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2009 Gymnastics Falcons Fly Away from Home for Rest of 2009 Season Dan Lepse, SID 206.281.2772 voice | 206.281.2266 fax | [email protected] | www.spufalcons.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • March 3, 2009 2009 Gymnastics Falcons Fly Away from Home for Rest of 2009 Season Falcons Fast Facts Seattle Pacific University SPU gymnasts compete Friday in tri-meet with Washington at Oregon State Athletics Website: www.spufalcons.com Friday, March 6 — Seattle Pacific at Salbasgeon Suites Invitational, 7:00 p.m. PST Enrollment (Founded): 4,000 (1891) Gill Coliseum • Corvallis, Ore. (with Oregon State & Washington) President: Dr. Philip Eaton Interim Athletic Director: Erin O’Connell Friday, March 13 — Seattle Pacific at Sacramento State (with UC Davis), 7:00 p.m. PST Nickname / Colors: Falcons / Maroon & White Hornets Nest • Sacramento, Calif. Conference (gymnastics): Mountain Pacific Sports Federation A high-level tri-meet is on the slate this week for the Seattle Pacific gymnasts, who are on the Head Coach: Laurel Tindall (34th year) road for the remainder of the 2009 campaign. The Falcons visit Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Phone/Email: (206) 281-2883 / [email protected] Ore. for a Friday, Mar. 6 meet at 7 p.m. against host Oregon State and Washington. The 2008 High Score: 193.300 2008 MPSF Championships Finish: 2nd Beavers are ranked No. 9 nationally and the Huskies are No. 22. Both teams are NCAA 2008 USAG Championships Finish: 5th Division I members of the Pac-10 Conference. SPU visits Sacramento State next week for Letterwinners Returning / Lost: 10 / 3 another tri-meet. UC Davis joins them for the Mar. 13 competition. National Titles (3): 1997, 1992, 1986 Webcast & LiveStats: Follow the action live on Friday with a webcast and LiveStats avail- First year of women’s gymnastics: 1974 able on Oregon State’s athletics website at: www.osubeavers.com Home Arena -- Brougham Pavilion Quoting Coach Laurel Tindall: “At Oregon State sometimes we compete well and some- 3414 Third Ave. West, Seattle, WA 98119 times we don’t compete well there. We could be the also-ran there. Obviously it will be (corner of 3rd Avenue West & Nickerson) a duel between Oregon State and Washington because Washington beat them last week. Notable We’ve just got to take care of ourselves and try to get a high score.” SPU is listed No. 58 in the overall national collegiate Gym Shorts: SPU’s top vault score of 9.650 was posted five times by five different gym- rankings and No. 5 among USAG teams ... Senior Brianna nasts (Brianna Schwartz, Sherah Veron, Leslie Archer, Lari Wilson, Laura Willis) ... Schwartz ranks among the top-10 USAG individuals in all- Friday marks the second meeting this year between Washington and SPU. The Huskies had around (7th), Bars (3rd) and floor (8th) ... The Falcons are vying for their 28th consecutive national championship a second-place score of 194.25 in a Jan. 16 quad meet in Seattle while the Falcons were meet appearance. The streak started in 1982. fourth at 88.425 ... The Falcons posted a season-best score of 189.875 in their last meet (Feb. 27) against Eastern Michigan ... SPU all-arounders Brianna Schwartz and Laura 2009 Schedule & Results (1-12) Willis are listed Nos. 7 and 10, respectively, in the national USAG individual rankings. Jan. 10 Alaska Anchorage 1st 188.075 Strenuous Schedule: The Falcons are NCAA Division II members who compete for the Jan. 16 at Washington (Stanford, Sac. St.) 4th 188.425 USAG Collegiate championship. Their entire regular-season schedule is comprised of Jan. 23 at San Jose State (Boise State) 3rd 189.000 NCAA Division I opposition, including ninth-ranked Oregon State and No. 22 Washington Jan. 31 San Jose State 2nd 188.025 Feb. 6 UC Davis 2nd 189.175 this week. SPU is ranked No. 58 in the national rankings of all teams and No. 5 among Feb. 13 at Illinois-Chicago (N. Illinois) 3rd 189.275 USAG competitors. The Falcons record is 1-12, including meets against No. 3 Stanford, Feb. 20 at UC Davis 2nd 186.975 No. 31 San Jose State, No. 38 Illinois-Chicago and No. 40 Northern Illinois. Feb. 24 Eastern Michigan 2nd 188.700 Last Week: Laura Willis registered SPU’s best all-around mark of the season, helping Feb. 27 Eastern Michigan 2nd 189.875 the Falcons post a season-high team score Feb. 27 en route to a narrow dual-meet setback Mar. 6 at Oregon State (Washington) 7:00 pm against Eastern Michigan (192.90) at Brougham Pavilion. SPU compiled 189.875 points to Mar. 13 at Sacramento State 7:00 pm beat its previous season-high total by six-tenths of a point. Both teams scored better than Mar. 20 at MPSF Championships (@Col. Springs) 6:00 pm they did earlier in the week (Feb. 24) when the Eagles won 190.475 to 188.700. Willis had Apr. 4 at NCAA Regional (@ UW) 6:00 pm career highs on the vault (9.65) and beam (9.675) en route to a 38.50 all-around score. Fal- Apr. 9-11 at USAG Championships (@New Haven, Ct.) TBA cons gymnasts took the top-two floor places,Sherah Veron (9.80) and Bri Steigauf (9.75). (Pacific Times listed) SPU beat the Eagles both meets last week on floor with the exact same 48.30 score. 2009 USAG Collegiate Rankings (Mar. 2) Proud History: While the dictionary definition of “consistency” makes no mention of gym- Event Rank Top Falcon National Leader nastics or Seattle Pacific University, the Falcons certainly have defined the word. From the Team 5 Seattle Pacific Texas Women’s University very first meet way back in 1974 to a run of 20 consecutive top-four finishes at nationals, A-A 7 Brianna Schwartz Lorraine Galow/Bridgeport including championships in 1986, 1992 and 1997, SPU has made the kind of lasting im- 10 Laura Willis pression that few programs anywhere can match. The Falcons earned invitations to each of Vault 11 Brianna Schwartz Rashonda Cannie/TWU the last 27 championship meets. Debbie Halle, then a freshman in the fledgling Falcon pro- Bars 3 Brianna Schwartz Brista Michael/TWU gram, set the tone in 1974 by winning the uneven bars championship at the Association of Beam 32 Brianna Schwartz Melanie Standridge/Cornell Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) nationals. From that moment, Seattle Pacific Floor 8 Bri Steigauf Amie Boles/TWU gymnasts have captured 21 national crowns and collected 145 All-America awards. Seattle Pacific Women’s Gymnastics (March 3, 2008) Page 2-2 Coach Tindall: Laurel Tindall Directions (Anderson) was there the very first time a group of Seattle From I-5 Northbound Pacific gymnasts marched onto the competition floor in 1974. Now, 35 years later, she • Exit 167 - Mercer-Fairview-Seattle Center still is an integral part of a program that she helped nurture and lead to a prominent spot on • Turn right at exit ramp light and immediately turn left. the national scene since taking the coaching reigns in 1976. Whether as an athlete, coach Follow arterial for appox. quarter-mile in right lane or international-level judge, Tindall has spent a lot of time at the top of the gymnastics • Right lane will exit to Westlake Avenue, where you world. As she enters her 34th year as head coach, Tindall’s SPU teams have won three will continue for approx. 2 miles national championships. Falcon athletes garnered 21 national crowns, one of which she • At intersection of Westlake and Fremont, continue earned on the vault in 1975. Tindall has been named the national Coach of the Year four straight through light; street will change from Westlake times, most recently in 2003. And, in a tribute to all of her accomplishments in the Seattle to Nickerson Pacific gym, Tindall is a charter member of the Falcon Legends Hall of Fame. Tindall • Continue on Nickerson for approx. one-half mile also operates the Falcon Gymnastics Center for local youths. • Brougham Pavilion will be on your right, at northeast corner of Nickerson and Third Avenue West Season Preview: A year ago, they came into the season having been hit hard by gradu- ation, their long string of qualifying for nationals hanging in the balance. This year, the From I-5 Southbound Seattle Pacific Falcons hope to be on more solid footing. With 22 athletes, the Falcons • Exit 169 - Northeast 50th Street • Turn right on 50th Street and continue for approxi- have plenty of talented gymnasts from which to build a bid for a 28th consecutive trip mately 1.5 miles through several lights to the national meet. “Last year, we were perennially on the bubble, not knowing if we • Turn left (south) at Fremont Avenue (near zoo had qualified to nationals until the last event at conference. We told the kids we didn’t entrance) and continue for approx. 1.5 miles want to be in that situation again,” Coach Laurel Tindall said. “We want to turn over a • Immediately after crossing span of Fremont Bridge, new page, be a better team. We want to be more consistent throughout this season – not turn right for one short block (funeral home on your just hit a couple meets at the end.” The Falcons forged a strong finish in 2008, posting a right) and continue to light season-high score of 193.000 to take second place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federa- • Turn diagonally right at light, onto Nickerson Street tion championships. That qualified them for a trip to Shreveport, La., for the USA Gym- and continue for one-half mile nastics Nationals. Seattle Pacific put 189.350 points on the board to take sixth among the • Brougham Pavilion will be on your right, at northeast eight teams.
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