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RELEASE #14 z APRIL 19 z 2010 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE MICHIGAN ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Richard Retyi Women’s Gym Contact 734.763.4423 phone 734.647.1188 fax 220100 1 0 MMICHIGANI C H I G A N GYMNASTICS [email protected] MGoBlue.com 18 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 STRAIGHT NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES 2010 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS SCOUTING REPORT WE’RE BAAAAAACK. MICHIGAN RETURNS TO • Michigan returns to nationals NATIONALS FOR 17TH TRIP IN THE LAST 18 YEARS after a one-year absence, advanc- ing to the NCAA Championships #6 Michigan (19-3, 10-1 Big Ten) at for the 17th time in the last 18 sea- sons. The Wolverines entered the the NCAA Championships NCAA Regionals number six in the Gainesville, Florida (Stephen C. O’Connell Center) nation but had a disasterous beam rotation at regionals to drop in the Thursday, April 22 • 7 p.m. (Preliminaries) overall NQS ranking. Friday, April 23 • 6 p.m. (Super Six) • Three Wolverines - Natalie Saturday, April 24 • 6 p.m. (Individual Event Finals) Beilstein, Kylee Botterman and Jordan Sexton - earned NCAA Follow live updates from the NCAA Championships Regional Individual awards in on Twitter (Michigan_WGym) Morgantown, W. Va. Botterman won the all-around title and shared the floor exercise crown with teammate Live Results: Link available on MGoBlue.com Natalie Beilstein, while Sexton took the uneven bars title (the first bars title of her entire collegiate career). FOUR-TIME DEFENDING BIG TEN CHAMPIONS WRAP THE SEASON AT NCAAS • Michigan head coach Bev Plocki MOREM TITLES THAN ANY OTHER BIG TEN WOMEN’S SPORT earned NCAA Northeast Regional TheTh Michigan women’s gymnastics program has more Big Ten titles than any other school in Coach of the Year honors, while anyan women’s sport in the conference, winning the program’s 18th title this season. Print – assistant coach Scott Sherman was Electronic – named NCAA Northeast Regional Online – Assistant Coach of the Year. FOURFO ALL-BIG TEN SELECTIONS FourFo Wolverines were voted to the 2010 All-Big Ten team. Junior Kylee Botterman and senior • Last year, Kylee Botterman, SarahSa Curtis were named to the first team, while freshman Natalie Beilstein and senior Kelsey Becky Bernard and Sarah Curtis KnutsonK were chosen for the second team. Botterman was a finalist for Big Ten Gymnast of the advanced to NCAAs as individual Year,Ye while Beilstein was a finalist for Big Ten Freshman of the Year. competitors. Botterman earned All- America first team honors on floor and finished ninth in the Saturday SUPERSU SIX APPEARANCES session. MichiganM has made nine Super Six appearances, taking runner-up honors in 1995 and again in 1999.19 Michigan’s last Super six appearance was in 2005, where Michigan placed fifth. 2010 MICHIGAN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR TITLE WINNERS Jan. 9 MICHIGAN TRI MEET 1st of 3, 194.875 48.650 49.175 48.225 48.825 Beilstein (V,FX), Botterman (UB,AA) vs. Iowa W, 193.200 vs. Bowling Green W 189.925 Jan. 20 #19 MICHIGAN STATE W, 194.200-193.750 49.075 48.675 47.650 48.800 Beilstein (V, FX), Botterman (FX), Curtis (UB,BB,AA) Jan. 24 at #9 Nebraska L, 194.725-196.025 48.725 49.050 47.950 49.000 Botterman (UB, AA), Knutson (BB) Jan. 29 at Iowa State Tri 1st of 3, 196.000 49.050 48.825 49.050 49.075 Beilstein (FX), Botterman (V, UB, AA) at #14 Iowa State W, 196.000-195.625 Knutson (BB), Sexton (BB) vs. BYU W, 196.000-192.050 Feb. 5 at West Virginia Tri 1st of 3, 196.400 49.250 49.200 48.925 49.025 Beilstein (V), Botterman (UB, BB, FX, AA) at West Virginia W, 196.400-194.475 vs. William & Mary W, 196.400-187.725 Feb. 13 MINNESOTA W, 195.050-189.475 49.200 49.100 48.025 48.725 Beilstein (V), Botterman (FX), Curtis (UB, AA), Knutson (BB) Feb. 19 #5 UTAH W, 195.725-195.100 49.225 48.400 48.800 49.300 Botterman (UB, FX, AA), Knutson (BB) Feb. 27 at #17 Illinois W, 196.775-196.175 49.200 49.175 49.075 49.325 Botterman (V, UB, AA) March 7 at Penn State Quad 2nd of 4, 196.575 49.400 48.750 49.375 49.050 Botterman (UB), Zurales (BB) at #17 Penn State L, 196.575-196.725 vs. Maryland W, 196.575-195.650 vs. Bridgeport W, 196.575-193.200 March 12 #5 GEORGIA W, 196.375-195.800 49.150 49.150 48.775 49.300 Beilstein (V), Botterman (FX), Curtis (AA) Martinez (UB) March 19 at #1 Alabama L, 196.875-197.575 49.350 49.075 49.325 49.125 Botterman (V, AA) March 27 at Big Ten Championships 1st of 7, 196.900 49.125 49.125 49.450 49.200 Beilstein (V) vs. #17 Penn State W, 196.900-196.525 vs. Iowa W, 196.900-195.575 vs. #25 Michigan State W, 196.900-195.350 vs. Minnesota W, 196.900-195.350 vs. #13 Illinois W, 196.900-195.025 at Ohio State W, 196.900-194.700 April 10 at NCAA SE Regional Championships 2nd of 6, 195.800 49.300 49.375 47.975 49.150 Beilstein (FX), Botterman (FX, AA), vs. #6 Stanford L, 195.800-196.775 Sexton (UB) vs. #18 Southern Utah W, 195.800-195.325 at West Virginia W, 195.800-195.100 vs. Kent State W, 195.800-194.825 vs. N.C. State W, 195.800-193.425 18 BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 STRAIGHT NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES 2010 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS MICHIGAN TEAM RANKINGS THE COMPETITION AT NCAAS GYMINFO TOP 25 POLL NCAA RANKINGS BIG TEN RANKINGS Michigan will face Alabama, Florida, Team RQS High V UB BB FX V UB BB FX Arkansas, Missouri and Stanford in the 1 .... Alabama ...................197.250 ..................197.575 9 10 7 9 2 2 1 1 2 .... Oklahoma ................197.170 ..................197.950 evening session of preliminaries. Michigan 3 .... UCLA ..........................197.060 ..................197.875 NCAA INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS and the Crimson Tide competed in a dual 4 .... Florida .......................197.050 ..................197.550 Vault 18. Kylee Botterman (9.895) meet to end the regular season, while 5 .... Georgia .....................196.895 ..................197.900 18. Natalie Beilstein (9.895) 6 ... MICHIGAN ......... 196.600 .............196.900 Stanford edged Michigan at regionals. - ..... Stanford ....................196.600 ..................196.800 Bars 11. Kylee Botterman (9.895) 8 ....Oregon State ..........196.545 ................. 196.925 Beam 16. Kelsey Knutson (9.875) 9 .... Arkansas ...................196.510 ..................197.025 19. Kylee Botterman (9.870) TOPPING GEORGIA AND UTAH 10 .. Utah ...........................196.485 ..................196.975 Floor 10. Kylee Botterman (9.910) Michigan has wins over #5 Utah (Feb. 11 .. LSU .............................196.415 ..................197.150 All-Around 7. Kylee Botterman (39.485) 19) and #5 Georgia (March 12) this 12 .. Nebraska ..................196.355 ..................196.625 16. Sarah Curtis (39.385) 13 .. Illinois ........................196.255 ..................196.650 season, as well as nine wins over top-25 14 .. Penn State ...............196.225 ..................196.725 programs. Only once in program history 15 .. Missouri ....................196.085 ..................196.875 2010 BIG TEN AWARDS has Michigan beaten Georgia and Utah in 16 .. Auburn ......................196.025 ..................196.425 17 .. Iowa State ................195.890 ..................196.225 Gymnast of the Year: Brandi Personett (PSU) the same season - back in 2002. 18 .. Southern Utah .......195.655 ..................196.350 Freshman of the Year: Sharaya Musser (PSU) 19 .. Boise State ...............195.630 ..................196.550 Coach of the Year: Bev Plocki & Bob Starkell BOTTERMAN ONE OF U-M’S BEST 20 .. Kentucky ..................195.600 ..................196.050 21 .. Arizona......................195.545 ..................196.175 All-Big Ten First Team Junior Kylee Botterman is the nation’s 22 .. Denver ......................195.525 ..................196.075 Kylee Botterman 23 .. Washington .............195.380 ..................195.800 Sarah Curtis seventh best all-arounder, ranking 10th in the nation on floor, 11th on bars, 18th 24 .. Central Michigan...195.365 ..................196.350 All-Big Ten Second Team on vault and 19th on beam. She has won 25 .. Minnesota................195.160 ..................195.350 Natalie Beilstein Kelsey Knutson 24 individual titles this season. WEEK BY WEEK IN THE POLL 2010 BIG TEN GYMNASTS BEILSTEIN ROCKS VAULT AND FLOOR Rank Avg./RQS OF THE WEEK Preseason 12 - - - Freshman Natalie Beilstein is 18th in the Jan. 11 13 194.875 Jan. 11 Brandi Personett (Penn State) nation on vault and just out of the top-25 Jan. 18 15 194.875 Jan. 18 Allison Buckley (Illinois) on floor, winning nine titles this season. Jan. 25 17 194.600 Jan. 25 Brandi Personett (Penn State) Feb. 1 15 194.950 Feb. 1 Rebecca Simbudhas (Iowa) Feb. 8 Brandi Personett (Penn State) THE FIRST 10.0 IN SIX YEARS Feb. 8 13 195.240 Feb. 15 Brandi Personett (Penn State) Feb. 15 16 195.208 Feb. 22 Brandi Personett (Penn State) Junior Kylee Botterman posted Feb. 22 15 195.275 March 1 Kylee Botterman (Michigan) Michigan’s first 10.0 score since 2004 March 1 12 195.610 March 8 Sharaya Musser (Penn State) when she nailed a perfect score on vault March 8 12 195.950 March 15 Sarah Curtis (Michigan) March 22 Kylee Botterman (Michigan) at Illinois (Feb. 27). The last 10.0 score was March 15 10 196.215 posted by Elise Ray on bars at the 2004 March 22 9 196.425 March 29 6 196.600 2010 BIG TEN FRESHMEN Big Ten Championships. OF THE WEEK HIGHEST ALL-AROUND IN SIX YEARS Jan. 11 Natalie Beilstein (Michigan) Junior Kylee Botterman also posted BIG TEN IN THE POLL Jan.