Historic Upset Shakes up Pac-12 Gymnastics Upcoming Schedule Recent Results National Top 25 Rankings 2016 Pac-12 Conference Gymn
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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February, 3, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) HISTORIC UPSET SHAKES UP PAC-12 GYMNASTICS With a competitive season of Pac-12 gymnastics well un- derway, only one team is undefeated overall, and only two 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE remain undefeated in Pac-12 Conference competition. No. GYMNASTICS STANDINGS 5 UTAH is undefeated but faces a challenge this coming weekend as they travel to No. 7 UCLA to take on the Bruins Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT in a battle of the top teams in the Conference. Utah 2 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 Washington 2 0 1.000 3 4 .428 The toughness of Pac-12 competition was on full display this California 2 1 .666 6 2 .750 past weekend as WASHINGTON surprised No. 12 STAN- Oregon State 1 1 .500 5 2 .714 FORD at the Metroplex Challenge and No. 19 CALIFORNIA UCLA 1 1 .500 2 2 .500 Stanford 1 2 .333 7 4 .636 defeated No. 7 UCLA for the first time since 1985. Arizona 0 2 .000 2 2 .500 Arizona State 0 2 .000 1 5 .166 UTAH is leading the Pac-12 in team averages for all events besides the floor, which UCLA is leading. The Bruin’s Da- nusia Francis is still first in the country on the beam. Also in the national rankings, OREGON STATE’s Dani Dessaints is second in the nation on the vault and STANFORD’s Elizabeth UPCOMING SCHEDULE Price is second in the nation on the bars. Sat., Feb 6 #5 UTAH at #7 UCLA P12N, LA, M 1 p.m. PT NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) Mon., Feb. 8 RANKINGS AS OF FEB. 3 ARIZONA STATE at #12 STANFORD 6 p.m. PT #21 ARIZONA at #19 CALIFORNIA P12A,BA 7 p.m. PT RANK TEAM #15 OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON P12N, O, W 7 p.m. PT 1. Florida 2. Oklahoma 3. Michigan RECENT RESULTS 4. Alabama Sat., Jan 30 5. Utah ARIZONA STATE at #15 OREGON STATE OSU, 195.875-193.075 6. LSU Metroplex Challenge WASH, 3rd, 196.175 7. UCLA #12 STANFORD, WASHINGTON, STAN, 4th, 196.075 8. Arkansas #2 Oklahoma, #6 LSU, #16 Missouri 9. Boise State 10. Auburn Mon., Feb. 1 11. Georgia #20 ARIZONA at #7 UTAH UTAH, 197.150-194.850 12. Stanford #4 UCLA at #21 CALIFORNIA CAL, 196.375-195.175 13. Denver 14. Nebraska 15. Oregon State 16. Missouri 17. George Washington 18. Minnesota 19. California 20. Illinois-Champaign 21. Arizona 22. New Hampshire 23. West Virginia 24. Southern Utah 24. Kentucky PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten ............................................... 1-2-0 ARIZ ................................. TABITHA YIM UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big 12 ................................................. 0-6-0 .............................................. 1st season ................................................26th Season East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 23 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 1-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0-0 ASU ..................................... RENE LYST UTAH ................................TOM FARDEN Midwest Independent .......................... 3-0-0 .............................................2nd season .................................................. 1st season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 8-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim ..................................... 2-0-0 Southeastern ....................................... 4-4-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .................................................. 4th season .................................................. 7th season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 1-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .................................NCAA Appearances: 6 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 Total-All ..................................... 21-12-0 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS ................................................19th Season ................................................10th Season ...............................NCAA Appearances: 11 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH ................................................ 15th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com ............................................. Danielle Bracamonte ...............................NCAA Appearances: 12 ances made as head coach of current [email protected] school ...................................................... 520-621-4163 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com .................................................... Kathryn Roberts [email protected] ...................................................... 480-965-1237 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com ....................................................... Mara Rudolph SAN FRANCISCO – In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics, UTAH [email protected] was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference an- ...................................................... 510-643-5846 nounced today. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the ....................................................... Jason Amberg national preseason coaches’ poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top [email protected] ...................................................... 541-230-0706 spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had domi- nated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in ........................................................... Greg Marsh 2014 and 2015. ......................................... [email protected] ...................................................... 650-736-7635 UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches’ poll. UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with 39 2016 Pac-12 Women’s ............................................................. Liza David points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll ...................................... [email protected] Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the ...................................................... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (6) ................... 49 national top ten, coming in at No. 8. 2. UCLA ...................... 41 UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com 3. Stanford (1) ............. 39 .................................................................Liz Abel OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 4. Oregon Sate ............. 30 [email protected] coaches’ poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were 5. California ................. 24 ...................................................... 801-209-6346 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA 6. Arizona .................... 21 STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 7. Washington .............. 13 WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com 8. Arizona State ............. 7 ..........................................................Justin Green Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 ....................................................jgreen8@uw.edu nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon ...................................................... 801-473-7376 State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com ............................................................. Liz Beadle .............................................. [email protected] The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- ...................................................... 415-549-2858 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 3, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS Upset Weekend: From Washington’s defeat of Stanford at Pac-12 Networks began its fourth season of women’s gymnastics cover- the Metroplex Challenge to California’s first defeat of UCLA age on Friday, January 8. since 1985, this past week shook up the Pac-12 gymnastics picture. No. 12 Stanford came in fourth at the Metroplex Pac-12 Networks will air 26 women’s gymnastics meets, five more than Challenge with a 196.075,