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2018 Utah Gymnastics Meet Notes vs. MIchigan 2018 Utah Schedule & Results (8-2, 5-1 P12) Week 10 • at Michigan • Mar. 10 F, 1.5 ........Brigham Young (P12N) ....................... W, 197.000-194.275 SU, 1.14 UCLA (#4) ........................................... L, 196.975-197.200 Washington .........................................W, 196.975-195.725 No. 4 Utah Utes Stanford W, 196.975-195.350 (8-2, 5-1 Pac-12) F, 1.19 ......Oregon State* (#25) (P12N) ............... W, 197.450-196.300 F, 1.26 ......at Arizona* (#21) (P12N) .....................W/197.550-196.325 vs. SA, 2.3 .....Washington* (#15) (P12N) .................. W/197.700-196.250 F, 2.9 ........Arizona State* (#17) (P12N) ............... W/197.075-195.400 No. 7 Michigan Wolverines SU, 2.18 ...at UCLA* (#2) (P12N) ......................... W/197.550-197.425 (10-2-1, 4-1 Big Ten) SU, 2.25 ...at California* (#21) (P12N) ..................L/197.450-197.500 SA, 3.10 ...at Michigan (#7) (BTN) ...................... 2:00 ET12:00 MT Date .............................................Saturday, Mar. 10 • 2 p.m. ET/Noon MT F, 3.16 ......Georgia (ESPNU) ............................... 7:30 MT Location ......................................Ann Arbor, Mich. (Crisler Arena) SA, 3.24 ..at Pac-12 Champ-session 1 (P12N) ... 1:00 PT/2:00 MT TV ................................................ Big Ten Network at Pac-12 Champ-session 2 (P12N) ... 6:00 PT/7:00 MT Live Utah Commentary ............. UtahUtes.com SA, 4.7 ....NCAA Regionals (Live Stream) ...........4:00 MT 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 Offi cial Live Scores ................... mgoblue.com SA, 4.21 ..at NCAA Champ-Super Six (ESPNU) . 6:00 CT/5:00 MT *Pac-12 opponent; +ESPN2 or ESPN This Week in Utah Gymnas cs Media Opportuni es This Week The No. 4 Utah gymnasts (8-2, 5-1 Pac-12) return to action with M, 3.4 .......12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews (Dumke Gymnastics Center) a tough test against No. 7 Michigan on Saturday, Mar. 10 in Ann TU, 3.5 .....12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews (Dumke Gymnastics Center) Arbor. The meet starts at 2 p.m. ET/noon MT and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. Live Utah commentary and scores will be Utah Gymnas cs Coaches available on UtahUtes.com. Utah had a bye last week. Co-Head Coach: Megan Marsden In the Rankings Year at Utah: 9th/34th The Utes held steady at No. 4 in the new national rankings. The top Utah/Career Record: 185-64-3 (9th year) fi ve by Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) are: Oklahoma (197.980), Co-Head Coach LSU (197.715), UCLA (197.650) and Utah (197.415). Utah’s event Tom Farden rankings are No. 3/tie on vault (49.395), No. 6 on bars (49.295), Year at Utah: 3rd/8th No. 8 on beam (49.275) and No. 3 fl oor (49.485). Individually, Record at Utah: 53-17-1 (3rd year) MyKayla Skinner is No. 5 in the nation in the all-around (39.600 Career Record: 124-65-1 (9th year) RQS), No. 4 on vault (9.925), tied for 12th on bars (9.905) and tied for sixth on fl oor (9.930). MaKenna Merrell-Giles is tied for Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach seventh in the all-around (39.535), tied for sixth on fl oor (9.930) Robert Ladanyi (1st year) Carly Dockendorf (1st year) and tied for 12th on vault (9.895). The national rankings will be based on RQS for the remainder of the season (starting on Feb. Utah Athle c Communcia ons 26). The RQS is calculated by taking a team or individual’s six best Director (Primary GYM Contact): Liz Abel regular-season-meet scores—three of which must be on the road— Offi ce: 801-581-3511 • [email protected] eliminating the high score and averaging the remaining fi ve. For the complete national rankings, see the sidebar on page 3. Stay Connected Website: www.UtahUtes.com Chalk Talk Live Scoring & Commentary (road meets): www.UtahUtes.com The Utes are coming off a bye—just the 11th regular-season bye in Live Video Stream (home meets): http://pac-12.com/live/university-utah Twitter: @UtahGymnastics the 43-year history of the program and the fi rst since 2012. Other Facebook: Utahgymnastics regular-season byes fell in 1977, 1978 (2), 1980, 1982, 1993, 2001 Instagram: utahgymnastics and 2008 (2) … Utah concluded its Pac-12 regular season with a YouTube: utahgymnastics 5-1 league mark. The Utes have just two meets remaining on their dual meet schedule—non-conference aff airs against Michigan on Mar. 10 and Georgia on Mar. 16. The Pac-12 Championship is utahutes.com • facebook: uathletics • twitter: @utahathletics 1 2018 Utah Gymnastics Notes in Tucson, Ariz., on Mar. 24 … Utes have won fi ve Pac-12 Series Shorts Gymnast of the Week citations: MyKayla Skinner on Jan. The Utes lead Michigan 28-13 overall but trail 7-4 in Ann 9, Jan. 16, Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 and MaKenna Merrell-Giles Arbor … Utah has won the last four against the Wolverines on Feb. 6 … Utah leads the nation in home attendance with a including the last meeting in Crisler Arena in 2016 … For 15,121 average. The 15,558 fans for the Washington meet on complete series results, see page 2. Feb. 3 is also tops in the country … The Utes have hit 185- of-192 routines, including 24-of-24 routines in three meets … Scou ng Michigan Ute individual winners are: Skinner (21), Merrell-Giles (11), Coach (year): Bev Plocki (29th year) Kari Lee (4), Tiff ani Lewis (2), Kim Tessen (2) and Sydney 2017 NCAA Finish: 10th Soloski (1) … Gymnasts who have hit every routine without a National Rank: 7 fall are: Skinner (30-30), Lewis (24-24), Alexia Burch (8-8), Record: 10-2-1 (4-1 Big Ten) Maddy Stover (8-8) and Shannon McNatt (2-2) Notes: Undefeated at home … 5-0 record in Crisler Arena includes a win over No. 6 Alabama on Jan. 5 … season high Ute Insider 197.550 vs. Ohio State on Jan. 13 … scored a 197.175 last MyKayla Skinner expects to return to the all-around lineup at week in a loss at No. 1 Oklahoma … top all-arounders are Michigan after sitting out on vault and fl oor for precautionary Paige Zaziski (39.575 high) and Brianna Brown (39.425). reasons in Utah’s last meet due to a sore ankle. The Cal meet on Feb. 25 was the fi rst meet of her career that Skinner did not Utah Co-Coaches compete in the all-around … Utah has four 39.500 or better all- Megan Marsden and Tom Farden are in their third season as arounders: MyKayla Skinner (39.725 season best), MaKenna a co-head coaching tandem. It is Marsden’s ninth year as Utah’s Merrell-Giles (39.675), Kari Lee (39.500) and Missy Rein- co-head coach and her 34th year overall on the staff . Farden stadtler (39.500) … In Skinner’s absence on vault and fl oor is in his third year as the co-head coach and his eighth year on against California, freshman Alexia Burch scored a 9.775 on the Ute coaching staff . Marsden, the Pac-12 Coach of the Year vault and 9.85 on fl oor in her college debut on those events. in 2014 and 2015 (with Greg Marsden), has a 185-64-3 career She also had a 9.775 on beam … Merrell-Giles has received record as a co-coach. Farden is 53-17-1 at the Ute helm and has the only 10.0 by a Ute this season—on vault vs. Washington a career record of 124-65-1 that includes six years as the head on Feb. 3. Merrell-Giles and Skinner both have a 9.975 on coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2004-09. fl oor—Skinner twice. Na on’s A endance Leader Winner Skinner Utah leads the nation in attendance, averaging 15,121 fans. Utah sophomore MyKayla Skinner, a four-time Pac-12 Gym- A Huntsman Center capacity crowd of 15,558 attended the nast of the Week this season, has won a record 11 career Pac-12 Washington meet on Feb. 3. Utah has won seven all-women’s Gymnast of the Week awards—two more than any gymnast in sports attendance titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 conference history. A year ago, Skinner set Pac-12 records for and 2017) and 33 gymnastics attendance crowns. The Ute most Gymnast of the Week (7) and Freshman of the Week (6) gymnasts averaged an NCAA gymnastics record 15,224 fans a honors. Skinner continues to move up the Ute win charts. Her meet at home last year for its fourth-straight all-women’s sports 17 career all-around victories is tied for third in school history attendance titles. Utah has averaged more than 14,000 fans a and she has 64 total individual titles in her fi rst two seasons, meet for the past nine seasons and 12,000-plus fans a meet for including 21 this year (fi ve all-around). a quarter of a century. The Huntsman Center has hosted one crowd in excess of 16,000, 23 crowds of 15,000 and 47 crowds of 14,000 or more. Utah also owns the NCAA gymnastics Utah-MIchigan Series (28-13) 3/26/82& W 148.600-136.900 Salt Lake City 4/18/02& W 196.775-196.175 Tuscaloosa 2/20/09 W 197.525-195.350 Salt Lake City 2/25/83 W 183.400-167.350 Corvallis 2/28/03 L 195.875-196.750 Salt Lake City 2/19/10 L 195.100-195.725 Ann Arbor 4/22/94& W 196.400-195.150 Salt Lake City 4/25/03& L 195.300-196.050 Lincoln 2/18/11 W 196.425-195.425 Salt Lake City 2/20/95 W 196.375-194.675 Salt Lake City 2/14/04 L 196.350-196.725 Ann Arbor 4/16/11& W 196.500-196.425 Cleveland 4/20/95& L 195.325-195.700 Athens 4/15/04& W 196.925-196.500 Los Angeles 2/17/12 W 196.050-194.850 Ann Arbor 4/21/95& W 196.650-196.425 Athens 1/ 28/05 W 196.875-196.525 Salt Lake City 4/19/13& L 196.200-196.850 Los Angeles 2/17/96 L 194.725-195.575 Ann Arbor 4/21/05& W 196.850-196.575 Auburn 3/7/14 L 197.350-197.825 Ann Arbor 4/26/96& W 196.775-196.375 Tuscaloosa 4/22/05& W 197.275-196.575 Auburn 3/6/15 W 198.250-197.675 Salt Lake City 2/28/97 W 197.025-196.025 Salt Lake City 2/11/06 W