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MEET #10 • OREGON STATE VS. UTAH • CORVALLIS, ORE. (GILL COLISEUM) • MAR. 12, 2011 2011 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (16-5) No. 5 Beavers to Host No. 6 Utes JANUARY 7 #12 LSU . W, 195.400-193.350 9 at Pac-10 Showcase (FSN) . .3rd, 195.375 for Saturday’s Senior Night 14 #15 OHIO STATE . .W, 195.925-193.300 21 at #3 Oklahoma w/ #23 Denver & Centenary . .2nd, 194.650 THE MEET ... The No. 5 Oregon State gymnastics 28 #9 UCLA (Pink Out) . .L, 196.675-196.625 MEET 10 • HOME MEET 5 team (16-5) hosts No. 6 Utah (7-2) Saturday, March FEBRUARY 6 at legendary Gill Coliseum. The meet is Senior Night #5 OREGON STATE (16-5) 6 at Arizona State . .W, 196.950-194.800 11 at IGI Chicago Style Invitational . .2nd, 196.350 for OSU and Becky Colvin and Jen Kesler will be VS. vs. #2 Stanford & #10 UCLA honored immediately following the final regular sea- #6 UTAH (7-2) 25 SALBASGEON SUITES INVITATIONAL . 1st, 196.675 son performance at home. In addition, Saturday’s vs. #11 Washington, UC Davis & San Jose State meet is Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night with the Or- March 12, 2011 • 7 p.m. MARCH egon State Department of Athletics and the Oregon Corvallis, Oregon 6 at California w/ #2 Stanford & #18 Denver . 1st, 197.000 State Gymnastics program recognizing and thanking Gill Coliseum 12 UTAH . .7 p.m. several faculty members from around campus prior to 19 at Pac-10 Championships (FSN) . 4 p.m. Live Stats . www.osubeavers.com the meet. The meet is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ... APRIL Webcast . www.osubeavers.com 2 NCAA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS . .4 p.m. Live stats and a live webcast are available at osubea- 14-16 NCAA Championships . .TBA vers.com ... Fans can also follow the meet via Twitter RANKINGS - @OregonStateGym. Oregon State . #5 BEAVER NATION ONLINE Utah . #6 THE SERIES’ ... The Beavers trail the all-time series For the second consecutive season, Oregon State Athletics will we- with the Utes 7-57 and were 0-2 in the teams’ meet- THE SERIES bcast all of the Beavers’ home meets in 2011. The live webcast OSU-Utah Series ings in 2010. Utah has won the last 10 meetings dating . OSU trails, 7-57 will be available via Beaver Nation Online, the audio/visual home of Home . OSU trails, 6-17 OSU Athletics. Former OSU gymnast, Heather (Bennett) Faucera, back to a home victory for the Beavers Feb. 21, 2003. 2010 season . 0-2 a two-time All-American on the uneven bars in 1995 and ‘96, will Streak . UTAH, 10 wins provide the analysis. WHAT’S COMING UP ... Next week, Oregon State will travel to Los Angeles to participate in the Pac-10 Last OSU win . 2/21/03 Check out OSU’s weekly gymnastics interview on BNO for free. This Last Utah win . 4/22/10 week’s interviews are with assistant coach John Carney and sopho- Championships hosted by UCLA, Saturday, March 19 more Makayla Stambaugh. at 4 p.m. NCAA REGIONALS ... Oregon State has been selected to host the 2011 NCAA West Regional Championships BEAVERS ON TELEVISION at Gill Coliseum, April 2. NCAA Regionals tickets are not included with season ticket purchases. Tickets for BEAVERS ALL ACCESS - Beaver fans can keep up with the gym- the regional meet are available now by calling 1-800-GO-BEAVS, in person at the OSU Ticket Office located in nastics team on Beavers All Access. Oregon State Athletics weekly room 107 of Gill Coliseum or by going online to osubeavers.com. magazine show on FSN NW includes a segment with head coach Tanya Chaplin about the latest with the OSU Gymnastics program. WE’RE NO. 1 ... Olivia Vivian and the Oregon State uneven bars lineup moved to No. 1 spot in the nation this week. The Beavers’ bars lineup combined for 49.400 last week at California and now has a regional ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS qualifying score (RQS) of 49.340. In addition, Vivian’s 9.950 last week gives her an RQS of 9.915 on the ap- Associate Athletic Director / Communications . Steve Fenk paratus moving her into a tie for the top spot in the country. Assistant Director / GYM Contact . Jason Amberg IN THE RANKINGS ... office . .541-737-7469 All four of Oregon State’s lineups are ranked in this week’s top 10. The Beavers are cell . .541-230-0706 ranked 9th on vault (49.160 RQS), 1st on the uneven bars (49.340), 7th on the balance beam (48.985) and e-mail . [email protected] 6th on the floor exercise (49.140). In addition, several OSU gymnasts are ranked among the top 25 in the na- fax. .541-737-3072 tion: Leslie Mak is tied for No. 3 on the beam (9.885), is tied for No. 7 on the bars (9.895) and is 11th in the Assistant Directors . Hank Hager, all-around (39.310). Olivia Vivian is tied for No. 1 in the country on the bars (9.915). Makayla Stambaugh Shawn Schoeffler, Melody Stockwell Communications Assistant . Ryan McCall is tied for 16th on the bars (9.875), Becky Colvin is tied for 21st on the vault (9.870) and Melanie Jones Student Assistants . Mariah Ellis, Ethan Erickson, Lauren Jones, Trevor Leo, Emily Morris, Terrill Petersen, SOCIAL MEDIA FOR OREGON STATE GYMNASTICS Chris Santos, Abbie Silva, Natalie Smith, Ashley Theeler OSUBEAVERS.COM www.facebook.com//OregonStateGymnastics www.youtube.com/osgym http://twitter.com/OregonStateGym 2011 OREGON STATE GYMNASTICS MEET NOTES 1 MEET #10 • OREGON STATE VS. UTAH • CORVALLIS, ORE. (GILL COLISEUM) • MAR. 12, 2011 TANYA CHAPLIN Head Coach • 14th Season Tanya Chaplin enters her 14th year leading the In 13 years as head coach, Chaplin’s career record Oregon State gymnastics program on a course that entering the season stood at 194-101-1 in the regular ensures the Beavers remain among the top programs season and 245-156-1 overall. During her time at OSU, in the nation for years to come. In 2010, Chaplin led the she has become well-known as one of the best in the Beavers to an eighth place finish at the NCAA Cham- business at choreographing her gymnasts’ floor and pionships, the best placing since her arrival at OSU in beam routines putting her team in the best possible 1998. It was the eighth trip to the NCAA Champion- position to entertain the crowd as well as the judges. ships under her direction and fifth straight. Over the Prior to moving to Corvallis, Chaplin served as the course of her 13 years in Corvallis, 14 OSU gymnasts top assistant coach with the University of Washington have earned 28 All-America honors and 12 gymnasts gymnastics program for seven years. During that time, have combined for 17 Pac-10 titles. In addition, OSU the Huskies emerged as one of the top programs in the gymnasts have earned 67 scholastic All-America hon- nation. In 1997, the Huskies placed second at the NCAA ors. West Regional and qualified for the NCAA Champion- It has become a custom at Oregon State, since ships for the second time in four years. Chaplin’s arrival, that each season the team is more Chaplin, formerly Tanya Service, went to Washing- talented than the year before. Outstanding recruiting ton from her alma mater, UCLA, where she was an as- TANYA CHAPLIN FILE classes continue to arrive in Corvallis to meet the chal- sistant coach and standout gymnast. lenge of taking OSU to the next level. During her athletic career at UCLA, Chaplin held six Hometown: St. Charles, Mo. The 2011 season has brought with it new challenges school records and received six All-America honors. College: UCLA, ‘90 and with last year’s eighth place finish at nationals the She was named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year and UCLA As a coach ... expectations are even greater. Another strong group all-university Athlete of the Year in 1987 and 1989. • 2010 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year of freshmen has joined nine returning letterwinners In addition to her success as a gymnast for the Bru- • 2008 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year including a pair of All-Americans in Jen Kesler and ins, Chaplin was a three-time member of the U.S. Na- • 2005 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year Makayla Stambaugh and a former Pac-10 Champion tional Team. She competed at the 1983 World Champi- • 1999 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year • 2000, ‘01, ‘04, ‘06, ‘08 Oregon State Coach of the Year Leslie Mak, who tied for the 2009 bars title with Kes- onships in Budapest, Hungary, where she was a finalist (Women’s Sports) ler. in the all-around competition. She also won a silver The 2010 squad reached new heights under Chap- medal on floor exercise at the 1987 Olympic Festival With USA Gymnastics ... lin’s direction. The Beavers were led by Mandi Ro- and competed in the 1984 Olympic Trials. • Chair, USA Gymnastics Advisory Council (1996-98) • Athlete Representative (1990-99) driguez, who collected three All-American accolades Chaplin also served as chair of the USA Gymnastics including a third place finish on vault to finish her Athletes Advisory Council from 1996 to 1998, and she As a gymnast ... career with seven in all, and fellow senior Laura-Ann spent nine years serving as an athlete representative, • Six-time All-American at UCLA Chong, who put together her finest season earning working with USA Gymnastics and serving as a voice • 1987 & 1989 Pacific-10 Conference Gymnast of the Year • 1987 & 1989 UCLA Athlete of the Year second All-America on bars and beam.