preliminary competition. Individuals qualify for event finals by w/ Seattle-Pacific placing in the top four (including ties) of that particular event during their own preliminary session. 2/20 at CS Fullerton L 193.6-194.276 The Championship Field - Competing for the NCAA team championship 2/22 OREGON ST. W 198.875-197.175 will be regional winners UCLA, Oklahoma, Georgia, Utah, LSU and Stanford, as well as regional runners-up Iowa, Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, Arizona State 2/27 at Washington L 197.1-197.225 and Michigan. 3/7 MICHIGAN W 198.325-195.725 Rotation Order - UCLA has the favored Olympic order in Thursday's meet, 3/12 at Florida W 198.25-198.225 beginning the competition on , moving to a bye, then bars, beam an- other bye and ending on exercise. This is UCLA's regular rotation during 3/20 @Pac-10 s 2nd 197.875 home meets. Rotation order for the championship meet was determined by a blind draw conducted by the NCAA. 4/3 @ NCAA Regionals 1st, 197.325 (Host: North Carolina State) Session I V Bye UB BB Bye FX 4/15 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1/7 pm I STAN FL Iowa Okla UGA NEB *Team Preliminaries II NEB STAN FL Iowa Okla UGA 4/16 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 7:00 pm III UGA NEB STAN FL Iowa OKLA *Super Six Team Finals IV Okla UGA NEB STAN FL Iowa V Iowa Okla UGA NEB STAN FL 4/17 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 7:00 pm VI FL Iowa Okla UGA NEB STAN *Individual Event Finals Session II V Bye UB BB Bye FX Home meets in BOLD FACE CAPS I UCLA ASU Utah LSU ALA MICH Home meets held at Pauley Pavilion II MICH UCLA ASU Utah LSU ALA III ALA MICH UCLA ASU Utah LSU All times local to meet site IV LSU ALA MICH UCLA ASU Utah V Utah LSU ALA MICH UCLA ASU VI ASU Utah LSU ALA MICH UCLA Meet Coverage - Live scoring will be provided on the UCLA website at the following address: uclabruins.collegesports.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/ 2004-ncaa-champ-central.html. The meet will be televised by CBS on Satur- day, May 1 from 1-3 pm ET. Bonnie Bernstein and Olympic gold medalist Amanda Borden will call the action, with Tracy Wolfson serving as sideline reporter. p. 1 of 8 UCLA At The NCAA Championships — to sweep the all-around and all four The Bruins have won three of the last four events in one year at a national champi- UCLA' S PAST NCAA C HAMPIONSHIP HISTORY NCAA Championships and have won onships. Hamilton is the only woman to Year Finish Winner four titles overall (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003). win three consecutive floor titles. UCLA 2003 1st UCLA UCLA won its fourth title last season with has won at least two individual titles in 2002 2nd Alabama a score of 197.825, outscoring second- each of the last six years and three titles 2001 1st UCLA place Alabama by . 550. The Bruins uti- in each of the last three years. 2000 1st UCLA lized a stellar beam rotation (49.525) to The 2003 Championship — With per- 1999 5th Georgia take a .475 lead heading into their final haps the greatest collection of gymnasts 1998 5th Georgia event and solidified the championship ever assembled on one collegiate team, 1997 1st UCLA with a 49.5 on floor to close the meet. In UCLA claimed its third title in four years 1996 2nd Alabama 2001, UCLA needed a near-perfect beam in Lincoln, Neb. The Bruins pulled away 1995 4th Utah set to stave off Georgia in the two teams' from a tight competition with a sparkling 1994 5th Utah final rotation and responded in style with beam rotation. After struggling on beam 1993 4th Georgia a 49.575 (9.915 average) to capture the in the preliminaries, Bruin head coach 1992 9th Utah title with a team total of 197.575, .175 employed a brilliant 1991 – Alabama ahead of the Gym Dogs. The Bruins won strategy, putting in the extremely consis- 1990 4th Utah in 2000 on the strength of a 48-for-48 tent Onnie Willis as the leadoff competi- 1989 2nd Georgia performance over the two days of the tor. In the first leadoff beam performance 1988 3rd Alabama championships. UCLA won its first-ever of her career, Willis was not only steady 1987 3rd Georgia NCAA Championship in 1997, breaking but spectacular, scoring a 9.925 to set the 1986 7th Utah the Utah-Georgia-Alabama triumvirate table perfectly for her teammates, who 1985 – Utah which had won all the other previous responded by totaling a 49.525 to take a 1984 2nd Utah titles. This is UCLA's 13th consecutive and .475 lead over second-place Georgia af- 1983 6th Utah 21st overall appearance in the 23 NCAA ter the fourth rotation. Alabama closed 1982 6th Utah Championships. UCLA and Georgia are to within three-tenths of a point during the only two teams to qualify for every rotation five, and the Bruins moved to Super Six since its inception in 1993. floor with the chance to close it out. UCLA' S NCAA CHAMPS led off with a 9.85. Se- Bruins Boast Three NCAA Champions Team Championships: — UCLA has a meet-high three former niors Kristin Parker and Malia Jones fin- 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003 NCAA champions on its roster - 2002 all- ished their careers with standout perfor- around, vault and floor champion and mances, scoring 9.875 and 9.9, respec- All-Around Champions: tively. A fall by put pres- 2003 co-champion Jamie Onnie Willis, 2001 sure on the Bruins, but there was little Dantzscher, 2003 beam and 2003 uneven , 2002 bars co-champion Kate Richardson and doubt that the final two competitors 2001 uneven bars champion Yvonne would not respond like champions, and Vault Champions: Tousek. No other school has more than they did just that. Willis, the eventual Jill Andrews, 1988 one NCAA champion on its current Honda Award winner, scored a 9.9, and Kim Hamilton, 1989 Jamie Dantzscher clinched the win with squad. Other former champions compet- Heidi Moneymaker, 1999 a 9.975. Individually, Richardson claimed ing in the meet are Michigan's Jamie Dantzscher, 2002 (2001 all-around, 2002 beam), Georgia's the beam title and tied with Dantzscher Cory Fritzinger (2001 vault), and for the bars title. Bars Champions: Alabama's (2003 vault). The 2001 Championship — The Bruins Heidi Moneymaker, 1998 Individual NCAA History — Eleven Bru- successfully defended their NCAA title , 2000 ins have won 22 NCAA titles to tie for sec- with a gritty performance on balance , 2001 ond amongst all teams. UCLA's NCAA beam in the final rotation. Leading sec- Jamie Dantzscher, 2003 champions are: Kim Hamilton (1987-88- ond-place and host-team Georgia by just Kate Richardson, 2003 89 floor, 1989 vault), Jill Andrews (1988 one-tenth of a point heading into their vault, 1989 beam), (1995 and final rotation, the Bruins needed a near- Beam Champions: 1998 floor), Heidi Moneymaker (1998 perfect beam set to hold off the Gym Jill Andrews, 1989 bars, 1999 vault), Kiralee Hayashi (1999 Dogs, which ended on vault, one of their Kiralee Hayashi, 1999 beam), Mohini Bhardwaj (2000 bars, 2001 best events. Georgia put the heat on by Lena Degteva, 2000 floor), Lena Degteva (2000 beam), Onnie posting a vault total of 49.5, meaning the Kate Richardson, 2003 Willis (2001 all-around); Yvonne Tousek Bruins needed a 49.425 or better to hold (2001 bars), Jamie Dantzscher (2002 all- the lead. Doni Thompson started things Floor Champions: around, vault and floor; 2003 bars) and off with a career-high 9.9 to set the table Kim Hamilton, 1987-89 Kate Richardson (2003 bars and beam). for an amazing 49.575 performance and Stella Umeh, 1995, 1998 Two other Bruins won AIAW national a repeat championship. Individually, all Mohini Bhardwaj, 2001 titles - (1980-81 all- eight competing Bruins earned All- Jamie Dantzscher, 2002 around and vault, 1980 bars, 1980 beam, America honors, with Onnie Willis (all- 1980 floor) and Diane Dovas (1981 bars). around), Yvonne Tousek (bars) and Shapiro remains the only gymnast ever Mohini Bhardwaj (floor) capturing NCAA p. 2 of 8 (10th) and Iowa (11th). Oklahoma joins the party this year af- UCLA Season High Scores ter a two-year absence, replacing last year's 12th-place finisher Gymnast V UB BB FX AA Auburn. Antolin 10.0 9.975 9.95 10.0 39.875 Auld 9.875 • Six teams have been to all three UCLA-hosted NCAA Cham- Dantzscher 10.0 9.975 pionships - UCLA, Alabama, Georgia, Utah, Florida and Arizona Erickson 9.425 9.675 Maloney 10.0 9.975 9.975 9.95 39.75 State. Murdock 9.55 9.8 9.9 • Hosting the NCAA Championship has not always been easy. Patel 9.625 9.55 Only one host team has won the championship in the last nine Peckett 9.95 9.925 9.825 9.95 39.425 Richardson 10.0 9.95 10.0 10.0 39.85 years (Alabama in 2002 and 1996). The last time UCLA hosted, Selesky 9.7 it finished fifth. The only other time the Bruins hosted, they Sutton 9.65 finished second by .05 in 1984. Tedmon 9.825 9.1 9.9 9.55 Tousek 10.0 9.95 9.975 • UCLA is tied with Utah for second amongst all schools with A. Walker 9.875 9.65 22 individual titles. Georgia leads all teams with 26. C. Walker 9.65 9.125 Williams 9.9 9.8 • The Bruins have won more individual titles in the last six years Winn 9.9 9.95 9.925 9.9 39.425 (15) than any other team. Team 49.725 49.825 49.575 49.875 198.875 • The Pac-10 Conference has qualified three teams to the NCAA Career-high scores in Bold Championships - UCLA, Stanford and Arizona State. The Pac- 10 has been represented by at least two teams in all 23 cham- titles on their respective events. Valorie Kondos Field was hon- pionships. A record six Pac-10 teams competed in the 1992 ored as the Head Coach of the Year for the fourth time, and Championships. Bhardwaj earned the Honda Award as the nation's top gym- nast. Championships To Be Held On Podium — The 2004 NCAA Gymnastics Championships will be held on a podium for the The 2000 Championship — UCLA hit 48-for-48 routines first time ever. The gymnasts will be competing on a three- throughout the two-day competition and won its second NCAA foot high elevated surface similar to what is used at the Olym- title with a final score of 197.3. In the team finals, the Bruins led pic Games, World Championships and U.S. Championships. throughout the competition and never let any competitor Eighteen gymnasts from the 12 competing teams have com- within four-tenths of a point after two events. Four Bruins peted at an or World Championships. placed in the Top 10 in the all-around, with Mohini Bhardwaj placing second, Heidi Moneymaker fourth, Lena Degteva fifth UCLA vs. 2004 Field — The Bruins have defeated Georgia, and Kristin Parker 10th. UCLA shined in the individual event Florida, Arizona State, Stanford, Michigan and Nebraska this finals as well, with Degteva first winning the beam, just ahead season and have losses to Utah and Stanford. of Bhardwaj, and then Bhardwaj winning the bars, with Degteva Bruins Win Southeast Regional, Earn NCAA Berth — Need- third. The Bruins also placed three athletes in the Top 5 on vault. ing to place in the Top 2 at Regionals to qualify for the NCAA Bhardwaj, Moneymaker, Degteva, Parker and Onnie Willis com- Championships, UCLA won the NCAA Southeast Regional Apr. bined to earn a school-record 18 All-America honors. The coach- 3 at North Carolina State with a score of 197.325. Nebraska was ing staff was honored as well, with Valorie Kondos Field earn- second with 196.375, just edging out North Carolina (196.35). ing Co-Head Coach of the Year honors, her third in five years, Jeanette Antolin won the all-around (39.75) and bars (9.95) and and Randy Lane earning Assistant Coach of the Year acclaim. tied for first with on vault (10.0) and beam The 1997 Championship — UCLA entered the 1997 season (9.95). Antolin's beam score tied a career high, and Maloney's as the pre-season No. 1, saw Georgia assume the role of favor- 10 on vault was the first of her career. The Bruins tied an NCAA ites during the regular season, then proved they were worthy record with a 49.725 on vault. of the No. 1 ranking by winning the school's first-ever NCAA Antolin Honored As SI On Campus National Gymnast of the Gymnastics title. Georgia opened the door early for UCLA, Year, Pac-10 Gymnast Of The Year - Senior Jeanette Antolin counting two falls on beam while the Bruins were on a first- was honored by Sports Illustrated On Campus as the national rotation bye. In contrast, the Bruins scored a 49.2 on beam to gymnast of the year and by the Pac-10 as the Conference Gym- stay in contention. Going into the final rotation, UCLA and nast of the Year for 2004. The senior from Huntington Beach, Michigan trailed Arizona State, which ended its meet with a Calif. has had an exceptional year, ranking either No. 1 or No. 2 final score of 196.6. The Bruins and Wolverines needed a 49.25 in the nation in the all-around throughout the entire season. in the final rotation to overtake the Sun Devils. While Michigan She finished the regular season ranked No. 1 in the all-around could only score 48.875 on floor, UCLA recorded a school-record and on vault and second on bars and floor. Antolin has scored 49.525 to win the crown with a final score of 197.15. a school record 11 perfect 10s on the year, including seven in a NCAA Championship Notes — row on vault. She has hit all 49 routines she has competed this season, with 39 scores of 9.9 or higher. Antolin's Gymnast of • Only four teams have ever won the NCAA title in the 22 years the Year honor was UCLA's 13th overall and eighth consecu- of the Championships - Utah (9), Georgia (5), Alabama (4) and tive. UCLA (4). Three Bruins Earn All-Conference Honors — Seniors • Eleven schools return from the 2003 NCAA Championships, Jeanette Antolin and Kristen Maloney and sophomore Kate including all six Super Six teams - UCLA (1st place), Alabama Richardson earned a total of eight Pac-10 All-Conference hon- (2nd), Georgia (3rd), UCLA (3rd), Nebraska (4th), Michigan (5th), ors in 2004, a conference best. Antolin led all gymnasts with Utah (6th), Florida (7th), Stanford (8th), Arizona State (9th), LSU four honors - all-around, vault, bars and floor. Richardson re- p. 3 of 8 tation with a .225 lead Bruins Boast Three Strong All-Around Bruins In The Top 25 National Rankings but scored just 49.15 Contenders - Seniors Jeanette Antolin Gymnast AA V UB BB FX on beam. and Kristen Maloney and sophomore Antolin 1st 1st 2nd – 2nd Kate Richardson are among the top con- Maloney – 8th 21st 4th – Jeanette Antolin and Kate Richardson suc- tenders for the NCAA all-around crown. Peckett – 25th – – – Antolin and Richardson rank No. 1 and Richardson 2nd 4th 11th 1st 6th cessfully defended Tousek – – – 13th – their individual event No. 2, respectively, in the national all- Team 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd titles with perfect around rankings and have consistently scores on vault and put up some of the highest all-around floor, respectively. Antolin also claimed marks in 2004. Antolin has seven solo all- ceived honors in the all-around, vault and top honors on bars with Stanford's around wins this season, while floor, bringing her career total to seven, Natalie Foley. Kristen Maloney earned a Richardson has two. The two tied for first tied for second-most in UCLA history. six-way tie for the beam title by scoring in the season opener vs. Utah. Antolin re- Maloney picked up her first career honor a 9.95. corded the fifth-best all-around total in on the balance beam. NCAA history, scoring a 39.875 on Feb. 22. UCLA In The Rankings - The Bruins Seven Bruins Earn Pac-10 All-Aca- She averages 39.752 on the year and has ended the regular season ranked No. 1 not scored lower than 39.6 in the all- demic Honors - Seven UCLA gymnasts with an RQS (regional qualifying score, have earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors around and has no individual score lower which is determined by taking the top six than 9.825 this year. Richardson has an for 2004, including first-team selection scores, three of which must be on the Jamie Williams, who holds a 3.85 GPA in all-around best of 39.85, the sixth-best road, dropping the high and averaging total in history, and a season average of Psychology. Williams was a second-team the remaining five) of 198.055. The Bru- selection a year ago and an honorable 39.609. Maloney has the Bruins' second- ins held the top spot on vault (49.590), best average at 39.621 and has scored mention pick as a sophomore. Junior uneven bars (49.540) and balance beam Christie Tedmon (3.71, Psychology/Edu- 39.75 twice. She placed second at the (49.535) and ranked third on floor NCAA Regional behind Antolin. cation) and sophomores Holly Murdock (49.590). (3.84, Biology) and Kate Richardson (3.74, Antolin Undefeated On Vault - All- Physiological Science) earned second- Jeanette Antolin and Kate Richardson American Jeanette Antolin has been un- team acclaim, and seniors Jamie ranked 1-2 in the all-around with RQS's stoppable on vault this season, placing Dantzscher, Kristen Maloney and Yvonne of 39.795 and 39.740, respectively. first in every meet in which she has com- Tousek received honorable mention Richardson ranked in the Top 25 on all peted. Antolin is a perfect 12-12 on the honors. events. She was No. 1 on beam (9.965), year and has won the event in her last No. 4 on vault (9.955), No. 6 on floor 17 meets and in 20 of her last 21 regular Bruins Edged Out For Pac-10 Title - For (9.955) and No. 11 on bars (9.925). Antolin the second consecutive week, the Bruins' season meets dating back to last year. ranked first on vault (10.0) and second on The two-time Pac-10 vault champion av- fate was decided by the smallest margin bars (9.955) and floor (9.975). Kristen possible (.025), but at the Pac-10 Cham- erages 9.988 and has scored nine perfect Maloney was fourth on beam (9.945), 10s in 2004, including seven in a row. pionships, it did not come out in UCLA's eighth on vault (9.940) and 21st on bars favor, and the Bruins placed second to (9.915). Yvonne Tousek ranked 13th on Maloney Comes All The Way Back Stanford, 197.9-197.875. The Cardinal beam (9.925), and freshman Ashley From Injury - After sitting out two full scored a 49.4 on vault in the last rotation Peckett was 25th on vault (9.910). seasons due to a serious leg injury, to edge out UCLA, which entered the ro- Kristen Maloney has fully completed her comeback, competing all four events the 2004 UCLA Gymnastics Roster last six meets. Her last all-around com- petition prior to this year was Jan. 28, Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Club) Jeanette Antolin 5-0 Sr. Huntington Beach, CA (SCATS) 2001. In her first all-around competition Kisha Auld 5-2 Jr. Corona, CA (Junior Elite Gymnastics) of the year on Feb. 22 against Oregon Jamie Dantzscher 5-1 Sr. San Dimas, CA (Charter Oaks Gliders) State, Maloney set a new career-high Christy Erickson 5-2 Sr. Pomona, CA (SCATS) with a score of 39.75 and also earned a Kristen Maloney 5-0 Sr. Pen Argyl, PA (Parkettes) career-high 9.975 on the uneven bars. Ashley Martin 5-7 Fr. Beaverton, OR (MAC Gymnastics) She went 39.275 in her second all- Holly Murdock 5-2 So. Derriaghy, N. Ireland (Salto Gymnastics) Trishna Patel 5-6 Sr. Northridge, CA (Gymnastics Olympica) around attempt at Washington and Ashley Peckett 5-1 Fr. Mississauga, ON (Gymnastics Mississauga) scored a season-best 9.975 on beam. Kate Richardson 5-0 So. Coquitlam, BC (Abbotsford Twisters) Against Michigan, she tied her career- Michelle Selesky 5-6 Fr. San Juan Capistrano, CA (NGTC) high with a 39.75 and won the beam Jennifer Sutton 5-4 So. Downey, CA (Lakewood YMCA) with a 9.95. She has scored 39.65 in her Christie Tedmon 5-0 Jr. Carmichael, CA (Pozsar’s Gymnastics) last three meets and scored her first ca- Yvonne Tousek 5-3 Sr. Cambridge, ON (Cambridge Kips) Aimee Walker 5-1 Fr. Valley Village, CA (Olympus School of Gymnastics) reer on vault at the Regional Courtney Walker 5-2 Fr. Santa Monica, CA (All-Olympians) Championships. She also claimed a share Jamie Williams 5-6 Sr. Tucson, AZ (Tumbleweeds Gymnastics) of the Pac-10 title on beam. The former Lori Winn 5-0 Fr. Oklahoma City, OK (Bart Conner Gymnastics) Olympian ranks fourth in the nation on beam (9.945 RQS), eighth on vault (9.94) Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field (14th year) and 21st on bars (9.915). She averages Assistant Coaches: Chris Waller, Milo Johnson p. 4 of 8 9.9 or higher on vault, beam and all-around, vault, bars and beam) and Tousek (1999 floor and UCLA' S PERFECT 10S floor and 39.621 in the all-around. vault, 2000 all-around, bars and floor). Jeanette Antolin (11) Dantzscher Returns To Lineup - Schwikert, Vanden Eykel To Join Bruins In 2005 - UCLA has 1/10 - V Four-time NCAA champion Jamie signed U.S. Olympian and 2003 World Championship gold med- 1/25 - V Dantzscher has returned to com- alist and former junior U.S. national champion 2/13 - V Lindsay Vanden Eykel to national letters of intent. The duo will 2/22 - V, FX petition after a lengthy battle with 2/27 - V an ankle injury. Prior to the season, join the Bruin squad for the 2005 season. Schwikert is a two- 3/7 - V, FX she was expected to compete on time U.S. all-around champion (2001, 2002), as well as the 2003 3/12 - V just the uneven bars, but has all-around runner-up, the 2002 bars and floor champion and 3/20 - V healed enough to compete on the 2001 beam champion. Vanden Eykel won the junior na- 4/3 - V floor exercise five times. In her first tional title in her first season as a junior international elite in Jamie Dantzscher (1) meet of the year, at Cal State Ful- 1999 and repeated in 2000. In 2003, she placed in the Top 10 in 2/22 - UB lerton on Feb. 20, Dantzscher won the all-around and second on bars at the American Classic. Kristen Maloney (1) the first event on which she com- Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field - In her 14th season as head 4/3 - V peted, scoring a 9.9 on the uneven coach of the Bruins, Valorie Kondos Field has positioned her bars. She also scored a 9.9 on floor team as the premier program in collegiate gymnastics. In the Kate Richardson (6) exercise to place third. On Feb. 22 1/10 - BB past eight and a half years alone, Kondos Field has led UCLA to 1/25 - V at home against Oregon State, four NCAA titles and one runner-up finish, eight Regional titles 2/1 - BB, FX Dantzscher again took first place and five Pac-10 Championships. She has been voted the na- 2/22 - FX on bars, scoring her UCLA-record tional coach of the year by her peers four times in the past eight 3/20 - FX 28th perfect 10. She later added a years. 9.95 on floor. On Mar. 7 against Yvonne Tousek (1) UCLA On Vault: 3/7 - UB Michigan, she recorded a season- high 9.975 on a floor routine that • All six Bruin regulars compete 10.0 start value vaults - Jeanette amazingly included a double lay- Antolin, Kristen Maloney, Kate Richardson and Lori Winn out opening pass. At Florida, she tied for first on bars with a (Yurchenko layout full) and Ashley Peckett and Christie Tedmon 9.95. She contributed a third-place score of 9.9 on bars and (Yurchenko half front layout). added a 9.875 on floor at the NCAA Regionals. • All six Bruin regulars compete 10.0 start value vaults - Jeanette Richardson Aiming For Second Olympic Berth - Sophomore Antolin, Kristen Maloney, Kate Richardson and Lori Winn Kate Richardson is working towards a second Olympic appear- (Yurchenko layout full) and Ashley Peckett and Christie Tedmon ance and has plans to try out for Canada's 2004 Olympic team. (Yurchenko half front layout). Richardson, last season's NCAA bars and beam champion, was Canada's top all-around finisher at the 2000 Games, placing a • UCLA ranks No. 1 in the nation on vault with an RQS of 49.590. Canadian all-time best 15th. • Five vaulters average 9.8 or better - Antolin (9.988), Richardson Tousek Steady As Ever - Yvonne Tousek is having an outstand- (9.925), Maloney (9.921), Peckett (9.871) and Winn (9.817). ing senior season, posting high scores all season long. She av- Antolin ranks first nationally with an RQS of 10.0. Richardson is erages 9.773 on bars, 9.902 on beam and 9.9 on floor, with highs fourth (9.555), Maloney eighth (9.440) and Peckett 25th (9.910). of 9.95 on beam and 9.975 on floor. She scored a perfect 10 on • Antolin has recorded seven straight and nine overall perfect bars Mar. 7 against Michigan. 10s on vault this year and is undefeated in all 12 meets in which Perfect Bruins - The Bruins have scored a school record-tying she has competed. She has 12 career perfect 10s on vault, a 20 perfect 10s this season. Jeanette Antolin leads the pack with new school record. Maloney and Richardson each have one a single-season school record 11, nine on vault (including seven perfect 10 on vault. consecutive) and two on floor. Kate Richardson has earned six • Antolin and Maloney are the NCAA Southeast Regional vault perfect 10s - one on vault, two on beam and three on floor. champions, and Antolin is the two-time Pac-10 vault champion. Jamie Dantzscher and Yvonne Tousek have each scored a per- • Antolin placed fifth on vault at the 2003 NCAA Champion- fect 10 on bars, and Kristen Maloney earned her first 10 this ships, averaging 9.8815. Jamie Dantzscher, who is not vaulting season on vault at the Regional Championships. Dantzscher is this year due to injury, was the 2002 NCAA vault champion and UCLA's career leader with 28 perfect 10s. 2003 NCAA runner-up. UCLA Loaded With Elite Talent - Seven of UCLA's 16 team • Richardson won the Canadian vault championship in 2000 members have been members of their countries' national and 2001. teams, while four were on Olympic teams and all seven were on World Championship teams. UCLA's 2000 Olympians are UCLA On Bars: Jamie Dantzscher (U.S.), Kristen Maloney (U.S.), Kate Richardson • UCLA is the top-ranked team in the nation on bars with an (Canada) and Yvonne Tousek (Canada, also 1996). Other World RQS of 49.540. Championship team members are Jeanette Antolin (U.S.), Holly • Three UCLA gymnasts rank in the Top 25 on bars - No. 2 Murdock (Great Britain) and Ashley Peckett (Canada). Jeanette Antolin (9.955), No. 11 Kate Richardson (9.925) and Six Bruins have won National Championships for their respec- No. 21 Kristen Maloney (9.915). tive countries - Dantzscher (1999 bars), Maloney (1998 and 1999 • The Bruins scored a school record 49.825 on bars on Feb. 22 all-around, 2000 vault and floor), Murdock (2001 vault and vs. Oregon State. Jamie Dantzscher scored a 10.0, Kristen beam), Peckett (2002 beam), Richardson (2000 vault and 2001 p. 5 of 8 Maloney and Jeanette Antolin set career-highs with 9.975s, Lori • Three Bruins win received a career-high 9.95, and Kate Richardson added a won national UCLA' S RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS 9.925. UCLA's low mark was an impressive 9.875 from Yvonne champions for Year Name Event Tousek. their respective 2003 Jeanette Antolin V, UB • Antolin is the NCAA Southeast Region bars champion and countries on Jamie Dantzscher AA, V, UB, the Pac-10 Conference co-champion. beam - BB*, FX Richardson for Kate Richardson AA, UB, • UCLA has scored 49+ in 10 of 14 meets this year and is aver- Canada in 2001, BB, FX aging 49.220 on the year. Ashley Peckett Yvonne Tousek UB for Canada in 2002 Jamie Dantzscher AA, V, UB •Dantzscher and Tousek each have one perfect 10 on the year BB, FX - Dantzscher on Feb. 22 and Tousek on Mar. 7. Dantzscher owns 2002 and Holly Yvonne Tousek UB, AA* seven career 10s on bars. Tousek has two. Murdock for 2001 Jamie Dantzscher V*, UB, FX Great Britain in • Four Bruins average 9.8 or better: Antolin (9.931), Richardson Kristen Maloney BB 2001. Yvonne Tousek AA, UB, BB, (9.908), Maloney (9.841) and Ashley Peckett (9.800) FX* • Tousek has a • Antolin leads the team with seven uneven bars victories and move on beam *denotes second-team 10 Top 3 finishes. Dantzscher and Richardson have three wins named after her apiece, Tousek has two, and Maloney one, in the international code of points. A "Tousek" is a cross-wise • Richardson and Dantzscher are the defending NCAA co-cham- backhandspring. pions on uneven bars, having scored 9.9 at last year's Champi- UCLA On Floor: onships. Tousek won the title in 2001 with a winning score of 9.938. Tousek and Antolin tied for fourth last year, and Tousek • UCLA set a new school record with a 49.875 on Feb. 22. Kate and Dantzscher tied for fifth in 2002. Richardson and Jeanette Antolin had back-to-back perfect 10s, Yvonne Tousek recorded a career-high 9.975, Jamie Dantzscher • Richardson and Tousek are both former Canadian bars cham- and Kristen Maloney scored 9.95, and the Bruins dropped a pions - Richardson won in 2001, Tousek in 2000. Dantzscher 9.925 from Ashley Peckett. won the USA bars championship in 1999. • The Bruins have scored 49.45 or better in six of their last eight • Maloney has a move on bars named after her in the interna- meets and have scored 49+ in 12 of 14 meets overall. tional code of points. A Maloney is a toe-on Shaposhnikova. • Antolin ranks No. 2 in the nation on floor with an RQS of 9.975. UCLA On Beam: Richardson is ranked sixth with an RQS of 9.955. • UCLA's highest season average on any event is on the bal- • Five Bruins average 9.9 or higher on the year - Antolin (9.944), ance beam - 49.416. The Bruins are ranked No. 1 in the nation Dantzscher (9.905), Richardson (9.904), Maloney (9.904) and with an RQS of 49.535. Tousek (9.9). Two others average 9.825 or higher - Peckett • The Bruins scored a season-high 49.575 on Feb. 27 at Wash- (9.841) and Lori Winn (9.825). ington, receiving scores of 9.85 from Jeanette Antolin, 9.9 from • Richardson has scored three perfect 10s on floor, while Antolin Yvonne Tousek and Lori Winn, 9.95 from Kate Richardson and has scored two. Richardson has four career 10s on floor. 9.975 from Kristen Maloney. Dantzscher is UCLA's all-time career leader on floor with 17. • UCLA has scored 49+ 13 out of 14 times this year, including • Dantzscher won the 2002 NCAA floor title and was the run- 12 in a row. The Bruins' only sub-49 score came Jan. 16 with a ner-up in 2003. She also won the Pac-10 floor titles in 2001 and 48.925. 2002. • Antolin and Maloney shared the NCAA Southeast Regional • Kate Richardson won the last two Pac-10 floor championships title, scoring a 9.95. Maloney also claimed a shared of the Pac- with perfect 10s and tied for fifth at the 2003 NCAA Champi- 10 beam title with an identical score. onships. • Maloney has scored 9.9 or higher in 12 straight beam rou- • Tousek was a second-team All-American on floor in 2001 and tines. won two Canadian floor championships. • Richardson is the nation's No. 1 ranked beam worker, posting ALL-AROUND ACTION: an RQS of 9.965. Maloney ranks 4th with a 9.945, and Tousek is 13th with a 9.925. • Five Bruins have competed in the all-around this season - Kate Richardson, Jeanette Antolin, Kristen Maloney, Lori Winn and • Richardson leads the team with eight beam victories. Maloney is close behind with six wins. Both gymnasts have 10 Top 3 fin- Ashley Peckett. ishes. • All five have scored 39.425 or greater in the all-around: Antolin (high of 39.875, highest in the nation this year), Richardson • Five Bruins average 9.85 or better on beam - Maloney (9.931), (39.85), Maloney (39.75), Peckett and Winn (39.425). Tousek (9.902), Antolin (9.890), Richardson (9.869) and Christie Tedmon (9.85). • Antolin has won eight all-around competitions this year, in- cluding the NCAA Southeast Regional. Richardson has three • Richardson is the defending NCAA beam champion. She won victories. Antolin also leads with 12 Top 3 finishes. Richardson the title last season with a score of 9.938. In 2001, Maloney tied has nine, Maloney three, and Peckett one. for third, and Tousek placed 10th.

p. 6 of 8 • Antolin (39.752), Maloney (39.621) and Richardson (39.609) average over 39.6 in the all-around. UCLA Accolades • Richardson placed third in the all-around at the NCAA Cham- Jeanette Antolin pionships last year with a 39.525. Sports Illustrated On Campus National Gymnast of the Year • Jamie Dantzscher won the NCAA all-around title in 2002 but Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year will not be competing in the all-around this year. All-Pac-10 (all-around, vault, bars, floor) Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week (Feb. 17-24) UPDATED BIOGRAPHIES - UCLA/MET-Rx Student-Athlete of the Week (Mar. 30-Apr. 4) Jeanette Antolin - Sports Illustrated On Campus National Jamie Dantzscher Gymnast of the Year … Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year … Num- Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic ber one all-arounder and No. 1 vaulter in the nation … Has Kristen Maloney scored seven consecutive perfect 10s and nine overall on vault All-Pac-10 (beam) … Set a school record with 11 perfect 10s overall on the year Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic and has 14 in her career … Her RQS on vault is 10.0, and her overall season average is 9.988 … Undefeated on vault in 12 Holly Murdock Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic meets this season and in 17 straight regular season meets dat- ing back to last year … Two-time Pac-10 vault champion Kate Richardson … Holds an RQS of 39.795 in the all-around and has won the All-Pac-10 (all-around, vault, floor) all-around in eight of 12 meets … Season all-around average Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic is 39.752, and she has 10 39.7+ scores, including a national sea- Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week (Jan. 25-Feb. 1; Jan. 18-25) son-best 39.875 on Feb. 22 … Ranks second nationally on bars Christie Tedmon (9.955 RQS) and averages 9.931 overall … Has scored a career- Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic best 9.975 on two occasions (Jan. 19 at Georgia, Feb. 22 vs. OSU) Yvonne Tousek … Has seven victories on uneven bars this year, including wins Honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic for the Pac-10 and NCAA Southeast Regional titles … On floor exercise, she ranks second in the nation (9.975 RQS) and holds Jamie Williams a season average of 9.944 with two perfect 10s (Feb. 22 vs. OSU, First-team Pac-10 All-Academic Mar. 7 vs. Michigan) and three 9.975s … Averages 9.890 on beam with a career-high of 9.95 set three times, most recently and she set her season best with a 9.975 on Feb. 27 at Wash- at the NCAA Regionals … Has not scored lower than 9.825 on ington … Has scored 9.9 or higher on beam on her last 12 rou- any event this year … Boasts 39 scores of 9.9 or higher and 31 tines … Scored eight straight 9.9+ vaults and averages 9.921 scores of 9.95 or higher in 49 routines … Named the Pac-10 for the season … Ranks eighth in the nation with an RQS of Gymnast of the Week for Feb. 17-24 after winning the all-around 9.940 … Set a career-high on bars with a 9.975 vs. Oregon State with a 39.875 and scoring perfect 10s on vault and floor against on Feb. 22 and averages 9.841 on the year … Ranks 21st na- Oregon State. Career Bests: V - 10.0, UB - 9.975, BB - 9.95, FX - tionally on bars (9.915 RQS) … Averages 9.904 on seven floor 10.0, AA - 39.875. routines and has posted 9.95 twice … Ranks third on the team Jamie Dantzscher - Missed the first seven meets of the year with eight individual victories, six of which are on beam … Also with an ankle injury but returned on Feb. 20 to compete on ranks third with 29 Top 3 finishes … Posted a 9.9 or higher on bars and floor at Cal State Fullerton … Scored a 9.9 on bars in 33 out of 43 routines on the year … Honorable mention Pac- her first routine of the year and later added a 9.9 on floor … Re- 10 All-Academic selection. Career Highs: V - 10.0, UB - 9.975, BB corded her first perfect 10 of the season on Feb. 22 vs. Oregon - 10.0, FX - 10.0, AA - 39.75. State, earning her seventh perfect 10 on bars in her career Holly Murdock - Competed on vault, bars and beam in the … Averages 9.905 on floor … Has three individual victories on season opener vs. Utah … Set career-bests on bars (9.8) and bars and two Top 3 finishes on floor … Honorable mention beam (9.9) at Cal … Second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selec- Pac-10 All-Academic selection for the third straight year. Ca- tion with a 3.84 GPA in Biology. Career Highs: V - 9.65, UB - 9.8, reer Bests: V - 10.0, UB - 10.0, BB - 9.925, FX - 10.0, AA - 39.9. BB - 9.9. Christy Erickson - Competed on vault in two meets, with a Trishna Patel - Competed three times on vault, with a season career-high of 9.425 set at Cal State Fullerton, and on floor twice high of 9.625 at Arizona … Saw action twice on floor and scored … Tied her career-best on floor with a 9.675 vs. Michigan on a career-high 9.55 at Arizona. Career Highs: V - 9.7, FX - 9.55. Senior Day. Career Bests: V - 9.425, FX - 9.675. Ashley Peckett - Competed in all 14 meets … Emerged as one Kristen Maloney - Made an amazing comeback from multiple of UCLA's top vaulters, scoring a career-high 9.95 in two of her leg surgeries and is competing all-around for the Bruins … In last four meets and averaging 9.9 in her last five meets and her first all-around competition in nearly three years, she scored 9.871 overall for the season … Ranks 25th nationally with an a career-high 39.75 on Feb. 22 vs. Oregon State … Matched that RQS of 9.91 … Holds a career-high of 9.925 on bars, set Mar. 7 total on Mar. 7 vs. Michigan … Averages 39.621 in the all-around vs. Michigan … Averages 9.8 on the year on bars … Earned ca- and has scored 39.65 or higher in five of six meets … NCAA reer-bests of 9.825 on beam in her last two times competing Southeast Regional co-champion on vault and beam … Scored (Feb. 13 and Feb. 20) … Career-high on floor is 9.95, set at Cal her first career perfect 10 on vault at the Regional meet … Pac- … Holds a season average of 9.841 on floor … Competed in 10 co-champion on balance beam … Ranks fourth in the na- the all-around at Cal on Feb. 13 and scored a 39.425. Career tion on beam with an RQS of 9.945 … Season average is 9.931, Highs: V - 9.95, UB - 9.925, BB - 9.825, FX - 9.95, AA - 39.425. p. 7 of 8 Pac-10 All-Academic selection with a 3.74 Career Individual NCAA Scores GPA in Physiological Science … Is train- (*note: avg. scores are for team competition only) ing towards a second Olympic berth with the Canadian team. Career Highs: V - 10.0, Jeanette Antolin Year/Session V UB BB FX AA UB - 9.95, BB - 10.0, FX - 10.0, AA - 39.85. 02 Prelims 9.85 Jennifer Sutton - Walk-on gymnast who 02 Super 6 9.85 9.825 has competed four times on vault 03 Prelims 9.875 9.9 9.375 9.825 38.975 03 Super 6 9.825 9.925 9.85 9.85 39.45 … Holds a career-high of 9.65, set at Cal 03 Event Finals 9.8815 (5) 9.85 (4T) on Feb. 13. Career Highs: V - 9.65. Average 9.850 9.883 9.613 9.838 39.213 Christie Tedmon - Has seen action on all Jamie Dantzscher four events this year, mostly on vault and Year/Session V UB BB FX AA beam … Competing a new vault this sea- 01 Prelims 9.85 9.925 9.95 son - a 10.0 start value Yurchenko front 01 Super 6 9.8 9.975 9.95 01 Event Finals 9.788 (10) 9.95 (2) half layout … Scored a career-high 9.825 02 Prelims 9.95 9.9 9.875 9.95 39.675 (1) at Florida on Mar. 12 … Competed five 02 Super 6 9.95 9.9 9.825 9.95 39.625 times on balance beam and averages 9.85 02 Event Finals 9.9565 (1) 9.863 (5T) 9.425 (13) 9.95 (1T) … Hit a career-high 9.9 in her first meet 03 Prelims 9.9 9.95 9.85 9.95 39.65 (2) of the season on beam at Arizona and 03 Super 6 9.9 9.95 9.9 9.975 39.725 matched that score at the Pac-10 Cham- 03 Event Finals 9.925 (2) 9.9 (1T) 9.938 (2) Average 9.892 9.933 9.863 9.954 39.669 pionships … Also competed once on bars and twice on floor … Second-team Pac- Kristen Maloney 10 All-Academic selection with a 3.71 GPA Year/Session V UB BB FX AA in Psychology/Education. Career Highs: V 01 Prelims 9.9 01 Super 6 9.825 9.925 9.8 - 9.825, UB - 9.625, BB - 9.9, FX - 9.85, AA - 01 Event Finals 9.9 (3T) 38.45. Average 9.825 9.913 9.8 Yvonne Tousek - Ranks 13th in the na- Kate Richardson tion on beam (9.925 RQS) … Averages Year/Session V UB BB FX AA 9.902 on beam, 9.9 on floor and 9.773 on 03 Prelims 9.825 9.875 9.925 9.9 39.525 (3) bars … On beam, she has scored career- 03 Super 6 9.9 9.2 9.95 9.275 38.325 03 Event Finals 9.9 (1T) 9.938 (1) 9.887 (5T) bests of 9.95 three times, most recently Average 9.863 9.538 9.913 9.588 38.925 at Florida on Mar. 12 … Has hit 39 of her last 40 beam routines … Set a new career- Yvonne Tousek high on floor this season with a 9.975 vs. Year/Session V UB BB FX AA 01 Prelims 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.875 39.475 (3T) Oregon State … Earned her second ca- 01 Super 6 9.9 9.925 9.95 9.875 39.65 reer perfect 10 on bars on Mar. 7 vs. Michi- 01 Event Finals 9.938 (1) 9.75 (10) gan … Scored 9.9s on all three events on 02 Prelims 9.775 9.875 9.775 9.85 39.275 (13T) which she competed at Pac-10s … Hon- 02 Super 6 9.8 9.9 9.85 9.825 39.375 orable mention Pac-10 All-Academic se- 02 Event Finals 9.863 (5T) 03 Prelims 9.575 9.85 9.3 lection for the third consecutive 03 Super 6 8.5 9.9 9.9 year. Career Highs: V - 9.925, UB - 10.0, BB 03 Event Finals 9.85 (4T) - 9.95, FX - 9.975, AA - 39.725. Average 9.558 9.892 9.779 9.856 39.444 Jamie Williams - Enjoyed a breakout sea- son in 2004, competing in nine of UCLA's Kate Richardson - Nationally ranked in the Top 11 on all four 14 meets … Earned a career-high 9.9 on beam in her season events and the all-around … Ranks first on beam (9.965 RQS), debut at Arizona and also scored a 9.775 on floor … Scored a second in the all-around (39.74), fourth on vault (9.955), sixth 9.85 on beam and 9.775 on floor at Minnesota … Averages on floor (9.955) and 11th on bars (9.925) … Season averages 9.771 on floor, with season highs of 9.8 set three times … First- are 39.609 in the all-around, 9.925 on vault, 9.908 on bars, 9.869 team Pac-10 All-Academic selection with a 3.85 GPA in Psychol- on beam and 9.909 on floor … Has 20 individual victories on ogy. Career Highs: V - 9.525, BB - 9.9, FX - 9.825. the year, including three in the all-around (vs. Utah, at Minne- sota, vs. ASU/CSUF) and a team-best eight on beam … Has a Lori Winn - Competed in the all-around seven times with a total of 40 Top 3 finishes, second-most on the team … Posted season average of 39.075 and a career-high of 39.425 … Aver- 39 scores of 9.9 or higher and 21 scores of 9.95 or higher in 48 ages 9.817 on vault with a high of 9.9 set at Arizona … Scored routines … Recorded six perfect 10s on the year - one on vault a career-best 9.95 on bars vs. Oregon State … Earned her first (Jan. 25 at Minnesota), two on beam (Jan. 10 vs. Utah, Feb. 1 vs. career victory with a first-place showing on bars at Arizona … ASU/CSUF) and three on floor (Feb. 1 vs. ASU/CSUF, Feb. 22 vs. UCLA's leadoff performer on beam … Tied for first on beam at Oregon State and Mar. 20 at Pac-10s) … Pac-10 floor cham- Cal State Fullerton with a career-high 9.925 … Has scored 9.9 pion for the second consecutive year, scoring a perfect 10 or higher on beam three times … Averages 9.825 on floor with … Scored a career-high 39.85 in the all-around in the season a high of 9.9 set in the season opener vs. Utah and equaled at opener vs. Utah … Twice set career-highs of 9.95 on bars (Feb. the Pac-10 Championships. Career Highs: V - 9.9, UB - 9.95, BB - 1 and Feb. 13) … Named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week in back- 9.925, FX - 9.9, AA - 39.425. to-back weeks (Jan. 18-25 and Jan. 25-Feb. 1) … Second-team p. 8 of 8