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Chevonne Mansfield (Gymnastics Contact) [email protected] • www.secsports.com 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203-1103 Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 February 12, 2013 • Week 6 2013 SEC GYMNASTICS SEC GYMNAST OF THE WEEK TEAM STANDINGS Rheagan Courville - LSU Team SEC Pct. Overall Pct. High Score Georgia 3-0-1 1.000 5-4-1 .556 197.500 Sophomore • 5-2 • Baton Rouge, La. Florida 4-1 .800 5-1 .833 198.10 LSU 3-1 .750 7-2 .778 197.275 • Rheagan Courville led LSU to its highest team road score since 2005 Alabama 3-2 .600 3-2 .600 196.950 as the Tigers defeated Missouri 197.275-194.575 last week. She Kentucky 2-2-1 .500 4-3-1 .571 195.825 earned four individual titles, marking the first time an LSU gymnast Auburn 2-3 .400 2-6 .250 196.725 has captured at least four individual titles in a single meet since Arkansas 0-4 .000 1-4 .200 196.175 Courville did it against Kentucky on Feb. 3 last season. Courville had Missouri 0-4 .000 1-6 .143 194.625 a career-high tying 9.95 on vault and finished with a career-high RESULTS 39.600 AA total, the highest all-around total for LSU since Susan Friday, February 8 Jackson won the 2010 NCAA all-around national title with a 39.625. •No. 15 Auburn def. No. 19 Arkansas, 196.325-195.650* SEC SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK •No. 1 Florida def. No. 5 Alabama, 198.10-196.85* •No. 8 LSU def. Missouri, 197.275-194.575* Lloimincia Hall - LSU •No. 6 Georgia and No. 18 Kentucky tied 195.825* Sophomore • 4-11 • Dallas, Texas THIS WEEK IN THE SEC • Hall earned a perfect 10.0 on the floor exercise at Missouri, her fourth floor title in six meets. The 10 is the first of her career and the Friday, February 15 first for LSU on the road since Ashleigh Clare-Kearney did it on vault •No. 15 Auburn at No. 5 Alabama* at the Super Six Challenge in Fayetteville, Ark., on Jan. 5, 2007. Hall •No. 20 Arkansas at No. 7 LSU* is the only gymnast in the nation to score a 10 on floor so far this sea- •Missouri at No. 17 Kentucky* son. Saturday, February 16 •No. 1 Florida at No. 9 Georgia* SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Bridget Sloan - Florida [*] Denotes SEC Meet 5-1 • Pittsboro, Ind. • Sloan turned in a collegiate-best 9.95 in the uneven bars versus Alabama to share the title with teammate Mackenzie Caquatto. Sloan also took second on beam (9.90) and shared third on vault (9.90). Her collegiate-best floor mark of 9.925 helped the Gators equal the school- record of 49.65 on that event. Sloan also upped her collegiate-best AA total to 39.675 for the second consecutive week to claim her second all-around win as a Gator. SEC Gymnastics • Week 6 TEAM BY TEAM NOTES ALABAMA Crimson Tide Christa Tanella is ranked 21st on floor (9.868). Alabama posted its second highest score of the season in a 198.1-196.850 loss at Florida on Feb. 8. The Tide’s highest score of the season came a week before KENTUCKY Wildcats when UA scored a 196.950 at Georgia. Junior Kim Jacob, winner of four all- No. 18 Kentucky tied No. 6 Georgia 195.825-all on Friday in Memorial Coliseum. around titles this season, tied her career-best in the all-around with a 39.425. She also scored a The team score was a season-high for the Wildcats. Audrey Harrison won the career-best 9.85 on the vault against the Gators. Overall, Jacob has won 10 individual titles in individual all-around title for the second straight week with a career-high 39.3. Harrison also won 2013. Senior Marissa Gutierrez tied her career best on the vault, posting a near-perfect 9.95. floor exercise with a career-best tying 9.9, and she now has eight individual titles this season. Gutierrez also scored her third consecutive 9.9 on the floor exercise in Gainesville. Alabama takes Harrison has four all-around crowns this season, and they all have come in SEC competition. The on Auburn in Tuscaloosa on Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Alabama has produced 105 consecutive Wildcats began the meet on vault with season-high 9.825s from Harrison and freshman Jill wins against Auburn, a streak that spans more than three decades and includes all meetings Chappel. Shelby Hilton tied her collegiate-best on bars with a 9.825, leading the Wildcats to a sea- between the two teams, regular and postseason. Friday’s meet marks the Crimson Tide’s third son-high team score on the event. Freshman Tiara Phipps stepped into the leadoff role on floor home meet of the 2013 season, sixth meet overall and sixth meet against Southeastern for the first time in her career with a season-best 9.775. Trailing for nearly the entire meet, Conference in a row. Kentucky would storm back and force a tie with the final four competitors of the evening. Kenzie Hedges sparked a rally with a 9.8, followed by a career-best matching 9.825 by Mitchell. Harrison ARKANSAS Lady Razorbacks then sealed the all-around with a career-tying 9.9 before Kayla Hartley wowed the home fans and The No. 20 University of Arkansas gymnastics team picked up the bars event sewed up the tie with a 9.825. Kentucky checked in at No. 17, up a spot from a week ago, in the title and tied for two more an a loss at No. 15 Auburn 196.325-195.650. Junior most recent GymInfo rankings. The Wildcats next host SEC newcomers Missouri on Friday in Shelby Salmon stuck her bars dismount to post a 9.90 and take the event, while All-American Memorial Coliseum at 7 p.m. Katherine Grable tied for the vault title with a 9.925 as well as the beam title with a 9.875. The Razorbacks return to action on Friday against No. 7 LSU in Baton Rouge, La. LSU Tigers LSU posted its highest road score in eight seasons last week when the Tigers AUBURN Tigers defeated Missouri 197.275-194.575 in Columbia. Sophomores Lloimincia Hall and Rheagan No. 15 Auburn earned its second straight SEC win on Friday as it defeated No. 19 Courville played a big role in LSU’s tremendous score as Hall nailed a flawless floor routine to earn Arkansas 196.325-195.650 … Earning event titles for the Tigers were Caitlin a perfect 10.0 while Courville captured four individual titles in the meet, including a career-high Atkinson on vault with a career-best 9.925, Megan Walker won the balance beam 39.600 all-around total. Hall’s 10 on floor was the first 10 for the Tigers since Ashleigh Clare- title by equaling her career-high score of 9.875 and Bri Guy brought down the house with a 9.9 Kearney did it on vault in 2009, and it was the first on the road since Clare-Kearney did it on vault on floor … Auburn opened the meet with its highest event score of the season, posting a 49.300 in 2007. Courville upped her team-leading title total to 12 for the season and 29 for her career as on vault … In the final rotation the Tigers posted their second-highest score of the season on she won vault (9.95), bars (9.85), beam (9.90) and the all-around. Sarie Morrison and Kaleigh floor with a 49.100 … Auburn’s team score was the third-straight total higher than 196.000 for Dickson tied for the bars title with a 9.85, and it marked Dickson’s first career individual crown. the Tigers … It marked the first time the Tigers have posted three-straight scores of 196.000 or Jessie Jordan shared the beam title with Courville as she posted a career-high 9.90. LSU improved higher since recording four in a row from February 13-March 6, 2009 … With the strong perfor- to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in SEC competition, and the Tigers return home for the first time in a month mance, Auburn remained at No. 15 this week in the rankings … The Tigers own an RQS of to face Arkansas this Friday in the Maravich Center. 195.325 just one week before ranking switch to RQS … Auburn’s average score is 195.608 … The Tigers rank 17th in vault this week, 10th in uneven bars, ninth in balance beam and 30th in floor MISSOURI Tigers exercise … Bri Guy is 46th nationally in vault at 9.875 and Petrina Yokay is 28th in bars at 9.842 Missouri put up a 194.575 score for the second consecutive week against the … Megan Walker is 16th on beam with her average of 9.850 and Caitlin Atkinson is 19th at 9.846 LSU Tigers last Friday night in the Hearnes Center. LSU scored a 197.275 to … Atkinson is Auburn’s top ranked floor athlete with her standing of 53rd with an average of win the meet, but several Missouri Tigers matched or set new career high scores at the meet. 9.829 … Atkinson (39.179) ranks 29th and Petrina Yokay (39.150) stands 34th in all-around aver- Freshman Miranda Eubank kicked off the record breaking with a 9.750 score on the vault, and age … The Tigers make the trip to Tuscaloosa this Friday for a showdown with No.