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For Immediate Release // Tuesday, January, 27, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected])

THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS

For the second week in a row, seven of eight Pac-12 2015 PAC-12 CONFERENCE gymnastics squads are ranked in the Top 25 nationally. GYMNASTICS STANDINGS # 5 UTAH and #23 CALIFORNIA remain undefeated in 2015. The Golden Bears’ 10-0 start is their best in Conference Overall program history. UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz and UCLA’s W L PCT W L PCT Samantha Peszek are tied as the No. 1 all-arounders in California 2 0 1.000 10 0 1.000 Utah 1 0 1.000 5 0 1.000 the nation, each with an all-around average of 39.588. UCLA 2 1 .666 2 1 .666 Dabritz is ranked in the top 10 nationally in three Arizona 1 1 .500 4 2 .666 events. Peszek and STANFORD’s Elizabeth Price are Stanford 1 1 .500 3 3 .500 both ranked in the top 10 nationally in two events. Washington 0 1 .000 1 2 .333 Arizona State 0 1 .000 1 5 .166 Oregon State 0 2 .000 2 2 .500

UPCOMING SCHEDULE NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) Fri., Jan. 30 RANKINGS AS OF JAN. 26 #17 WASHINGTON at #10 OREGON STATE 7 p.m. PT with Hamline, Sacramento State RANK TEAM TEAM AVERAGE 1 Oklahoma 197.325 Sat., Jan. 31 2 L.S.U. 197.025 #5 UTAH at #18 ARIZONA 4 p.m. MT 3 Florida 196.975 #19 STANFORD at ARIZONA STATE 7 p.m. MT 4 Michigan 196.808 5 Utah 196.767 Sun., Feb. 1 #23 CALIFORNIA at #15 UCLA P12N 10 a.m. PT 6 Alabama 196.600 7 Nebraska 196.225 8 Arkansas 195.825 RECENT RESULTS 9 Penn State 195.750 10 Oregon State 195.713 Fri., Jan. 23 11 Georgia 195.669 #15 UCLA at #5 UTAH UTAH, 196.725-194.725 12 Auburn 195.625 12 Boise State 195.625 Sat., Jan. 24 14 Illinois-Champaign 195.608 #18 ARIZONA at #`17 WASHINGTON ARIZ, 196.050-195.950 15 UCLA 195.567 16 Ohio State 195.300 Sun., Jan. 25 17 Washington 195.275 ARIZONA STATE at #23 CALIFORNIA CAL 1st, 195.900 18 Arizona 195.244 with San Jose State and #20 Denver 19 Stanford 195.225 Mon., Jan. 26 20 Denver 195.219 #10 OREGON STATE at #19 STANFORD STAN, 197.000-196.450 21 Michigan State 195.150 22 Southern Utah 195.058 23 California 194.975 24 New Hampshire 194.933 24 Kentucky 194.933 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ...... BILL RYDEN UCLA...... VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big Ten...... 0-0-0 ...... 17th season ...... 25th Season Big 12...... 1-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 2 ...... NCAA Appearances: 22 East Atlantic Gymnastics League...... 1-0-0 Eastern College Athetlic...... 1-0-0 ASU...... RENE LYST UTAH...... GREG MARSDEN Mid-American...... 0-0-0 ...... 1st season ...... 40th season Midwest Independent...... 2-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 33 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation...... 9-3-1 Mountain Rim...... 5-1-0 CAL...... JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH...... MEGAN MARSDEN Southeastern...... 0-4-0 ...... 3rd season ...... 6th season Western Athletic...... 0-0-0 ...... NCAA Appearances: 1 ...... NCAA Appearances: 5 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic...... 2-0-0 Independent...... 0-0-0 OSU...... TANYA CHAPLIN WASH...... JOANNE BOWERS Total-All...... 21-8-1 ...... 18th Season ...... 9th Season ...... NCAA Appearances: 10 ...... NCAA Appearances: 1 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN...... KRISTEN SMYTH ...... 14th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ...... www.arizonawildcats.com ...... NCAA Appearances: 11 ances made as coach of current school ...... Danielle Bracamonte ...... [email protected] WEEKLY PAC-12 GYMNASTICS HONORS ...... 520-227-8238 UCLA’s Samantha Peszek named Gymnast of the Week UTAH’s Corrie Lothrop named Specialist of the Week ASU...... www.thesundevils.com CALIFORNIA’s Toni-Ann Williams named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week ...... Maggie Emmons

...... [email protected] ...... 480-584-9591 San Francisco – The Pac-12 Conference office announced today the Pac-12 women’s gym- nastics weekly honors for the week of Jan. 19-26. UCLA’s Samantha Peszek was named CAL...... www.calbears.com the Gymnast of the Week, UTAH’s Corrie Lothrop was voted Specialist of the Week, and ...... Mara Rudolph CALIFORNIA’s Toni-Ann Williams was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week...... [email protected] ...... 510-643-5846 UCLA senior Samantha Peszek earned Gymnast of the Week honors for her performance in the Bruins’ meet against Arizona on Jan. 19 and their meet at Utah on Jan. 23. In the OSU...... www.osubeavers.com two meets, Peszek totaled six first-place showings including a first place in the all-around ...... Jason Amberg against No. 5 Utah. Peszek scored a 9.875 or higher on every routine in the past week, ...... [email protected] including a 9.975 on bars and a pair of 9.95s on beam. She is now No. 1 in the nation in ...... 541-230-0706 all-around individual score. This is the first Gymnast of the Week honor for Peszek in 2015 STAN...... www.gostanford.com after winning the award in the final week of the 2014 season...... Greg Marsh ...... [email protected] Utah senior Corrie Lothrop earned Specialist of the Week honors for her performance in ...... 650-736-7635 the Utes’ meet against UCLA on Jan. 23. Lothrop tied for first on bars, came in second on floor, and helped put the meet away for the No. 5 Utes with a clutch beam routine. Lothrop UCLA...... www.uclabruins.com scored season-highs on all three events in which she competed...... Liza David ...... [email protected] California freshman Toni-Ann Williams earned Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors for ...... 310-621-8398 the second week in a row this week. Williams helped the No. 23 Golden Bears improve to 10-0 in a quad meet against No. 20 Denver, San Jose State, and Arizona State on Jan. 25. UTAH...... www.utahutes.cstv.com ...... Liz Abel Williams came in first in four events: the vault, bars, floor, and all-around. Her 39.475 all- ...... [email protected] around score is the fifth-highest all-around score in California history. Williams’ career-high ...... 801-209-6346 and program-record 9.95 on floor was just the fifth 9.95 on the event in program history, and was last posted by a Golden Bear in 2004. Williams now has ten event titles through WASH...... www.gohuskies.com just four meets this season...... Justin Green ...... [email protected] A gymnast of the week has been selected every week of the season since 2001. The Spe- ...... 801-473-7376 cialist of the Week award was added in 2008. It is the third year for Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. PAC-12...... www.pac-12.com ...... Liz Beadle Also Nominated: ...... [email protected] ...... 415-549-2858 Gymnast of the Week: Georgia Dabritz, UTAH; Allison Northey, WASH; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Allison Flores, ARIZ Special Performance of the Week: Faith Morrison, WASH; Danusia Francis, UCLA; Jessie Sisler, ARIZ Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Madison Cindric, ARIZ; LaNiesha-Jopre’ Irvin, UCLA; Zoey Schaefer, WASH

PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 27, 2015 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON TWITTER PAC-12 NETWORKS Arizona: @AZGymnastics Utah: @UtahGymnastics Pac-12 gymnastics teams will see an unprec- Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics Washington: @UWGymnastics edented amount of television coverage this season. California: @calwgym UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics In the third year of Pac-12 Networks, 21 women’s Oregon State: @OregonStateGym Stanford: @StanfordWGYM gymnastics meets will be televised on a national and regional basis. ROSTER BREAKDOWN The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and School FR SO JR SR Grad Total six regional networks devoted solely to the Pac-12. ARIZ 3 3 4 4 0 14 In addition to the hundreds of live televised Pac-12 ASU 0 4 5 3 0 12 sporting events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will CAL 4 8 3 2 0 17 have access to Pac-12 Now, the TV Everywhere OSU 2 5 4 5 0 16 platform, which provides access to all Pac-12 Net- STAN 1 6 4 4 0 15 works programming on any device through their UCLA 7 7 3 2 1 20 broadband service. UTAH 4 1 4 4 0 13 WASH 6 6 1 3 0 16 Jan. 12 UCLA at Oregon State...... 6 p.m. PT Jan. 12 Kentucky at Washington...... 6 p.m. PT Jan. 19 Arizona at UCLA...... 1 p.m. PT UTAH VOTED PRE-SEASON FAVORITE Jan. 23 UCLA at Utah...... 4 p.m. MT Jan. 26 Oregon State at Stanford...... 6 p.m. PT In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics coaches, UTAH was voted the Feb. 1 California at UCLA...... 10 a.m. PT preseason favorite to win the 2015 Pac-12 regular season. Feb. 6 Arizona State at Utah...... 4 p.m. MT Feb. 7 Arizona at Oregon State...... 2 p.m. PT Feb. 8 Stanford at California...... 12 p.m. PT The Utes received 46 points with five first-place votes Feb. 9 Washington at UCLA...... 6 p.m. PT and were also voted sixth in the national preseason 2015 Pac-12 Women’s Feb. 14 Utah at Washington...... 4 p.m. PT coaches poll. UCLA tallied 43 points, receiving the Gymnastics Feb. 14 UCLA at Stanford...... 4 p.m. PT remaining three first-place votes, and was tabbed Preseason CoachesPoll Feb. 16 Arizona State at Arizona...... 6 p.m. MT second. Additionally, the Bruins came in fifth in the 1. Utah (5)...... 46 Feb. 21 Stanford at Utah...... 5 p.m. MT national preseason coaches poll. 2. UCLA (3)...... 43 Feb. 27 Utah at Oregon State...... 7 p.m. PT 3. Stanford...... 39 Feb. 28 UCLA at Arizona State...... 11 a.m. PT Utah takes over the top spot in the preseason Pac-12 4. California...... 28 Feb. 28 California at Arizona...... 4 p.m. MT Mar. 2 Washington at Stanford...... 7 p.m. PT coaches poll from UCLA. The Bruins had dominated Oregon State...... 28 Mar. 8 UC Davis at California...... 12 p.m. PT the top spot for the last three years. This season, Utah 6. Arizona...... 17 Mar. 21 Pac-12 Championships...... will be looking to repeat as Pac-12 champions after 7. Washington...... 13 ...... 1 p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT winning the title for the first time in 2014. 8. Arizona State...... 10

PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES

Pac-12 Gymnasts Lead the Nation: After a competitive meet last Friday, UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz and UCLA’s Samantha Peszek are now tied at No. 1 in the all-around nationally, both with an all-around average of 39.588. Dabritz is also ranked in the top 10 nationally in vault, bars, and floor. Peszek is ranked in the top 10 nationally in bars and beam. OREGON STATE’s Madeline Gardner came in at No. 17 in the national all-around rankings, UTAH’s Tory Wilson is ranked No. 20, and WASHINGTON’s Allison Northey is No. 22.

Golden Bears Still Undefeated: In CALIFORNIA’s home opener this weekend, the #23 Bears moved to 10-0 overall and 2-0 in Pac-12 action, continuing the best start in pro- gram history. Their quad meet win this weekend included an upset over #20 Denver. CALIFORNIA will travel to face #15 UCLA this Sunday; the meet will be televised on Pac-12 Networks.

Perfect Price: Stanford freshman Elizabeth Price earned a perfect 10.0 on the vault Monday night as the Cardinal won their home opener against OREGON STATE with a score of 197.000. This was the first 10.0 scored by any Stanford gymnast in any event since 2007 and the first on vault since 2004. In rankings that came out before her performance against Oregon State, Price was already ranked in the top 10 nationally in vault and bars.

2015 PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS

Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 12 Tory Wilson, UTAH Jessie Sisler, ARIZ Elizabeth Price, STAN Jan. 19 Georgia Dabritz, UTAH Ivana Hong, STAN Toni-Ann Williams, CAL Jan. 26 Samantha Peszek, UCLA Corrie Lothrop, UTAH Toni-Ann Williams, CAL

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ARIZONA WILDCATS ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 4-2 // Pac-12: 1-1 Overall: 1-5 // Pac-12: 0-1

JANUARY JANUARY 9 at Alabama L, 196.225-194.3753 9 vs. Southern Utah W, 194.2–193.925 16 vs. Illinois-Chigaco, Sacramento State, Wisconsin-Stout 1st, 195.250 16 vs. Kentucky and LSU 3rd, 194.400 19 at UCLA* L, 195.975-195.300 25 at California* 4th, 192.650 24 at Washington* W, 196.050-195.950 with San Jose State, Denver 31 vs. Utah* 4 p.m. MT 31 vs. Stanford* 7 p.m. MT

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 7 at Oregon State* P12N 3 p.m. MT 6 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. MT 16 vs. Arizona State* P12N 7 p.m. MT 16 at Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. MT 28 vs. California* P12N 6 p.m. MT 20 vs. Oregon State* 7 p.m. MT 28 vs. UCLA* P12N 12 p.m. MT MARCH 6 at Michigan State 4 p.m. MT MARCH with Eastern Michigan 6 at Southern Utah 7 p.m. MT 8 at Texas Women’s 11 a.m. MT 13 vs. Air Force 7 p.m. MT 14 vs. Denver 4 p.m. MT * Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Mountain Time. All times Mountian Time.

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Overall: 10-0 // Pac-12: 2-0 Overall: 2-2 // Pac-12: 0-2

JANUARY JANUARY 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 1st, 195.175 12 vs. UCLA* L, 196.000-195.450 with Stanford*, San Jose State and Sacramento State 18 at Iowa State 1st, 195.975 9 at Sacramento State W, 194.875-194.250 with Southeast Missouri State 16 vs. San Jose State, UW-LaCrosse 1st, 194.875 26 at Stanford* L, 197.000-196.450 25 vs. Arizona State*, San Jose State, Denver 1st, 195.900 30 vs. Washington*, Hamline, Sacramento State 7 p.m. PT

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 1 at UCLA* P12N 6 p.m. PT 7 vs. Arizona* P12N 2 p.m. PT 8 vs. Stanford* P12N 12 p.m. PT 13 at California* 7 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oregon State* 7 p.m. PT 20 at Arizona State* 6 p.m. PT 21 at Washington* 7 p.m. PT 27 vs. Utah* P12N 7 p.m. PT with Seattle Pacific 28 at Arizona* P12N 5 p.m. PT MARCH 7 at Nebraska 4 p.m PT MARCH 14 vs. San Jose State, Lindenwood, Seattle Pacific 7 p.m. PT 8 vs. UC Davis P12N 12 p.m PT 13 at Southern Utah TBA * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time.

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STANFORD CARDINAL UCLA BRUINS Overall: 3-3-1 // Pac-12: 1-1 Overall: 2-1 // Pac-12: 2-1

JANUARY 4 at UC Davis (NorCal Classic) 4th, 193.450 JANUARY 12 at Oregon State* W, 196.000-195.450 with California*, San Jose State, and Sacramento State 9 at San Jose State W, 196.275-193.175 19 vs. Arizona* W, 195.975-195.300 18 at Penn W, 195.950-189.575 23 at Utah* L, 196.725-194.725 26 vs. Oregon State* W, 197.000-196.450 31 at Arizona State* 6 p.m. PT FEBRUARY 1 vs California* P12N 10 a.m. PT 9 vs. Washington* P12N 6 p.m. PT FEBRUARY 8 at California* P12N 12 p.m. PT 14 at Stanford* P12N 4 p.m. PT 14 vs. UCLA* P12N 4 p.m. PT 21 vs. Nebraska, Sacramento State, Bridgeport 4 p.m. PT 21 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 28 at Arizona State* P12N 11 a.m. PT

MARCH MARCH 2 vs. Washington* P12N 7 p.m PT 7 vs. Stanford* 4 p.m. PT 7 at UCLA* 4 p.m. PT 7 at Arkansas 5 p.m. PT

* Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Pacific Time. All times Pacific Time.

UTAH UTES Overall: 5-0 // Pac-12: 1-0 Overall: 1-2 // Pac-12: 0-1

JANUARY JANUARY 12 vs. Kentucky L, 194.875-194.325 9 at BYU W, 196.900-193.350 16 at North Carolina State W, 195.550-194.150 16 vs. So. Utah, Boise State, UC Davis 1st, 196.675 24 vs. Arizona* L, 196.050-195.950 23 vs UCLA* W, 196.725-194.725 30 at Oregon State* 7 p.m. PT 31 at Arizona* 4 p.m. MT with Sacramento State, Hamline

FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 6 vs. Arizona State* P12N 6 p.m. MT 9 at UCLA* P12N 6 p.m. PT 14 at Washington* P12N 5 p.m. MT 14 vs. Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 21 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. MT 21 vs. California*, Seattle Pacific 7 p.m. PT 27 at Oregon State* P12N 8 p.m. MT MARCH MARCH 2 at Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. PT 6 vs. Michigan 7 p.m. MT 16 vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. PT 14 at Georgia 1 p.m. MT 13 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT

* Pac-12 Conference Meet. * Pac-12 Conference Meet. All times Moutain Time. All times Pacific Time.

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