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Gymnastics SID: Liza David For Immediate Release: SID Phone: (310) 206-8140 Mar. 2, 2004 UCLA Web Site — www.uclabruins.com NO. 1 UCLA HOSTS NO. 19 MICHIGAN ON SENIOR DAY Seven Bruin seniors will be honored in post-meet festivities.

UCLA Hosts Michigan Sunday In Final Regular Season Home Meet - The top-ranked UCLA team will host 19th-ranked Michigan on 2004 UCLA Gymnastics Schedule Sunday, Mar. 7 in the Bruins' regular season home finale at 2:00 pm. Bruin Date Opponent Time/Result seniors Jeanette Antolin, , Christy Erickson, , Trishna Patel, and Jamie Williams will be honored at the con- 1/10 UTAH L 196.375-197.35 clusion of the meet. Capoeira Brasil will provide pre-meet entertainment. 1/16 at Arizona L 194.625-196.725 Live Coverage - Streaming video and live stats will be available for Sunday's meet on UCLABruins.com. The online video broadcast is available with pur- 1/19 at Georgia W 197.85-197.475 chase of the College Sports Pass. A broadband connection is recommended. 1/25 at Minnesota W 197.55-195.325 For more information, visit the multimedia section of the UCLABruins.com webpage. 2/1 ASU, CSUF 1st, 197.55 Five Olympians To Compete Sunday - A total of five Olympians will be out 2/8 STANFORD W 197.975-196.425 on the floor Sunday as UCLA hosts Michigan. The Bruins boast four in Ameri- cans Jamie Dantzscher and Kristen Maloney and Canadians 2/13 at California 1st, 197.8 and Yvonne Tousek. Michigan junior Elise Ray was teammates with Dantzscher w/ Seattle-Pacific and Maloney at the Olympics, serving as team captain. 2/20 at CS Fullerton L 193.6-194.276 Senior Salute - UCLA's seven-member senior class will be honored in post- 2/22 OREGON ST. W 198.875-197.175 meet festivities on Sunday. Comprising the senior class of 2004 are Jeanette Antolin, Jamie Dantzscher, Christy Erickson, Kristen Maloney, Trishna Patel, 2/27 at Washington L 197.1-197.225 Yvonne Tousek and Jamie Williams. This class has won two NCAA Champi- onships (2001, 2003), three Regional Championships (2001-03) and two Pac- 3/7 MICHIGAN 2:00 pm 10 Championships (2002-03). Between them, they have earned 23 All-America 3/12 at 7:30 pm honors, five NCAA individual titles, 10 Regional individual titles, four Pac- 10 individual titles, six Pac-10 All-Academic honors and five NACGC Scho- 3/20 @Pac-10 Championships 6:00 pm lastic All-America awards. 4/3 NCAA Regionals TBA UCLA In The Rankings - The Bruins are ranked No. 1 for the second con- secutive week with an RQS (regional qualifying score, which is determined 4/15 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1/7 pm by taking the top six scores, three of which must be on the road, dropping the *Team Preliminaries high and averaging the remaining five) of 197.745. The Bruins hold the top 4/16 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 7:00 pm spot on vault (49.5), (49.410) and (49.52) and rank *Super Six Team Finals fourth on floor (49.470). Jeanette Antolin and Kate Richardson rank 1-2 in the all-around with RQS's 4/17 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 7:00 pm of 39.78 and 39.73, respectively. They are also 1-2 on vault, with Antolin *Individual Event Finals holding a 9.995 RQS, and Richardson tying for second with a 9.95. Kristen Maloney ranks ninth at 9.92. Richardson and Maloney are 1-2 on beam, with Home meets in BOLD FACE CAPS Richardson topping all competitors with a 9.96, and Maloney tying for sec- Home meets held at Pauley Pavilion ond with a 9.935 RQS. Also on beam, Yvonne Tousek ranks 10th with a 9.905, All times local to meet site and Antolin is 15th with a 9.895. On the uneven bars, Antolin ranks second (9.945), Richardson sixth (9.925) and Tousek 22nd (9.885). Antolin also ranks second on floor exercise with a 9.96 RQS. Richardson is eighth (9.93), and Tousek 16th (9.915). Last Week's Results - A slow start on the uneven bars put UCLA in a hole early, and the Bruins were never able to catch up in a 197.225-197.1 dual meet loss at Washington on Feb. 27. UCLA rebounded nicely with meet-high scores of 49.575 on vault and beam and 49.475 on floor. Senior Jeanette Antolin won the all-around for the fourth consecutive meet, scoring a 39.75. She also won floor with a 9.95 and kept her unbeaten streak alive on vault with a 10.0, her third consecutive. Kristen Maloney placed first on beam with a season- high 9.975.

p. 1 of 2 In her first all-around competition of the year on Feb. 22 against UCLA Season High Scores Oregon State, Maloney set a new career-high with a score of Gymnast V UB BB FX AA 39.75 and also earned a career-high 9.975 on the uneven bars. Antolin 10.0 9.975 9.95 10.0 39.875 She went 39.275 in her second all-around attempt at Washing- Auld 9.875 ton and scored a season-best 9.975 on beam. The former Olym- Dantzscher 10.0 9.95 pian ranks second in the nation on beam (9.935 RQS) and ninth Erickson 9.425 9.275 on vault (9.92). Maloney 9.95 9.975 9.975 9.95 39.75 Murdock 9.55 9.8 9.9 Dantzscher Returns To Lineup - Four-time NCAA champion Patel 9.625 9.55 Jamie Dantzscher returned to competition two weeks ago after Peckett 9.925 9.825 9.825 9.95 39.425 a lengthy battle with an ankle injury. Prior to the season, she Richardson 10.0 9.95 10.0 10.0 39.85 was expected to compete on just one event due to her ankle Selesky 9.7 Sutton 9.65 problems, but thanks to restructuring of her routines, she was Tedmon 9.725 9.1 9.9 9.55 able to compete on floor exercise twice. In her first meet of the Tousek 9.925 9.95 9.975 year, at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20, Dantzscher won the A. Walker 9.875 9.65 first event on which she competed, scoring a 9.9 on the uneven C. Walker 9.65 9.125 bars. She also scored a 9.9 on floor exercise to place third. On Williams 9.9 9.8 Feb. 22 at home against Oregon State, Dantzscher again took Winn 9.9 9.95 9.925 9.9 39.425 first place on bars, scoring her UCLA-record 28th perfect 10. Team 49.675 49.825 49.575 49.875 198.875 She later added a 9.95 on floor. She did not compete last week due to a sinus infection. Antolin, Richardson Pack Powerful 1-2 Punch - Senior Antolin Undefeated On Vault - All-American Jeanette Antolin Jeanette Antolin and sophomore Kate Richardson are No. 1 has been unstoppable on vault this season, placing first in ev- and No. 2, respectively, in the national all-around rankings. ery meet in which she has competed. Antolin is a perfect 8-8 The dynamic duo has consistently put up some of the highest on the year and has won the event in her last 13 meets and in all-around marks in 2004, and one or the other, and sometimes 16 of her last 17 regular season meets dating back to last year. both, have placed first in the all-around in eight of UCLA's 10 The reigning Pac-10 vault champion averages 9.981 and has meets. The only times one of the two has not won the all-around scored five perfect 10s in 2004, including three in a row. were when neither competed all four events. Antolin has five solo wins (at Georgia, vs. Stanford, at Cal, vs. Oregon State, at Richardson Testing Out Elite Routines - Sophomore Kate Washington), while Richardson has two (at Minnesota and Richardson is working towards a second Olympic appearance against Arizona State/Cal State Fullerton). Antolin, last week's and has plans to try out for Canada's 2004 Olympic team. She Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week, recorded the fifth-best all-around has competed her elite balance beam routine twice this season total in NCAA history, scoring a 39.875 on Feb. 22. She aver- and has scored a 9.9 at Cal and 9.925 at Cal State Fullerton ages 39.753 on the year. Richardson has an all-around best of despite the jam-packed difficulty. Richardson was Canada's top 39.85, the sixth-best total in history, and a season average of all-around finisher at the 2000 Games, placing a Canadian all- 39.732. time best 15th. Maloney Comes All The Way Back From Injury - After sit- Tousek Steady As Ever - Yvonne Tousek is having an out- ting out two full seasons due to a serious leg injury, Kristen standing senior season, ranking amongst the nation's best on Maloney has fully completed her comeback, competing all four all three events on which she competes (22nd on bars, 10th on events the last two meets for the first time since Jan. 28, 2001. beam and 16th on floor). Since suffering a fall on her first rou- tine of the season, Tousek has been spec- tacular since, earning scores of 9.825 or 2004 UCLA Gymnastics Roster higher in each subsequent performance. Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (Club) She averages 9.9 on beam and 9.909 on Jeanette Antolin 5-0 Sr. Huntington Beach, CA (SCATS) floor with highs of 9.95 on beam and Kisha Auld 5-2 Jr. Corona, CA (Junior Elite Gymnastics) Jamie Dantzscher 5-1 Sr. San Dimas, CA (Charter Oaks Gliders) 9.975 on floor. Christy Erickson 5-2 Sr. Pomona, CA (SCATS) UCLA Hosts 2004 NCAA Champion- Kristen Maloney 5-0 Sr. Pen Argyl, PA (Parkettes) ships - UCLA will host the 2004 NCAA Ashley Martin 5-7 Fr. Beaverton, OR (MAC Gymnastics) Women's Gymnastics Championships Holly Murdock 5-2 So. Derriaghy, N. Ireland (Salto Gymnastics) Trishna Patel 5-6 Sr. Northridge, CA (Gymnastics Olympica) on Apr. 15-17 in Pauley Pavilion. Team Ashley Peckett 5-1 Fr. Mississauga, ON (Gymnastics Mississauga) preliminaries begin on Thursday, Apr. 15 Kate Richardson 5-0 So. Coquitlam, BC (Abbotsford Twisters) with an afternoon and evening session. Michelle Selesky 5-6 Fr. San Juan Capistrano, CA (NGTC) The top three teams from each prelimi- Jennifer Sutton 5-4 So. Downey, CA (Lakewood YMCA) nary session advance to Friday's Super Christie Tedmon 5-0 Jr. Carmichael, CA (Pozsar’s Gymnastics) Six Team Finals, and the individual Yvonne Tousek 5-3 Sr. Cambridge, ON (Cambridge Kips) event finals take place on Saturday, Apr. Aimee Walker 5-1 Fr. Valley Village, CA (Olympus School of Gymnastics) Courtney Walker 5-2 Fr. Santa Monica, CA (All-Olympians) 17. Tickets for the Championships are Jamie Williams 5-6 Sr. Tucson, AZ (Tumbleweeds Gymnastics) on sale now at the UCLA Central Ticket Lori Winn 5-0 Fr. Oklahoma City, OK (Bart Conner Gymnastics) Office by calling 310-UCLA-WIN or visiting the ticket office website at Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field (14th year) www.tickets.ucla.edu. Assistant Coaches: , Milo Johnson

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