9 GEORGIA (5-6) at the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP March 21, 2015 | 2 P.M
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National Champions 1987 • 1989 • 1993 • 1998 • 1999 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 10 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • 16 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS • 40 NCAA INDIVIDUAL TITLES 2015 SCHEDULE #9 GEORGIA (5-6) AT THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP March 21, 2015 | 2 p.m. ET | The Arena at Gwinnett Center | Duluth, Ga. Date Opponent TV Time/Result Live Video: SEC Network + (Bart Conner, Kathy Johnson-Clarke, Amanda Pflugrad) J10 #8 Michigan SECN+ L, 196.600-195.600 J16 Missouri SECN+ W, 195.800-195.225 J19 at #15 Denver L, 194.850-194.300 Gymdogs Travel To Duluth For SEC Championship J24 #14 Kentucky ESPN2 W, 196.975-194.225 Ninth-ranked Georgia will begin postseason competition this weekend at the SEC J30 at #3 Florida SECN L, 197.600-196.950 Championship in Duluth. The fifth-seeded Gym Dogs will join the No. 6 seed Arkan- F6 at #3 LSU SECN L, 198.075-196.850 sas, No. 7 Kentucky and No. 8 Missouri in the afternoon session Saturday at 2 p.m. F14 at North Carolina W, 196.200-195.200 ET at The Arena at Gwinnett Center. Top-seeded Florida, No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Alabama F20 #5 Alabama SECN L, 197.675-196.825 and No. 4 Auburn will compete in the evening session at 6 p.m. Georgia will start the F27 at #7 Auburn SECN+ L, 197.750-196.775 meet on vault. M7 #18 Arkansas SECN+ W, 196.775-196.650 The Gymdogs enter the meet with a 5-6 record, including a 3-4 SEC mark. The M14 #4 Utah SECN+ W, 197.450-197.275 Gymdogs posted wins over the other three teams in the afternoon session. M21 SEC Championship SECN+ 2 p.m. UGA has won a total of 16 SEC titles, which is more than any other team. Florida A4 NCAA Regional TBA has nine SEC titles, Alabama has eight, while LSU has one. Georgia’s last SEC title A17 NCAA Prelims NCAA.com 2 p.m./8 p.m. came in 2008, incidentally in Duluth. A18 NCAA Super Six ESPN3 7 p.m. A19 NCAA Ind. Finals ESPN3 3 p.m. Last Time Out Georgia had its best meet of the regular season last week, knocking off fourth- *SEC meet ranked and previously undefeated Utah, 197.450-197.275 in Stegeman Coliseum. The SEC Championship in Duluth, Ga. Gymdogs fell behind after one rotation, but a season-high 49.575 ignited a comeback, NCAA Regional location TBA and Georgia closed the meet with a 49.5 on floor to seal the win. NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas All Times Eastern Noteworthy GEORGIA GYMNASTICS » Georgia’s win over Utah last week was made possible by a 49.575 on bars - its highest score on any event this season. The previous high was a 49.55 on floor Head Coach Danna Durante (Third Season) the previous week against Arkansas and was nearly matched with a 49.5 on floor Assistant Coach Jay Hogue (Third Season) against Utah. Leading up to the Arkansas meet, the season-high on floor was a Assistant Coach Philip Ogletree (Third Season) 49.275, but Georgia gymnasts have combined for seven floor scores of 9.9 or higher Facility Stegeman Coliseum (10,224) in the last two meets (12 routines). All-Time Record 1,029-233-10 (42 seasons) » Georgia’s 49.575 on bars was more than two-tenths higher than the previous All-Americans 362 honors; 72 gymnasts season-high on that event (49.350). Bars has been the top event for the Gymdogs in SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS recent years, and last year Georgia scored an SEC Championship record 49.7 on the uneven bars. Gymnastics Contact Ben Beaty ([email protected]) » Nine different Gymdogs have taken top honors on an event this season. Ashlyn Office Phone (706) 542-1621 Broussard leads the team with six event titles - four on vault and two on beam. Fax (706) 542-9339 Mary Beth Box has five, while Brandie Jay, Brittany Rogers and Chelsea Davis have Website www.georgiadogs.com four. Kiera Brown and Gigi Marino have two, and Rachel Schick and Natalie Vaculik Mailing Address P.O. Box 1472, Athens, Ga. 30603 have placed first on an event once this season. » Georgia competed this season against six teams currently ranked in the top-eight in the country: No. 2 Florida, No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Utah, No. 5 Alabama, No. 6 Michigan and No. 8 Auburn. » Georgia has two gymnasts on the 2015 roster who have won SEC individual titles. Brittany Rogers tied for first on bars and beam her freshman season in 2013, and Lauren Johnson won a share of the vault title last year in Birmingham. Rogers was facebook.com/georgia.gymdogs injured in pre-meet warmups at the SEC Championship a year ago and competed twitter.com/ugagymnastics only on bars. Johnson sustained a torn ACL during the offseason and has not com- instagram.com/ugagymdogs peted this year. Danna Durante’s File Rankings • Seventh head coach in Georgia Georgia moved up one spot to No. 9 this week with a 196.875 RQS. The Gymdogs gymnastics history are in the top-15 on all four events. They are 12th on vault, eighth on bars, 10th on • Native of Tulsa, Okla. beam and 13th on floor. Individually, Brittany Rogers and Chelsea Davis are 11th and • Graduated from Arizona State 15, respectively, on the uneven bars, Brandie Jay is 18th on vault, while Mary Beth University and was an All-Pac-10 Box is ranked 25th on floor. gymnast for the Sun Devils from 1992-95 • 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier Up Next • Two-time member of the U.S. Gym- Georgia will learn its NCAA Regional destination on Monday March 23 during the nastics Federation National team in 1988 and 1990 NCAA Gymnastics Selection Show on NCAA.com. The Gymdogs will compete in one • Assistant coach at the University of Washington from of the six regionals on Saturday, April 4. The six host schools are Auburn, Cal, Iowa 1998-2002 State, Ohio State, Oklahoma and West Virginia. • 1999 and 2002 West Regional Assistant Coach of the Year • Assistant coach at Nebraska from 2003-06, then served as Nebraska’s associate head coach from 2007-2011 • 2007 National Assistant Coach of the Year • Served as California Berkeley’s head coach in 2012 • In her first season at UGA, led the Gymdogs to their first Super Six appearance since 2009. • Coached with the Arizona Sunrays and Royal (Fla.) Gymnas- tics Club from 1996-97 • Served as a USAG Elite Level Judge from 1996-2000 Georgia By The Numbers Average RQS Season High Year Record Conference NCAA 2012 (Cal) 4-18 8th - Overall Team Score 196.409 196.875 197.450 2013 (UGA) 20-16-1 4th 6th Team Vault 49.225 49.280 49.550 2014 (UGA) 19-14 4th 5th Team Bars 49.250 49.290 49.575 2015 (UGA) 5-6 Team Beam 48.875 49.195 49.350 Overall 48-54-1 Team Floor 49.077 49.240 49.550 2015 GEORGIA ROSTER AND PRONUNCIATIONS Name Events Class Height Hometown / High School (Club) Jasmine Arnold AA Freshman 5-3 Murfreesboro, Tenn. / Gateway Christian School (Elite Energy Gymnastics) Vivi Babalis (V-V BAB-uh-lis) BB, FX Freshman 5-1 Montreal, Quebec / Antoine de St-Exupery (Gymnix) Mary Beth Box VT, BB, FX Junior 5-2 Calhoun, Ga. / Calhoun (Cartersville Twister) Ashlyn Broussard (brew-SAHRD) AA Sophomore 5-1 Plano, Texas / Plano West Senior (World Olympic Gymnastics Academy) Kiera Brown (key-AIR-uh) AA Sophomore 5-1 Newport News, Va. / Woodside (World Class Gymnastics) Chelsea Davis VT, UB, BB Senior 5-1 Austin, Texas / iSchool (Texas Dreams Gymnastics) Demetria Hunte (Hunt) VT, BB, FX Senior 5-4 Alpharetta, Ga. / Alpharetta (Imagine Gymnastics) Brandie Jay AA Junior 5-3 Fort Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain (GK’s Gymnastics) Lauren Johnson AA Sophomore 5-3 Atlanta, Ga. / Brookwood (Gwinnett Gymnastics Center) Whitney Kirby UB, BB Senior 5-1 Claremont, N.C. / Christian Family Academy (Shooting Stars Gymnastics) GiGi Marino (muh-REEN-o) VT, BB, FX Freshman 4-10 Scottsdale, Ariz. / Saguaro (Desert Devils Gymnastics) Sarah Persinger (PUR-sing-er) VT, BB, FX Senior 5-5 Mt. Holly, N.C. / East Gaston (Southeastern Gymnastics) Morgan Reynolds AA Sophomore 5-1 Athens, Ga. / Athens Christian School (Georgia Elite Gymnastics) Beth Roberts VT, BB, FX Sophomore 5-4 Tifton, Ga. / Tift County (Dream It Gymnastics) Brittany Rogers AA Junior 5-6 Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada / Terry Fox Senior Secondary (Flicka Gymnastics) Hayley Sanders UB, BB, FX Freshman 5-1 McKinney, Texas / Spring Creek Academy (WOGA) Rachel Schick (shick) VT, UB, BB Sophomore 5-1 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. / Los Osos (Charter Oak Gymnastics) Natalie Vaculik (vuh-Q-lick) AA Freshman 5-2 Whitby, Ontario / Donald A. Wilson (Gemini Gymnastics) Head Coach: Danna Durante (DAN-uh du-RAN-tee) Assistant Coaches: Jay Hogue, Philip Ogletree Volunteer Coach: Cassidy McComb Athletic Trainer: Anna Randa Student Athletic Trainer: Jordan Fowler Program Specialist: Donna Hallman Administrative Associate: Heather Wallace Managers: Jessica Cochran, Jake Ogletree Massage Therapist: Katie Crawford GymInfo Top 25 (March 16) Team Vault Rankings The Last Time Georgia... Rk Team RQS High Rk Team RQS AVG Won a home dual meet 1. Oklahoma 197.86 198.500 1. Utah 49.540 49.460 3/14/15 vs. #4 Utah (197.450-197.275) 2. Florida 197.75 198.225 2. Florida 49.525 49.468 Won a road dual meet 3. LSU 197.63 198.375 3. LSU 49.515 49.445 2/14/15 at North Carolina (196.200-195.200) 4.