35Th National Championship Appearance 2010 Utah Gymnastics
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2010 UTAH GYMNASTICS NCAA GUIDE 35th National Championship Appearance 2010 UTAH GYMNASTICS Jon M. Huntsman Center • 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Associate Athletics Director/SID: Liz Abel Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0900 Associate SID: Kyle Harris Phone 801.581.3511/3510 • Fax 801.581.4358 Assistant SID: Brooke Frederickson www.UtahUtes.com Assistant SID: Mike DeVine Office Manager: Kate Sturgeon 3 2010 UTAH SCHEDULE & RESULTS Updated April 15, 2010 Contact: Liz Abel 801.581.3511 ([email protected]) Date Opponent Result (15-4) 1-9 UCLA L/196.600-195.125 1-15 Iowa State W/196.300-195.350 2010 NCAA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS • APRIL 22-24 1-22 Georgia W/196.550-196.500 Record 29th-consecutive NCAA appearance for Utah 1-29 Washington W/195.850-194.650 2-5 Arizona State W/196.475-195.700 Event NCAA Gymnastics Championships, April 22-24, 2010 2-12 Utah State W/196.225-178.250 Site Gainesville, Fla. (Stephen C. O’Connell Center) 2-19 Michigan L/195.725-195.100 April 22 1:00 and 7:00 p.m. EDT • Team Semifinals/All-Around Finals 2-26 Brigham Young W/195.925-194.375 April 23 6:00 p.m. EDT • Super Six Team Finals 3-5 Nebraska W/196.575-195.725 April 24 6:00 p.m. EDT • Individual Event Championships 3-12 Oregon State W/196.975-196.650 Southern Utah W/196.975-196.025 TV Delayed, May 8, CBS, 3 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT) Penn State W/196.975-195.700 Internet Live scoring and video streaming at NCAA.com 3-19 Florida L/197.550-196.500 3- 26 Brigham Young W/196.950-195.825 4-10 NCAA Regional 2nd/196.900 THE MEET 4-22 NCAA Championships Gainesville, Fla. Utah (15-4)—the only program to make every NCAA Championship—will 4-23 NCAA Championships Gainesville, Fla. compete at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships in Gaines- 4-24 NCAA Championships Gainesville, Fla. ville, Fla., April 22-24. It marks a record 35th-consecutive national champion- ship appearance for the Utes, who have qualified for all 29 NCAA Champion- UTAH SID CONTACT ships. The Utes open NCAA competition on Thursday, Apr. 22 in the afternoon Liz Abel, Associate Athletics Director/SID semifinal, starting at 1 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT). A second semi follows at 7 Office: 801-581-3511 p.m. EDT. Live scoring and video will be available at NCAA.com. There is no Cell: 801-209-6346 live TV coverage. CBS will broadcast delayed coverage of the meet on May 8 Email: [email protected] at 1 p.m. MDT. LIVE SCORING & VIDEO STREAMING SEMIFINAL FIELDS Live scoring and video streaming at NCAA.com Joining the Utes in the afternoon semifinal are UCLA, Oklahoma, Oregon State, LSU and Nebraska. The evening semifinal has Florida, Alabama, NCAA OPEN PRACTICE/PRESS CONFERENCE Stanford, Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan. The top three teams from each Wednesday, Apr. 21 (All times EDT) semifinal session will advance to the Super Six team finals on Friday, Apr. 23. 10:30-12:20 Utah practice The all-around champion will be determined on the first day of competition. 3:20-4:20 Press Conference (SCOC Martial Arts Rm) Individual event championships are scheduled for Saturday, April 24. 3:20-3:40 (Utah, Oklahoma, OSU, Nebraska) 3:40:4:00 (Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Stanford) 4:00-4:20 (Florida, LSU, Missouri, UCLA) CHAMPION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Utah is making a record 29th-straight NCAA Championship appearance and TELEVISION (DELAYED) has finished in the top two 16 times, including nine NCAA Championships and seven runner-up finishes. Utah is the only program to qualify for every NCAA Saturday, May 8, 3:00 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT), CBS Championship. The Utes, who are competing at their 35th-consecutive national UTAH TRAVEL PLANS championship dating back to the AIAW years, has won 10 total national titles: 1981 (AIAW), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995. Tuesday, April 20 7:55 a.m. LV Salt Lake City (Southwest #644) 9:40 a.m. LV Las Vegas (Southwest #131) 4:55 p.m. AR Jacksonville (bus to Gainesville) ncaa day 1 rotation orders • thursday, april 22 Session I • 1:00 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT) Session II • 7:00 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT) Sunday, April 25 Oklahoma Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor Alabama Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor 8:10 a.m. LV Gainesville (Southwest #621) UCLA Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault Florida Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault 1:25 p.m. LV Las Vegas (Southwest #133) Oregon State Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye Arkansas Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye 3:40 p.m. AR Salt Lake City Nebraska Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars Michigan Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars LSU Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam Missouri Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam Utah Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye Stanford Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye www.utahutes.com • 1 2010 UTAH GYMNASTICS NOTES UTAH GENERAL INFORMATION NCAA FIRST UTah’s pROBABLE LINEUP Utah shattered the NCAA attendance re- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Vault cord by averaging 14,213 fans per meet President: Michael Young Beth Rizzo ..................Won job back after injury Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill in the Huntsman Center this season. Stephanie McAllister ...9.80 or better in last 5 Conference: n/a for gymnastics By doing so, the Utes became the first Jamie Deetscreek .......9.90 career best Enrollment: 29,251 team other than basketball ever to win Daria Bijak ..................Vault is unique in NCAA Nickname: Utes a women’s collegiate season attendance Annie DiLuzio .............2007 NCAA runner-up Colors: Crimson, White title. The 14,213 average crowd in the Kyndal Robarts ...........1st-Team All-American Website: www.UtahUtes.com Huntsman Center (which seats 15,000), Uneven Bars broke Utah’s previous NCAA record Kyndal Robarts ...........Steady leadoff has 9.85 CO-HEAD COACHES of 13,861 set just a year ago. One of Cortni Beers ................9.90 career best Greg Marsden the best attended women’s sports in Stephanie McAllister ...Soph. is two-year starter Year at Utah: 35th history, Utah gymnastics has averaged Gael Mackie ................9.90 season high Career/School Record: 937-164-6 Jamie Deetscreek .......2009 All-American over 11,000 fans a meet at home for the Daria Bijak ..................2-time All-American Regular Season Record: 469-69-2 past 20 years. Utah owns every gym- National Championships: 10 nastics attendance record and has won Balance Beam NCAA Individual Champions: 24 26 of the last 29 gymnastics attendance Stephanie McAllister ...9.80 scorer as leadoff All-Americans: 304 Cortni Beers ................Starter in every meet National Coach of the Year Honors: 7 titles, including the last six. Utah also set the NCAA gymnastics single-meet Annie DiLuzio .............Best year yet (9.875 high) Alma Mater: Central Arkansas, 1972 Daria Bijak ..................9.90 at regionals attendance record by drawing a crowd Jamie Deetscreek .......5 wins this year Megan Marsden of 15,552 against Georgia on Jan. 22, Kyndal Robarts ...........9.925 at regionals Year at Utah: 1st/26th 2010. 2010: Co-Head Coach (15-4) Floor Exercise 1997-2009: Associate Head Coach Utah’s NCAA Attendance Records Beth Rizzo ..................Led off w/9.8 at regionals 1985-96: Assistant Coach Single Meet: 15,552 (vs. Georgia, Jan. 22, 2010) Jamie Deetscreek .......9.95 on Mar. 26 NCAA Team Championships: 6 Season Average: 14,213 (2010) Stephanie McAllister ...4 straight 9.85’s NCAA Individual Champions: 5 Crowds in Excess of 15,000: 8 Daria Bijak ..................2-time All-American All-Americans: 108 Crowds in Excess of 14,000: 17 Kyndal Robarts ...........Huge double Arabian Annie DiLuzio .............. 9 wins this year/9.975 high NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year: 2005 NCAA Regional Attendance: 8,469 (1992) NCAA Championships Attendance: 36,655 (2007) UTE ALL-AMERICANS UTE FLOOR MUSIC Daria Bijak (6 Career All-America Awards) QUICK STICKS Cortni Beers Gael Mackie 2007–Bars (8th) Utah has finished in the top three at the last five NCAA Championships, placing Money in the Bank As I Am 2008–All-Around (15th)*, Floor* (Swizz Beatz) (Alicia Keys) 2009–Floor (5th), All-Around*, Bars* second in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and third in 2005 and 2009 … Utah goes into na- Daria Bijak Stephanie McAllister Annie DiLuzio tionals as the No. 5 seed. The Utes were Busy Child Saucin (Bryan Tyler) 2007–Vault (2nd) also seeded No. 5 in 2008, but went on (The Crystal Method) to finish second … Utah has a winning Katelyn Mohr Beth Rizzo record against every team in the 2010 Jamie Deetscreek Lailet Hob Bond Medley (Said Mourad) 2007–Floor (12th) NCAA Championships’ field but one (the Utes are 19-22 all-time vs. Ala- Annie DiLuzio Beth Rizzo Kyndal Robarts bama). See page 4 for complete series and opponent information … Utah drew Unstoppable Charlie’s Angels 2008–Vault (10th) (ES Posthumus) (Jack Elliott) the same rotation for the NCAA semi- Jamie Deetscreek finals than it had for regionals: floor, Jacquelyn Johnson Kyndal Robarts 2009–Bars* vault, bye, bars, beam, bye … Utah’s La Caution August’s Rhapsody season high score is a 196.975 on March (ThT + La Menthe) (Mark Mancina) *Second team 12 in a quad meet victory in Salt Lake City over Oregon State, Penn State and Fumina Kobayashi Meg Whitney Southern Utah … Utah’s roster includes Dacoit Duel 300 Violin Orchestra five All-Americans:Daria Bijak (6 (A.R.