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Chevonne Mansfield (Gymnastics Contact) [email protected] • www.secsports.com SOUTHEASTERN 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203-1103 CONFERENCE Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 January 17, 2012 • Week 2 2012 SEC GYMNASTICS TEAM STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Team SEC Pct. Overall Pct. High Score Arkansas 1-0 1.000 5-0 1.000 196.650 Friday, January 13 Alabama 1-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 196.475 Georgia at Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Ala. LSU 1-0 1.000 1-4 .200 195.025 1) Alabama 196.475 Florida 0-0 .000 2-0 1.000 196.175 2) Georgia 196.325 Georgia 0-1 .000 1-1 .500 196.525 Kentucky 0-1 .000 2-2 .500 194.325 Kentucky at Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark. Auburn 0-1 .000 2-3 .400 194.775 1) Arkansas 196.65 2) Kentucky 191.975 SEC GYMNAST OF THE WEEK Illinois-Chicago at Florida - Gainesville, Fla. Geralen Stack-Eaton - Alabama 1) Florida 196.175 Senior • 5-4 • Horsham, Pa. 2) Illinois-Chicago 191.875 Auburn at LSU - Baton Rouge, La. 1) LSU 195.025 2) Auburn 193.800 • Geralen Stack-Eaton opened up her senior season with a perfect 10.0 on the vault against Georgia. It marked a career-best for the Horsham, Pa., native and the first 10.0 for the Crimson Tide since Ashley Miles in the 2005 NCAA Super Six Team finals. She is the THIS WEEK IN THE SEC only SEC gymnast to post a perfect score this season. She led Friday, January 20 Alabama to a 49.550 team score on the vault, which has the Tide Arkansas vs. LSU* ranked second nationally on that event, making it the highest event Auburn vs. Georgia* Florida vs. Kentucky* ranking by any SEC school. Stack-Eaton also won the uneven bars against UGA with a 9.875 and posted Alabama’s highest score on Saturday, January 21 the balance beam with a 9.85. She is ranked 10th on the uneven bars Alabama at Michigan/Penn State and 14th on the balance beam nationally. SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK * SEC Meet Lloimincia Hall - LSU 4-11 • Dallas, Texas • Hall won the all-around title with a season-high 39.200 to lead LSU to its first regular-season SEC victory since Feb. 5, 2010 when the Tigers defeated Alabama in Baton Rouge. She recorded the highest all-around total of the weekend by a freshman in the SEC. The mark was also the highest all-around score by a Tiger since Sarie Morrison scored a 39.575 on Feb. 18, 2011 against Georgia. Hall captured the first individual titles of her young career with the all-around title and the floor crown after she scored a 9.90 as the anchor of the event. 2012 SEC Gymnastics Week 2 TEAM BY TEAM NOTES ALABAMA Crimson Tide beam so far, as Kat Ding posted a 9.975 on bars against Denver and Shayla Worley scored Alabama’s 196.475 against Georgia was its highest opening night score since a career-high 9.95 on the balance beam at Alabama. Ding’s 9.925 average is tied for the posting a 196.725 in the Super Six Challenge on Jan. 9, 2004 in Tuscaloosa. first nationally, while Worley is second on beam with a 9.913 average. The Tide’s win over Georgia will be broadcast on a tape-delayed basis on both ESPN2 (Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. CT) and ESPNU (Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m. CT). The 14,501 fans KENTUCKY Wildcats that Alabama drew on Friday is the largest crowd in the nation this season. UA students The No. 23 University of Kentucky gymnastics team concluded its first overflowed their section, with more than 2,200 students making their way to the Coliseum Southeastern Conference meet of the season by falling 196.650-191.975 to on Friday. Geralen Stack-Eaton’s 10.0 on the vault in her first routine of the 2012 season No. 11 Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. In all, Kentucky had 19 of 24 routines was the first perfect score for the Crimson Tide since Ashley Miles scored two 10.0s in the performed by freshmen and sophomores in the meet, while five Wildcats made their col- NCAA Super Six Team finals (vault and floor) on April 22, 2005 in Auburn, Ala. Stack-Eaton legiate debuts on an event in the meet. Kentucky’s youth shined on vault with freshman is the 13th UA gymnast to score at least one 10.0 during her career and the 7th to score Kenzie Hedges leading the way with a 9.775, while sophomore Holly Cunningham was sec- a 10.0 on the vault. Senior Ashley Priess competed in three events, the uneven bars, bal- ond on the team and tied a career high with a 9.75. Freshman Sara Shipley went second ance beam and floor exercise. She anchored and posted the highest UA score on all three in the lineup and scored a 9.725, while sophomore Audrey Harrison went 9.7. Senior Storey events, winning the uneven bars and floor exercise. Junior Ashley Sledge made her colle- Morris posted a 9.65 followed by freshman Shelby Hilton, who was making her collegiate giate debut in the all-around, winning it with a 39.450, including a career-best 9.975 on debut, earning a 9.475. Kentucky scored a 48.6 as a team on the event. the vault. It marked her first all-around competition since she was a junior in high school. Junior Marissa Gutierrez shared first place on the floor exercise after scoring a 9.9 against LSU Tigers Georgia. It marked her first individual collegiate title on the floor exercise. Alabama takes LSU defeated Auburn 195.025-193.800 behind the all-around performances to the road this weekend, traveling to State College, Pa. where it will face Michigan State by all four freshmen on the roster. Lloimincia Hall picked up her first all-around and Cornell in addition to host Penn State on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. ET. title with a 39.200 total, while Jessie Jordan (39.025) and Rheagan Courville (38.925) finished second and third in the all-around to give LSU a clean sweep of the all- ARKANSAS Lady Razorbacks around awards. Even with Kaleigh Dickson out with a foot injury and Sarie Morrison, Maliah Arkansas had another big night and scored a 196 for the second time in Mathis and Shelby Prunty limited due to injuries, the Tigers made a dramatic improvement two meets with its SEC-opening win over No. 23 Kentucky, 196.65- from the season opener with no event total lower than a 48.450. Hall and Courville shared 191.975. The Razorbacks had a 49.075 on vault, 49.275 on bars, 48.90 their first floor titles with a 9.90, and Courville earned her first vault title with a 9.925 – the on beam and 49.40 on floor. The scores on bars and floor both match the 10th-best in highest score on any event for a Tiger this season. Jordan led LSU on beam with a sea- school history while the overall team score is the 10th-best. Individually, senior All- son-high 9.875, good enough for second place in the event. LSU (1-4, 1-0 SEC) heads to American Jaime Pisani won vault with a 9.90, floor by matching the school record she Fayetteville, Ark., to face Arkansas on Jan. 20. Live audio will be available online at already shares with a 9.95 and the all-around with a 39.525. Sophomore All-American www.LSUsports.net/live. Katherine Grable won beam with a 9.85, and she and senior Mariah Howdeshell tied for the bars title with a 9.875. Arkansas entertains LSU on Friday. The 2012 season is the 10th Team Rankings (per GymInfo) anniversary of the Razorback program and members of the inaugural team of 2003, along with other former Razorbacks, will be recognized during the LSU meet. 2012 Team Rankings (Jan. 16) Rank Team Average High AUBURN Tigers Auburn dropped its first head-to-head meet of the year at LSU on Friday, 1 Nebraska 197.375 197.375 195.025-193.800. Senior Kylie Shields set a career high with a 9.875 on vault 2 Utah 196.713 197.400 and Toi Garcia posted the second-highest vault score of the night with a sea- son-best 9.900. Beam featured another solid routine from Shields as she capped her night 3 Arkansas 196.550 196.650 with a season-high and career-best tying score of 9.900. Shields’ 9.900 was the highest 4 Oregon State 196.525 196.525 score on the beam on Friday night. Allyson Sandusky and Shields paced the Tigers on the uneven bars in the opening rotation. The pair of seniors each scored an identical 9.800 5 Alabama 196.475 196.475 and shared the event title. After starting the 2012 season with a pair of road meets, 6 Georgia 196.425 196.525 Auburn hosts Georgia on Friday to begin a two-meet home stand. The Gym Dogs’ last visit to The Plains on January 29, 2010, Auburn walked away with its first-ever win over 7 UCLA 196.375 196.675 Georgia, 195.225-194.900. 8 Florida 196.100 196.175 FLORIDA Gators 9 Penn State 195.950 196.125 In last Friday’s home opener, four different Gators picked up the event 10 Oklahoma 195.925 195.975 titles – all with marks of 9.90 or better.