PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 1350 Treat Blvd., Suite 500, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 // PAC-12.COM // 925.932.4411 For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Contact \\ Megan Medeiros ([email protected]) PAC-12 Battles IN WEEK FOUR Week four begins Pac-12 only competition with four meets between the eight Pac-12 schools to battle it out. On Friday, Feb. 1 No. 12 ARIZONA travels to WASHINGTON for a meet slated to begin at 7 p.m. PT. ARIZONA STATE also travels to No. 9 UTAH on Friday to begin competition at 7 p.m. MT. Saturday features No. 4 UCLA battling at No. 11 STANFORD at 4 p.m. PT. No. 14 OREGON STATE and No. 20 CALIFORNIA wrap up the weekend of competition on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. PT. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE (RANKINGS REportED BY GYMINFO) AS OF JANUARY 28 Fri., Feb. 1 #12 ARIZONA at WASHINGTON 7 p.m. PT ARIZONA STATE at #9 UTAH 7 p.m. MT RANK TEAM AVERAGE HIGH 1. Florida 197.025 197.650 Sat., Feb. 2 2. Oklahoma 196.938 197.325 #4 UCLA at #11 STANFORD 4 p.m. PT 3. Michigan 196.900 197.350 Sun., Feb. 3 4. UCLA 196.650 197.425 #14 OREGON STATE at #20 CALIFORNIA 2 p.m. PT 5. Alabama 196.533 196.575 6. LSU 196.394 197.100 *All times listed local to site. 7. Nebraska 196.383 196.700 8. Georgia 196.290 197.000 RECENT RESULTS 9. UTAH 196.283 196.950 10. Minnesota 195.958 196.800 Fri., Jan. 25 11. STANFORD 195.825 196.450 #8 UTAH at #13 ARIZONA UTAH; 196.600-196.075 12. ARIZONA 195.638 196.075 #4 UCLA at ARIZONA STATE UCLA; 196.375-195.600 13. Denver 195.569 196.600 14. OREGON STATE 194.438 196.825 Sat., Jan. 26 #10 STANFORD at #21 CALIFORNIA STAN; 196.450-195.775 15. Maryland 195.425 195.975 #16 OREGON STATE & WASHINGTON OSU;4th- 196.825 16. Kentucky 195.238 195.525 at Metroplex Challenge WASH; 5th- 194.875 17. Auburn 195.150 195.025 With #9 Georgia, #7 LSU & #2 Oklahoma 18. Ohio State 195.125 195.975 19, Illinois 194.992 196.125 20. CALIFORNIA 194.975 195.775 21 Boise State 194.788 194.875 22. Arkansas 194.775 195.775 2013 PAC-12 CONFERENCE 23. Central Michigan 194.713 195.050 GYMNASTICS STANDINGS 24. North Carolina State 194.675 195.200 25. Kent State 194.567 195.450 Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT UCLA 2 0 1.000 3 0 1.000 Stanford 2 0 1.000 7 1 .875 Washington 1 0 1.000 3 5 .375 California 1 2 .333 6 2 .750 Utah 2 1 .667 4 1 .800 Arizona State 0 1 .000 2 2 .500 Arizona 0 3 .000 6 4 .600 Oregon State 0 1 .000 4 6 .400 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 30, 2013 1 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ .................................. BILL RYDEN STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH Big Ten ............................................... 3-2-0 ............................194-186-3/15th season .................................174-48-1/12th season Big 12 ................................................. 0-3-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 2-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 1 .................................NCAA Appearances: 9 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 0-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 0-0-0 ASU ....................................JOHN SPINI UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Midwest Independent .......................... 3-0-0 ............................341-186-2/33rd season ................................ 422-96-2/23rd Season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 4-0-0 .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same Southeastern ....................................... 3-6-0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 21 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 20 Western Athletic .................................. 9-0-0 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 1-0-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ...........................GREG MARSDEN Independent ....................................... 2-0-0 .................................................. 1st season ...............................974-190-6/38th season Total-All ........................... 27-11-0 (.711) ...................................... Career: 1st Season .............................................. Career: Same .................. NCAA Appearances: 1st season ...............................NCAA Appearances: 31 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN .............................. 274-165-1/16th Season ........................................58-29/4th season WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS .............................................. Career: Same .............................................. Career: Same SIDS .................................NCAA Appearances: 9 .................................NCAA Appearances: 3 ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS ................................................ Valery Meusburger ....................................... 57-74/7th Season [email protected] .............................................. Career: Same ...................................................... 303-929-8545 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com ....................................................Maggie Emmons UCLA Voted PRESEASON faVORITE IN pac-12 COACHES POLL [email protected] ...................................................... 480-584-9591 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - In a polling of the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics coaches, UCLA was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2013 Pac-12 regular season, the CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com Conference announced today. ...................................................... Eric Dezendorf ........................................... [email protected] The Bruins, the defending Pac-12 Champion received 46 points and four first-place votes ...................................................... 510-517-9059 were voted second in the national preseason coaches poll. UTAH tallied 44 points and received the remaining four first-place votes are tabbed second. The Utes also made an ap- OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com pearance in the national poll grabbed the fifth spot. ....................................................... Jason Amberg [email protected] STANFORD sits in third place with 38 points in the poll. The Cardinal ranks sixth in the nation ...................................................... 541-230-0706 in the preseason poll. OREGON STATE is slotted fourth in the Pac-12 poll with 31 points and boast a ninth place in the national poll. STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com ........................................................... Dave Kiefer The second half of the poll is led by WASHINGTON who claims the 17th spot in the national ............................................ [email protected] preseason coaches poll, ARIZONA is picked sixth, and is the sixth team in the Pac-12 to ...................................................... 650-759-0258 appear in the national top 25 at 19th. Rounding out the poll, ARIZONA STATE and CALIFOR- NIA were picked seventh and eighth, respectively. Both the Sun Devils and the Golden Bears UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com received votes in the national coaches poll. ............................................................. Liza David ...................................... [email protected] This is the second year of the preseason coaches poll with UCLA claiming the top spot in the ...................................................... 310-621-8398 preseason poll last year and were crowned the 2012 Pac-12 Champion. The 2013 season is set to begin Friday, January 4, 2013. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured 12 times on the UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com Pac-12 Networks, including the 2013 Pac-12 Championships on March 23, 2013. For a full .................................................................Liz Abel [email protected] schedule of televised Pac-12 events, visited www.pac-12.com. ...................................................... 801-209-6346 2013 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Poll WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com 1. .................. UCLA (4) ....................46 ........................................................Alyssa Olveda 2. .................. Utah (4) .....................44 .................................. [email protected] 3. .................. Stanford .....................38 ...................................................... 206-724-7972 4. .................. Oregon State ..............31 5. .................. Washington ................23 PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com 6. .................. Arizona ......................21 ....................................................Megan Medeiros 7. .................. Arizona State ..............11 ........................................ [email protected] 8. .................. California ....................10 ...................................................... 925-932-4411 PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 30, 2013 2 WOMENS GYMNASTICS