Pac12gym Conference Competition to Heat up This Weekend
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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, January, 20, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) #PAC12GYM CONFERENCE COMPETITION TO HEAT UP THIS WEEKEND As Pac-12 Conference competition heats up this weekend, the Conference sits at 17-5 vs. other conferences. Some 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE of the Pac-12’s marquee wins have come against No. 4 GYMNASTICS STANDINGS Alabama, No. 10 Georgia, and No. 24 Southern Utah. All five of the conference’s losses have come at the hands of teams Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT currently ranked in the top 25 nationally. Washington 1 0 1.000 1 1 .500 Arizona 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 This weekend will feature two Conference top-25 match-ups Utah 0 0 .000 2 0 1.000 as well as two Pac-12 squads heading on the road to face California 0 0 .000 4 1 .800 non-conference top-15 teams. Oregon State 0 0 .000 4 1 .800 Stanford 0 0 .000 4 1 .800 UCLA 0 0 .000 1 1 .500 In the national rankings, the Pac-12 is leading the way in two Arizona State 0 1 .000 1 2 .333 of four events with UCLA ranked first nationally on the floor and UTAH ranked first nationally on the bars. Individually, UCLA’s Danusia Francis is leading the nation on the beam. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) RANKINGS AS OF JAN. 20 Fri., Jan. 22 ARIZONA STATE at #2 Oklahoma 4:45 p.m. PT with Iowa State RANK TEAM 1. Florida Sat., Jan 23 2. Oklahoma #5 UCLA at ARIZONA P12N 12 p.m. PT 3. Michigan #11 OREGON STATE at #6 UTAH P12N 2 p.m. PT 4. Alabama WASHINGTON at #14 Denver 5 p.m. PT 5. UCLA 6. Utah Sun., Jan. 24 7. LSU #23 CALIFORNIA at #17 STANFORD 2 p.m. PT 8. Auburn with San Jose State 9. Arkansas 10. Georgia 11. Oregon State RECENT RESULTS 12. George Washington 13. Boise State Fri., Jan. 15 14. Denver #5 UCLA at #1 Florida Florida, 197.675-196.925 15. Missouri #11 OREGON STATE at Lindenwood OSU, 1st, 196.350 16. New Hampshire with Bridgeport, Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Illinois State 17. Stanford #23 CALIFORNIA at #2 Oklahoma Oklahoma, 197.125-194.225 18. Illinois-Champaign #6 UTAH at #24 Southern Utah UTAH, 196.725-195.600 19. Nebraska 20. Minnesota Sun., Jan 17 21. Kentucky #10 ARIZONA at Texas Women’s ARIZ, 193.475-192.450 22. Eastern Michigan 23. California Mon., Jan. 18 24. Southern Utah #17 STANFORD at #10 Georgia STAN, 195.875-195.750 25. Ohio State WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE WASH, 194.650-192.450 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten ............................................... 1-2-0 ARIZ ................................. TABITHA YIM UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big 12 ................................................. 0-1-0 .............................................. 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 ..... 6-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim ..................................... 2-0-0 Southeastern ....................................... 2-2-0 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 ....................................... 17-5-0 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 // January 20, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS Pac-12 in the rankings: This week’s top-25 features five Pac- Pac-12 Networks will begin its fourth season of women’s gymnastics 12 squads, including two of the top six. UCLA, Utah, Oregon coverage starting on Friday, January 8 at 5 p.m. with Michigan State at State, Stanford, and California are all ranked this week. Arizona. Top non-conference