2011 Utah Gymnastics
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2011 UTAH GYMNASTICS Jon M. Huntsman Center • 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Associate Athletics Director/SID: Liz Abel Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0900 Associate SID: Kyle Harris Phone 801.581.3511/3510 • Fax 801.581.4358 Assistant SID: Brooke Frederickson www.UtahUtes.com Assistant SID: Mike DeVine Offi ce Manager: Kate Sturgeon 2011 UTAH SCHEDULE & RESULTS Released Apr. 11, 2011 Contact: Liz Abel 801.581.3511 ([email protected]) Date Opponent .................... Result Fri., Jan 7 UCLA .............................W/195.700-195.300 Sat., Jan. 15 at Georgia ..................... W/195.900-195.800 UTAH GYMNASTS TO COMPETE AT 2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Sat., Jan. 22 at Nebraska ...................W/196.200-194.750 Utes qualify for record-setting 36th-straight national championship. Fri., Jan 28 Stanford .........................L/196.500-196.825 Fri., Feb 4 Arizona State .................W/196.525-194.125 Event 2011 NCAA Gymnastics Championships, April 15-17 Fri., Feb 11 Washington ................... W/196.975-195.475 Site Cleveland, Ohio (Wolstein Center) Fri., Feb 18 Michigan ........................W/196.425-195.425 April 15 1:00 & 6:00 p.m. EDT • Team Semifi nals/All-Around Finals Fri., Feb 25 at Utah State ................. W/196.550-193.150 1:00 pm: UCLA, Oklahoma, Michigan, Georgia, Arkansas, Illinois Fri., Mar 4 Florida ........................... L/196.750-197.000 Sat., Mar. 12 at Oregon State .............L/196.325-196.600 6:00 pm: Alabama, Oregon St., Florida, Utah, Nebraska, Kent State Fri., Mar 18 at Brigham Young ..........W/196.700-195.800 April 16 4:00 p.m. EDT • Super Six Team Finals Sat., Apr 2 at NCAA Regional ........ 2nd of 6/196.475 April 17 1:00 p.m. EDT • Individual Event Championships Apr 15-17 NCAA Championships ..Cleveland, Ohio TV Delayed, May 14, CBS, 3 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT) Internet Live scoring and video streaming at www.ncaa.com UTAH SID CONTACT Liz Abel, Associate Athletics Director/Communications Director THE MEET Offi ce: 801-581-3511 Utah makes a record-setting 36th-consecutive appearance at the na- Cell: 801-209-6346 tional championships, competing in the 2011 NCAA Women’s Gym- Email: [email protected] nastics Championships in the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, from LIVE SCORING, LIVE WEBCAST, DELAYED TV April 15-17. Utah is also the only gymnastics team to qualify for all 30 NCAA Championships after making the AIAW nationals the six Live scoring and video streaming at NCAA.com. previous years. The Utes open NCAA competition on Friday, Apr. 15 in TV: (Delayed) May 14, CBS, 3 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT) the evening semifi nal, which begins at 6 p.m. EDT (4 p.m. MDT). Live UTAH’S TRAVEL & NCAA SCHEDULE scoring and video will be available at NCAA.com. There is no live TV coverage. CBS will broadcast delayed coverage of the meet on May 14 Wed., April 13 DP Salt Lake City at 9:50 a.m. at 3 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT). AR Cleveland at 5:15 p.m. Hotel: Doubletree Downtown (1111 Lakeside) Thu., Apr. 14 Practice/Press Conference (all times EDT) THE EVENT 1:50-2:50 p.m.* Press Conference The NCAA Gymnastics Championships have been pushed back a day 3:00-4:40 p.m. Utah practice from their usual schedule and will be held on a Friday, Saturday and 4:45-5:00 p.m. Videoboard Photo Shoot Sunday for the fi rst time. It is also Cleveland’s fi rst time to host the 4:45-5:45 p.m. Coaches Meeting event. Two semifi nal sessions, each with six teams, will be held on *Utah from 1:50-2:10 p.m. Friday, Apr. 15 to determine qualifi ers into the team fi nals on Saturday. Fri., Apr. 15 6:00 p.m. EDT Utah competes in Session 2 The top three teams from each session will advance into the Super Six Sat., Apr. 16 4:00 p.m. EDT Super Six Team Finals on Saturday, Apr. 16 starting at 4:00 p.m. EDT. The all-around cham- Sun., Apr. 17 1:00 p.m. EDT Individual Event Finals pion will be determined on Friday, while the individual event champi- Mon., Apr. 18 DP Cleveland at 9:20 a.m. AR Salt Lake City at 1:10 p.m. onships will be held on Sunday, Apr. 17 starting at 1 p.m. EDT. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • PRELIMINARY SESSION FIELDS • FRIDAY, APR. 15 Session I ..............................Rotation Order Session II .............................Rotation Order Arkansas ...............................vault, bye, bars, beam, bye, fl oor Nebraska ..............................vault, bye, bars, beam, bye, fl oor Illinois ....................................bye, bars, beam, bye, fl oor, vault Kent State .............................bye, bars, beam, bye, fl oor, vault Georgia .................................bars, beam, bye, fl oor, vault, bye Utah ......................................bars, beam, bye, fl oor, vault, bye Michigan ...............................beam, bye, fl oor, vault, bye, bars Florida ...................................beam, bye, fl oor, vault, bye, bars UCLA ....................................bye, fl oor, vault, bye, bars, beam Alabama ...............................bye, fl oor, vault, bye, bars, beam Oklahoma .............................fl oor, vault, bye, bars, beam, bye Oregon State ........................fl oor, vault, bye, bars, beam, bye www.utahutes.com • 1 2011 UTAH GYMNASTICS NOTES UTAH GENERAL INFORMATION UTES WIN ATTENDANCE TITLE QUICK STICKS For the second-straight year, the Utah Utah’s overall 12-4 record includes Location: Salt Lake City, Utah gymnastics team is the women’s at- an 8-3 mark in dual meet competition President: Michael Young Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill tendance champion for all sports. The and a 4-1 mark at the NCAA Norman Conference: n/a for gymnastics Utes, who averaged 13,503 to their Regional … Utah’s record this season Enrollment: 29,284 home meets this season, edged Tennes- against the 2011 NCAA Championships’ Nickname: Utes see women’s basketball (13,078) for the fi eld is 4-3. Wins came against UCLA, Colors: Red & White second year in a row. Last year, Utah Georgia, Nebraska and Michigan, while Website: www.UtahUtes.com won the attendance title by averaging an losses were to Florida, Oregon State and NCAA gymnastics-record 14,213 fans Oklahoma … Utah goes into nationals CO-HEAD COACHES per meet in the Huntsman Center. Utah as the eighth seed, based on its national Greg Marsden is the only team other than basketball to qualifying score … Utah’s competi- Year at Utah: 36th win a women’s attendance champion- tion order for the semifi nals on Friday Career/School Record: 953-174-6 ship. One of the best attended women’s is bars, beam, bye, fl oor, vault, bye … Regular Season Record: 477-72-2 sports in history, Utah gymnastics has Utah’s season high score is a 196.975. National Championships: 10 averaged over 11,000 fans per home NCAA Individual Champions: 24 meet for the past 21 years. Utah owns All-Americans: 312 CHALK TALK National Coach of the Year Honors: 7 every gymnastics attendance record and The Utes will likely compete three Alma Mater: Central Arkansas, 1972 has won 27 of the last 30 gymnastics at- all-arounders at nationals: freshman tendance titles, including the last seven. Corrie Lothrop (39.50 high), junior Megan Marsden Utah also owns the NCAA gymnastics Stephanie McAllister (39.475 high) Year at Utah: 27th single-meet attendance record of 15,558, and senior Jacquelyn Johnson (39.225 2010-present: Co-Head Coach (31-14) set against Florida on Mar. 4, 2011. high) … Senior two-time All-American 1997-2009: Associate Head Coach It was the ninth 15,000-plus crowd in Kyndal Robarts (knee) and sopho- 1985-96: Assistant Coach school history. more Fumina Kobayashi (foot) will NCAA Team Championships: 6 miss the championships due to injuries. NCAA Individual Champions: 5 All-Americans: 111 SUPER SEMI Robarts, who was ranked No. 1 in the NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year: 2005 Utah faces some stiff competition in its nation on vault at the time of the injury, attempt to qualify for the 17th Super Six has missed all but the fi rst two meets in its history (see sidebar on page 4 for of the season and plans to apply for a CURRENT UTE ALL-AMERICANS Utah’s Super Six fi nishes). The Utes, medical redshirt year. Kobayashi was who have advanced to the Super Six Utah’s beam leadoff prior to the injury, Kyndal Robarts for the last 11 years and 16 times in the which occurred the week of regionals … 2008–Vault (10th) format’s 18-year history, are considered Utah has two Olympians on its squad, 2010–Beam (5th) underdogs to advance since their semifi - both from Canada: Gael Mackie (2004) nal session includes the top three teams and Nansy Damianova (2008). Cor- Stephanie McAllister from the fi nal regular season rankings: rie Lothrop was a 2008 U.S. Olympic 2010–Bars* No. 1 Florida, No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 alternate. Oregon State. Others in Utah’s session *Second team are No. 10 Nebraska and No. 24 Kent GOOD BALANCE State. Utah was No. 7 in the fi nal poll. The Utes have not counted a fall yet this season and have hit 274-288 routines CHAMPION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS for a 95% success rate … The freshman The only team to qualify for all 30 class performed half (12-24) of Utah’s NCAA Championships, Utah has won routines at regionals … For the season, nine NCAA Championships and has the six-member freshman class has seven runner-up fi nishes. Utah is the performed 49% (142-288) of the team’s only team to qualify for the Super Six total routines with just three falls (139- every year since 2000, during which 142) … Individuals without a fall this time the Utes have placed second four season (all freshmen) are: Mary Beth times (2000, 2006, 2007 and 2008) and Lofgren (36-36), Lia Del Priore (21- third twice (2005 and 2009).