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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, January 15, 2014 Contact \\ Sean Harris ([email protected]) FIVE PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS TEAMS IN THE TOP 25 Pac-12 play will open up this Friday as CALIFORNIA hosts UTAH at 7 p.m. PT at Haas Pavilion. All of the schools competed this week as competition heats up in the Pac-12. Four teams remain undefeated as the teams enter week three of competition. Weekly Pac-12 honors include Gymnast of the Week Olivia Courtney of UCLA, Specialist of the Week Georgia Dabritz of Utah, and Freshman of the Week Angi Cipra, also of UCLA. All eight Pac-12 teams were previously ranked in the pre-season top 25. Five of the teams in the Pac-12 remain in the top 25 as the rankings are tabulated by the total season average. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) AS OF JANUARY 15 Fri., Jan. 17 UTAH at CALIFORNIA 7 p.m. PT RANK TEAM TEAM AVG. Sat., Jan. 18 1 Oklahoma 197.700 ARIZONA STATE at WASHINGTON 4 p.m. PT 2 L.S.U. 197.200 With San Jose State and UC Davis 3 Alabama 197.150 Sun., Jan. 19 4 Florida 196.650 ARIZONA at STANFORD 2 p.m. PT - UTAH 196.650 With Sacramento State 6 UCLA 196.625 OREGON STATE at UCLA 6 p.m. PT *All times listed local to site. - Nebraska 196.625 8 Michigan 196.525 RECENT RESULTS 9 Georgia 196.325 10 Arkansas 196.200 Sat., Jan. 11 11 Boise State 195.850 #17 ARIZONA at #16 UIC 1st, 194.825 12 STANFORD 195.575 #25 ARIZONA STATE vs San Jose State and Sac. State 1st, 194.825 13 Illinois-Champaign 195.325 #12 OREGON STATE vs #19 Ohio State and BGSU 1st, 195.200 14 Denver 195.200 #4 UCLA vs #1 Florida L, 196.625 - OREGON STATE 195.200 #6 UTAH vs BYU, Southern Utah and #23 Boise State 1st, 196.650 16 Rutgers 195.075 Sun., Jan. 12 17 Kentucky 195.000 #9 STANFORD vs #8 Georgia 1st, 196.325 18 Auburn 194.875 #22 CALIFORNIA at #18 Denver L, 193.225 19 Ohio State 194.750 Mon., Jan. 13 - ARIZONA 194.750 #20 WASHINGTON vs #14 Minnesota L, 195.025 21 Kent State 194.725 22 Central Michigan 194.625 2014 PAC-12 CONFERENCE 23 BYU 194.550 GYMNASTICS STANDINGS 24 Minnesota 194.425 25 Michigan State 194.150 Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Stanford 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 Arizona 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Utah 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Oregon State 0 0 .000 1 0 1.000 Arizona State 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 UCLA 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 Washington 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 California 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ .................................. BILL RYDEN STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH Big Ten ............................................... 1-1-0 ............................................16th season ................................................ 13th season Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 1 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 10 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 0-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0-0 ASU ....................................JOHN SPINI UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Midwest Independent .......................... 1-0-0 ............................................34th season ................................................24th Season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 7-1-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same Mountain Rim ..................................... 3-1-0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 21 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 21 Southeastern ....................................... 1-1-0 Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ...........................GREG MARSDEN Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 0-0-0 ................................................. 2nd season ................................................ 39th season Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same Total-All ............................. 14-4-0 (.778) .................................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: Same ...................................................... 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 ...................................... [email protected] spot. The Bruins finished as the runner-up in the 2013 Pac-12 Championships to the Bea- ...................................................... 310-621-8398 vers. The 2014 season is set to begin Sunday, January 5, 2014. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on the Pac-12 Networks, including the 2014 Pac-12 Championships on March 22, UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com 2014. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. .................................................................Liz Abel [email protected] ...................................................... 801-209-6346 2014 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Poll 1. .................. UCLA (5) ....................46 WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com ............................................................Kayla Koch 2. .................. Utah (3) .....................45 .................................................... [email protected] 3. .................. Stanford .....................37 ...................................................... 206-543-2230 4. .................. Oregon State ..............31 5. .................. Arizona ......................22 PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com 6. .................. Washington ................18 ........................................................... Sean Harris 7. .................. California ....................17 ............................................... [email protected] 8. .................. Arizona State