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2012 Stanford Women's Gymnastics 2012 STANFORD Women’S GYMNASTICS Women’s Gymnastics Contact: David Kiefer Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: (650) 736-7921 • Cell Phone: (650) 759-0258 2012 Schedule and Results (14-6) Cardinal to Compete in NCAA Regionals Stanford enters as No. 2 seed in six-team event Date Opponent Time/Result JANUARY... Saturday, 2 p.m. PT • At Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill. 15 (Sun.) NorCal Quad Meet 194.900 (3-0) 22 (Sun.) Washington 195.925 (1-0) 27 (Fri.) at Oregon State 194.525 (0-1) This Week The Stanford women’s gymnastics team received a No. 2 seed to the NCAA regionals FEBRUARY... and is headed to Champaign, Ill., to compete in the six-team event Saturday at 2 p.m. PT 5 (Sun.) at UCLA 196.450 (0-1) for the right to qualify for the NCAA Championships. This marks the 29th consecutive 12 (Sun.) at California 196.175 (1-0) season that Stanford has qualified for NCAA regional competition. In the Champaign 18 (Sat.) at Metroplex Chall. 196.375 (2-0) Regional - one of six around the country - Oklahoma is the No. 1 seed. Others, in order 24 (Fri.) at Utah 196.100 (0-1) of seeds, are Denver, Illinois, Kentucky, and Illinois-Chicago. The top two advance to the 12-team NCAA Championships in Duluth, Ga., April 20-22. MARCH... 4 (Sun.) Arizona, Cal 196.575 (2-0) What: No. 11 Stanford (14-6) at NCAA Champaign Regional 9 (Sun.) at Arizona State 196.475 (1-0) When: Saturday, 2 p.m. PT 24 (Sat.) at Pac-12 Champs 196.875 (4-3) Where: Assembly Hall, Champaign, Ill. APRIL... Follow the Action 7 (Sat.) NCAA Regional 2 p.m. • Live streaming video will be available through Webcast links on gostanford.com. 20 (Fri.) NCAA Team Preliminaries TBA • Check for updates on Twitter (@StanfordWGym). 21 (Sat.) NCAA Super Six finals TBA • Live stats and updated scores can be found at gostanford.com. 22 (Sun.) NCAA Individual finals TBA Stanford Program Highlights Times listed are Pacific • Five NCAA Super Six appearances (most recent in 2010) bold indicates home meet • Three top-four NCAA finishes (most recent, fourth in 2010) Home meets in Burnham Pavilion • Eight top-10 NCAA finishes Pac-12 Championships in Salt Lake City • 64 All-America honors since 2002 NCAA Regional in Champaign, Ill. • Eight conference championship teams NCAA Championships in Duluth, Ga. • 29 consecutive NCAA regional appearances Stanford Roster Name Ht. Yr. Hometown High School Club Alex Archer 5-7 Fr. Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Precision Gymnastics Alyssa Brown 5-2 Sr. Oakville, Ontario, Canada Abbey Park Gymnastics Mississauga Nicole Dayton 5-4 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. East Grand Rapids Geddert’s Twistars USA Pauline Hanset 5-4 Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. West Premier Athletics Ivana Hong 5-1 Fr. Allen, Texas Lovejoy World Olympic Gymnastics Academy Lucy Meyer 4-10 So. St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul Academy Twin City Twisters Ashley Morgan 5-1 Jr. Danville, Calif. Carondelet Bay Aerials Gymnastics Shona Morgan 5-3 So. Melbourne, Australia Distance Ed. Centre Waverley Gymnastics Centre Nicole Pechanec 5-4 Sr. Kenilworth, N.J. Keystone National Aiken Gymnastics/Parkettes Center Jenny Peter 5-4 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. Lincoln Southeast Solid Rock Gymnastics Samantha Shapiro 5-0 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. Windward School All-Olympia Gymnastics Center Amanda Spinner 5-3 So. Danville, Calif. Monte Vista Bay Aerials Gymnastics Rebecca Wing 5-5 Fr. Farnborough, England Farnborough 6th Form Heathrow Gymnastics Club Coaching Staff Head Coach: Kristen Smyth (California ‘93), 11th season Associate Head Coach: Chris Swircek (San Jose State ‘93), ninth season. Assistant Coach: Tabitha Yim (Stanford ‘08), second season. SWG Facts Team Scores in the National Rankings Stanford ranks in the national top 20 in three events by Regional Qualifying General Information Scores, with average scores in parentheses: Location: Stanford, California Team: 11th, 196.410 (196.033) Enrollment: 15,319 (6,878 undergraduates) Vault: 14th, 49.145 (49.058) Founded: 1891 Bars: 9th, 49.180 (49.055) Nickname: Cardinal Beam: 7th, 49.170 (48.960) Colors: Cardinal and White Floor: 26th, 49.015 (48.960) Conference: Pacific-12 President: John Hennessy Individuals in the National Rankings Athletic Director: Bob Bowlsby Here are Stanford gymnasts ranked in the top 25 in each event, by Regional Sport Administrator: Brian Talbott Qualifying Scores, with average scores in parentheses: Bars: 7th, Nicole Pechanec, 9.900 (9.763) Coaching Staff 24th, Ashley Morgan, 9.875 (9.773) Head Coach: Kristen Smyth, 11th year Beam: 17th, Shona Morgan, 9.880 (9.838) Career Record: 174-48-1 Floor: 5th, Ashley Morgan, 9.915 (9.885) Associate Head Coach: Chris Swircek, ninth year Average Scores Throughout the Lineup Assistant Coach: Tabitha Yim, second year Here is Stanford’s average-score range from 1-6 in each event: • Vault: 9.870 (Alyssa Brown)-9.773 Team Information • Bars: 9.811 (Rebecca Wing)-9.710 2012 Pac-12 Finish: 4th • Beam: 9.835 (Amanda Spinner)-9.728 2011 Regional Finish: 4th • Floor: 9.885 (Ashley Morgan)-9.697 Home gyms: Maples Pavilion (5,488), • All-Around: 39.206 (Nicole Pechanec)-38.809 (two total) Burnham Pavilion (1,200) NCAA Super Six: 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 Rotation Schedule Pac-12 titles: 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008 Here is the rotation order for the NCAA Champaign Regional on Saturday: Letterwinners Ret/Lost: 6/3 Rot. Vault Bye Bars Beam Bye Floor Newcomers: 5 1 Illinois Denver Okla. Ky. Stanford Ill.-Chi. 2 Ill.-Chi. Illinois Denver Okla. Ky. Stanford 2012 Record: 14-6 overall, 9-6 Pac-12 3 Stanford Ill.-Chi. Illinois Denver Okla. Ky. 2012 Ranking: No. 11 4 Ky. Stanford Ill.-Chi. Illinois Denver Okla. 2012 High Scores: 196.825 5 Okla. Ky. Stanford Ill.-Chi. Illinois Denver Vault: 49.450 6 Denver Okla. Ky. Stanford Ill.-Chi. Illinois Bars: 49.400 Beam: 49.500 Stanford at the Pac-12 Championships Floor: 49.425 Stanford finished fourth at the Pac-12 Championships March 24 in Salt Lake 2012 Season Averages: 196.033 City, despite scoring a season-high 196.825 points. The Cardinal had two individual Vault: 49.058 champions and had 11 scores of 9.90 or above, including five on the balance beam Bars: 49.055 and three on vault. Its’ team scores of 49.500 on beam, 49.450 on vault and 49.425 on Beam: 48.960 floor were season bests. The Cardinal led through three rotations, but struggled on the Floor: 48.960 final rotation, the uneven bars, to fall to fourth. UCLA captured the title. Individual Information Stanford’s Individual Pac-12 Champions 2012 High Scores Stanford’s two individual champions were: All-Around: Nicole Pechanec, 39.450 • Ivana Hong, fr.: Hong led a Stanford charge with another 9.950. Hong, the 2009 Vault: Ivana Hong, 9.950 U.S. senior national champion on vault and beam, scored a collegiate career high to Bars: Nicole Pechanec, 9.950 tie for first on vault with UCLA’s Olivia Courtney and Vanessa Zamarripa. Beam: Alyssa Brown, 9.925 • Ashley Morgan, jr.: Morgan took sole possession of the floor title by matching Shona Morgan, 9.925 her season and collegiate career best of 9.950, with senior teammate Nicole Pechanec Floor: Ashley Morgan, 9.950 second at 9.925. Morgan won her second consecutive floor title and Stanford’s fourth consecutive, extending a streak that began with Carly Janiga in 2009 and 2010. 2012 High Averages All-Around: Nicole Pechanec, 39.206 All-Conference Gymnasts Vault: Alyssa Brown, 9.870 Stanford had three All-Pac-12 selections in 2012: Bars: Rebecca Wing, 9.811 • Ashley Morgan, jr.: First team, floor exercise; first team, uneven bars; Also, 2011 Beam: Amanda Spinner, 9.846 first team, floor; 2010 second team, floor. Floor: Ashley Morgan, 9.885 • Ivana Hong, fr.: Second team, vault. • Shona Morgan, so.: Second team, balance beam. Previous all-conference selections: • Alyssa Brown, sr.: 2011 first-team, beam; 2010 second team, beam. • Nicole Pechanec, sr.: 2011 and 2010 second team, floor. The Fab Five The Stanford freshman class figures to be one of the best in school Stanford vs. Other Regional Opponents: history. The class is comprised of two-time U.S. senior national Here are the results from the last time Stanford faced each champion and 2012 Pac-12 vault champion Ivana Hong, U.S. regional opponent: national team member Samantha Shapiro, 2008 British Olympian • Oklahoma: April 23, 2010 (Gainesville, Fla.), NCAA Super Six: Rebecca Wing, and two-time Junior Olympic national qualifiers Oklahoma (2nd place) 197.250, Stanford (4th place) 197.100. Alex Archer and Pauline Hanset. Hong and Shapiro were limited by • Denver: March 6, 2011 (Berkeley, Calif.), Quad meet: Stanford injuries, but are now in the lineup in multiple events. All have made (2nd place) 196.500, Denver (3rd place) 194.625. an impact in the lineup. Shapiro has scored 9.875s on bars and vault, • Illinois: Feb. 8, 2008 (Chicago), Chicago Style Invitational: Hong has scored 9.9’s on vault and beam, Wing has performed at Stanford (2nd place) 196.700, Illinois (3rd place) 194.775. leadoff in three events, Hanset has scored four 9.85’s on floor, and • Kentucky: April 12, 2008 (Baton Rouge, La.), NCAA Central Archer has been in the vault lineup in four meets. Regional: Stanford (2nd place) 197.525, Kentucky (5th place) 194.950. Spinner’s Comeback • Illinois-Chicago: April 14, 2007 (Tucson, Ariz.), NCAA South One of the more remarkable stories involving this year’s Stanford Central Regional: Stanford (1st place) 196.600, Illinois-Chicago (6th team is the comeback of sophomore Amanda Spinner.
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