Washington Gymnastics Table of Contents Husky Facts .................................................................. 1 Season Outlook ........................................................ 2-3 2005 Schedule ............................................................. 4 Husky Roster ................................................................ 4 Husky Gymnast Bios ............................................... 5-23 Chelsea Bakken ....................................................... 5 Brittney Brabec ........................................................ 6 Jessica Brown ......................................................... 7 Jennifer Chang ........................................................ 8 Carly Dockendorf ................................................ 9-10 Natalie Gillan ........................................................ 11 Raimey Iselin ......................................................... 12 Tacia LaBatte .................................................... 13-14 Lily Le ................................................................ 14-15 Kim Lewis ......................................................... 15-16 Kelly McDonald ................................................ 17-18 Julie Mederios ................................................. 18-19 Camille Primous ..................................................... 19 Tori Quandt ............................................................ 20 Darcee Schiller ...................................................... 21 Molly Seaman .................................................. 22-23 Nicole Waiss ......................................................... 24 Bob Levesque, head coach ........................................ 25 Frank Lee, assistant coach ........................................ 26 Heidi Coleman, assistant coach ................................ 26 2004 Results .............................................................. 27 2004 Season Bests .................................................... 28 Huskies at the NCAAs ............................................... 29 Credits: The 2004 Washington Gymnastics Media Guide was written by Brian Tom, NCAA Championship History .................................... 30 assistant director of media relations, Jim Daves, assistant athletic director for media NCAA Regionals ........................................................ 31 Pac-10 Championships .............................................. 32 relations and Alisa Brandle, student assistant in the media relations department. The Pac-10 History ...................................................... 33-34 publication was designed completely in-house using desktop publishing applications. All-Time Record vs. Opponents ................................. 34 Photography by Corky Trewin, Heather Maynez, Bruce Terami and Joanie Komura. Top Pac-10/NCAA Regional Finishers ....................... 35 All-Time High Scores & Records .......................... 36-38 Printing by University of Washington Department of Publications Services (Judy Robertson). UW Gymnastics Awards ........................................... 39 The Cover: Pictured on the cover of the 2005 UW Gymnastics Guide are the four Husky UW Letterwinners ..................................................... 40 seniors, Carly Dockendorf, Tacia LaBatte, Kim Lewis and Molly Seaman. UW Year-by-Year Results .................................... 41-47 The Husky Experience .......................................... 48-60 Husky Gymnastics Facts School: University of Washington Assistant Coaches: Location: Seattle, WA 98195 Heidi Coleman (Univ. of British Columbia 1992), third year Founded: November 4, 1861 Frank Lee (Washington 1989), sixth year Enrollment: 39,000 (28,000 undergraduate) Athletic Trainer: Kathy Thompson President: Mark Emmert Equipment Manager: Gary McGuire Athletic Director: Todd Turner Student Manager: Carmen Jordan Executive Associate Director of Athletics: Jeff Compher Academic Coordinator: Rick Mulcahy Senior Associate Athletic Director: Marie Tuite Academic Advisor: Ashlee Anderson Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. J. Patrick Dobel Director of Academic Services: Pam Robenolt Assistant Director of Olympic Sports: Karen Flor Director of Total Student-Athlete Program and Health Education: Media Relations Director: Jim Daves Suzanne Steen Affiliation: NCAA Division I Team Physician: Dr. John O'Kane Nickname: Huskies Team Orthopedic Surgeon: Dr. Carol Tietz Colors: Purple and Gold Team Chiropractor: Dr. Lew Estabrook Conference: Pacific-10 Letterwinners Lost: Three Home Court: Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion Bijoya Das, Amy Metcalf, Emily Pritchard Capacity: 10,000 Letterwinners Returning: Eight Media Relations Contact: Brian Tom Chelsea Bakken, Carly Dockendorf, Tacia LaBatte, Kim Lewis, Phone: (206) 897-1742 Kelly McDonald, Tori Quandt, Darcee Schiller, Molly Seaman Fax: (206) 543-5000 Newcomers: Nine Mailing Address: Graves Building Brittney Brabec, Jessica Brown, Jennifer Chang, Natalie Gillan, Box 354070 Seattle, WA 98195-4070 Raimey Islen, Lily Le, Julie Mederios, Camille Primous, Nicole Waiss Gymnastics Office Phones: (206) 543-1826 or (206) 543-6443 2004 Overall Record: 12-10-1 Head Coach: Bob Levesque (Fresno State 1972), 15th year 2004 Conference Record/Place: Sixth Record at Washington: 167-134-2 (14 years) NCAA West Regional: Fifth Overall Record: 167-134-2 (14 years) 1 Husky Outlook Huskies Hope To Score Elusive NCAA Spot To say the Washington gymnastics team went through highs and lows last year might be cliché, but it accurately sums up the Huskies’ season. The highs were numerous, as the team posted five of the top seven scores in the program’s history, including shattering the school scoring record by posting a 198.025 in a three-way home meet. Washington also set scoring records on bars, beam and floor en route to a 12-10-1 season. One of those wins was over top-ranked UCLA, the second time in school history that UW knocked off the Bruins. Despite all the success, what the team and Coach Bob Levesque remember most is the one meet that proved to be the low point of the season. The second- seeded Huskies finished a disappointing fifth place at the North Central Regional held in Denver, Colo. and failed to qualify as a team for the NCAA Championships. “We had the worst meet of the entire year on the worst day to have it,” says Levesque. “We had just come off of a school record team score, so we went Carly Dockendorf into regionals riding high and thinking that we had a team’s leading returner with 31 individual event titles Dockendorf, who is one of the top pole vaulters on the legitimate shot of making it (to the NCAA and will also be counted on to shoulder the team’s Husky track and field team, can conquer the beam. Championships).” leadership role. “Beam is a mental event and it is tough,” says The Huskies struggled on their opening event, “I think the kids really look up to Carly,” says Levesque. “Any sport she puts her mind to do, she bars, recording the team’s lowest score of the season Levesque. “She makes a natural team captain. She is does well.” and were never able to recover. a great team leader and is always very vocal and Besides Dockendorf, the Huskies return three “That was very uncharacteristic of our team,” upbeat in the gym.” other seniors that will be expected to contribute in says Levesque. “We ended our own season, it wasn’t As the team leader, Dockendorf will be counted their final campaign. like anyone stepped up to bat and beat us. We have on to pace the all-around. She has proven her ability Tacia LaBatte was a regular in the Huskies' vault, been soul searching and trying to figure out why.” on the floor time and time again and has also been a bars and floor lineup last year and will be counted on Levesque is hoping to rally the troops and is force on the vault and the bars, winning individual again in those events. She has battled through back confident that this year’s team will finish their season titles in both events. It is the beam that proves to be problems her whole career, but hasn’t let that hold on a higher note. One thing on the Huskies side is that her greatest challenge. Levesque is confident that her back. Not only did LaBatte have regular gymnastics the West Regionals are going to be held in Bank of workouts to attend during the fall, but was also a America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on April 9, member of the Husky cheer squad. giving Washington the proverbial home-court “Tacia’s back has been hurting since she came advantage. here,” says Levesque. “She started out really well “Luckily we are hosting regionals this year,” this year and we have the depth to rest her, so we will Levesque says with a sigh of relief. “If we make the do that. We’ll need her on vault and bars throughout Super Six, that’s great. If we are national champions, the’whole season.” that’s great too. But, the number one goal for us right Another Husky that has battled through injuries now is to make nationals as a team.” during her career is senior Molly Seaman. The The Huskies have not been to the NCAA Alabama-native has been Washington’s anchor on Championships as a team since 1998. In order to the beam and will be counted on to fulfill the same make it this year, the Huskies must fill some big role this season. She ranked second in the nation on shoes. Levesque has eight returning letterwinners the beam last year and won six event titles on the and nine newcomers on the roster that will challenge apparatus.