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, February, 24, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS For the sixth week in a row, seven of eight Pac-12 gymnastics squads are ranked in the Top 25 nationally. 2015 PAC-12 CONFERENCE #4 UTAH remains undefeated after earning their fourth- GYMNASTICS STANDINGS best score in school history in their meet against #11 Conference Overall STANFORD. The Utes are led by senior Georgia Dabritz, W L PCT W L PCT who leads the nation on vault and bars and is tied for Utah 5 0 1.000 9 0 1.000 fifth nationally on the floor. UTAH will face #12 OREGON UCLA 5 1 .833 8 1 .888 STATE on Friday. California 4 2 .666 13 2 .866 Oregon State 3 3 .500 7 3 .700 Arizona 2 3 .400 5 4 .555 Note on Pac-12 Championships: The 2015 Pac-12 Stanford 2 4 .333 4 6 .400 Gymnastics Championships have been relocated from Washington 1 4 .200 6 5 .545 Arizona State University to the University of Utah. Tick- Arizona State 0 5 .000 1 9 .100 ets for the Mar. 21 event will be available on utahtick- ets.com starting Wed., Feb. 25. Those who previously purchased tickets through Arizona State are encouraged NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS to contact [email protected] for assistance. (RANKINGS REPORTED BY GYMINFO) RANKINGS AS OF FEB. 23 RANK TEAM REGIONAL QUALIFYING SCORE UPCOMING SCHEDULE 1 Oklahoma 197.640 2 L.S.U. 197.335 Fri., Feb. 27 3 Florida 197.270 #4 UTAH at #12 OREGON STATE P12N 7 p.m. PT 4 Utah 197.265 5 Alabama 197.055 Sat., Feb. 28 6 Michigan 196.985 #10 UCLA at ARIZONA STATE P12N 11 a.m. PT 7 Auburn 196.610 #19 CALIFORNIA at #20 ARIZONA P12N 5 p.m. PT 8 Nebraska 196.595 Mon., Mar. 2 9 Georgia 196.525 #22 WASHINGTON at #11 STANFORD P12N 7 p.m. PT 10 UCLA 196.315 11 Stanford 196.175 12 Oregon State 196.150 RECENT RESULTS 13 Penn State 196.125 14 Minnesota 196.010 Fri., Feb. 20 15 Boise State 196.000 #12 OREGON STATE at ARIZONA STATE OSU, 196.275-193.475 16 Illinois-Champaign 195.945 17 Arkansas 195.820 Sat., Feb. 21 18 Denver 195.800 #10 UCLA vs. UCLA 1st, 197.050 19 California 195.660 #8 Nebraska, Sacramento State, Bridgeport 20 Arizona 195.615 21 Southern Utah 195.555 #11 STANFORD at #4 UTAH UTAH, 198.050-195.900 22 Washington 195.395 #19 CALIFORNIA at #22 WASHINGTON 23 Missouri 195.315 with Seattle Pacific CAL 1st, 196.600 24 Iowa 195.280 25 Kentucky 195.275 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES ARIZ .................................. BILL RYDEN UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big Ten ............................................... 1-0-0 ............................................17th season ................................................25th Season Big 12 ................................................. 1-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 22 East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 1-0-0 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 2-0-0 ASU ..................................... RENE LYST UTAH ...........................GREG MARSDEN Mid-American ..................................... 0-0-0 .............................................. 1st season ................................................ 40th season Midwest Independent .......................... 2-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 33 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ... 14-3-1 Mountain Rim ..................................... 5-1-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN Southeastern ....................................... 0-4-0 ..................................................3rd season .................................................. 6th season Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 1 .................................NCAA Appearances: 5 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 4-0-0 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS Total-All ....................................... 30-8-1 ................................................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 ............................................. Danielle Bracamonte [email protected] ...................................................... 520-227-8238 WEEKLY PAC-12 GYMNASTICS HONORS UCLA’s Samantha Peszek named Gymnast of the Week ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com ....................................................Maggie Emmons UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz named Specialist of the Week [email protected] UCLA’s Christine Peng-Peng Lee named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week ...................................................... 480-584-9591 The Pac-12 Conference office announced today the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com weekly honors for the week of Feb. 17 – Feb. 23. UCLA’s Samantha Peszek was ....................................................... Mara Rudolph named the Gymnast of the Week, UTAH’s Georgia Dabritz was voted Specialist of the [email protected] Week, and UCLA’s Christine Peng-Peng Lee was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer ...................................................... 510-643-5846 of the Week. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com UCLA redshirt senior Samantha Peszek earned gymnast of the week honors for the sec- ....................................................... Jason Amberg ond time this season after her performance in the No. 10 Bruins’ first-place win in their [email protected] ...................................................... 541-230-0706 quad meet with No. 8 Nebraska, Sacramento State, and Bridgeport on Feb. 21. Peszek tied for second place on three events, scoring 9.9s on vault and bars and a career-high- STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com tying 9.95 on beam. She also added a 9.875 on her first floor routine in a month, tying ........................................................... Greg Marsh for 5th place. Peszek’s all-around win was her third in as many attempts, and she is ......................................... [email protected] averaging 39.6 in the all-around. ...................................................... 650-736-7635 UTAH senior Georgia Dabritz earned Special Performance of the Week honors for her UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com performance on bars and vault in the No. 4 Utes’ victory over No. 11 STANFORD. ............................................................. Liza David Dabritz scored a perfect 10.0 on bars for the second time this season, to mark her ...................................... [email protected] fourth career 10.0 on the bars. Dabritz placed second on vault with a 9.95 to help Utah ...................................................... 310-621-8398 to its best vault score of the year, and also scored a 9.85 on floor. She is ranked No. 1 UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com nationally on vault and bars and ranked No. 5 nationally on the floor. .................................................................Liz Abel [email protected] UCLA redshirt sophomore Christine Peng-Peng Lee, who missed competition the last ..................................................... 801-581-3511 two seasons due to injuries, earned Newcomer of the Week honors this week. Lee won both events in which she competed, scoring a career-high-tying 9.95 on the bars and WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com a career-high 9.975 on the beam. Lee’s beam score helped the Bruins earn a season- ..........................................................Justin Green high 49.525 team score on the beam. ....................................................jgreen8@uw.edu ...................................................... 801-473-7376 Also Nominated: Gymnast of the Week: PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com Allison Northey, WASH; Allison Flores, ARIZ; Tory Wilson, UTAH; Madeline Gardiner, ............................................................. Liz Beadle .............................................. [email protected] OSU; Taylor Rice, STAN ...................................................... 415-549-2858 Special Performance of the Week: Samantha Shapiro, STAN; Desiree Palomares, CAL; Emily Liddle, WASH; Victoria Ortiz, ARIZ; Taylor Keeker, OSU; Christine Peng-Peng Lee, UCLA Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Elizabeth Price, STAN; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Kari Lee, UTAH; Victoria Ortiz, ARIZ; Hailey Burleson, WASH PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 24, 2015 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON TWITTER PAC-12 NETWORKS Arizona: @AZGymnastics