2020 UTAH GYMNASTICS • 44 National Championship Appearances • 373 NCAA All-Americans • 10 National Championships • Nation’s Top Drawing Women’s Sport 9 Times • Three Pac-12 Championships 2020 SCHEDULE No. 4 UTAH vs. STANFORD DATE OPPONENT TIME (MT)/RESULT Friday, March 6, 2020 • 7 p.m. MT • Utah Live Stream Jan. 3 #12 Kentucky W, 196.425-195.350 Salt Lake City • Jon M. Huntsman Center Jan. 11 vs. BYU W, 197.000-195.575 UTES CARDINAL vs. Southern Utah W, 197.000-194.650 (10-0 Overall, 6-0 Pac-12) (3-11 Overall, 0-6 Pac-12) vs. Utah State W, 197.000-194.150 Jan. 24 Arizona State* W, 197.050-194.300 Head Coach: Tom Farden Head Coach: Tabitha Yim Record at Utah: 100-33-1 Record at Stanford: 21-50 Feb. 1 at #21 Arizona* W, 197.300-195.975 MEET NINE Career Record: 171-81-1 Feb. 8 at #12 California* W, 197.550-197.325 Feb. 15 #21 Oregon State* W, 197.100-196.275 Feb. 23 at #3 UCLA* W, 198.075-198.025 MEET WEEK Mar. 1 at Washington* W, 197.675-197.600 The No. 4-ranked Utah gymnastics team (10-0, 6-0 Pac-12) is set to compete at home Mar. 6 Stanford* 7 p.m. this Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m. MT against Stanford (3-11, 0-6 Pac-12) for a Pink Meet in Mar. 13 Utah State 7 p.m. the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The meet between the Utes and Cardinal will be streamed Mar. 21 Pac-12 Champ - Session 1 1 p.m. live on UtahUtes.com and broadcast on ESPN 700 radio. Pac-12 Champ - Session 2 6 p.m. IN THE RANKINGS NCAA Postseason Schedule Utah remained ranked No. 4 in the country entering week nine of the season. The Utes April 2 NCAA Regional 1st Round+# are No. 3 in the nation on beam, No. 6 on floor, No. 7 on bars and No. 10 on vault. Kim April 3 NCAA Regional Semifinal 1^# Tessen ranks No. 9 on bars and No. 10 (tie) on vault. Sydney Soloski is No. 6 (tie) on NCAA Regional Semifinal 2^# floor, while Cristal Isa ranks tied for No. 12 on beam and No. 14 on bars. Also in the top- April 4 NCAA Regional Final^# 25 in the nation on beam, Abby Paulson is No. 9 (tie), Adrienne Randall is No. 15, while April 17 NCAA Champ-Semifinal 1^ 11 p.m. Maile O’Keefe rounds out the ranked Utes on beam at No. 19 (tie). Alexia Burch is tied for NCAA Champ-Semifinal 2^ 4 p.m. No. 25 on vault. April 18 NCAA Four on the Floor^ 1:30 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS • Utah remained undefeated this season and is 10-0 to start the year. The last time Utah +Two-team play-in; ^Four teams started a season 10-0 was in 2015. #Potential Sites: Denver, Colo., Norman, Okla., Los • Utah scored a 197.675 in the road meet against Washington, which is the second-high- Angeles, Calif., University Park, Penn. est team score this season for the Utes. • Utah scored its fourth 49.600 or higher on beam this season. Utah joins Florida as the Media Opportunities This Week only two schools in the nation to have at least four scores of 49.600-plus on beam. • Ute head coach Tom Farden earned his 100th career victory at Utah from the win TU, 3.3 ............................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews against Washington. TH, 3.5 ............................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews • The Red Rocks posted a season-high 49.550 on floor that was powered by Missy Reinstadtler posting a career-high 9.975 and Sydney Soloski scoring a 9.95 to match her *All interviews at Dumke Gymnastics Center career mark. Utah Gymnastics Coaches QUICK STICKS Head Coach: Tom Farden • Utah clinched the first-ever Pac-12 Regular Season Championship outright from the Year at Utah: 5th/10th win against Washington. Record at Utah: 100-33-1 (5th year) • Inside the Pac-12 rankings, Utah has four beam workers ranking inside the top-six of Career Record: 171-81-1 (10th year) the conference on beam. Abby Paulson (No. 3 in the Pac-12), Cristal Isa (No. 4), Randall (No. 5) and O’Keefe (No. 6) all have an NQS on beam of 9.90 or higher. Assistant Coaches: • Tessen moved to the No. 1 vaulter in the Pac-12 after week eight with an NQS score of Carly Dockendorf (1st/3rd overall) 9.90. Garrett Griffeth (1st year) • Kim Tessen has scored a 9.90 on at least one event in every meet this season. Maile O’Keefe has scored a 9.90 or higher on beam in the last five meets, while Adrienne Ran- Volunteer Assistant Coach: dall has claimed four-straight beam scores of 9.925 or higher. Courtney McCool Griffeth (1st year) CHALK TALK Utah Athletics Communciations • Utah has had 10 of the 12 competing gymnasts earn at least one event victory this Assistant Director (GYM Contact): Mady White season. Phone: 801-458-8347 • [email protected] • Individual winners this season are Kim Tessen (9), Abby Paulson (5), Sydney Soloski (5), Cristal Isa (4), Maile O’Keefe (4), Missy Reinstadter (3), Alexia Burch (2), Hunter Dula utahutes.com • @utahgymnastics 1 Utah vs. Washington Meet Notes - Week Nine (1), Emilie LeBlanc (1) and Adrienne Randall (1). QUICK FACTS • Pac-12 weekly award winners have been Kim Tessen (Jan. 14) and Adrienne Randall Location ................................................Salt Lake City, Utah (Feb. 12) as Pac-12 Specialists of the Week, and Maile O’Keefe (Jan. 29, Feb. 18) as a two- Founded .............................................................................. 1850 time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week. Enrollment ...................................................................... 32,852 • Utah has hit 182-192 routines this season. Gymnasts who have hit every routine are President .............................................. Dr. Ruth V. Watkins O’Keefe (27-27), Paulson (20-20), Burch (17-17), LeBlanc (16-16), Soloski (16-16), Randall Director of Athletics ..................................... Mark Harlan (15-15), and Dula (4-4). Conference .................................................................... Pac-12 Nickname ............................................................................ Utes SERIES SHORTS Mascot ............................................................................. Swoop Utah has a 36-6 all-time series lead over Stanford (14-1 in Salt Lake City) and has won Arena .......................................... Jon M. Huntsman Center the last 15 matchups. The Utes saw the Cardinal three times last season at the Gym- Website ........................................................... UtahUtes.com Quarters Invitational, a dual meet and the Pac-12 Championships. In the dual meet at Stanford last season, Adrienne Randall won the floor title with a 9.90. TEAM INFORMATION SCOUTING STANFORD 2019 Overall Record .......................................................... 21-8 Head Coach: Tabitha Yim (3rd Year) 2019 Dual Meet Record.........................10-3 (5-1 Pac-12) 2019 NCAA Finish: No. 22 2019 High Score ...........................................................198.025 National Rank: N/A Pac-12 Finish ....................................................Second Place Record: 3-10, 0-5 Pac-12 NCAA Finish ................................................... Seventh Place Notes: Stanford’s season high this year is a 196.250 that came at home against UCLA … Routines Returning/Lost .............................................10/14 top all-arounder is Kyla Bryant (39.425 season-high), who is tied for No. 22 in the nation All-Americans Returning/Lost ......................................2/3 on floor … Stanford’s three wins this season have come from San Jose State, UC Davis Lettwinners Returning/Newcomers ..........................8/5 and Sacramento State. ROSTER BREAKDOWN UP NEXT By Year: Utah gymnastics will close out the regular season next Friday, March 13 against Utah Seniors (2) ....................Missy Reinstadtler, Kim Tessen State at 7 p.m. MT in the Huntsman Center. The Utes will recognize seniors Kim Tessen Juniors (3) ..........................Alexia Burch, Emilie LeBlanc and Missy Reinstadtler for their contributions over the course of their four years in the Sydney Soloski program. Sophomores (4) ................... Hunter Dula, Cammy Hall, Cristal Isa, Adrienne Randall UPPERCLASSMEN COME UP BIG AT UW Freshman (4) ................Jillian Hoffman, Maile O’Keefe, Utah saw its upperclassmen take charge in the road meet at Washington, coming up Abby Paulson, Jaedyn Rucker big in timely situations. On bars, Missy Reinstadtler finally got the first Utah stick on a dismount and went on to score a 9.925, which matched a season-high, to win the bars By State/Country: title. Kim Tessen then came up big for Utah once again on vault and anchored with a Arizona (1) ........................................................Jaedyn Rucker 9.925 to win the event. On floor, Sydney Soloski and Reinstadtler had phenomenal ef- California (2) ...........Jillian Hoffman, Adrienne Randall forts to lift Utah and not let Washington gain too large of a lead heading into the final Canada (1) ...................................................... Sydney Soloski rotation. Soloski posted a career-tying 9.95, while Reinstadtler closed out the lineup with Minnesota (1)................................................... Abby Paulson a career-high 9.975. Meanwhile, Alexia Burch went 9.875 on vault and 9.850 on beam, Nevada (3) ...................................Alexia Burch, Cristal Isa, while Emilie LeBlanc posted a 9.875 on bars and a 9.825 on beam. Maile O’Keefe New Jersey (1) ....................................... Missy Reinstadtler BEAM QUEENS North Carolina (1) ....................................... Emilie LeBlanc Beginning in the meet against Cal, Utah’s beam team has recorded four-straight scores Utah (2) .......................................Hunter Dula, Kim Tessen of 49.600 or higher to rank No. 3 in the nation. The Utes are posted a historic beam ef- Virginia (1) .............................................................Cammy Hall fort that topped the previous school beam record by 0.125 after Utah posted a 49.775 to win the Pac-12 showdown in Los Angeles against UCLA. Abby Paulson earned the first 10.0 of the season on any event by a Ute and the first perfect score on beam for Utah UTAH vs.