2012 UTAH GYMNASTICS NEWS University of Utah Athletics Dept. Sr. Assoc. A.D./Communications.: Liz Abel 1825 East South Campus Dr. Associate Communications Dir.: Kyle Harris Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0900 Asst. Communications Dir.: Brooke Frederickson 801-581-3510/3511 Asst. Communications Dir.: Mike DeVine Communications Coordinator: Kate Sturgeon 2012 UTAH SCHEDULE & RESULTS (7-3) Released Mar. 19, 2012 Contact: Liz Abel 801.581.3511 ([email protected]) Date Opponent ...................Result Fri., Jan 7 ........UCLA ............................... W/195.700-195.300 Sun., Jan. 8 .... at UCLA ........................... L/196.075-196.025 UTAH GYMNASTS TO HOST PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS SATURDAY Fri., Jan. 13 .....Utah State .......................W/197.400-191.925 Eight teams will compete for inaugural conference championship Fri., Jan. 27 .....Brigham Young ................ W/197.550-194.450 Fri., Feb. 3 ...... Georgia ...........................W/197.150-196.950 Event 2012 Pac-12 Championships, Saturday, Mar. 24 Sun., Feb. 12 ..at Arizona State ............... W/196.150-194.000 Site Salt Lake City (Huntsman Center Fri., Feb. 17 .... at Michigan ...................... W/196.050-194.850 Times 2:00 p.m. MDT: Arizona, Washington, Arizona State, California Fri., Feb. 24 .... Stanford .......................... W/196.300-196.100 Fri., Mar. 2 ...... Oregon State .................. W/196.575-195.600 7:00 p.m. MDT: UCLA, Utah, Oregon State, Stanford Fri., Mar. 9 ...... Nebraska ........................ L/197.600-197.450 Tickets UtahUtes.com/801-581-UTIX Fri., Mar. 16 .... at Florida ..........................L/197.900-196.475 TV ROOT Delayed, Mar. 30, 1:30 p.m. (MDT) / Mar. 31, 11:30 a.m. Sat., Mar. 24 ... Pac-12 Championships ... 2:00/7:00 p.m. MT Internet Live scoring at Utah Utes.com Sat., Apr. 7 ......NCAA Regional ................6:00 p.m. MT (The Pac-12 does not permit live streaming of the championships) Apr 20-22 ........NCAA Championships .... TBD Duluth, Ga. THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS UTAH MEDIA CONTACT Utah (7-3, 3-1 Pac-12) will host the inaugural Pac-12 Gymnastics Liz Abel, Associate Athletics Director/Communications Director Championships on Saturday, Mar. 24 in the Huntsman Center. The Offi ce: 801-581-3511 meet consists of two sessions at 2 p.m. (seeds 5-8) and 7 p.m. MDT Cell: 801-209-6346 (seeds 1-4). Competing in the early session are Arizona, Washington, Email: [email protected] Arizona State and California. Competing in the evening session are UCLA, Utah, Oregon State and Stanford. Tickets may be purchased at UtahUtes.com and 801-581-UTIX. LIVE SCORING, DELAYED TV Live scoring at UtahUtes.com INTERNET AND TV COVERAGE TV: (Delayed) Mar. 30, 1:30 p.m. (MDT)/Mar. 31, 11:30 a.m. Live scores will be hosted on UtahUtes.com. The Pac-12 does not (complete listings on page XX) allow live video streaming from the championship. The meet will be televised tape-delayed on FSN and will air in Utah on ROOT on Mar. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS SESSIONS & FIELDS 30 at 1:30 p.m. and on Mar. 31 at 11:30 a.m. The FSN national cover- Saturday, Mar. 24 • 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. MDT age for the championship is found on page 6. 2:00 p.m. ..........................Arizona PUBLIC PREVIEW Washington The public is invited to come and watch the teams practice on Friday, Arizona State Mar. 23 in the Huntsman Center. Admission to the practice sessions is California free. Arizona, Washington, Arizona State and Cal will practice from 1:00-2:40 p.m., followed by UCLA, Utah, OSU and Stanford from 7:00 p.m. ..........................UCLA Utah 3:00-4:40 p.m. Oregon State Stanford PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS • ROTATION ORDER • SATURDAY, MAR. 24 Session I (2 p.m.) ................Rotation Order Session II (7 p.m.) ...............Rotation Order Washington ...........................vault, bars, beam, fl oor Utah ......................................vault, bars, beam, fl oor Arizona State ........................bars, beam, fl oor, vault Oregon State ........................bars, beam, fl oor, vault California ..............................beam, fl oor, vault, bars Stanford ................................beam, fl oor, vault, bars Arizona .................................fl oor, vault, bars, beam UCLA ....................................fl oor, vault, bars, beam utahutes.com • facebook.com/uathletics • twitter.com/utahathletics 1 2012 UTAH GYMNASTICS NOTES UTAH GENERAL INFORMATION CONFERENCE OF GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS The Pac-12 Conference is the nation’s winningest gymnastics conference with more Location: Salt Lake City, Utah NCAA appearances (125), NCAA team championships (15), NCAA individual President: Dr. David Pershing Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill titles (75) and All-America honors (869) than any other conference. Utah is tied for Conference: Pac-12 the most national team championships with 10 (nine NCAA), while UCLA has six Enrollment: 31,660 NCAA titles. Utah is the only program to qualify for all 30 NCAA Championships Nickname: Utes and the last 36 national championships (six AIAW appearances). Utah is the only Colors: Red & White team to qualify for the Super Six every year since 2000 and is tied for the most total Website: www.UtahUtes.com Super Six appearances (17) with Georgia and Alabama. UTAH HEAD COACHES SECURING A SEED Greg Marsden Seeding into the Pac-12 Championships comes from the latest national and confer- Year at Utah: 37th ence rankings issued on Mar. 19. The rankings are determined by regional qualifying Career/School Record: 958-184-6 score, obtained by taking a team’s six best scores, three of which must have come on Regular Season Record: 485-76-2 the road, dropping the high score and then averaging the remaining fi ve scores. Six National Championships: 10 of the eight teams competing in the Pac-12 Championships are ranked in the top 25 NCAA Individual Champions: 24 in the nation and all four of the teams in the late session are ranked in the top 11: No. All-Americans: 317 National Coach of the Year Honors: 7 4 UCLA, No. 7 Utah, No. 8 Oregon State and No. 11 Stanford. Competing in the 2 Alma Mater: Central Arkansas, 1972 p.m. session will be No. 17 Arizona, No. 22 Washington, Arizona State and California. Megan Marsden LEADER OF THE PAC Year at Utah: 28th/3rd Utah has an overall series record of 280-46-3 against fellow Pac-12 schools with 2010-present: Co-Head Coach (42-23) the breakdown following: Arizona (50-0), Arizona State (61-16-1), California (8-0), 1997-2009: Associate Head Coach Oregon State (58-8), Stanford (17-4), UCLA (43-18-1) and Washington (43-0-1). 1985-96: Assistant Coach NCAA Team Championships: 6 PAC-12 CHALK TALK NCAA Individual Champions: 5 All-Americans: 116 Oregon State is the defending conference champion, having won the fi nal Pac-10 2011 NCAA Region Coach of the Year Championship last year. UCLA was runner-up and Washington placed third in the 2005 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year 2011 event … Utah is 3-1 against Pac-12 teams this season, losing to UCLA in the season-opener before beating Arizona State, Stanford and Oregon State … For information on the participating teams, see the sidebars on page 4 …This is the fi rst Pac-12 Championship in any sport hosted by the University of Utah … The Pac-12 CURRENT UTE ALL-AMERICANS Championship is the fi rst of two postseason gymnastics events the Utes will host. The Stephanie McAllister (3 Career Awards) Salt Lake NCAA Regional will be held in the Huntsman Center on Saturday, Apr. 7. 2010–Bars* 2011–Vault (13th), All-Around* UTAH’S CONFERENCE HISTORY First-year Pac-12 member Utah has been an independent in gymnastics for most of Kyndal Robarts (2 Career Awards) its history. However, Utah did compete in two conferences for a total of eight years: 2008–Vault (10th) the High Country Athletic Conference (1986-90) and the Western Athletic Confer- 2010–Beam (5th) ence (1991-93). Utah won all eight conference championships and hosted the 1986 and 1990 HCAC Championships. Corrie Lothrop (2 Career Awards) 2011–All-Around*, Beam* QUICK STICKS Utah averaged an NCAA-record 14,352 to its regular season meets this season to Mary Beth Lofgren (1 Career Award) win its 28th gymnastics attendance title in the last 31 years. The Utes, who have led 2011–Beam (5th) all women’s sports in attendance for the last two years, fi nished second overall this year to Tennessee basketball (14,414) … Utah has a 7-3 dual meet record, losing *Second-Team its last two meets after winning seven straight … Utah will compete in the Olympic rotation (vault, bars, beam, fl oor) as the No. 2 seed. The rotation order was pre-de- termined by the Pac-12 Conference and seeds 2 and 6 drew the “home” rotation. For complete rotation orders, see the bottom of page 1. UTE INSIDER Sophomore Corrie Lothrop and senior Stephanie McAllister are tied for Utah’s win lead with 11 apiece. Freshman Georgia Dabritz has 10 wins … A Ute has won the balance beam in nine of 10 meets: McAllister at UCLA, Kyndal Robarts vs. Utah State and Stanford, Cortni Beers vs. Brigham Young, Michigan and Oregon www.utahutes.com • 2 2012 UTAH GYMNASTICS NOTES NATIONAL RANKINGS (MAR. 19) State, and Lothrop vs. Georgia, Arizona UTES IN THE TOP 25 (MAR. 19) State and Nebraska … As a team, Utah Team ...................................................RQS Event Rank Individual (RQS) has hit 226-240 routines. Gymnasts 1 Florida .....................................197.395 A-A 9T Lothrop (39.415) 2 Oklahoma ...............................197.310 without a fall are freshmen Tory Wilson 25T McAllister (39.210) 3 Alabama ..................................197.155 (12-12), Kailah Delaney (11-11) and Vault 9T Delaney (9.910) 4 UCLA ......................................197.140 Becky Tutka (10-10) … Lothrop un- Beam 14T Lothrop (9.875) 5 Georgia ...................................196.995 veiled a new vault last week at Florida.