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PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107 // PAC-12.COM // 415.580.4200 For Immediate Release // Tuesday, January, 6, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) 2015 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS SEASON GETS UNDERWAY The Pac-12 women’s gymnastics season kicked off this past weekend as No. 10 STANFORD and No. 14 CALIFORNIA traveled to Davis, 2015 PAC-12 CONFERENCE Calif. to participate in the annual NorCal Classic. The two Pac-12 GYMNASTICS STANDINGS teams faced other teams from the area including Sacramento State, San Jose State, and host UC Davis. The Golden Bears took home first Conference Overall place in the season-opening meet with a score of 195.175. The Car- W L PCT W L PCT dinal tied for fourth place with a score of 193.450. No. 21 ARIZONA, Arizona 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Arizona State 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 No. 6 UTAH, and ARIZONA STATE are set to start their seasons California 1 0 1.000 4 0 1.000 this Fri., Jan. 9. No. 24 WASHINGTON will host No. 22 Kentucky Oregon State 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 on Mon., Jan. 12 in Seattle. Pac-12 conference play will also begin Stanford 0 1 .000 0 3 .000 Mon., Jan. 12 with No. 5 UCLA taking on No. 11 OREGON STATE on UCLA 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 the Pac-12 Networks. Visit www.pac-12.com for more information. Utah 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 Washington 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) PRESEASON RANKING Fri., Jan. 9 #6 UTAH at BYU 7 p.m. MT #21 ARIZONA at #4 Alabama 6:30 p.m. MT RANK TEAM ARIZONA STATE vs Southern Utah 7 p.m. MT 1. Florida #10 STANFORD at San Jose State 7 p.m. PT 2. Oklahoma #14 CALIFORNIA at Sacramento State 7 p.m. PT 3. L.S.U. Mon., Jan. 12 4. Alabama #24 WASHINGTON vs #22 Kentucky 6 p.m. PT 5. UCLA #5 UCLA at #11 OREGON STATE 6 p.m. PT 6. Utah 7. Georgia *All times listed local to site. 8. Michigan 9. Nebraska RECENT RESULTS 10. Stanford 11. Oregon State Sun., Jan. 4 12. Auburn #10 STANFORD at NorCal Classic 4th, 193.450 13. Arkansas #14 CALIFORNIA at NorCal Classic 1st, 195.175 14. California 15. Illinois-Champaign 16. Penn State 17. Minnesota 18. Ohio State 19. Boise State 20. Denver 21. Arizona 22. Kentucky 23. Central Michigan 24. Washington 25. Iowa State PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ .................................. BILL RYDEN UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big Ten ............................................... 0-0-0 ............................................17th season ................................................25th Season Big 12 ................................................. 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 22 East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 0-0-0 ASU ..................................... RENE LYST UTAH ...........................GREG MARSDEN Mid-American ..................................... 0-0-0 .............................................. 1st season ................................................ 40th season Midwest Independent .......................... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 33 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 3-2-1 Mountain Rim ..................................... 0-0-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN Southeastern ....................................... 0-0-0 ..................................................3rd season .................................................. 6th season Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 1 .................................NCAA Appearances: 5 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 0-0-0 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS Total-All ......................................... 3-2-1 ................................................18th Season ..................................................9th Season ...............................NCAA Appearances: 10 .................................NCAA Appearances: 1 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH ................................................ 14th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com ...............................NCAA Appearances: 11 ances made as coach of current school ............................................................. Blair Willis [email protected] ...................................................... 520-621-0914 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com ....................................................Maggie Emmons [email protected] ...................................................... 480-584-9591 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 coaches, [email protected] UTAH was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2015 Pac-12 regular season, the Confer- ...................................................... 510-643-5846 ence announced. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com The Utes received 46 points with five first-place votes and were also voted sixth in the national ....................................................... Jason Amberg preseason coaches poll. UCLA tallied 43 points, receiving the remaining three first-place [email protected] ...................................................... 541-230-0706 votes, and was tabbed second. Additionally, the Bruins came in fifth in the national preseason coaches poll. STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com ........................................................... Greg Marsh Utah takes over the top spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches poll from UCLA. The Bruins ......................................... [email protected] had dominated the top spot for the last three years. This season, Utah will be looking to repeat ...................................................... 650-736-7635 as Pac-12 champions after winning the title for the first time in 2014. UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place with 39 points in the poll, 2015 Pac-12 Women’s ............................................................. Liza David followed by OREGON STATE and CALIFORNIA tied at Gymnastics Poll ...................................... [email protected] fourth with 28 points each. Rounding out the poll were ...................................................... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (5) ................... 46 ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA STATE with 2. UCLA (3) ................. 43 UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com 17, 13, and 10 points respectively. 3. Stanford ................... 39 .................................................................Liz Abel 4. California ................. 28 [email protected] Seven of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the national Oregon State ............ 28 ...................................................... 801-209-6346 top 25 preseason poll. Stanford joins UCLA and Utah in 6. Arizona .................... 17 the top 10 with a 10th-place ranking, followed closely by 7. Washington .............. 13 WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com 11th-ranked Oregon State. California, Arizona and Wash- 8. Arizona State ........... 10 ..........................................................Justin Green ington are ranked 14th, 21st, and 24th respectively. ....................................................jgreen8@uw.edu Arizona State also received votes in the national poll. ...................................................... 801-473-7376 Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on the Pac-12 Networks, including the 2015 Pac-12 PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com Championships on March 21, 2015. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac- ............................................................. Liz Beadle .............................................. [email protected] 12 events. ...................................................... 415-549-2858 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 6, 2015 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS Good start for the Golden Bears: Both CALIFORNIA and STANFORD participated in the Pac-12 gymnastics teams will see an unprec- NorCal Classic this past weekend. The Golden Bears took home first place in the meet with a edented amount of television coverage this season. score of 195.175. This is the first time CALIFORNIA has defeated the Cardinal in 34 consecu- In the third year of Pac-12 Networks, 21 women’s tive meets. gymnastics meets will be televised on a national and regional basis. Looking to repeat: Coming off of a 2014 Pac-12 Championship, UTAH has been picked by Pac-12 gymnastics coaches to win the conference title yet again this year. The #6 Utes open The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and the season at BYU this Friday.