UTAH GYMNASTICS ROSTER/PREVIEW ATHLETES COACHES/STAFF REVIEW/OPPONENTS RECORDS/RESULTS ALL-AMERICANS U EXPERIENCE 21 MEET THE UTES THE MEET W W WT . W U AW HT UE S . C O M UTAH GYMNASTICS MEET THE UTES Daria Bijak Senior • 5’2” • Cologne, Germany U EXPERIENCE Georg Buechner Gymnasium HS • Turnteam Toyota Cologne Utah the NCAA Championships, she scored a 2008 Olympian and six-time All-American career-best 9.925 on bars—tying for first in is a contender for the NCAA all-around and the evening session—and a 9.80 on beam individual event titles … first tumbling pass … 9.85 on beam in the Super Six … hit on floor (handspring double front, punch 27-29 routines … one victory… NACGC Scholastic All-American … made the ALL-AMERICANS front) is unique in college gymnastics … believed to be the only gymnast in the Dean’s List and the Athletics Academic NCAA currently competing a handspring Honor Roll … 4.0 GPA spring semester. front layout vault … 10 career victories … has hit 127-135 career routines. Prior to Utah 2009–Made All-American in the all- Two-time German national all-around around and on floor (first team) and bars champion (2005-06) … also won national … qualified for individual event finals titles on vault and floor at the 2005 German RECORDS/RESULTS on floor, placing fifth … had the best National Championships, and placed first floor score (9.90) on the first night of the on bars at the 2006 national meet … placed NCAA Championships … second-team eighth in the all-around at the 2005 World All-American in the all-around scored a Championships in Melbourne, Australia … 39.40 to place eighth in the second session 20th all-around at the 2003 World Cham- … NCAA West Region all-around runner- pionships … third on vault and bars, and up scored a career-best 39.550 … scored a fourth in the all-around at the 2003 German 39.525 in the final regular season meet … Championships … trained at Turnteam REVIEW/OPPONENTS five wins … hit 46-49 routines … second- Toyota Cologne for coach Shanna Polja- team CoSIDA Academic all-District VIII kova … graduated from Georg Buechner selection … won Utah’s Dahl Award as the High School. Catching up with Daria top gymnastics scholar-athlete … Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete made the Personal Age Started Gymnastics: Six Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Daughter of Christel and Christoph Bijak Nickname: Dari Roll. COACHES/STAFF … name is pronounced Darr-ee-a BEE- Last Summer: I took up playing tennis 2008–Competed for Germany in the 2008 jhack (soft “j”) … one brother (Thomas) These Words Describe Me: Silly, sarcastic, Beijing Olympic Games … performed … film studies major … full name is Daria determined all four events in the Olympic team Eva Bijak … born Nov. 12, 1985 in Poland. You May not Know: I speak three languages preliminaries and was Germany’s high (English, German, Polish) scorer on the floor … placed fourth in the I chose Utah because: I’ve never seen a nicer German National Championships in June Bijak’s Career Highs ATHLETES gym before All-Around … two-time NCAA All-American won Favorite Book: Man and Boy 39.550 at NCAA Regional, Apr. 4, 2009 second-team honors in the all-around and Favorite Foods: Pasta, sushi, anything with on floor … 9.90 on bars during the Super cinnamon Vault Favorite Skill: Double front dismount (beam) Six was the third-best bar score of the meet 9.900 vs. UCLA, Feb. 24, 2008 Favorite Gymnast: Nastia Liukin … season-best 39.475 all-around score at 9.900 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 20, 2009 Michigan … four wins … hit 54-57 rou- tines… won Utah’s Coaches’ Award as the Bars Most Improved Gymnast … named to the 9.925 at NCAA Championships, Apr. 26, 2007 CoSIDA Academic all-District VIII at-large 9.925 vs. Washington, Jan. 23, 2009 ROSTER/PREVIEW 9.925 vs. Oregon State, Jan. 30, 2009 team … NACGC Scholastic All-American 9.925 vs. BYU/SUU/TWU, Feb. 6, 2009 and Mountain West Conference Scholar- Athlete. Beam 2007–First-team All-American placed 9.925 vs. Utah State/SUU, Feb. 22, 2008 eighth on the uneven bars at the NCAA 9.925 vs. Michigan, Feb. 24, 2008 Championships … overcame November 9.925 at NCAA Regional, Apr. 4, 2009 knee surgery and a mid-season injury to Floor both knees to compete on bars and beam UTAH GYMNASTICS UTAH 9.925 vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 20, 2009 at nationals … on the opening day of 22 1 0 - T I M E N A T I O N A L C H A M P I O N S UTAH GYMNASTICS MEET THE UTES Jamie Deetscreek GYMNASTICS UTAH Senior • 5’3” • Hatboro, Pa. Hatboro-Horsham HS • Ricochets Gymnastics Utah Prior to Utah Phenomenal improvement a year ago took Two-year Junior National Team member ROSTER/PREVIEW her from role player to All-American … qualified as an Elite in 2003 … 2002 and slated to compete in the all-around for a 2004 Junior Olympic all-around and beam second year … owns the school record for champion … also won the J.O. bar title most consecutive routines without a fall (64) in 2004 … seventh in the all-around and … two career victories … has hit 79-83 ca- eighth on vault and bars at the 2005 J.O. reer routines … member of Utah’s Student- Championships … won the 2005 Level 10 Athlete Mentors (SAMS). state and regional all-around, vault, beam 2009–All-American won second-team and floor titles … trained at Ricochets for honors on the bars … set the school record Troy Miller, Janet Hamvas, Chris Zimmer- ATHLETES for most consecutive routines without a fall man and Amanda Greer … graduated from (64) before missing on beam during NCAA Hatboro-Horsham High School. team preliminaries … bounced back to score a 39.475 in the all-around in the Super Six, Personal which placed her eighth … set a career high Daughter of Jean and Gary Deetscreek on vault (9.90) in the Super Six … NCAA … father is a golf pro and mother is a COACHES/STAFF West Region balance beam champion scored pharmacist … both parents are graduates of a career-best 9.95 … placed third all-around Temple University, where her father played at regionals with a 39.475 … went gone all- on the golf team … sister Chrissy and around in every meet … won the all-around brother Michael … elementary education in her first career attempt against UCLA in major … full name is Jamie Lee Deetscreek the season opener … career-high 39.50 at … born May 4, 1988. Utah State on Feb. 9 … set career highs on REVIEW/OPPONENTS Catching up with Jamie every event as a junior … two wins … hit Deetscreek’s Career Highs 55-56 routines … named Utah’s Most Im- All-Around Age Started Gymnastics: Three proved Gymnast … Mountain West Confer- 39.500 vs. Utah State, Feb. 9, 2009 Last Summer: I took classes and trained in Salt ence Scholar-Athlete also made the Dean’s Lake City and then spent the month of July with List and the Athletics Academic Honor Roll. Vault my family in Pennsylvania. 2008–Made the NCAA Championships 9.900 at NCAA Championships, Apr. 17, 2009 These Words Describe Me: Sarcastic, gullible, lineup on the beam and hit both routines, nerdy scoring a 9.80 and a 9.725 in the preliminary Bars RECORDS/RESULTS You may not know: I’m obsessed with the color round and Super Six, respectively … Utah’s 9.925 vs. Utah State, Feb. 9, 2009 purple first competitor of the night in the Super Favorite Non U of U sports team: Pittsburgh Beam Six team finals … made the beam lineup in Steelers 9.950 at NCAA Regional, Apr. 4, 2009 every meet but the first … also made nine Favorite Subject: Writing starts on bars … Utah’s leadoff performer Floor Favorite Activities: Painting, singing 9.875 vs. Utah State, Feb. 9, 2009 Favorite Movies: Blue Streak, Happy Gilmore on bars and beam at the NCAA regional Favorite Food: Vanilla yogurt meet … season-best 9.875 on beam and ALL-AMERICANS Favorite Gymnast: Nastia Liukin 9.825 on bars (twice) … hit 20-23 routines … NACGC Scholastic All-American … Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete also made the Dean’s List and the Athletics Academic Honor Roll. 2007–Competed to count against Utah State and Nebraska … season-best 9.775 best on bars and 9.75 on beam (twice) … U EXPERIENCE scored a 9.65 in her only vault to count … hit 4-4 routines… NACGC Scholastic All- American … made the Dean’s List and the Athletics Academic Honor Roll … 4.0 GPA spring semester. W W W . U T A H U T E S . C O M 23 UTAH GYMNASTICS MEET THE UTES Annie DiLuzio Senior • 5’3” • Folsom, Calif. U EXPERIENCE Folsom HS • Byers Gymnastics Sacramento Utah Prior to Utah NCAA runner-up on the vault as a fresh- Two-year U.S. National Team member was man … strong tumbler is also a candidate the vault runner-up at the 2005 World Cup for floor finals … goal is to make the in Belgium and at the 2005 U.S. Champi- all-around lineup as a senior after con- onships … placed seventh in the all-around ALL-AMERICANS tributing on vault, beam and floor her first at the 2005 U.S. Championships … first on three years … 12 career victories … has vault at the 2005 North American Tri-Meet hit 96-102 career routines … member of (USA, Canada, Mexico) … won vault Utah’s Student Athlete Advisory Commit- and finished 10th all-around at the 2004 tee (SAAC).