CAL WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS
GOLDEN BEARS UCLA BRUINS 195.095 195.950 197.265 197.950 SEASON AVERAGE SEASON AVERAGE SEASON HIGH SEASON HIGH VS 29 Justin Howell 4 Valorie Kondos Field RANK HEAD COACH RANK HEAD COACH
SAT., FEB. 10 Haas Pavilion BROADCAST LIVE STREAM LIVE STATS 11:30 a.m. PT Berkeley, Calif. Pac-12 Networks Pac-12.com/live CalBears.com SCHEDULE NUMBERS TO KNOW Overall: 5-3• Pac-12: 2-2 49.400 DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT The Bears scored a 49.400 on floor against Arizona, the fourth-highest floor total in school history. -To Jan. 8 at NorCal Classic % 195.475 (1st) ni-Ann Williams anchored the Bears’ rotation with a 9.95 performance. #18 Stanford* W, 194.925 (2nd) San Jose State W, 194.475 (3rd) UC Davis W, 194.400 (4th) 4 Sacramento State W, 192.875 (5th) Jan. 12 at #21 BYU L, 196.025-194.350 In the Bears’ fourth-highest floor outing in program history, California saw four gymnasts perform ca- Jan. 20 at #13 UW* L, 196.325-194.850 reer-high routines. Led by freshman Kyana George (9.90) and juniors Sylvie Seilnacht (9.825), Sofie Seil- Jan. 28 at #14 Arizona St.* L, 196.800-194.850 nacht (9.85) and Chelsea Shu (9.825), the Bears outscored the Wildcats on the event 49.400- 48.900. FEB. 4 #19 ARIZONA* W, 195.950-194.425 FEB. 10 UCLA* (P12N) 11:30 A.M. Feb. 17 at Stanford* (P12N) 7:30 p.m. 9.90 FEB. 25 UTAH* (P12N) 11 A.M. Arianna Robinson won the vault title with her 9.90 performance, her first event title of the season. Robin- MARCH 2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7 P.M. son performs a unique front-entry Piked Illg vault, and has hit her vault in all five meets of the season. The March 9 at Sac State Quad Meet 7 p.m. Bears moved up four spots in the national rankings, now 15th in the nation on the event. Sacramento State Minnesota Alaska Anchorage BEAR NECESSITIES March 11 at UC Davis 2 p.m. March 24 at Pac-12 Championships TBD California women’s gymnastic continues a two-meet homestand when fourth-ranked UCLA comes to April 7 at NCAA Regionals TBA Berkeley Saturday. The meet is slated to begin at 11:30 a.m. from Haas Pavilion and televised live on the April 20-21 at NCAA Championships # TBA Pac-12 Networks.
% Stanford, Calif. | # St. Louis. Mo. Saturday’s meet is Cal’s annual “Powerful in Pink” meet, dedicated to honor those who have been * indicates Pac-12 opponent affected by breast cancer and raise breast cancer awareness. Cal will debut all-new pink-themed leos, Home meets in BOLD and auction off an authentic leotard from previous seasons to raise money for the fight against breast All times listed PT and subject to change cancer.
FAST FACTS California comes off an impressive performance against No. 19 Arizona, where the Bears took three individual event titles and snapped a three-meet losing streak with improved mental focus and a six-for- COACHING STAFF six showing on the uneven bars. Led by four career-high performances and Toni-Ann Williams’ 9.95, the Head Coach Justin Howell Bears notched the program’s fourth-highest floor total while also outscoring the Wildcats on vault and San Jose State, 1999 • 6th season beam. Cassidy Keelen tallied career-highs in both her events, and Arianna Robinson matched season Assoc. Head Coach Liz Crandalll-Howell and career-bests in her events on her way to her first vault title of the season. BYU, 1997 • 6th season Asst. Coach Taylor Penzien TICKET SPECIAL: For every home meet this season, Cal gymnastics fans can receive up to six free general Southeast Missouri, 2016 • 1st season admission tickets by visiting www.calbears.com/code and using the promo code “CALGYMCLUB.” Tickets can be printed at home, and gates open 90 minutes prior to the start of each meet. 2018 TEAM INFORMATION Arena Haas Pavilion (11,877) HOW TO FOLLOW THE ACTION: Watch live on Pac-12 Networks, or follow via the Pac-12 Now app or www.Pac- 2017 Overall Record 14-14 12.com/live. A link to live stats is available via the women’s gymnastics schedule page on CalBears.com. 2017 Final Ranking 16th Follow @CalWGym on Twitter and Instagram for scoring updates, behind-the-scenes photos and videos 2017 Pac-12 Record (Finish) 6-8 (5th) and the latest information, and like Facebook.com/CalWGym for more on the Bears. Returners/Newcomers 9/6
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LAST TIME OUT: HOME SWEET HAAS AS BEARS TAKE VICTORY OVER NO. 19 Location: Berkeley, Calif. WILDCATS Nickname: Golden Bears The Bears’ first home meet of the season saw season-best scores to top No. 19 Arizona 195.950- Enrollment: 40,173 194.425.
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• The Bears once again put up their highest floor finish third in the Pac-12 this season, according to a total of the season, notching the fourth-best score vote by the league’s gymnastics coaches. The exact CAL IN THE in program history with a 49.400. breakdown of points is as follows: NATIONAL RANKINGS • Cal won three individual titles on performances 1. UCLA (5 first-place votes) – 47 points from Arianna Robinson on vault (9.90), Nina 2. Utah (3 first-place votes) – 44 points Road To Nationals - Feb. 6 Schank on bars (9.85) and Toni-Ann Williams on 3. California – 30 points floor (9.95). 4. Washington – 28 points RANK TEAM NAME AVERAGE • Four Bears logged career-high floor totals: Kyana T5. Oregon State -- 27 points 1 Oklahoma 197.813 George (9.90), Sylvie Seilnacht (9.825), Sofie T5. Stanford -- 27 points 2 Utah 197.335 Seilnacht (9.85) and Chelsea Shu (9.825)). 7. Arizona -- 12 points 3 LSU 197.290 • Every Bear in the vault lineup scored 9.775 or 8. Arizona State -- 9 points 4 UCLA 197.265 higher as Cal outscored Arizona 49.225-48.850 on 5 Florida 196.980 the event. 6 Kentucky 196.475 • The Bears went 6-6 on the uneven bars. MEET THE NEWEST BEARS 7 Michigan 196.425 California’s 2018 squad includes five new faces from a 8 Nebraska 196.394 signing class named Top 10 in the country last year by TONI AWARD WINNER CollegeGymFans.com. Among the newest Bears are: 9 Alabama 196.355 Toni-Ann Williams’ 2017 season may have ended 10 Arkansas 196.310 • Kyana George, the 2017 Junior Olympic National floor with an Achilles injury, but the Olympian has come champion who also took third all-around and third on 11 Oregon State 196.213 back stronger than ever to lead the 2018 Golden 12 Denver 196.210 beam. Bears. She owns a team-high event titles and is • Alma Kuc, a member of the Polish National Team 13 Georgia 196.195 ranked in the top 50 on both vault (45th) and floor who competed at the 2015 World Gymnastics 14 Boise State 196.044 (21st). With her 9.975 performance on floor at Championships and 2017 European Championships, 15 Auburn 196.040 Arizona State, she matched her career-best score Kuc was the 2016 Polish uneven bars champion and 16 Washington 196.035 on the event and won the individual title, while logged a bronze finish on floor at the Polish National 17 Arizona State 195.850 matching the top floor score in school history. Championships. 18 Minnesota 195.606 Williams won three event titles in back-to-back • Victoria Salem, who posted two top-three finishes at 19 Central Michigan 195.565 weeks at Washington and Arizona State. In the the 2016 JO Nationals, winning the balance beam title 20 Stanford 195.505 last two meets. she has scored a 9.95 or better and taking silver on bars. She was seventh all-around at T-21 BYU 195.475 on floor. the prestigious event after winning the beam title and T-21 George Washington 195.475 turning in top-four finishes on every event at Level 10 23 Iowa State 195.415 RANKED ON THE ROAD TO NATIONALS Regionals. 24 Missouri 195.394 The Golden Bears opened 2018 at No. 11 in • Nina Schank, the 2017 JO Nationals uneven bars 25 Arizona 195.380 the Road to Nationals preseason coaches poll, champion who also finished ninth all-around. the program’s second-highest ranking in school • Emi Watterson, an Australian standout who joined history. Cal’s No. 11 ranking was just one spot the Bears this December and took fourth on vault and TEAM EVENT behind last season’s best-ever No. 10 ranking. seventh on bars at the 2016 Elite Gym Massilia in Event Rank RQS Average Marseille, France. V 15 N/A 48.980 Cal is set to face four opponents ranked in the UB 47 N/A 48.375 Road to Nationals preseason top 25 this season, WILLIAMS GRANTED ADDITIONAL YEAR OF BB 31 N/A 48.645 and nearly every single program the Bears will ELIGIBILITY FX 16 N/A 49.095 face this season is ranked or received votes in the The Bears received exciting news this fall when Toni- preseason poll, including two top-three programs Ann Williams, one of the most decorated gymnasts in Utah (No. 5) and UCLA (6), and seven top 30 in the history of California gymnastics, was awarded INDIVIDUAL EVENT (Top 50) programs, including Washington (15), Stanford an additional year of eligibility by the NCAA. Williams, Vault (18), Arizona (26), Minnesota (27) and Central a 2016 Olympian a four-time NACGC Regular-Season Gymnast Rank RQS Average Michigan (30). All-American, tore her Achilles in February 2017, Williams 45 N/A 9.840 sidelining her for most of her junior season. A fifth year Cal’s results against top 25 ranked opponents in 2018 of gymnastics eligibility means Williams will be able to (using rankings at time of competition): Uneven Bars compete in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons while she Gymnast Rank RQS Average No. 18 Stanford -- W, 195.475-194.925 pursues additional coursework at Cal. N/A No. 21 BYU -- L, 196.025-194.350 No. 13 Washington -- L, 196.325-194.850 Balance Beam No. 14 Arizona State -- L, 196.800-194.850 NEXT ROTATION Gymnast Rank RQS Average No. 19 Arizona -- W, 195.950-194.425 California heads back to the Farm to take on the N/A Stanford Cardinal in the Big Meet on Saturday, Feb. 17. GEORGE WINS FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK The Bears have already notched a victory over their Floor Exercise With the second-highest all-around score of any Bay Area foe in the five-team, season-opening NorCal Gymnast Rank RQS Average freshman in the nation, Kyana George was named Classic earlier this season. Williams 21 N/A 9.880 the first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week of the 2018 season. George scored a 39.35 across her four ALL-ACCESS PASS All-Around events at the season-opening NorCal Classic to Join Cal Women’s Gymnastics in the social media realm Gymnast Rank RQS Average help lead the No. 11 Bears to a fourth consecutive for behind-the-scenes access to the Bears. Follow Cal N/A title over No. 18 Stanford, San Jose State, UC on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for meet scores, Davis and Sacramento State. Her all-around total practice updates, exclusive photos, videos and more. was the highest by any freshman in the opening Find Cal at: weekend of Pac-12 competition, and the second- • Twitter: @CalWGym highest by any freshman in the nation. • Facebook: Facebook.com/CalWGym • Instagram: @CalWGym PAC-12 PREDICTIONS California women’s gymnastics is projected to
CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 3 MEET 6: NO. 4 UCLA 2018 TEAM RESULTS (5-3 Overall, 2-2 Pac-12) 2018 INDIVIDUAL EVENT TITLES
RECORD/ DATE MEET VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR TOTAL RESULT Toni-Ann Williams (8) 1/8 NORCAL CLASSIC AT STANFORD 4-0, 1-0 PAC-12 EVENT SCORE MEET No. 11 Cal 48.600 48.725 49.050 49.100 195.475 1st AA 39.525 at ASU, 1/28 No. 18 Stanford 48.400 48.125 48.975 49.425 194.925 W, 2nd AA 39.325 at UW, 1/20 San Jose State 48.475 48.675 48.350 48.975 194.475 W, 3rd VT 9.90 at UW, 1/20 UC Davis 48.150 48.800 48.650 48.800 194.400 W, 4th BB 9.90 at ASU, 1/28 Sacramento State 47.700 47.950 48.450 48.775 192.875 W, 5th BB 9.90 NorCal Classic, 1/8 1/12 AT BYU 4-1, 1-0 PAC-12 FX 9.95 vs. Arizona, 2/4 No. 10 Cal 48.900 47.925 48.800 48.725 194.350 2nd FX 9.975 at ASU, 1/28 No. 21 BYU 48.750 48.925 49.125 49.225 196.025 L, 1st FX 9.925 at UW, 1/20 1/20 AT WASHINGTON 4-2, 1-1 PAC-12 No. 23 Cal 48.925 47.900 48.975 49.050 194.850 2nd Nina Schank (2) No. 13 Washington 48.950 49.100 48.900 49.375 196.325 L, 1st EVENT SCORE MEET 1/28 AT ARIZONA STATE 4-3, 1-2 PAC-12 UB 9.85 vs. Arizona, 2/4 Cal 49.250 48.625 47.775 49.200 194.850 2nd UB 9.925 at UW, 1/20 No. 14 Arizona State 49.100 49.325 49.125 49.250 196.800 L, 1st 2/4 VS. ARIZONA 5-3, 2-2 PAC-12 Kyana George (1) Cal 49.225 48.700 48.625 49.400 195.950 1st EVENT SCORE MEET No. 19 Arizona 48.850 48.725 47.950 48.900 194.425 W, 2nd BB 9.90 at UW, 1/20 2/10 VS. UCLA Cal ------Alma Kuc (1) No. 4 UCLA ------EVENT SCORE MEET 2/17 AT STANFORD UB 9.85 at BYU, 1/12 Cal ------Arianna Robinson (1) Stanford ------2/25 VS. UTAH EVENT SCORE MEET Cal ------V 9.90 vs. Arizona, 2/4 Utah ------3/2 VS. CENTRAL MICHIGAN Sylvie Seilnacht (1) Cal ------EVENT SCORE MEET Central Michigan ------VT 9.90 at ASU, 1/28 3/9 AT SACRAMENTO STATE QUAD MEET Cal ------Sacramento State ------Minnesota ------2018 TOP 3 INDIVIDUAL EVENT Alaska Anchorage ------3/11 AT UC DAVIS FINISH TOTALS BY GYMNAST Cal ------GYMNAST 1ST 2ND 3RD Total UC Davis ------3/24 AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS Williams 8 6 2 16 George 1 5 5 11 Cal ------Robinson 1 1 2 4 UCLA ------Utah ------Schank 2 1 1 4 Oregon State ------Gallarzo -- 1 1 2 Stanford ------Kuc 1 -- 1 2 Washington ------So. Seilnacht -- 2 -- 2 Arizona ------Keelen -- 1 -- 1 Arizona State ------Shu -- -- 1 1 Sy. Seilnacht 1 -- -- 1 TOTALS 14 17 13 44 SEASON HIGH Cal 49.250 48.725 49.050 49.400 195.950 Opponent 49.100 49.325 49.125 49.425 196.800
CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 4 MEET 6: NO. 4 UCLA 2018 GYMNAST SUPERLATIVES 2018 TEAM SUPERLATIVES PROGRAM BESTS (TEAM) (Top 10) (Top 5) Top 5
TEAM TOTAL # Score Gymnast Meet TEAM TOTAL 1. 197.500...... at UC Davis Tri (3/11/16) VAULT 1. 195.950...... vs Arizona 2. 197.325...... vs. UC Davis (3/8/15) 1. 9.90...... Arianna Robinson...... vs Arizona 2. 195.475...... at NorCal Classic 3. 197.075...... vs. Oregon State (2/18/17) ...... Sylvie Seilnacht...... at ASU 3. 194.850...... at Arizona State 4. 196.900...... at Arizona State (2/15/16) ...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at UW ...... at Washington 5. 196.800...... at UCLA (3/5/17) 5. 194.350...... at BYU 4. 9.875...... Toni-Ann Williams...... vs Arizona VAULT 5. 9.85...... Cassidy Keelen...... vs Arizona 1. 49.500...... vs. UC Davis (3/8/15) ...... Kyana George...... at ASU 2. 49.375...... vs. Washington, Sac St. (2/21/03) ...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at ASU VAULT 3. 49.350...... at UCLA (2/1/15) ...... Kyana George...... at UW 1 49.250...... at Arizona State 4. 49.325...... at Kentucky, Centenary (3/7/14) 9. 9.825...... Kyana George...... vs Arizona 2. 49.225...... vs Arizona 49.325...... vs. Ball State (3/12/04) ...... Rachael Mastrangelo...... at ASU 3. 48.925...... at UW ...... Ariana Robinson...... at ASU 4. 48.900...... at BYU UNEVEN BARS ...... Arianna Robinson...... at UW 5. 48.600...... at NorCal Classic 1. 49.550...... vs. Ball State (3/12/04) ...... Arianna Robinson...... at BYU 2. 49.525...... vs. UC Davis (3/8/15) 3. 49.475...... at UC Davis Tri (3/11/16) UNEVEN BARS UNEVEN BARS ...... vs. Oregon State (2/18/17) 4. 49.400...... at San Jose St. (2/26/00) 1. 9.925...... Nina Schank...... at UW 1. 48.725...... at NorCal Classic 5. 49.325...... at UC Davis (3/23/07) 2. 9.90...... Nina Schank...... at ASU 2. 48.700...... vs Arizona ...... Kyana George...... at NorCal Classic 3 48.625...... at Arizona State BALANCE BEAM 4. 9.875...... Alma Kuc...... at NorCal Classic 4. 47.925...... at BYU 1. 49.350...... at UC Davis Tri (3/11/16 ...... Nina Schank...... at NorCal Classic 5. 47.900...... at UW 2. 49.325...... at Arizona State (2/15/16) 6. 9.85...... Nina Schank...... vs Arizona ...... at UCLA (3/5/17) ...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at ASU 4. 49.300...... at Utah State (3/6/04) ...... Sofie Seilnacht...... at UW BALANCE BEAM 5. 49.275...... Pac-12 Championships (3/22/14) ...... Alma Kuc...... at BYU 1. 49.050...... at NorCal Classic ...... at Masters Classic (2/25/17) 10. 9.825...... Chelsea Shu...... at NorCal Classic 2. 48.975...... at UW FLOOR EXERCISE 3. 48.800...... at BYU 1. 49.550...... vs. UC Davis (3/8/15) BALANCE BEAM 4. 48.625...... vs Arizona 2. 49.450...... at UC Davis Tri (3/11/16 1. 9.90...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at ASU 5. 47.775...... at Arizona State 3. 49.425...... at Stanford (2/20/04) ...... Kyana George...... at UW 4. 49.400...... vs. Arizona (2/4/18) ...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at NorCal Classic 5. 49.375.. 3x, last at Pac-12 Championships (3/19/16) 4. 9.875...... Alicia Gallarzo...... at UW FLOOR EXERCISE ...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at BYU 1. 49.400...... vs Arizona ...... Kyana George...... at NorCal Classic 2. 49.200...... at Arizona State PROGRAM BESTS (INDIVIDUAL) 7. 9.85...... Cassidy Keelen...... vs Arizona 3. 49.100...... at NorCal Classic 8. 9.825...... Kyana George...... vs Arizona 4. 49.050...... at UW VAULT ...... Chelsea Shu...... vs Arizona 5. 48.725...... at BYU 1. 10.0...... 2x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 3/8/15 ...... Chelsea Shu...... at BYU 2. 9.975...... Toni-Ann Williams, 2/1/15 ...... Chelsea Shu...... at NorCal Classic 3. 9.95...... 11x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 4/4/15 UNEVEN BARS FLOOR EXERCISE 1. 10.0...... Cindy Tom, 2/15/92 1. 9.975...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at ASU 2. 9.95...... 6x, last Owens & Williams, 3/8/15 2. 9.95...... Toni-Ann Williams...... vs Arizona 3. 9.925...... 12x, last Nina Schank, 1/20/18 3. 9.925...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at UW 4. 9.90...... Kyana George...... vs Arizona BALANCE BEAM ...... Toni-Ann Williams...... at NorCal Classic 1. 9.95...... 4x, last Jessica Howe, 3/11/16 6. 9.875...... Arianna Robinson...... vs Arizona 2. 9.925...... 6x, last Alicia Gallarzo, 3/18/17 ...... Kyana George...... at BYU 3. 9.90...... 42x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 1/28/18 8. 9.85...... Sofie Seilnacht...... vs Arizona ...... Ariana Robinson...... at ASU FLOOR EXERCISE ...... Kyana George...... at NorCal Classic 1. 9.975...... 3x, last Toni-Ann Williams. 1/28/18 2. 9.95...... 11x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 2/4/18 3. 9.925...... 24x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 1/20/18 ALL-AROUND (TOP 5) 1. 39.575...Toni-Ann Williams...... at ASU ALL-AROUND 2. 39.350...Kyana George...... at NorCal Classic 1. 39.700...... 2x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 2/15/16 3. 39.325...Toni-Ann Williams...... at UW 2. 39.675...... My-Lan Dodd, 2/28/03 4. 39.200...Kyana George...... vs Arizona 3. 39.650...... Stephanie Kim, 3/12/04 5. 39.050...Toni-Ann Williams...... at BYU 4. 39.625...... Toni-Ann Williams, 3/8/15 5. 39.575...... 3x, last Toni-Ann Williams, 1/28/18
CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 5 MEET 6: NO. 4 UCLA 2018 ROSTER NAME YR HT. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL/CLUB) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Alicia Gallarzo SR 5-3 Burbank, Calif. (Burbank/Wallers’ GymJam) Alicia Gallarzo.... uh-LEE-C-ah gull-R-zo Kyana George FR 5-3 McKinney, Texas (McKinney Boyd/Metroplex) Kyana George...... KYE-anna Cassidy Keelen SO 5-1 Lucas, Texas (Laurel Springs/Texas Dreams) Cassidy Keelen...... KEY-lenn Alma Kuc FR 5-1 Los Angeles, Calif. (Laurel Springs/All Olympia) Alma Kuc...... COOK Rachael Mastrangelo SO 5-7 Waxhaw, N.C. (Marvin Ridge, Southeastern Gymnastics) Arianna Robinson...... R-E-onna Maleah Pearson FR 5-5 Maple Grove, Minn. (Maple Grove Sr/Twin City Twisters) Nina Schank...... SHANK Arianna Robinson SR 5-2 Chantilly, Va. (Freedom/Hill’s) Sofie Seilnacht.. so-FEE sile-KNOCKED Victoria Salem FR 5-1 San Bruno, Calif. (Capuchino/San Mateo Gymnastics) Sylvie Seilnacht.....sill-V sile-KNOCKED Nina Schank FR 5-5 Oakland, Calif. (Head-Royce School/Head Over Heels) Chelsea Shu...... SHOE Sofie Seilnacht JR 5-7 Fremont, Calif. (American/California Gymnastics Academy) Yuleen Sternberg...... you-LEAN Sylvie Seilnacht JR 5-6 Fremont, Calif. (American/California Gymnastics Academy) Emi Watterson...... E-ME Chelsea Shu JR 5-6 Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa/All Olympia) Toni-Ann Williams...... tony-ann Yuleen Sternberg SR 5-3 Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley/Head Over Heels) Emi Watterson FR 5-1 Brisbane, Australia (St. Margaret’s Girls School/Delta) Toni-Ann Williams RS-SR 5-1 Randallstown, Md. (Roland Park Country Day/United Gymnastix)
COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Justin Howell (sixth season, San Jose State ‘99) Associate Head Coach: Elisabeth Crandall-Howell (sixth season, BYU ‘97) Assistant Coach:
GOLDEN BEAR SEASON-HIGH MARKS GOLDEN BEAR CAREER-HIGH MARKS GYMNAST V UB BB FX AA V UB BB FX AA Gallarzo 9.70 -- 9.875 -- -- 9.875 9.925 9.925 -- -- George 9.85 9.90 9.90 9.90 39.35 9.850 9.90 9.90 9.90 39.35 Keelen 9.85 -- 9.85 9.775 -- 9.85 -- 9.85 9.775 -- Kuc -- 9.875 ------9.875 ------Mastrangelo 9.825 ------9.825 ------Pearson ------Robinson 9.90 -- -- 9.875 -- 9.90 -- -- 9.95 -- Salem ------Schank 9.65 9.925 ------9.65 9.925 ------So. Seilnacht -- 9.85 9.525 9.85 -- -- 9.90 9.925 9.85 -- Sy. Seilnacht 9.90 -- 9.60 9.825 -- 9.90 -- 9.75 9.825 -- Shu -- 9.825 9.825 9.80 -- -- 9.90 9.875 9.80 -- Sternberg -- 9.80 -- 9.725 -- -- 9.90 -- 9.825 -- Watterson ------Williams 9.90 9.85 9.90 9.975 39.575 10.0 9.95 9.925 9.975 39.700
CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 6 MEET 6: NO. 4 UCLA HEAD COACH JUSTIN HOWELL A LOOK BACK AT 2017... AT A GLANCE • 2016 NACGC/W National Coach of the Year At Cal: Sixth season • Four-time NACGC/W Regional Coach of the • Posted six team totals that ranked Career Record: 91-74 Year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) among the program’s all-time best • Two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2013, scores, including: COLLEGIATE 2016) • Team totals: 197.075 (3rd) and COACHING HISTORY 196.800 (5th) • Cal Head Coach BY THE NUMBERS • Bars: 49.475 (3rd) (June 2012-present) • 1 NCAA All-American • Beam: 49.325 (two times, 2nd) • Cal Assistant • 4 NACGC/W Regular-Season All-America and 49.275 (5th) Coach (June 2011- Honors (1 gymnast) June 2012) • 3 NCAA Regional event champions (3 • Improved the final RQS on beam EDUCATION gymnasts) from 49.205 in 2016 to 49.225 this Graduated in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree • 3 NACGC/W Regional Gymnasts of the Year season in kinesiology from San Jose State, which he (2 gymnasts) attended on a men’s gymnastics scholarship • 1 Pac-12 Individual Event Champion • Clinched a fifth consecutive berth to • 11 All-Pac-12 honors (5 gymnasts) an NCAA Regional, and had repre- • 2 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year winners PERSONAL sentation at Nationals for the fourth • 14 NACGC Scholastic All-Americans season in a row Married to Elisabeth Crandall-Howell with • 36 Pac-12 All-Academic Selections (19 three sons -- Jacob, Noah and Greyson gymnasts) • Posted the program’s highest score • 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American at an NCAA Regional in history with a • 1 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year 196.300
• 10 different Bears won at least one event title, for a total of 26 first-place finishes and 64 top-three finishes
• Cal individuals posted 10 scores that rank among the Top 10 individual COACHING HONORS scores in school history.
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH ELISABETH CRANDALL-HOWELL • Desiree Palomares became the first COLLEGIATE PERSONAL Golden Bear in school history to win an NCAA Regional beam title. COACHING HISTORY Married to Justin Howell with three sons -- • Cal Associate Jacob, Noah and Greyson • Five Pac-12 All-Academic winners: Head Coach (July Zoe Draghi (HM), Arianna Robinson 2014-present) COACHING HONORS (HM), Amber Takara (HM), Chelsea Shu • Cal Assistant • 2016 NACGC/W National Assistant Coach (HM), Sylvie Seilnacht Coach (Sept. 2012- of the Year July 2014) • Two-time NACGC/W Regional Assistant • One All-Pac-12 Honoree: Arianna • Sacramento State Coach of the Year (2015, 2016) Robinson (Second Team Vault) Assistant Coach (2001-03) BY THE NUMBERS • One Pac-12 Specialist of the Week: EDUCATION • 1 NCAA All-American Toni-Ann Williams Attended BYU on a full athletic scholarship • 4 NACGC/W Regular-Season All-America in women’s gymnastics and graduated in Honors (1 gymnast) • Posted a near-perfect record at 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in physical • 3 NCAA Regional event champions (2 home, going 8-1 in Haas Pavilion education and health promotion. gymnasts) • 3 NACGC/W Regional Gymnasts of the Year • Swept all three top spots on beam ATHLETIC BACKGROUND (2 gymnasts) three times, and won a beam title in • 7x U.S. National Team Member (1987-92) • 1 Pac-12 Individual Event Champion eight of 12 meets • 1991 World Championships silver medalist • 11 All-Pac-12 honors (5 gymnasts) • Four NCAA Championship appearances at • 2 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year winners BYU (three team, one individual) • 14 NACGC Scholastic All-Americans • Two-time NCAA All-American (uneven bars) • 36 Pac-12 All-Academic Selections (19 • Three-time NCAA Regional bars champion gymnasts) • 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American • 1 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 7 MEET 6: NO. 4 UCLA GYMNAST BIOS
ALICIA GALLARZO KYANA GEORGE (Uh-LEE-C-ah Gull-R-zo) 5-3 • FR • AA 5-3 • SR • AA McKinney, Texas • Metroplex Burbank, Calif. • Wallers’ GymJam
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.70 -- 9.875 -- -- Season 9.85 9.90 9.90 9.90 39.35 Career 9.875 9.925 9.925 -- -- Career 9.85 9.90 9.90 9.90 39.35
2018 HIGHLIGHTS: CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: • 2-3 on V; 2-3 on BB • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (1/9) • Second on beam at UW in season debut with a 9.875 AS A JUNIOR (2017): 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: Took home two event titles with four top three finishes in her third • 5-5 on V; 2-5 on UB; 4-5 on BB; 5-5 on FX season…Went 20-24 over her junior year, including hit routines in • Has competed all-around in every meet this season every meet on both vault and beam (9-9 on vault, 4-8 on bars, 7-7 on • Set a career-best 9.90 on floor against Arizona beam)…Competed on three events at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional • Second on vault at ASU with career-high tying 9.85 on April 1 (vault – 9.80, bars – 9.825, beam – 9.775)…Set a career- • First on beam at UW with a career-high 9.90 high 9.925 on beam at the Pac-12 Championships (3/18), anchoring • Began her Golden Bear career by posting the highest score by any the lineup after two earlier falls by her teammates…Won bars against Pac-12 Freshman of opening weekend, going 39.35 Oregon State (2/18) with a career-high 9.925 and took second on beam with a then-career-best 9.90…Set a season-high 9.80 on vault HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: at Arizona (2/10)…Made her season debut against Arizona State National Champion on floor at the 2017 JO Nationals…Also took third (1/28), competing on both vault and beam and winning the beam all-around and third on beam, plus 10th on vault in 2017…All-Around title with a 9.875 champion plus bar and floor champion at 2017 Regionals, also earning second on vault and beam…Two-time Junior Olympic National AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Team Member (2016, 2014)…Second all-around and on floor at 2016 Won her first collegiate vault title with a career-high 9.875 at Oregon JO Nationals, plush fourth on beam, seventh on bars and ninth on State...Career-high on vault (9.875) to take second at Arizona State... vault…Runner-up all-around, on vault, beam and floor at the 2016 Career-high outing on beam, a 9.825, against Arizona...Made her Level 10 Regionals…All-Around, bars, beam and floor champion at Golden Bear career debut on both vault and bars at the Stanford tri 2016 Level 10 States…Two-time Nastia Liukin Cup qualifier…Seventh meet, earning 9.80 on vault and 9.725 on bars on floor and 11th on vault at 2015 JO Nationals…Floor champion at 2015 Level 10 Regionals, and fourth all-around, third on vault and AS A FRESHMAN (2015): beam… Trained at Metroplex Gymnastics with Gina Logan, Marnie Appeared in seven meets in 2015, including six appearances on Futch and Debbie Bonds…Metroplex won the 2014 and 2015 Texas balance beam and a floor appearance at the 2015 NCAA Berkeley State Championships and was named 2014 USAG Regional and State Regional…Won her first collegiate title at Sacramento State (1/9) Club of the Year…Attended McKinney Boyd High School, where she after setting a career-high 9.825 on beam…Posted a 9.60 in her first served as a PAL (Peer Assistance & Leadership) member and Special collegiate floor performance at the NCAA Regional (4/4)…Made her Cal Olympics mentor in 2016-17 debut at the NorCal Classic (1/4), earning a 9.625 on balance beam BEAR BITES: • Has a gymnastics skill named after her -- The George -- a Triple Wolf Turn on beam • Almost gave up on the sport of gymnastics due to mental blocks and fears before 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Jaycie Phelps helped her cope
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic 9.70 ------1/8 at NorCal Classic 9.725 9.90 9.875 9.85 39.35 1/12 at BYU 9.625 ------1/12 at BYU 9.775 9.125 9.775 9.875 38.55 1/20 at Washington 9.200 -- 9.875 -- -- 1/20 at Washington 9.85 9.075 9.90 9.75 38.575 1/28 at Arizona State -- -- 9.80 -- -- 1/28 at Arizona State 9.85 8.95 9.15 9.825 37.775 2/4 ARIZONA -- -- 9.00 -- -- 2/4 ARIZONA 9.825 9.65 9.825 9.90 39.200 2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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CASSIDY KEELEN ALMA KUC (Cassidy KEY-len) 5-1 • FR • AA 5-1 • SO • AA Los Angeles, Calif. • All Olympia Lucas, Texas • Texas Dreams
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.85 -- 9.85 9.775 -- Season -- 9.875 ------Career 9.85 -- 9.825 9.775 -- Career -- 9.875 ------
2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • 4-4 on V; 3-4 on BB, 2-3 on FX • 3-4 on UB • Matched her career-highs on both vault and beam against Arizona • Did not compete at UW with ankle injury • Scored a 9.125 on floor in Cal’s season opener after competing • Earned her first collegiate beam title with a 9.85 at BYU with an illness • Career-high 9.875 on beam in her collegiate debut at the NorCal Classic AS A FRESHMAN (2017): Competed in three meets before dislocating her knee in week four of HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: the season to sideline her for the remainder of the season…Runner- Polish National Team Member since 2013 who has competed in up on beam at Iowa (1/15) with a 9.85 and third on vault with a European (2014, 2016) and World Championship (2014, 2015) 9.775…Took third on beam in her Cal debut at the NorCal Classic events…Has competed in countries including China, Bulgaria, (1/9), scoring a 9.825 and also competing on vault (9.85) and floor Scotland, Switzerland, Romania and Slovakia…Tallied a 13.3 at (9.60) the 2017 European Championships, a personal best, to finish 18th…2016 Polish uneven bars champion…Took third on floor at the HIGH SCHOOL: Polish National Championships…All-Around, bars and floor runner- Member of the Texas Dreams gym club since 2010, coached by up at the 2016 Trnava Gym Festival in Slovakia…Qualified to the Kim Zmeskal-Burdette and Chris Burdette…2015 JO National Team Nastia Liukin Cup in 2013 following a 37.975 finish at the Gliders member…Runner-up on all-around and vault, and third on floor and Invitational…2013 Level 10 State and Regional bar champion...NIT fourth on beam at 2015 JO Nationals…Beam Champion at the 2015 qualifier in 2013…Level 10 JO National qualifier and second on bars Level 10 Texas State Championships and Regional Championships; at 2012 States…2011 Level 9 Western National qualifier… Also claimed second all-around at both meets…Runner-up on floor at Attended Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, Calif Level 10 Regionals…Posted a second-place finish on bars at Level 10 State competition…Invited to the 2015 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup BEAR BITES: following an outstanding performance at the 2015 WOGA Classic, • Polish National Team member since 2013 winning bars (9.80) and earning second in all-around (38.775), vault • Has competed in European (2014, 2016, 2017) and World (9.75) and beam (9.725); fourth on floor (9.5)…Top-three all-around Championship (2014, 2015) events in locations including China, finisher in all seven meets of her 2015 season…Posted top 10 Bulgaria, Scotland, Switzerland and Romania finishes in three events at the Supergirl Cup – vault (2nd), beam (4th) • 2016 Polish uneven bars champion and floor (8th) with a ninth-place all-around total…Fifth all-around, • Born in Toronto, Canada and also lived in Argentina and Brazil second on floor and eighth on beam at 2014 JO Nationals…Vault and • Father, Paul Kuc, was a collegiate swimmer in Poland beam champion at Level 10 Regionals, third all-around (2014)…Floor champion at 2013 Regionals and runner-up on vault and all-around… Impressive performance at the 2012 Level 10 Regionals saw her take the all-around and floor crown and finish as a runner-up on vault and bars…Two-time Level 10 state floor and all-around champion (2012, 2013)…Also bars champion in 2012 and vault champion in 2013… Fifth all-around, second on beam and seventh on floor at JO Nationals (2012)…Western National All-Around Champion (2011)
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic ------9.125 -- 1/8 at NorCal Classic -- 9.875 ------1/12 at BYU 9.80 -- 9.80 -- -- 1/12 at BYU -- 9.85 ------1/20 at Washington 9.60 -- 9.775 9.775 -- 1/20 at Washington ------1/28 at Arizona State 9.80 -- 9.075 9.725 -- 1/28 at Arizona State -- 9.275 ------2/4 ARIZONA 9.85 -- 9.85 -- -- 2/4 ARIZONA -- 9.70 ------2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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RACHAEL MASTRANGELO MALEAH PEARSON 5-7 • SO • AA 5-5 • FR • AA Waxhaw, N.C. • SOUTHEASTERN Maple Grove, Minn. • Twin City Twisters
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.825 ------Season ------Career 9.825 ------Career ------
2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: •3-3 on V • Has not competed this season. • Tallied a career-high 9.825 on vault against No.14 Arizona State HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: AS A FRESHMAN (2017): Three-time JO National competitor (2016, 2014 and 2013)…Two-time Competed in two meets as a rookie, both on vault against Oklahoma Minnesota State bar champion (2014, 2016)…Regional bar champion and at the Pac-12 Championships…Posted a 9.725 on vault in (2014) and floor champion (2013)…Took fifth on floor at JO Nationals her first Pac-12 Championships appearance (3/18)…Appeared in (2013) and 13th on bars (2016)…Member of the Twin City Twisters, the competitive lineup for the first time all season on vault against coached by Mike Hunger and Sami Wozney…Awarded Twin City’s Best Oklahoma (3/12), scoring a 9.775 Floor Entertainer (2012, 2014), Best Bar Swinger (2015, 2016) and Most Improved (2013)…Won the Level 10 State Championship with HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Twin City…Attended Maple Grove Senior High School in Maple Grove, Competed at 2015 Nationals, turning in a 15th place all-around finish… Minn….Honor Roll member every trimester of her high school career Best marks in 2015 include 9.825 on vault, 9.5 on bars, 9.65 on beam and 9.575 on floor…Coached by Ludmilla Shobe at Southeastern BEAR BITES: Gymnastics…Southeastern was named Region 8 Club of the Year and • Worked as a gymnastics coach for the Special Olympics ranked No. 1 in the nation in 2012…Helped Southeastern to Level 10 • Has suffered two ACL tears Team of the Year honors in 2015…Involved in high school’s Beta Club • Uncle John Nalan was a gymnast at West Point and Key Club…Three-time Academic Excellence honoree at Marvin Ridge (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015)
BEAR BITES: • Took four online classes along with balancing her gymnastics schedule during the summer of 2015 in order to attend Cal early • Mother, Linda Jo, was a track and field athlete at Delaware
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic ------1/8 at NorCal Classic ------1/12 at BYU ------1/12 at BYU ------1/20 at Washington 9.75 ------1/20 at Washington ------1/28 at Arizona State 9.825 ------1/28 at Arizona State ------2/4 ARIZONA 9.775 ------2/4 ARIZONA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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ARIANNA ROBINSON VICTORIA SALEM (R-E-ahna Robinson) 5-1 • FR • AA 5-2 • SR • V, FX San Bruno, Calif. • San Mateo Chantilly, Va. • Hill’s
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.90 -- -- 9.875 -- Season ------Career 9.90 -- -- 9.95 -- Career ------
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • 2x All-Pac-12 Vault Second Team (2016, 2017) • Has not competed this season. • 2x Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2016, 2017) 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: • 5-5 on V; 5-5 on FX • Won her first vault title of the season by matching her career-best 9.90 Runner-up on bars at the 2017 NorCal State Championships…2016 against Arizona JO Nationals beam champion, second on bars and seventh all- • Second on vault at BYU with a 9.825 around…Bar champion, second all-around, third on vault and fourth • Third on floor at Arizona State with a 9.85 on beam and floor at 2016 Regionals…2016 NorCal State vault, bars AS A JUNIOR (2017): and all-around champion while collecting third on beam…Eighth on Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention for the second consecutive season… beam at the 2015 JO Nationals following a 2015 Regional beam Repeated with second team All-Pac-12 honors on vault after ranking among the conference’s top six vaulters, scoring a 9.80 or better in nine of 11 championship and third-place all-around finish…Bar and beam regular-season meets…Claimed a team-best five titles, including three on vault champion at 2015 NorCal Stats, plus second all-around and third and two on floor…Finished in the top three of an event a team-high 11 times… on vault…2014 JO NIT Bars specialist, Regional bars champion and Earned a team-best 9.85 on vault and added a 9.775 on floor at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1)…Nebraska Masters Classic (2/25) All-America NorCal State bars champion…Trained with San Mateo Gymnastics un- Second Team on vault (9.80) and floor (9.85)…Won vault (9.875) and floor der Armen Astoian and Oksana Bystrova…Attended Capuchino High (9.90) against Oregon State (2/18), setting a career high on floor…Picked up School in San Bruno, Calif the vault title with a 9.90 at Arizona (2/10)…Second on both of her events – vault (9.825) and floor (9.85) – against Arizona State (1/28)…Second on vault at the Cal Tri Meet (1/21) with her 9.85…Won her first titles of the season at BEAR BITES: Iowa (1/15), tallying a 9.825 on both vault and floor for the wins on each… • Was born with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, a rare congenital Runner-up on vault (9.875) and floor (9.85) in the season opening NorCal Classic (1/9) vascular disorder that affects the development of blood vessels, skin, muscles and bones AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): • Had corrective surgery at age 13 after her right leg grew more rap- Top 5 finish on vault at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, taking fifth with a 9.85... Took silver at the Pac-12 Championships with her second consecutive career- idly than her left as a result of her syndrome, but continued to train high 9.90 on vault...Matched a career-best 9.90 on vault in the UC Davis tri and compete in gymnastics meet to win her first collegiate vault title...Third on vault (9.80) at the NorCal Classic AS A FRESHMAN (2015): Appeared in every floor lineup and 12 of 13 vault lineups in 2015…Her 9.95 on floor against UC Davis (3/8) was a career-high and one of only seven 9.95s on the event in program history…Scored a 9.90 on vault at the Cal quad (1/25) for a personal best…Made her Golden Bear debut at the NorCal Classic (1/4), earning a 9.75 on floor…Debuted on vault a week later, putting up a 9.85 on vault at Sacramento State (1/9)…Added a 9.85 on vault and a 9.80 on floor to Cal’s total at the NCAA Berkeley Regional (4/4) BEAR BITE: Would like to become an author. Her aunt is an author and Arianna has had some of her own personal work published in her aunt’s books. MAJOR: Intended American Studies major 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic 9.625 -- -- 9.80 -- 1/8 at NorCal Classic ------1/12 at BYU 9.825 -- -- 9.65 -- 1/12 at BYU ------1/20 at Washington 9.825 -- -- 9.80 -- 1/20 at Washington ------1/28 at Arizona State 9.825 -- -- 9.85 -- 1/28 at Arizona State ------2/4 ARIZONA 9.90 -- -- 9.875 -- 2/4 ARIZONA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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NINA SCHANK SOFIE SEILNACHT 5-5 • FR • AA (SO-fee sile-knocked) Oakland, Calif. • Head-Royce School 5-7 • JR • AA Fremont, Calif. • California Gymnastics Academy
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.65 9.925 ------Season -- 9.85 9.525 9.85 -- Career 9.65 9.925 ------Career -- 9.90 9.925 9.85 --
2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • 1-1 on V, 4-5 on UB • 3-3 on UB, 2-5 on BB, 5-5 on FX • Won bars against Arizona with a 9.85 • Matched her career-high 9.85 on floor against Arizona • Won her first collegiate title with a 9.925 on bars at UW AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): • Second on bars at ASU with a 9.90 Winner of two events in her sophomore campaign, both on the balance • Made her Golden Bear debut on vault (9.65) and bars (9.875) in beam…Five top three finishes…Went 23-25 in her routines, including a the season opener at the NorCal Classic perfect record on bars (10-10) while going 11-12 on beam and 2-3 on floor… Contributed on three events at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1) – bars HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: (9.725), beam (9.85) and floor (9.80)…Set a career-high 9.85 on floor at the Pac-12 Championships (3/18)…Made her collegiate floor debut against 2017 Junior Olympic Nationals uneven bars champion and ninth all- Oklahoma (3/12), earning a 9.025…Nebraska Masters Classic (2/25) All- around…Qualified to 2017 JO Nationals after earning a regional bar America First Team on beam with a career-high 9.925 and the event title, championship and taking second all-around, on vault and on beam, recording just the fifth 9.925 on the apparatus in Cal history…Took third on and fifth on floor…2016 Level 10 NorCal State Champion on bars, bars against Arizona State (1/28) with a 9.775…Made her bars debut in the Cal tri meet (1/21) with a 9.775 while taking third on beam at 9.85…Earned beam and the all-around…2016 Level 10 Top 100 on bars…2014 her first collegiate beam title with a 9.875 in the season-opening NorCal Level 10 NorCal State Champion on vault…Trained at Head Over Classic (1/9) Heels in Emeryville, Calif. under Katreece Stone…Co-captain at Head Over Heels from Aug. 2014 to 2017. Served as a coach and counselor AS A FRESHMAN (2016): at the Karolyi Gymnastics Camp…Invited to the Karolyi Camp in Sept. Set a career-high 9.8875 on beam at the NCAA Championships...In only her third outing on bars, tallied a career-best 9.90 at the UC Davis tri meet... 2013 to train with the national team coaches…Attended Oakland’s Collegiate debut on bars saw her earn a 9.875 against Utah...Career-high 9.85 Head-Royce School on beam, taking third, against Arizona State...Debuted on beam at the NorCal Classic, scoring 9.20 BEAR BITES: • Born in Chengdu, China HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Trained at California Gymnastics Academy under Rod Radunzel and Neal • Father, Richard, is a two-time Cal grad (BS ‘80, MS ’82) Gallant…CGA won the 2012 Level 10 State Championship…2013 National Invitational Tournament Beam Champion and third on floor and all-around… Beam Champion at 2012 and 2013 NorCal State Championships and 2013 Level 10 Regionals…Runner-up on floor at 2013 Regionals…First place all- around at NorCal States in 2013, and second on vault and bars. Third on floor…. Fifth on beam at Regionals in 2012…Second all-around and third on floor at 2012 State Championships…Attends American High School…Camp counselor for Oakland Diocese Leadership Camp since 2011
BEAR BITES: • Twin sister of Cal gymnast Sylvie (Junior) • Had Tommy John surgery • Father, Michael, graduated from Cal in 1986
MAJOR: Plans to major in Astrophysics and attend graduate school. Would like to land a job in cosmology research after graduation, studying dark matter
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic 9.65 9.875 ------1/8 at NorCal Classic -- -- 9.275 9.75 -- 1/12 at BYU -- 9.20 ------1/12 at BYU -- -- 9.525 9.825 -- 1/20 at Washington -- 9.925 ------1/20 at Washington -- 9.85 9.075 9.725 -- 1/28 at Arizona State -- 9.90 ------1/28 at Arizona State -- 9.80 9.125 9.825 -- 2/4 ARIZONA -- 9.85 ------2/4 ARIZONA -- 9.775 9.80 9.85 -- 2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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SYLVIE SEILNACHT CHELSEA SHU (Sill-V sile-knocked) (Chelsea SHOE) 5-6 • JR • AA 5-6 • JR • AA Fremont, Calif. • California Gymnastics Academy Manhattan Beach, Calif. • All Olympia
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season 9.90 -- 9.60 9.825 -- Season -- 9.825 9.825 9.825 -- Career 9.90 -- 9.75 9.825 -- Career -- 9.90 9.875 9.825 --
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention • 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention • 2016 NACGC/W Scholastic All-American 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • 4-4 on V; 2-2 on BB; 3-3 on FX 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • Set a career-best 9.825 on floor vs. Arizona • 2-3 on UB, 5-5 on BB, 2-2 on FX • Took her first event title of the season by matching a career-high 9.90 on • Set a career-high 9.825 on floor and matched a season-best 9.825 on vault beam against Arizona • Missed UW meet with an injury AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): AS A SOPHOMORE (2017): Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention…Claimed one bars title with Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention…fractured her foot after tripping over three top-three finishes…Hit every single bars routine of the season and a backpack in class during week 9 of the season to miss the remainder of contributed to seven beam lineups (6-7)…Contributed on two events at the the year…One of the most consistent vaulters for the Bears, going a perfect NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1), scoring 9.85s on both bars and beam…Set 8-for-8 before her injury….Nebraska Masters Classic (2/25) Second Team All- a career-best 9.875 on beam against Oklahoma (3/12)…Nebraska Masters American on vault (9.825) and floor (9.825)…Set a career-high 9.80 on floor Classic All-America (2/25) Second Team honoree on beam after scoring a against Arizona State (1/28) 9.85…Tallied her career-high 9.90 on bars against Oregon State (2/18) to finish as the runner-up on the event…Took home her first collegiate event title AS A FRESHMAN (2016): in a 9.825 showing on bars against Arizona State (1/28)…Made her Golden Earned a 9.025 in her collegiate debut on floor in the Cal quad meet...Claimed Bear debut in the NorCal Classic (1/9) by taking third on bars (9.875) and her first career event title with a career-high 9.90 vs. Arizona...Vault debut came earning a 9.575 on beam. at the Oklahoma tri meet, turning in a strong 9.825...Made her Cal debut on beam at the NorCal Classic, earning a 9.725 on beam AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Did not compete while rehabbing from injury HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Trained at California Gymnastics Academy under Rod Radunzel and Neal HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Gallant…CGA won the 2012 Level 10 State Championship… All-around and bars Trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center, where she was coached by Galina champion at 2012 NorCal State Championships. Also placed third on beam… Marinova and Artur Akopyan…Her All Olympia squad is the 2015 Level 10 State Competed Level 9 in 2011 and 2010… First on vault and runner-up on bars, Champion…third on beam at the 2015 State Championships….Won third all- floor and all-around at 2011 NorCal State Championships…Western National around at the 2014 Regional Championships…State champion on beam in beam champion in 2010…Also beam champion at Regionals and NorCal 2013 and 2014…All-around and floor runner-up at state in 2014 and third on States…Won floor and all-around at 2010 Level 9 Regionals…Floor champion vault…Also took second in the all-around and third on floor at the 2013 State at 2011 States…Attends American High School…Camp counselor for Oakland Championships…Fourth all-around and on bars and beam at the 2013 National Diocese Leadership Camp since 2011 Invitational Tournament…Floor and all-around champion at the 2012 California Classic, second on beam…Fourth on beam at the 2011 Junior Olympics BEAR BITES: National Championships……Beam champion and runner-up in all-around at • Twin sister of Cal gymnast Sofie (Junior) 2011 Regional Championships, and third on bars…AP Scholar and member of • Overcame two ACL injuries the Principal’s Honor Roll at Mira Costa High School • Father, Michael, graduated from Cal in 1986 BEAR BITE: MAJOR: • Brother, Joshua, attends Cal and graduated in 2016. Undeclared MAJOR: Undeclared – would like to pursue sports medicine
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic 9.725 -- 9.60 9.80 -- 1/8 at NorCal Classic -- 9.825 9.825 -- -- 1/12 at BYU 9.725 -- 9.525 9.475 -- 1/12 at BYU -- 9.675 9.825 -- -- 1/20 at Washington ------1/20 at Washington -- 9.175 9.725 9.80 -- 1/28 at Arizona State 9.90 ------1/28 at Arizona State -- -- 9.80 -- -- 2/4 ARIZONA 9.775 -- -- 9.825 -- 2/4 ARIZONA -- -- 9.825 9.825 -- 2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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YULEEN STERNBERG EMI WATTERSON (You-LEAN Sternberg) 5-1 • FR • AA 5-3• SR • UB Brisbane, Australia • Delta Berkeley, Calif. • Head Over Heels
Bests V UB BB FX AA Bests V UB BB FX AA Season -- 9.80 -- 9.725 -- Season ------Career -- 9.90 -- 9.825 -- Career ------
2018 HIGHLIGHTS: 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • 3-5 on UB, 2-2 on FX • Has not competed this season. • Turned in a 9.725 in just the second floor routine of her career at BYU HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: AS A JUNIOR (2017): Went a perfect 6-for-6 in bars appearances and competed on floor once… Represented Australia at the Elite Gym Massilia in Marseille, France Competed on bars at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional (4/1), where she led the in 2016, where she took fourth on vault and seventh on bars…Also Bears with a 9.90…Nailed her first collegiate floor performance with a 9.825 competed at Olympic Hopes and City of Jesolo Trophy…Member of at UCLA (3/5)…Season debut came against Oregon State (2/18), when she Delta Gymnastics, coached by Olga and Sasha Belooussov…Received earned a season-high 9.875 Delta’s Excellence Award five times (2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010)….Attended St. Margaret’s Anglican Girls School and graduated AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): in 2017, where she received the Excellence Award in 2016 and 2017 Anchored bars at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, hitting her routine after an earlier fall in the lineup to help send Cal to the NCAA Championship...Turned in BEAR BITES: a career-best 9.90 on bars in the Cal quad meet for her first collegiate event title...Made her competitive debut for the Bears at the NorCal Classic, scoring • Born in Brisbane, Australia a 9.725 on bars. • Joined the Bears just two weeks before the 2018 season, in Dec. 2017 AS A FRESHMAN (2015): Exhibitioned on bars but did not see time in the competitive lineup
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Level 10 gymnast…Trained at Head Over Heels Athletic Arts from 2013-14… was named “Uneven Bars Connoisseur” at the 2014 Head Over Heels team banquet… Team captain for her Head Over Heels team but only competed the first three meets of the season due to injury…Best result in 2014 was 36.375 all-around score…From 2011-12, trained at Waverley Gymnastics Centre in Australia and competed in the Australian Championships in 2012…Best result with Waverley was a 50.2 all-around (FIG scoring)…Also trained at Chukyo Gymnastics Club in Japan (2006-11) and competed in the All-Japan Junior Competition in 2010…Attended Berkeley High School, where she was a mem- ber of the honor roll for the Academy of Medicine and Public Service (AMPS)
BEAR BITE: • Lived and trained in Australia and Japan, where she competed in the FIG system
MAJOR: Undeclared – is considering becoming a physical therapist
2018 Meet-By-Meet Results 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 1/8 at NorCal Classic -- 8.55 ------1/8 at NorCal Classic ------1/12 at BYU -- 9.45 -- 9.725 -- 1/12 at BYU ------1/20 at Washington -- 9.15 ------1/20 at Washington ------1/28 at Arizona State -- 9.80 -- 9.65 -- 1/28 at Arizona State ------2/4 ARIZONA -- 9.725 ------2/4 ARIZONA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/10 UCLA ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------2/25 UTAH ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------
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TONI-ANN WILLIAMS 5-1 • RS-SR • AA AS A FRESHMAN (2015): Randallstown, Md. • United Gymnastix Owns a conference-record six Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors, including five consecutive titles on Jan. 19, Jan. 25, Feb. 2, Feb. 9 Bests V UB BB FX AA and Feb. 16…Vault champion of the NCAA Berkeley Regional (4/4)… Season 9.90 9.85 9.90 9.975 39.575 Career 10.0 9.95 9.925 9.975 39.700 Appeared in every single meet of 2015, including 11 of 13 as an all-arounder…Claimed 30 event titles as a freshman: 7 vault, 5 bars, 1 beam, 9 floor, 8 all-around…Only gymnast in Pac-12 history to be CAREER HIGHLIGHTS named Gymnast of the Week and Freshman of the Week concurrently • 2016 Olympian (Jamaica) (2/16)… Only Cal gymnast to record two 10.0s in her collegiate career • 4x Regular-Season All-American (2015 - 1st team vault & floor, 2nd -- both on vault…Set a program record 10.0 on vault vs. Oregon State team all-around; 2016 - 1st team floor) (2/13) -- Cal’s first 10.0 on the event and second in program history… •2x NACGC/W West Region Gymnast of the Year (2015, 2016) Her second perfect 10 came against UC Davis (3/8)…Set a program • Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2015) -record 39.700 in the all-around vs. Oregon St…Finished 20th overall • 3x All-Pac-12 selection (2015 -- 1st team all-around; 2016 -- 1st in the all-around at the NCAA Championships with a 39.225… Wil- team floor & vault) liams’ 20th-place standing marks the best all-around finish for a Cal • 6x Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (2015) gymnast at the NCAA Championships in program history; Also finished • 3x Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week (1x 2015, 2x 2016) 36th on floor (9.85), 44th on vault (9.825), 58th on beam (9.75) and • 2x Pac-12 Specialist of the Week (1x 2016, 1x 2017) 63rd on bars (9.80) • NCAA Regional Vault Champion (2015) BEAR BITES: • Pac-12 Championships Floor Champion (2016) • Member of the Jamaica National Team 2018 HIGHLIGHTS: • First gymnast to represent Jamaica in international competition • 5-5 on V; 4-5 on UB; 5-5 on BB; 5-5 on FX • Competed in Rio for 2016 Summer Olympics • Won floor vs. Arizona with a 9.95 • 2015, 2013 and 2011 World Championships participant • Took 3 titles at Arizona State, her second week in a row with three • 2010 JO National Invitational Tournament Champion titles -- all-around (39.575), beam (9.90) and floor (9.975) • Has competed in Brazil, Scotland, Montreal, Canada, Tokyo, Japan • Took 3 titles at UW -- all-around (39.325), vault (9.90) and floor and Belgium (9.925) • Has competed all-around in every meet this season • Won beam at the NorCal Classic with a 9.90 • Scored a pair of 9.90s on beam and floor in her very first meet back since tearing her Achilles in 2017
AS A JUNIOR (2017): Competed in the first four meets of the season before tearing her Achilles in week five, which sidelined her for the remained of the year…Hit every single event (11-11) before her injury and picked up a team-best five event titles, including four on floor and one on vault, with eight top-three finishes…Winner of four consecutive floor titles to start the season, including a season-high 9.925 against Arizona State (1/28)…Voted Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 24 after winning vault (9.875) and floor (9.90) in Cal’s tri meet (1/21) with Washington and San Jose State…Won the NorCal Classic (1/9) floor title with her season-high 9.925
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics for Team Jamaica...Awarded NACGC/W Regular-Season All-America First Team honors on floor...All- Pac-12 First Team Floor honoree...Became Cal’s first individual event champion at the Pac-12 Championships since 2004, winning floor with 2018 Meet-By-Meet Results Date Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor AA a 9.925...Won bars and floor at the UC Davis tri meet with season- 1/8 at NorCal Classic 9.80 9.25 9.90 9.90 38.85 highs on the event, including a new 9.925 on bars...Pac-12 Gymnast 1/12 at BYU 9.775 9.75 9.875 9.65 39.050 of the Week on Feb. 2 and Feb. 16...Won vault at Oregon State...Swept 1/20 at Washington 9.90 9.80 9.70 9.925 39.325 1/28 at Arizona State 9.85 9.85 9.90 9.975 39.575 every title, including all-around, at Arizona State, including a career- 2/4 ARIZONA 9.875 9.60 9.325 9.95 38.750 best 9.925 on beam...Added another three titles -- bars, beam and 2/10 UCLA ------floor -- against Arizona...Picked up vault, floor and all-around titles in 2/17 at Stanford ------2/25 UTAH ------Cal’s historic upset of UCLA -- the Bears’ first win over the Bruins since 3/2 CENTRAL MICHIGAN ------1985...Floor champion at the Stanford tri meet with a season-high 3/9 at Sac State Quad Meet ------9.925; Also her first all-around competition of the season. ..Claimed 3/11 at UC Davis ------3/24 at Pac-12 Championships ------the NorCal Classic vault title (9.85)
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ALICIA GALLARZO KYANA GEORGE CASSIDY KEELEN ALMA KUC RACHAEL MASTRANGELO AA | 5-3 | SR AA | 5-3 | FR AA | 5-1 | SO AA | 5-1 | FR AA | 5-7 | SO Burbank, Calif. McKinney, Texas Tyler, Texas Los Angeles, Calif. Waxhaw, N.C.
MALEAH PEARSON ARIANNA ROBINSON VICTORIA SALEM NINA SCHANK SOFIE SEILNACHT AA | 5-5 | FR AA | 5-2 | SR AA | 5-1 | FR AA | 5-5 | FR AA | 5-7 | JR Maple Grove, Minn. Chantilly, Va. San Bruno Calif. Oakland, Calif. Fremont, Calif.
SYLVIE SEILNACHT CHELSEA SHU YULEEN STERNBERG EMI WATTERSON TONI-ANN WILLIAMS AA | 5-6 | JR AA | 5-2 | JR AA | 5-3 | SR AA | 5-1 | FR AA | 5-1 | RS-SR Fremont, Calif. Manhattan Beach, Calif. Berkeley, Calif. Brisbane, Australia Randallstown, Md.
JUSTIN HOWELL LIZ CRANDALL-HOWELL EMILY HOWE ALEX DUDSCHUS Head Coach Associate Head Coach Team Manager Team Manager Fifth Season Fifth Season
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