2018 Utah Gymnastics NCAA Regional Notes
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2018 Utah Gymnastics NCAA Regional Notes 2018 Utah Schedule & Results (15-4, 5-1 P12) 2018 Salt Lake City Regional • Apr. 7 F, 1.5 ........Brigham Young (P12N) ....................... W, 197.000-194.275 SU, 1.14 UCLA (#4) ........................................... L, 196.975-197.200 Meet .........................NCAA Salt Lake City Regional Washington .........................................W, 196.975-195.725 Date ..........................Saturday, Apr. 7 Stanford W, 196.975-195.350 Time .........................4 p.m. MDT F, 1.19 ......Oregon State* (#25) (P12N) ............... W, 197.450-196.300 Site ...........................Salt Lake City (Huntsman Center) F, 1.26 ......at Arizona* (#21) (P12N) .....................W/197.550-196.325 SA, 2.3 .....Washington* (#15) (P12N) .................. W/197.700-196.250 Teams ......................No. 4 Utah, No. 9 California, No. 16 Auburn, F, 2.9 ........Arizona State* (#17) (P12N) ............... W/197.075-195.400 No. 21 BYU, Stanford, Southern Utah SU, 2.18 ...at UCLA* (#2) (P12N) ......................... W/197.550-197.425 TV .............................None SU, 2.25 ...at California* (#21) (P12N) ..................L/197.450-197.500 Live Video Stream ..http://www.utahutes.com/ncaa/ (landing page) SA, 3.10 ...at Michigan (#7) (BTN) ........................L/196.800-196.950 Radio ........................ESPN 700 AM/TuneIn.com F, 3.16 ......Georgia (#20) (ESPNU) ...................... W/198.150-196.350 Rick Bouillon, Georgia Dabritz SA, 3.24 ..at Pac-12 Championship (P12N) ........ 2nd of 8/197.350 Live Scores .............http://sidearmstats.com/utah/w-gym SA, 4.7 ....NCAA Regionals (Live Stream) ........4:00 MDT Twitter ......................@utahathletics F, 4.20 .....at NCAA Champ-Semi 1 (ESPN/2+) ... 12:00 CT/11:00 MT at NCAA Champ-Semi 2 (ESPN/2+) ... 6:00 CT/5:00 MT SA, 4.21 ..at NCAA Champ-Super Six (ESPNU) . 6:00 CT/5:00 MT Salt Lake City Regional is April 7 *Pac-12 opponent; +ESPN2 or ESPN The No. 4 ranked Utes have earned the top seed in the NCAA Salt Lake City Regional on Saturday, Apr. 7 at 4 p.m. MDT in Utah Gymnas cs Coaches the Huntsman Center. Joining Utah in order of seed are No. 9 Co-Head Coach: Megan Marsden California, No. 16 Auburn, No. 21 BYU, Stanford and Southern Year at Utah: 9th/34th Utah. There is no TV, but a free live video stream featuring every Utah/Career Record: 192-66-3 (9th year) contestant can be found at http://www.utahutes.com/ncaa/. The arena is confi gured lower bowl seating only for regionals, dropping Co-Head Coach the seating capacity to 8,403. The ticket offi ce anticipates that some Tom Farden seats will open up once the team holds are released on Monday and Year at Utah: 3rd/8th encourages fans to check Utahtickets.com for availability. Record at Utah: 60-19-1 (3rd year) Career Record: 131-67-1 (9th year) Regional Overview Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach All six NCAA Regional championships will be held on Apr. 7. Robert Ladanyi (1st year) Carly Dockendorf (1st year) Two teams will advance out of each regional to the 2018 NCAA Championships in St. Louis on Apr. 20-21 … Utah is attempting to Utah Athle c Communcia ons qualify for a record 43rd-consecutive national championship. Utah Director (Primary GYM Contact): Liz Abel is the only school in the country to qualify for all 36 NCAA Cham- Offi ce: 801-581-3511 • [email protected] pionships to date ... Utah has won 30 regional titles (including 27 of 36 NCAA) and fi nished second the other 12 years … Utah and the Stay Connected other fi ve No. 1 seeds around the country were given fl oor as their Website: www.UtahUtes.com fi rst event by the NCAA gymnastics committee. Utah’s rotation Live Scoring & Commentary (road meets): www.UtahUtes.com order will be fl oor, vault, bye before bars, bars, beam, bye. It is the Live Video Stream (home meets): http://pac-12.com/live/university-utah fi rst time in seven years that Utah didn’t draw bars as its fi rst com- Twitter: @UtahGymnastics petition event at regionals … The two teams advancing out of the Facebook: Utahgymnastics Instagram: utahgymnastics YouTube: utahgymnastics Salt Lake City Regional Rota on Order Team ...................................... Rotation Order Southern Utah ........................ Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor Brigham Young ...................... Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault Stanford ..................................Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye California .................................Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars Auburn .....................................Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam Utah .........................................Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye utahutes.com • facebook: uathletics • twitter: @utahathletics 1 2018 Utah Gymnastics Notes Na onal Rankings (Mar. 26) Salt Lake Regional will compete in the Utes to Watch Team ...........................................................RQS evening semifi nal of the NCAA Cham- 1 Oklahoma .........................................198.120 pionships on Apr. 20 against qualifi ers All-Around 2 LSU ...................................................197.890 from the Minneapolis and University Skinner ......... #2 in nation, 8W, NCAA runner-up 3 UCLA ................................................197.840 Park regionals. Merrell-Giles . #8 in nation, 3W, All-American 4 Utah ..................................................197.540 Kari Lee ........ All-American 5 Florida ...............................................197.390 6 Alabama............................................197.165 In the Rankings Vault 7 Michigan ...........................................197.160 Utah fi nished the regular season ranked Skinner ......... #5 in nation, 5W, All-American 8 Washington .......................................196.960 No. 4 in the nation with a 197.540 Merrell-Giles . #6T in nation, 4W, 10.0 9 California...........................................196.890 Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). The Tessen .......... 2W 10 Arkansas ...........................................196.820 Utes held the No. 4 position for the six Lee................ 1W, All-American 11 Nebraska ..........................................196.815 fi nal weeks of the regular season. The Lewis ............ 1W, All-American 12 Kentucky ...........................................196.800 top six entering regionals are Okla- 13 Denver ..............................................196.785 homa (198.120) at No. 1, followed by Bars 14 Oregon State ....................................196.780 LSU (197.890), UCLA (197.840), Utah Skinner ......... #10 in nation, 5W, All-American 15 Boise State .......................................196.745 (197.540), Florida (197.390) and Ala- 16 Auburn ..............................................196.595 bama (197.165). Utah’s event rankings Beam 17 Arizona State ....................................196.545 Skinner ......... #14T in nation, 7W, All-American are No. 3 on vault (49.440), No. 9 on 18 Georgia .............................................196.515 Lee................ 2W, All-American 19 George Washington ..........................196.460 bars (49.320), No. 8 on beam (49.320) Merrell-Giles . 1W, All-American 20 North Carolina State .........................196.440 and No. 4 on fl oor (49.520). MyKayla 21 BYU ..................................................196.430 Skinner is ranked No. 2 in the all- Floor 22 Missouri ............................................196.390 around (39.695 RQS), No. 5 on vault Skinner ......... #3T in nation, 5W, NCAA Champ 23 Illinois ................................................196.265 (9.930), No. 10 on bars (9.925), No. 14T Merrell-Giles . #6 in nation; 5W, 10.0, All-American 24 Minnesota .........................................196.250 on beam (9.915) and No. 3T on fl oor Kari Lee ........ All-American 25 Ohio State .........................................196.215 (9.960). MaKenna Merrell-Giles is No. 8 in the all-around (39.585), No. 6T on Event Rankings (Mar. 26) vault (9.925) and No. 6 on fl oor (9.940). Ute All-Americans Team ..Rank ...RQS The RQS is calculated by taking a team Vault ....3 .........49.440 or individual’s six best regular-season- MyKayla Skinner (13 Career Awards) Bars ....9 .........49.320 meet scores—three of which must be 2017–Floor (1st), All-Around (2nd), Vault (5th), Beam ..8 .........49.320 on the road—eliminating the high score Beam (8th), All-Around (RS), Vault (RS), Floor Floor ...4 .........49.520 and averaging the remaining fi ve. For (RS), Bars (RS*) the complete national rankings, see the 2018–All-Around (RS), Vault (RS), Floor (RS), Individual Rankings (Mar. 19) sidebar on page 3. Bars (RS*), Beam (RS*) Event ..Rank ...Gymnast (RQS) A-A ......2 .........MyKayla Skinner (39.695) Pac-12 Report MaKenna Merrell-Giles (6 Career Awards) 8 .........MaKenna Merrell-Giles (39.585) Led by all-around and fl oor co-cham- 2017–All-Around*, Beam*, Floor* Vault ....5 .........MyKayla Skinner (9.930) pion MyKayla Skinner, Utah fi nished 2018–All-Around (RS), Vault (RS), Floor (RS) 6T .......MaKenna Merrell-Giles (9.925) second at the Pac-12 Championship in Bars ....10 .......MyKayla Skinner (9.925) Tucson, Ariz., on Mar. 24, fi nishing just Kari Lee (3 Career Awards) Beam ..14T .....MyKayla Skinner (9.915) behind UCLA (197.500-197.350). It was 2015– Vault (5th), Floor (14th), Beam (RS*) Floor ...3T .......MyKayla Skinner (9.960) the sixth time in the seven years of the 6 .........MaKenna Merrell-Giles (9.940) Pac-12 Championship that Utah fi nished Tiffani Lewis (1 Career Award) in the top two