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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release // Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Contact // Sean Harris ([email protected]) UTAH CROWNED PAC-12 CHAMPION UTAH performed well in a closely contested meet to come out on top as the 2014 Pac-12 Gymnastics Champions. The Utes scored 197.925 with STANFORD following in second with a team score of 197.175. CALIFORNIA rallied late in the second session of the meet to overcome UCLA to take third with a team total of 196.550. All eight Pac-12 teams will advance to regionals and are spread out across 5 different sites. This is the second consecutive year that the Pac-12 has had all of its teams selected for regional competition. Regionals will commence on Saturday April 5th with various start times. The teams that advance will compete at the NCAA Championships in Birmingham, Ala., on April 18-20. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) AS OF MARCH 24 Sat., March 22 1. Utah 197.925 RANK TEAM TEAM AVG. 2. Stanford 197.175 1 Florida 197.895 3. California 196.550 2 Oklahoma 197.775 4. UCLA 196.525 5. Oregon State 196.275 3 L.S.U. 197.720 6. Arizona 196.250 4 Alabama 197.615 7. Arizona State 195.500 5 Utah 197.575 8. Washington 195.125 6 Georgia 197.265 7 Michigan 197.105 REGIONAL SELECTIONS 8 UCLA 197.005 9 Nebraska 196.950 Sat., Apr. 5 Regional 10 Stanford 196.815 11 Illinois-Champaign 196.650 Athens Regional Baton Rouge Regional 12 Oregon State 196.615 13 Auburn 196.560 1. Georgia 1. LSU 14 Minnesota 196.505 2. Michigan 2. Stanford 15 Penn State 196.475 3. Central Michigan 3. Auburn 16 Boise State 196.395 4. Ohio State 4. Arizona 17 Arkansas 196.355 5. North Carolina State 5. Kent State 18 Central Michigan 196.300 6. Rutgers 6. Iowa State 19 California 196.270 20 Denver 196.205 21 Arizona 196.160 Fayetteville Regional Minneapolis Regional 22 Ohio State 195.905 23 New Hampshire 195.880 1. Utah 1. Oklahoma 24 Arizona State 195.855 2. UCLA 2. Illinois 25 BYU 195.820 3. Arkansas 3. Minnesota 4. Arizona State 4. California 5. Utah State 5. Southern Utah *Rankings are by the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) 6. UC Davis 6. San Jose State The RQS takes the six best scores, three of which must be on the road. The highest score is then dropped and the remaining five scores are averaged. Seattle Regional University Park Regional 1. Alabama 1. Florida 2. Nebraska 2. Oregon State 3. Boise State 3. Penn State 4. Denver 4. New Hampshire 5. BYU 5. Kentucky 6. Washington 6. Maryland 2014 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: TEAM RESULTS Team Vault Bars Beam Floor Total 1. Utah 49.400 49.600 49.275 49.650 197.925 2. Stanford 49.400 49.450 49.350 48.975 197.175 3. California 49.150 49.075 49.275 49.050 196.550 4. UCLA 49.200 49.000 49.300 49.025 196.525 5. Oregon State 48.875 49.200 49.150 49.050 196.275 6. Arizona 49.425 48.700 49.025 49.100 196.250 7. Arizona State 49.150 48.475 48.625 49.250 195.500 8. Washington 48.750 48.950 49.150 48.275 195.125 2014 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS AWARDS Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Alicia Asturias (California) Gymnast of the Year: Tory Wilson (Utah) Freshman of the Year: Nicolette McNair (Stanford) Specialist of the Year: Georgia Dabritz (Utah) Coach of the Year: Greg and Megan Marsden (Utah) 2014 TOP INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS VAULT FLOOR 1. Aliza Vaccher, Washington 9.950 1. Georgia Dabritz, Utah 9.950 Allison Flores, Arizona 9.950 Nansy Damianova, Utah 9.950 Shelby Edwards, Arizona 9.950 3. Lia Del Priore, Utah 9.900 Georgia Dabritz, Utah 9.950 Becky Tutka, Utah 9.900 ALL-AROUND BARS 1. Tory Wilson, Utah 39.450 1. Georgia Dabritz, Utah 10.00 2. Alicia Asturias, California 39.425 2. Nicolette McNair, Stanford 9.950 Samantha Peszek, UCLA 39.425 3. Samantha Shapiro, Stanford 9.925 Kristina Vaculik, Stanford 9.925 Nansy Damianova, Utah 9.925 BEAM 1. Samantha Peszek,UCLA 9.925 2. Serena Leong, California 9.900 Jessica Howe, California 9.900 Allison Northey, Washington 9.900 Jackie McCartin, Washington 9.900 Danusia Francis, UCLA 9.900 Mary Beth Lofgren, Utah 9.900 Corrie Lothrop, Utah 9.900 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ .................................. BILL RYDEN STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH Big Ten ............................................... 1-5-0 ............................................16th season ................................................ 13th season Big 12 ................................................. 1-3-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 1 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 10 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 1-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 3-0-0 ASU ....................................JOHN SPINI UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Midwest Independent .......................... 3-0-0 ............................................34th season ................................................24th Season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ... 24-1-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same Mountain Rim ................................... 10-2-0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 21 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 21 Southeastern ....................................... 3-4-0 Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ...........................GREG MARSDEN Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 0-0-0 ................................................. 2nd season ................................................ 39th season Independent ....................................... 1-0-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same Total-All ........................... 47-15-0 (.758) .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 32 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN ................................................17th Season .................................................. 5th season WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same SIDS .................................NCAA Appearances: 9 .................................NCAA Appearances: 4 ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS ............................................................. Blair Willis ..................................................8th Season [email protected] ..........................................Career: 11 years ...................................................... 520-621-0914 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com ....................................................Maggie Emmons UCLA VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL [email protected] ...................................................... 480-584-9591 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics coaches, UCLA was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2014 Pac-12 regular season, the CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com ....................................................... Mara Rudolph Conference announced today. [email protected] ...................................................... 510-643-5846 The Bruins received 46 points with five first-place votes and were voted fourth in the national preseason coaches poll. UTAH tallied 45 points, receiving the remaining three first-place OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com votes and was tabbed second. STANFORD sits in third place with with 37 points in the poll. ....................................................... Jason Amberg The Utes and Cardinal also made an appearance in the top 10 of the national poll with the [email protected] sixth and ninth spots, respectively. OREGON STATE is slotted fourth in the Pac-12 poll with ...................................................... 541-230-0706 31 points and represents the Conference with a 12th-place ranking in the national poll. STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com The second half of the poll is led by ARIZONA, which claims the 17th spot in the national ........................................................... Greg Marsh preseason coaches poll. WASHINGTON is picked sixth, with a spot in the national top 25 at ......................................... [email protected] 20th. Rounding out the poll, CALIFORNIA and ARIZONA STATE were picked seventh and ...................................................... 650-736-7635 eighth with a national ranking of 22nd and 25th, respectively. All eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 national preseason poll. UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com ............................................................. Liza David This is the third-consecutive year of the preseason coaches poll with UCLA claiming the top