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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Contact // Sean Harris ([email protected]) THREE TEAMS AND FIVE INDIVIDUALS ADVANCE

The Pac-12 will be represented by three teams and five individuals at the NCAA Championships on April, 18-20 hosted by the University of Alabama and the Alabama Sports Federation. UTAH claimed the highest seed in the Pac-12 at No. 4. STANFORD and UCLA follow with the No. 5 and No. 10 seed, respectively. The Cardinal will compete in the first semifinal session at 10 a.m. PT. The Utes and Bruins are set to compete in the second semifinal session at 4 p.m. PT. CALIFORNIA’s Alicia Asturias and OREGON STATE’s Chelsea and and Madeline Gar- diner advanced to the champsionships in the all-around. Golden Bear Dallas Crawford and Beaver Kaytianna McMillan advanced to compete on bars. The top three teams from each semifinal will advance to the Super Six on Saturday at 1 p.m. PT, with individual event finals competed on Sunday at 3 p.m. PT. The top four individuals on each even from the semifinals including ties will compete in the individual event finals

NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS NCAA SCHEDULE (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) AS OF APRIL 8 SEMIFINAL ONE: Friday, April 18 at 10 a.m. PT 1. LSU RANK TEAM RQS HIGH 2. Oklahoma 1 Florida 197.895 198.325 5. Stanford 2 Oklahoma 197.775 198.175 8. Michigan 3 L.S.U. 197.720 198.050 11. Illinois 4 Alabama 197.615 198.250 12. Georgia 5 UTAH 197.575 198.025 6 Georgia 197.265 197.650 SEMIFINAL TWO: 7 Michigan 197.105 197.825 Friday, April 18 at 4 p.m. PT 8 UCLA 197.005 197.500 3. Alabama 9 Nebraska 196.895 197.225 4. Utah 6. Florida 10 STANFORD 196.815 197.275 7. Nebraska 11 Illinois-Champaign 196.650 197.100 9. Penn St. 12 OREGON STATE 196.615 197.100 10. UCLA 13 Auburn 196.560 197.100 14 Minnesota 196.505 197.250 SUPER SIX TEAM FINALS: Saturday, April 19 at 3 p.m. PT 15 Penn State 196.475 197.200 Top three teams from each semifinal 16 Boise State 196.395 196.975 17 Arkansas 196.355 197.100 INDIVIDUAL EVENT FINALS: 18 Central Michigan 196.300 196.600 Sunday, April 20 at 11 a.m. PT 19 196.270 196.725 Top four individuals from each semifinal in each event (including CALIFORNIA ties) 20 Denver 196.205 196.925 21 ARIZONA 196.160 196.925 REGIONAL RESULTS 22 Ohio State 195.905 196.600 Penn State Regional Athens Regional 23 New Hampshire 195.880 196.675 1 Florida (197.895) 1 Georgia (197.265) 24 ARIZONA STATE 195.855 196.200 2 Oregon St. (196.615) 2 Michigan (197.105) 25 BYU 195.820 196.425 3 Penn St. (196.475) 3 Central Michigan (196.3) 4 New Hampshire (195.88) 4 Ohio St. (195.905) 5 Kentucky (195.585) 5 North Carolina St. (195.615) 6 Maryland (195.175) 6 Rutgers (195.34) *Rankings are by the National Qualifying Score (NQS) The NQS is the regional meet score + final RQS Minneapolis Regional Seattle Regional The RQS takes the six best scores, three of which must be on the 1 Oklahoma (197.775) 1 Alabama (197.615) 2 Illinois (196.65) 2 Nebraska (196.895) road. The highest score is then dropped and the remaining five 3 Minnesota (196.505) 3 Boise St. (196.395) scores are averaged. 4 California (196.27) 4 Denver (196.205) 5 Southern Utah (195.665) 5 BYU (195.82) 6 San Jose St. (195.51) 6 Washington (195.265)

Fayetteville Regional Baton Rouge Regional 1 Utah (197.575) 1 LSU (197.72) 2 UCLA (197.005) 2 Stanford (196.815) 3 Arkansas (196.355) 3 Auburn (196.56) 4 Arizona St. (195.855) 4 Arizona (196.16) 5 Utah St. (195.57) 5 Kent St. (195.655) 6 UC Davis (195.26) 6 Iowa St. (195.16) ABOUT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAM COMPETITION Team Regional Regional Score National Qualifying Score Florida Gainesville 198.400 396.240 Oklahoma Norman 197.375 394.945 Alabama Tuscaloosa 197.400 394.815 Georgia Corvallis 197.425 394.685 LSU Columbus 197.275 394.455 UCLA Columbus 196.950 394.150 Michigan Morgantown 196.725 393.960 Minnesota Gainesville 197.100 393.715 Stanford Norman 196.800 393.510 Utah Tuscaloosa 195.400 393.505 Arkansas Corvallis 196.950 393.385 Illinois Morgantown 196.025 392.235

ALL-AROUND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS Qualifier School Regional Regional Score Aubree Cristello Arizona Columbus 39.375 Melanie Shaffer Ohio State Columbus 39.325 Chelsea Tang Oregon State Corvallis 39.300 Brittany Harris Oregon State Corvallis 39.125 Bri Guy Auburn Gainesville 39.400 Caitlin Atkinson Auburn Gainesville 39.275 Emily Wong Nebraska Morgantown 39.225 Jessie DeZiel Nebraska Morgantown 39.200 Lauren Rogers Washington Norman 39.375 Sharaya Musser Penn State Norman 39.375 Moriah Martin Denver Tuscaloosa 39.150 Michelle Shealy Iowa State Tuscaloosa 39.050

INDIVIDUAL EVENT QUALIFIERS Event/Qualifer School Regional Regional Score Vault: Brittany Skinner Nebraska Morgantown 9.950 Beam: Sarah Miller Ohio State Columbus 9.950 Floor: Makayla Stambaugh Oregon State Corvallis 9.950 * No qualifer on bars

HOW THEY QUALIFIED The women’s gymnastics championships consists of 12 teams and 12 all-around compeitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and individual event specialist.s. The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each of the six regionals have advanced to the national championships. In addition, the event winners at each regional also advanced to the national championships (in their specific event), if they were not a part of a qualifying team or an all-around qualifier.

ROTATION PAIRINGS The process for determining the rotation pairings for Day 1 of the team competition at the site of the finals is based on the National Qualifying Score (NQS), calculated by adding the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) to the score achieved at the regional competition.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION The team semifinal and all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions on Friday, April 18 at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. PT. The top three teams from each semifinal advance to the Super Six competition on Saturday, April 19 at 3 p.m. PT. The top four individuals in each event (including ties) from Friday’s semifinals will compete in the individual event competition on Sunday, April 21 at 11 a.m. PT. For more infor- mation and to follow the action, visit www.ncaa.com.

NCAA REAL-TIME COVERAGE Friday, April 18 Sunday, April 20 Semifinal Sessions 1 and 2 Individual Event Finals Live Video: http://www.ncaa.com/liveschedule/2014/04/18 Television: ESPN3 Tape Delay: ESPNU (Tape Delay on 4/30/14)

Saturday, April 19 Super Six Team Finals Television: ESPN3

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // April 16, 2014 TOP TEN INDIVIDUAL REGIONAL FINISHES Fayetteville Regional Baton Rouge Regional Seattle Regional

Vault: Vault: Vault: 2. Olivia Courtney, UCLA, 9.900 4. Shelby Edwards, ARIZ, 9.925 10. Allison Northey, WASH, 9.875 4. Samantha Peszek, UCLA, 9.875 7T. Nicolette McNair, STAN, 9.875 4. Nansy Damianova, UTAH, 9.875 7T. Melissa Chuang, STAN, 9.875 Bars: 4. Kailah Delaney, UTAH, 9.875 10. Jackie McCartin, WASH, 9.850 4. Georgia Dabritz, UTAH, 9.875 Bars: 8. Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA, 9.850 1T. Kristina Vaculik, STAN, 9.950 Beam: 8. Mary Beth Lofgren, UTAH, 9.850 1T. Sami Shapiro, STAN, 9.950 5. Aliza Vaccher , WASH, 9.850 8. Tory Wilson, UTAH, 9.850 3T. Shona Morgan, STAN, 9.900 10. Janae Janik , WASH, 9.800 8T. Nicolette McNair, STAN, 9.850 Bars: 8T. Selynna Felix-Terrazas, ARIZ, 9.850 Floor: 1. Samantha PeszeK, UCLA, 9.950 9. Madison Podlucky , WASH, 9.825 2. Danusia Francis, UCLA, 9.900 Beam: 9. Alexandra Yacalis , WASH, 9.825 2. Georgia Dabritz, UTAH, 9.900 3T. Shona Morgan, STAN, 9.925 6. Sophina DeJesus, UCLA, 9.875 3T. Becky Wing, STAN, 9.925 All-Around: 6. Nansy Damianova, UTAH, 9.875 9. Allison Northey, WASH, 39.200 10. Corrie Lothrop, UTAH, 9.850 Floor: 10. Aliza Vaccher, WASH, 39.075 5T. Kristin Klarenbach, ARIZ, 9.900 Beam: 9T. Shona Morgan, STAN, 9.875 Minneapolis Regional: 1. Samantha Peszek, UCLA, 9.950 9T. Rachel Daum, STAN, 9.875 2. Mary Beth Lofgren, UTAH, 9.900 9T. Taylor Rice, STAN, 9.875 Vault: 3. Sophina DeJesus, UCLA, 9.875 5. Alicia Asturias, CAL, 9.900 5. Danusia Francis, UCLA, 9.850 All-Around: 5. Brianna Gades, ASU, 9.850 3. Kristina Vaculik, STAN, 39.475 Bars: 5. Kailah Delane, UTAH, 9.850 7. Allie Flores, ARIZ, 39.200 1. Dallas Crawford, CAL, 9.925 8. Olivia Courtney, UCLA, 9.825 6. Alicia Asturias, CAL, 9.850 8. Tory Wilson, UTAH, 9.825 University Park Regional: 6. Leilani Alferos, CAL, 9.850 8. Corrie Lothrop, UTAH, 9.825 Vault: Beam: Floor: 10. Chelsea Tang, OSU, 9.850 1. Olivia Courtney, UCLA, 9.950 10. Erika Aufiero, OSU, 9.850 Floor: 1. Nansy Damianova, UTAH, 9.950 10. Taylor Keeker, OSU, 9.850 4. Samantha Peszek, UCLA, 9.925 All-Around: 4. Becky Tutka, UTAH, 9.925 Bars: 3. Alicia Asturias, CAL, 39.200 4. Georgia Dabritz, UTAH, 9.925 5. Chelsea Tang, OSU, 9.875 4. Charlie Owens, CAL, 39.100 7. Danusia Francis, UCLA, 9.900 7. Madeline Gardiner, OSU, 9.850 6. Jessica Howe, CAL, 39.050 7. Sydney Sawa, UCLA, 9.900 7. Hannah Casey, OSU, 9.850 9. Tory Wilson, UTAH, 9.875 Beam: All Around: 1. Kaytianna McMillan, OSU, 9.850 1. Samantha Peszek, UCLA, 39.700 1. Chelsea Tang, OSU, 9.850 3. Olivia Courtney, UCLA, 39.475 5. Madeline Gardiner, OSU, 9.825 4. Tory Wilson, UTAH, 39.375 9. Cerise Witherby, OSU, 9.800 10. Beka Conrad, ASU, 38.175 Floor: 4. Chelsea Tang, OSU, 9.900 10. Kailie Ponto, OSU, 9.875

All-Around: 2. Chelsea Tang, OSU, 39.475 4. Madeline Gardiner, OSU, 39.350 8. Brittany Harris, OSU, 39.075

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // April 16, 2014 3 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ...... BILL RYDEN STAN...... KRISTEN SMYTH Big Ten...... 1-5-0 ...... 16th season ...... 13th season Big 12...... 1-3-0 ...... Career: Same ...... Career: Same East Atlantic Gymnastics League...... 0-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 11 Eastern College Athetlic...... 1-0-0 Mid-American...... 3-0-0 ASU...... JOHN SPINI UCLA...... VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Midwest Independent...... 3-0-0 ...... 34th season ...... 24th Season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.... 24-1-0 ...... Career: Same ...... Career: Same Mountain Rim...... 10-2-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 22 ...... NCAA Appearances: 22 Southeastern...... 3-4-0 Western Athletic...... 0-0-0 CAL...... JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH...... GREG MARSDEN Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic...... 0-0-0 ...... 2nd season ...... 39th season Independent...... 1-0-0 ...... Career: Same ...... Career: Same Total-All...... 47-15-0 (.758) ...... NCAA Appearances: 1 ...... NCAA Appearances: 33

OSU...... TANYA CHAPLIN UTAH...... MEGAN MARSDEN ...... 17th Season ...... 5th season WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ...... Career: Same ...... Career: Same SIDS ...... NCAA Appearances: 10 ...... NCAA Appearances: 5

ARIZ...... www.arizonawildcats.com WASH...... JOANNE BOWERS ...... Blair Willis ...... 8th Season ...... [email protected] ...... Career: 11 years ...... 520-621-0914 ...... NCAA Appearances: 1

ASU...... www.thesundevils.com ...... Maggie Emmons UCLA VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL ...... [email protected] ...... 480-584-9591 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics coaches, UCLA was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2014 Pac-12 regular season, the CAL...... www.calbears.com ...... Mara Rudolph Conference announced today...... [email protected] ...... 510-643-5846 The Bruins received 46 points with five first-place votes and were voted fourth in the national preseason coaches poll. UTAH tallied 45 points, receiving the remaining three first-place OSU...... www.osubeavers.com votes and was tabbed second. STANFORD sits in third place with with 37 points in the poll...... Jason Amberg The Utes and Cardinal also made an appearance in the top 10 of the national poll with the ...... [email protected] sixth and ninth spots, respectively. OREGON STATE is slotted fourth in the Pac-12 poll with ...... 541-230-0706 31 points and represents the Conference with a 12th-place ranking in the national poll.

STAN...... www.gostanford.com The second half of the poll is led by ARIZONA, which claims the 17th spot in the national ...... Greg Marsh preseason coaches poll. WASHINGTON is picked sixth, with a spot in the national top 25 at ...... [email protected] 20th. Rounding out the poll, CALIFORNIA and ARIZONA STATE were picked seventh and ...... 650-736-7635 eighth with a national ranking of 22nd and 25th, respectively. All eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 national preseason poll. UCLA...... www.uclabruins.com ...... Liza David This is the third-consecutive year of the preseason coaches poll with UCLA claiming the top ...... [email protected] spot. The Bruins finished as the runner-up in the 2013 Pac-12 Championships to the Bea- ...... 310-621-8398 vers. The 2014 season is set to begin Sunday, January 5, 2014. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on the Pac-12 Networks, including the 2014 Pac-12 Championships on March 22, UTAH...... www.utahutes.cstv.com 2014. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events...... Liz Abel ...... [email protected] ...... 801-209-6346 2014 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Poll 1...... UCLA (5)...... 46 WASH...... www.gohuskies.com ...... Kayla Koch 2...... Utah (3)...... 45 ...... [email protected] 3...... Stanford...... 37 ...... 206-543-2230 4...... Oregon State...... 31 5...... Arizona...... 22 PAC-12...... www.pac-12.com 6...... Washington...... 18 ...... Sean Harris 7...... California...... 17 ...... [email protected] 8...... Arizona State...... 8 ...... 925-946-3755

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // April 16, 2014

2014 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: TEAM RESULTS Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Total 1. Utah 49.400 49.600 49.275 49.650 197.925 2. Stanford 49.400 49.450 49.350 48.975 197.175 3. California 49.150 49.075 49.275 49.050 196.550 4. UCLA 49.200 49.000 49.300 49.025 196.525 5. Oregon State 48.875 49.200 49.150 49.050 196.275 6. Arizona 49.425 48.700 49.025 49.100 196.250 7. Arizona State 49.150 48.475 48.625 49.250 195.500 8. Washington 48.750 48.950 49.150 48.275 195.125

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Alicia Asturias (California) Gymnast of the Year: Tory Wilson (Utah) Freshman of the Year: Nicolette McNair (Stanford) Specialist of the Year: Georgia Dabritz (Utah) Coach of the Year: Greg and Megan Marsden (Utah)

2014 TOP INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS VAULT BEAM FLOOR 1. Aliza Vaccher, Washington 9.950 1. Samantha Peszek,UCLA 9.925 1. Georgia Dabritz, Utah 9.950 Allison Flores, Arizona 9.950 2. Serena Leong, California 9.900 Nansy Damianova, Utah 9.950 Shelby Edwards, Arizona 9.950 Jessica Howe, California 9.900 3. Lia Del Priore, Utah 9.900 Georgia Dabritz, Utah 9.950 Allison Northey, Washington 9.900 Becky Tutka, Utah 9.900 BARS Jackie McCartin, Washington 9.900 ALL-AROUND 1. Georgia Dabritz, Utah 10.00 Danusia Francis, UCLA 9.900 1. Tory Wilson, Utah 39.450 2. Nicolette McNair, Stanford 9.950 Mary Beth Lofgren, Utah 9.900 2. Alicia Asturias, California 39.425 3. Samantha Shapiro, Stanford 9.925 Corrie Lothrop, Utah 9.900 Samantha Peszek, UCLA 39.425 Kristina Vaculik, Stanford 9.925 Nansy Damianova, Utah 9.925

WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 NETWORKS Pac-12 gymnastics teams will see an unprecedented amount of television coverage this season. In the second year of Pac-12 Networks, 18 women’s gymnastics meets will be televised on a national and regional basis. In addition, authenticated cable subscribers can watch all meets televised on the Pac-12 Networks online at www.pac-12.com.

The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and six regional networks devoted solely to the Pac-12. In addition to the hundreds of live televised Pac-12 sport- ing events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will have access to their carrier’s TV Everywhere platform, providing access to all Pac-12 Networks programming on any device through their broadband service. Jan. 11 Florida at UCLA...... 7 p.m. PT Feb. 17 Utah at Stanford...... 2 p.m. PT Jan. 13 Minnesota at Washington...... 7 p.m. PT Feb. 22 Arizona at Arizona State...... 3 p.m. MT Jan. 19 Oregon State at UCLA...... 6 p.m. PT Feb. 22 Oregon State at Utah...... 6 p.m. MT Jan. 25 UCLA at Utah...... 7:30 p.m. MT Feb. 28 Washington at Utah...... 6 p.m. MT Jan. 31 UCLA at California...... 6 p.m. PT Mar. 3 California at Stanford...... 7 p.m. PT Feb. 3 Stanford at Oregon State...... 7 p.m. PT Mar. 9 Oregon State at Arizona...... 12 p.m. PT Feb. 7 Arizona at Utah...... 7 p.m. MT Mar. 15 Georgia at Utah...... 7 p.m. MT Feb. 8 Arizona State at UCLA...... 12:30 p.m. PT Mar. 22 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships...... 1 p.m. PT, 6:30 p.m. PT Feb. 16 UCLA at Washington...... 2 p.m. PT

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2014 PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 7 Alicia Asturias, CAL Amanda Spinner, STAN Charlie Owens, CAL Jan. 14 Olivia Courtney, UCLA Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Angi Cipra, UCLA Jan. 21 Kristina Vaculik, STAN Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Rachel Daum, STAN Jan. 28 Chelsea Tang, OSU Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Charlie Owens, CAL Feb. 4 Tory Wilson, UTAH Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Hallie Mossett, UCLA Feb. 11 Tory Wilson, UTAH Samantha Peszek, UCLA Hallie Mossett, UCLA Feb. 18 Sydney Sawa, UCLA Madeline Gardiner, OSU Jessica Howe, CAL Feb. 25 Kristina Vaculik, STAN Samantha Peszek, UCLA Nicolette McNair, STAN Mar. 4 Olivia Courtney, STAN Samantha Peszek, UCLA Selynna Felix-Terrazas, ARIZ Mar. 11 Kristina Vaculik, STAN Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Madeline Gardiner, OSU Mar. 18 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Danusia Francis, UCLA Jessica Howe, CAL UTAH CROWNED THE 2014 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS CHAMPION

BERKELEY, Calif. - UTAH claimed the 2014 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championship for the first time since they joined the Pac-12 in Haas Pavilion on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. The Utes recorded their second highest total of the season with a 197.925 to capture first place. STANFORD came in second with a total of 197.175, while CALIFORNIA took third with a 196.550. UCLA rounded out the top half with a 196.525, while OREGON STATE took home fifth with a 196.275. ARIZONA placed sixth earning a 196.250, and ARIZONA STATE (195.500) and WASHINGTON (195.125) took home seventh and eighth place, respectively. The top four seeds entering the Pac-12 Championships competed in the first session, leaving host California, Arizona, Arizona State and Washington to compete for the title in the later session. Each of the four schools competing in session two tried to make their mark in the first event, knowing that they needed to put forth their best efforts to have a shot at the title. After the first routine, California held the top spot with a vault total of 49.150. Arizona followed recording a 48.700 on bars with Arizona State close behind with a 48.625 on beam. Washing- ton was able to come off of a tough routine on floor and totaled a 48.275 on the event to take fourth. Team standings for the second session saw little change after the second routine of the evening as the Golden Bears held on to their lead with a score of 49.075 on bars for a total of 98.225. Arizona State (97.875) was able to gain ground on California as they recorded a team score of 49.250 on floor, passing Arizona (97.725). The Wildcats fell to third after scoring 49.025 on beam. Washington sits at fourth with 48.750 on vault and a team total of 97.025. Heading into the final rotation of the evening, the standings for the second session stayed the same with California tak- ing the commanding lead with a team score of 147.500. Cal earned a score of 49.275 on beam. The Sun Devils were close behind with a team total of 147.025 and a vault score of 49.150. Arizona (146.825) and Washington (145.975) were third and fourth entering the final rotation, respectively. The fourth and final rotation of the day was highlighted by the Golden Bears of California as they climbed the standings to finish third overall with a team total of 196.550. The Utes, who finished first in the first session, were able to celebrate their first Pac-12 Conference title as the final rotation came to a close. There was a four-way tie for the vault title as WASHINGTON’s Aliza Vaccher, UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz, and ARIZONA’s Allison Flores and Shelby Edwards. With the perfect 10.0, Utah’s Dabritz also took home the bar title. Coming in second was Stanford’s Nicolette McNair with a score of 9.950. In a three-way tie for third on bars all earning a 9.925 was Utah’s Nansy Damianova and Stan- ford’s Samantha Shapiro and Kristina Vaculik. 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 UCLA’s Samantha Peszek claimed the title on beam with a score of 9.925. There was a seven-way tie for second place in the event. CALIFOR- NIA’s Serena Leong and Jessica Howe, Washington’s Allison Northey and Jackie McCartin, UCLA’s Danusia Francis, and Utah’s Mary Beth Lofgren and Corrie Lothrop all finished with scores of 9.90. Utah swept the floor title with a first place tie between Utah’s Dabritz and Damianova. Utah’s Lia Del Priore and Becky Tutka tallied a 9.925 to tie for third. The all-around title went to Utah’s Wilson (39.450) with California’s Alicia Asturias and UCLA’s Peszek tying for second place (39.425). In a voting by the Conference coaches, UTAH junior Tory Wilson has been named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year. STANFORD’s freshman Nicolette McNair has been named the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year. For the first time, Utah’s co-head coaches Greg and Megan Marsden were named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year. This is the first time a Utah head coach has been named the Coach of the Year in gymnastics since Utah joined the Pac-12 Confer- ence in 2010. Utah’s Georgia Dabritz is named the Special Performer of the Year. The Gymnast of the Year and Coach of the Year awards were started in 1987, the Freshman of the Year was added in 2000 and the Specialist of the Year honor was added last year.

SESSION ONE RECAP: The 2014 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships kicked off this afternoon with top seeds No. 1 UTAH, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 STANFORD and defending champion No. 4 OREGON STATE competing in the first session in Haas Pavilion on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Utah led after the first rotation with a 49.400 with Stanford close behind in second with a 49.350. Oregon State stood in third place (49.050), with UCLA coming in at fourth (49.000). After the second rotation, the Utes pulled away from the competition on bars with a score of 49.600. Stanford finished with 48.975 on floor and UCLA recorded 49.300 on beam to follow in the second and third spots, respectively. Oregon State was in fourth place with a score of 48.875 on vault. Utah stayed in first going into the final rotation earning 49.275 on beam with a total score of 148.725. Stanford scored 49.400 on vault to total 147.725 after three events to maintain their lead over UCLA (147.325). Defending Pac- 12 champion Oregon State gained momentum on the uneven bars with a team score of 49.200, but still trailed with a total of 147.125. The Utes came out on top of session one with a final score of 197.925. Stanford earned a 197.175, claiming the second-highest score of the session. UCLA and Oregon State followed behind totaling a 196.525 and 196.275, respectively. At the conclusion of the first session, the Utes took the top spots on four of the five events with Tory Wilson currently in first in the all-around with a score of 39.450. Utah’s Georgia Dabritz sits in first on the vault with a 9.950 and put forth a spectacular routine to claim the top spot on bars with a perfect 10. Dabritz and Nansy Damianova hold the top spots on floor, with both gymnasts recording a 9.950. UCLA’s Samantha Peszek is first on beam with 9.925 after the first session.

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // April 16, 2014 PAC-12 ANNOUNCES WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - The 2014 All-Pac-12 Gymnastics team was announced on Wednesday by Commissioner Larry Scott. The All-Pac-12 team is determined by a combination of 50 percent regional qualifying score (entire season composite) and 50 percent Con- ference Championship score. The All-Conference team consists of the top six all-around competitors, plus the top three competitors in each individual event who are not among the all-around honorees. The Pac-12 second team in a ten member team that consists of the top two all- arounders who were not named to the first team (as all-arounders or in an event), after such the top two gymnasts from each event who were not yet named to the first team or the second team in the are selected to the second team.

ALL-AROUND First Team School Yr. Hometown Alicia Asturias California Sr. Granite Bay, Calif. Allison Flores Arizona J r. Addison, Ill. Allison Northey Washington So. Sammamish, Wash. Chelsea Tang Oregon State Jr. Eugene, Ore. Kristina Vaculik Stanford Jr. Whitby, Ontario Tory Wilson Utah Jr. Albuquerque, N.M.

Second Team School Yr. Hometown Aliza Vaccher Washington Sr. Eugene, Ore. Charlie Owens California Fr. Alta Loma, Calif.

VAULT First Team School Yr. Hometown Georgia Dabritz Utah Jr. Newburyport, Mass. Kailah Delaney Utah So. Yorba Linda, Calif. Nicolette McNair Stanford Fr. Trabuco Canyon, Calif.

Second Team School Yr. Hometown Shelby Edwards Arizona So. Sun Tan Valley, Ariz. Olivia Courtney UCLA Sr. Fairfax, Va.

UNEVEN BARS First Team School Yr. Hometown Georgia Dabritz Utah Jr. Newburyport, Mass. Nansy Damianova Utah Sr. Montreal, Quebec Nicolette McNair Stanford Fr. Sacramento, Calif.

Second Team School Yr. Hometown Samantha Shapiro Stanford Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. Corrie Lothrop Utah Jr. Danvers, Mass.

BALANCE BEAM First Team School Yr. Hometown Danusia Francis UCLA So. Kenilworth, England Jackie McCartin Washington Jr. West Covina, Calif. Samantha Peszek UCLA Sr. Indianapolis, Ind.

Second Team School Yr. Hometown Madeline Gardiner Oregon State Fr. Cambridge, Ontario Amanda Spinner Stanford Sr. Danville, Calif.

FLOOR EXERCISE First Team School Yr. Hometown Georgia Dabritz Utah Jr. Newburyport, Mass. Nansy Damianova Utah Sr. Montreal, Quebec Sydney Sawa UCLA Sr. Calgary, Alberta

Second Team School Yr. Hometown Becky Tutka Utah Jr. Upper Black Eddy, Penn. Kristin Klarenbach Arizona Jr. Edmonton, Alberta

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // April 16, 2014 7 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS FACTS TWITTER INDIVIDUAL TOP 25 NATIONAL RANKINGS Follow Pac-12 women’s gymnastics teams on Twitter for all the RANKED BY TOTAL SEASON AVERAGE latest news! VAULT 2 Kailah DELANEY, Utah...... 9.945 Arizona: @AZGymnastics - Tory WILSON, Utah...... 9.945 Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics 11 Georgia DABRITZ, Utah...... 9.925 California: @calwgym 15 Olivia Courtney, UCLA...... 9.920 Oregon State: @OregonStateGym Stanford: @StanfordWGYM 20 Nicolette McNair, Stanford...... 9.910 UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics Utah: @UtahGymnastics Washington: @UWGymnastics BARS 1 Georgia DABRITZ, Utah...... 9.950 2013 ALL-AMERICANS 11 Nansy DAMIANOVA, Utah...... 9.915 The Pac-12 produced 20 All-Americans for the second year in a 12 Samantha Peszek, UCLA...... 9.915 row, including 12 first-team All-Americans. UCLA led the Confer- 13 Sophina DeJesus, UCLA...... 9.915 ence with 10, UTAH had eight and STANFORD had two. 17 Kristina Vaculik, Stanford...... 9.910 24 Erika Aufiero, Oregon State...... 9.895 ALL-AROUND Georgia Dabritz, UTAH...... 1st Vanessa Zamarrripa, UCLA...... 2nd BEAM VAULT 4 Danusia Francis, UCLA...... 9.930 Nicole Dayton, STAN...... 1st 5 Samantha Peszek, UCLA...... 9.925 Kaelie Baer, UCLA...... 1st 20 Chelsea Tang, Oregon State...... 9.880 Olivia Courtney, UCLA...... 1st 23 Madeline Gardiner, Oregon State...... 9.875 Lichelle Wong, UCLA...... 1st - Amanda Spinner, Stanford...... 9.875 Vanessa Zamarripa, UCLA...... 1st Tory Wilson, UTAH...... 1st

BARS FLOOR Georgia Dabritz, UTAH...... 1st 3 Georgia DABRITZ, Utah...... 9.965 Nansy Damianova, UTAH...... 1st 8 Sydney Sawa, UCLA...... 9.940 Sophina DeJesus, UCLA...... 2nd 11 Nansy DAMIANOVA, Utah...... 9.935 Hailee Hansen, UTAH...... 2nd 13 Becky TUTKA, Utah...... 9.925 16 Kristin Klarenbach, Arizona...... 9.915 BEAM 23 Natasha Sundby, Arizona State...... 9.900 Danusia Francis, UCLA...... 1st Breanna Hughes, UTAH...... 2nd

FLOOR ALL-AROUND Olivia Courtney, UCLA...... 1st 12 Tory WILSON, Utah...... 39.455 Nansy Damianova, UTAH...... 1st 21 Kristina Vaculik, Stanford...... 39.335 Taylor Rice, STAN...... 2nd - Chelsea Tang, Oregon State...... 39.335 Alyssa Pritchett, UCLA...... 2nd Vanessa Zamarripa, UCLA...... 2nd Becky Tutka, UTAH...... 2nd

ROSTER BREAKDOWN Curious about how the team’s rosters matchup in individual’s year in school? Check out how each team’s roster fills out.

School FR SO JR SR Grad Total ARIZ 5 3 5 4 0 17 ASU 5 7 3 1 0 16 CAL 8 3 2 3 0 16 OSU 5 3 5 3 0 16 STAN 6 3 6 2 0 17 UCLA 7 3 4 2 0 16 UTAH 1 2 5 5 0 13 WASH 6 2 3 1 0 12

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // April 16, 2014 2014 PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD

ARIZONA WILDCATS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 8-8, .500 // Pac-12: 1-5, .167 Overall: 8-6, .571 // Pac-12: 3-3, .500

JANUARY JANUARY 11 at Illinois-Chicago W, 194.750 11 vs. San Jose State 2nd, 193.625 19 vs. Stanford* 2nd, 195.850 with Sacramento State with Sacramento State 18 at Washington 1st, 195.900 25 vs. Oklahoma L, 197.575-196.925 with San Jose State and UC Davis 24 vs. California* W, 196.000-195.350

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 1 vs Washington* W, 196.500-195.175 1 vs. Utah* L, 197.200-194.900 7 at Utah* L, 197.825-194.425 8 at UCLA* P12N L, 196.925-194.950 15 at Oklahoma 3rd 195.625 15 vs. BYU W, 196.200-194.525 with LSU and Kentucky 22 vs. Arizona* P12N W, 196.125-195.350 22 at Arizona State* L, 196.125-195.350 MARCH MARCH 1 at Oregon State* 3rd, 195.575 1 vs. UCLA* L, 197.500-196.250 with Arizona State and Nebraska 9 vs. Oregon State* L, 197.050-196.275 7 at Oklahoma L, 197.450-194.150 15 vs. Texas Woman’s, BYU, Bridgeport W, 196.425 14 vs. Northern Illinois W, 196.175-195.000 17 vs. Air Force W, 195.775-195.300 * Pac-12 Conference Meet. 7th, 195.500 * Pac-12 Conference Meet. 6th, 196.250 All times local to site. All times local to site.

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 9-7, .563 // Pac-12: 1-5, .167 Overall: 11-3, .786 // Pac-12: 4-2, .667

JANUARY 5 at NorCal Meet 2nd, 194.650 JANUARY with Stanford, San Jose State, UC Davis and Sacramento State 11 vs. Ohio State 1st, 195.200-194.750 11 at Denver L, 195.200-193.225 with BGSU 17 vs. Utah* L, 196.875-196.275 19 at UCLA* P12N L, 196.425-195.625 24 at Arizona State* L, 196.000-195.350 25 vs. Iowa State W, 196.425-194.850 31 vs. UCLA* L, 196.575-195.550

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 3 vs. Stanford* P12N W, 197.100-195.750 8 at Oregon State* CANCELLED 8 vs. California* CANCELLED 14 at Sacramento 1st 196.725 15 vs. Boise State 1st, 196.675 with SJSU with Utah State and Seattle Pacific 22 vs. Washington* 1st, W, 196.425-195.000 22 at Utah* P12N L, 197.575-196.450 with Sacramento State

MARCH MARCH 1 vs. Arizona State* 2nd, 196.625 3 at Stanford* L, 196.750-196.025 with Nebraska 7 at Kentucky 2nd, 196.150-196.075 9 at Arizona P12N W, 197.050-196.275 with Michigan & Iowa State 19 at Washington 1st, 196.250 15 vs UC Davis W, 195.675-194.950 with Seattle U

* Pac-12 Conference Meet. 3rd, 196.550 * Pac-12 Conference Meet. 5th, 196.275 All times local to site. All times local to site.

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STANFORD CARDINAL UCLA BRUINS Overall: 13-3, .813 // Pac-12: 5-2, .714 Overall: 9-3, .750 // Pac-12: 7-1, .875

JANUARY 5 at NorCal Meet 1st, 194.825 JANUARY 11 vs. Florida L, 196.650-196.625 against California, San Jose State, UC Davis, & Sacramento State 12 vs. Georgia W, 196.325-196.150 19 vs. Oregon State* W, 196.425-195.625 19 vs. Arizona* 1st, 195.925 25 at Utah* P12N L, 197.125-195.875 31 at California* P12N W, 196.575-195.550 with Sacramento State 26 at UC Davis 1st, 197.275 FEBRUARY with San Jose State and Utah State 8 vs Arizona State* P12N W, 196.925-194.950 16 at Washington* P12N W, 196.675-195.650 22 vs Stanford* W, 196.900-196.250 FEBRUARY 3 at Oregon State* P12N L, 197.100-195.750 8 at Washington* W, 196.825-196.200 MARCH 17 vs Utah* W 197.000-196.300 1 at Arizona W, 197.500-196.250 22 at UCLA* L, 196.900-196.250 7 at Michigan 2nd 197.475 with Utah 16 vs.Utah State 1st, 197.050 MARCH 3 vs. California* P12N W, 196.750-196.025 with Bowling Green 7 at Alabama L, 198.250-196.300 * Pac-12 Conference Meet. 4th, 196.525 * Pac-12 Conference Meet. 2nd, 197.175 All times local to site. All times local to site.

UTAH UTES WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 10-3, .769 // Pac-12: 6-2, .750 Overall: 5-9, .357 // Pac-12: 0-7, .000

JANUARY JANUARY 13 at Minnesota L, 196.350-195.025 11 vs BYU* 1st, 196.650 18 vs. Arizona State* 2nd, 194.825 with Southern Utah and Boise State with San Jose State and UC Davis 17 at California* W, 196.875-196.275 24 at Seattle Pacific W, 193.925-193.425 25 vs UCLA* P12N W, 197.125-195.875 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 1 at Arizona* L, 196.500-195.175 1 at Arizona State* W, 197.200-194.900 8 vs. Stanford* L, 196.825-196.200 7 vs. Arizona* P12N W, 197.825-194.425 16 vs. UCLA* P12N L, 196.675-195.650 17 at Stanford* P12N L 197.000-196.300 22 at California* 2nd. L, 196.425-195.000 22 vs.Oregon State* P12N W, 197.575-196.450 1st 28 vs. Washington* P12N W, 197.125-193.475 with Sacramento State 28 at Utah* P12N L, 197.125-193.475 MARCH 7 at Michigan 3rd of 3/197.350 MARCH

with UCLA 7 at BYU L, 196.125-194.300 15 vs Georgia P12N W, 198.025-197.600 14 vs. Oregon State 2nd, 195.375 with Seattle Pacific

* Pac-12 Conference Meet. 1st, 197.925 All times local to site. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. 8th, 195.125 All times local to site.

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