UCLA GYMNASTICS UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 / (310) 206-8140 Gymnastics Contact: Liza David ([email protected]) 2018 SCHEDULE No. 3 UCLA at Pac-12 Championships January Saturday, Mar. 24, 2018 – 6 p.m. (PT) Tucson, Ariz. (McKale Center) Sat. 6 #22 Ohio State W 196.250-193.200 Sun. 14 at Elevate the Stage 1st, 197.200 MEET INFORMATION MEET SCHEDULE vs. Stanford, #3 Utah, Washington (Reno, Nev.) Venue: McKale Center SESSION 1: Sat. 20 at #17 Arizona W 197.300-195.750 Time: Session 1: 1 p.m. PT Rotation V UB BB FX Session 2: 6 p.m. PT 1 OSU ASU STAN ARIZ Sat. 27 at Metroplex Challenge 1st, 197.625 Television: Pac-12 Network 2 ARIZ OSU ASU STAN vs. #2 LSU, #14 Washington, NC State (Fort Worth, Texas) TV Talent: Jim Watson (play-by-play) 3 STAN ARIZ OSU ASU Amanda Borden (analyst) 4 ASU STAN ARIZ OSU February Samantha Peszek (sideline) Sun. 4 #1 Oklahoma L 198.050-197.950 Live Stats: arizonawildcats.com SESSION 2: Sat. 10 at California W 197.750-197.225 Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students/youth/seniors Rotation V UB BB FX 1 UCLA UTAH CAL WASH Sun. 18 #3 Utah L 197.550-197.425 2 WASH UCLA UTAH CAL Sun. 25 #8 Oregon State W 198.075-196.525 3 CAL WASH UCLA UTAH 4 UTAH CAL WASH UCLA March Sun. 4 at Masters Classic (Lincoln, Neb.) 1st, 197.500 vs. #16 Nebraska, #23 Iowa State, Kent State UCLA COMPETES FOR 18TH PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP Sun. 11 at Stanford W 197.800-196.650 No. 3 UCLA (15-2) is the No. 1 seed at the Pac-12 Gymnastics Championships, which will take place on Saturday, Tue. 13 San Jose State W 198.275-194.850 Mar. 24 in Tucson, Ariz. The Bruins, who are seeking their 18th Pac-12 team title, will compete in the evening session Sat. 24 at Pac-12 Champs. P12N 6 p.m. at 6pm along with No. 2 seed Utah, No. 3 seed Washington and No. 4 seed California. Competing in the afternoon session at 1pm are No. 5 seed Oregon State, No. 6 Arizona State, No. 7 seed Stanford and No. 8 Arizona. Seeding is (Tucson, Ariz.) determined by national rankings, which are based on Regional Qualifying Score (RQS). The Pac-12 champion will be April the team with the highest score from the two sessions. Individual champions will also be determined via combined Sat. 7 at NCAA Regionals TBD sessions. Fri. 20 at NCAA Semi! nals ESPN2 or ESPNU TBD FOLLOW LIVE (St. Louis, Mo.) Both sessions at the Pac-12 Championships will be televised live on Pac-12 Network, with Jim Watson and Amanda Sat. 21 at NCAA Super Six ESPNU 4 p.m. Borden on the call and UCLA alumna Samantha Peszek serving as a sideline reporter. Live stats will be available at (St. Louis, Mo.) arizonawildcats.com, and live updates can be found on Twitter by following @UCLAGymnastics. All times are listed in PT time. ROTATION ORDER QUICK FACTS As the top seed, UCLA has chosen to start the meet on vault and end on " oor exercise, giving the Bruins Olympic Gymnastics History order, which they have had the last three seasons. Utah chose to start on uneven bars, Washington chose to begin First Season 1974 on " oor exercise, and California will start on balance beam. In Session 1, Oregon State starts on vault, Arizona State All-Time Record 721-210-4 (.773) on bars, Stanford on beam and Arizona on " oor. NCAA Championship Appearances 33 NCAA Championships 6 (last 2010) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY NCAA Regional Titles 22 UCLA has won the most conference championships among the eight member schools with 17 Pac-12 titles (1987, Pac-12 Conference Championships 17 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016) and 1 Team Information WCAA title (1981) in 30 years. Oregon State (1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2011, 2013), Stanford (1998, 2001, 2004, 2017 Record 13-4-1 2006, 2008) and Utah (2014, 2015, 2017) are the only other teams to win Pac-12 titles. 2017 Pac-12 Record (! nish) 5-1 (T-3rd) Gymnasts Returning/Lost 16/5 All-Americans Returning/Lost 5/2 UCLA has dominated individually at the Pac-12 Championships, winning a conference-best 89 individual titles. The Bruins have been especially dominant in the all-around, winning 18 titles, including 12 in the last 22 years (includes ties). UCLA gymnasts have won 21 titles on bars, 17 on beam and " oor, and 16 on vault. There are six reigning Pac- CAREER-BEST MARKS 12 individual champions in the ! eld: UCLA’s Kyla Ross (2017 beam) and JaNay Honest (2016 bars); Utah’s MyKayla Gymnast V UB BB FX AA N. Dennis 9.950 9.925 9.875 9.975 39.425 Skinner (2017 all-around, vault and " oor) and Tiffani Lewis (2017 vault, 2016 " oor); California’s Toni-Ann Williams R. Dennis 9.725 9.850 – – – (2016 " oor); Oregon State’s Dani Dessaints (2017 vault); and Stanford’s Elizabeth Price (2016 bars, 2015 bars). A. Glenn 9.900 9.875 9.900 – – LAST YEAR AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS G. Glenn – – 9.950 – – The Bruins were unable to recover from a rough start to the championship meet, ! nishing tied for third place. UCLA Hall 9.975 – – 9.900 – Hano 9.925 9.025 9.725 10.00 38.650 fell behind in the ! rst rotation after an average showing on vault and had to count two scores of 9.75 or lower in Honest 9.900 9.950 – 9.925 – rotation two. The Bruins rebounded in rotation three with a meet-high 49.575 on beam and used a 49.425 on " oor Kocian 9.875 10.00 9.950 9.950 39.625 to lift themselves up into a tie for third. Kyla Ross made history by scoring the ! rst perfect 10 on beam in Pac-12 Kooyman – 9.875 – 9.825 – Championship history, and she was also named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year. Christine Peng-Peng Lee was Kramer 9.925 – – 9.950 – selected the Pac-12 Specialist of the Year, earning UCLA’s ! rst-ever award in that category. Lee 9.925 10.00 10.00 – – Meraz 9.875 9.900 9.900 9.900 39.400 PRIDE OF THE PAC Nguyen – – 9.900 9.900 – The Pac-12 Conference has seen all eight teams hit the Top 25 this season. Currently, there are four teams in the Ohashi 9.875 9.950 10.00 10.00 39.575 Top 10 and seven teams ranked in the Top 36. UCLA ranks third, Utah is fourth, Washington eight, California 10th, Ross 9.925 10.00 10.00 9.900 39.700 Oregon State 11th, Arizona State 17th and Stanford 30th. Arizona ranks 37th. Sanchez – 9.750 9.750 – – Savvidou 9.800 9.900 9.825 9.925 – IN THE RANKINGS Toronjo – – 9.850 9.950 – UCLA maintained its No. 3 national ranking, improving its Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) to 197.840, just .05 Tratz 9.925 – – 9.925 – behind No. 2 LSU. The RQS takes teams’ Top 6 scores, three of which must be on the road, throwing out the high 2018 UCLA GYMNASTICS WEEK FIVE RANKINGS (as of 3/19) and averaging the remaining ! ve. UCLA moved into No. 1 on " oor exercise and is No. 2 on vault and balance beam RK TEAM RQS Average and No. 4 on on uneven bars. Four Bruins rank in the Top 25 on vault - No. 7 Napualani Hall, No. 15 Felicia Hano, 1 Oklahoma 198.120 198.375 No. 18 Kyla Ross and No. 23 Nia Dennis. Two are in the Top 10 on bars - No. 2 Ross and No. 9 Christine Peng-Peng 2 LSU 197.890 198.175 Lee. UCLA dominates the Top 5 on balance beam, with No. 2 Lee, No. 3 Katelyn Ohashi and No. 5 Grace Glenn. 3 UCLA 197.840 198.275 Three Bruins rank in the Top 25 on " oor - No. 2 Ohashi, No. 9 Hano and No. 24 Pauline Tratz. Ross is UCLA’s lone 4 Utah 197.540 198.150 all-arounder in the Top 25 at No. 7. 5 Florida 197.365 198.150 6 Alabama 197.165 197.525 BRUINS SCORE SEASON-HIGH IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE 7 Michigan 197.075 197.550 No. 3 UCLA closed the regular season with an emphatic 198.275-194.850 victory over San Jose State on Senior 8 Washington 196.915 197.400 Night in Pauley Pavilion. Bruin seniors Christine Peng-Peng Lee, Sonya Meraz, Napualani Hall and JaNay Honest all 9 Kentucky 196.800 197.100 10 California 196.775 197.500 scored 9.9 or higher on their routines in their farewell performance at home, and junior Katelyn Ohashi ended the 11T Oregon State 196.765 197.500 competition with her third perfect 10 on " oor exercise. The Bruins’ 198.275 team score was its highest since scoring 11T Arkansas 196.765 197.300 198.325 on Mar 7, 2004, and they earned season-high marks on vault and bars with identical scores of 49.625. 13 Denver 196.675 197.300 14 Nebraska 196.660 197.175 SENIORS EXIT PAULEY WITH BANG 15 Boise State 196.650 197.000 UCLA’s seniors gave a farewell performance to remember on Senior Day Mar. 13 in the Bruins’ home ! nale. Every 16 Auburn 196.595 197.000 rotation saw a shining moment from the Bruin seniors.