2018 Utah Gymnastics Meet Notes vs. California 2018 Utah Schedule & Results (8-1, 5-0 P12) Week 8 • at Cal • Sunday, Feb. 25 F, 1.5 ........Brigham Young (P12N) ....................... W, 197.000-194.275 SU, 1.14 UCLA (#4) ........................................... L, 196.975-197.200 Washington .........................................W, 196.975-195.725 No. 4 Utah Utes Stanford W, 196.975-195.350 (8-1, 5-0 Pac-12) F, 1.19 ......Oregon State* (#25) (P12N) ............... W, 197.450-196.300 F, 1.26 ......at Arizona* (#21) (P12N) .....................W/197.550-196.325 vs. SA, 2.3 .....Washington* (#15) (P12N) .................. W/197.700-196.250 F, 2.9 ........Arizona State* (#17) (P12N) ............... W/197.075-195.400 No. 21 California Bears SU, 2.18 ...at UCLA* (#2) (P12N) ......................... W/197.550-197.425 (6-4, 2-3 Pac-12) SU, 2.25 ...at California* (#21) (P12N) ................ 11:00 PT/12:00 MT SA, 3.10 ...at Michigan (BTN) ............................... 2:00 ET12:00 MT Date .............................................Sunday, Feb. 25 • 11 a.m. PT/Noon MT F, 3.16 ......Georgia (ESPNU) ............................... 7:30 MT Location ......................................Berkeley, Calif. (Haas Pavilion) SA, 3.24 ..at Pac-12 Champ-session 1 (P12N) ... 1:00 PT/2:00 MT TV ................................................ Pac-12 Networks at Pac-12 Champ-session 2 (P12N) ... 6:00 PT/7:00 MT talent TBA SA, 4.7 ....NCAA Regionals (Live Stream) ...........4:00 MT Live Utah Commentary ............. UtahUtes.com F, 4.20 .....at NCAA Champ-Semi 1 (ESPN/2+) ... 12:00 CT/11:00 MT at NCAA Champ-Semi 2 (ESPN/2+) ... 6:00 CT/5:00 MT Twitter ......................................... @utahathletics SA, 4.21 ..at NCAA Champ-Super Six (ESPNU) . 6:00 CT/5:00 MT Offi cial Live Scores ................... calbears.com *Pac-12 opponent; +ESPN2 or ESPN Media Opportuni es This Week This Week in Utah Gymnas cs TU, 2.20 ...12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews (Dumke Gymnastics Center) The No. 4 Utah gymnasts (8-1, 5-0 Pac-12) return to California for W, 2.21 ....12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews (Dumke Gymnastics Center) a second straight Sunday meet, competing at No. 21 California (5- 4, 2-3 Pac-12) on Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. PT/noon MT in Haas Pavilion. Utah Gymnas cs Coaches The meet will be televised live on the Pac-12 Network. Live Utah Co-Head Coach: commentary and scores will be available on UtahUtes.com. Megan Marsden Year at Utah: 9th/34th In the Rankings Utah/Career Record: 185-63-3 (9th year) Despite beating No. 2 UCLA on the road, Utah slipped one place to Co-Head Coach No. 4 in the national rankings. The oddity is because the rankings are Tom Farden currently based on season average. This week’s top four by season Year at Utah: 3rd/8th average are: Oklahoma (197.638), LSU (197.481), UCLA (197.357) Record at Utah: 53-16-1 (3rd year) and Utah (197.329). The national rankings will move to Regional Career Record: 1234-64-1 (9th year) Qualifying Score (RQS) next Monday. MyKayla Skinner is No. 2 in the all-around (39.600 average), while MaKenna Merrell-Giles Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach (39.436) and Kari Lee (39.433) are Nos. 10 and 11. The Utes are Robert Ladanyi (1st year) Carly Dockendorf (1st year) the nation’s top ranked team on fl oor, averaging a 49.464 and led by No. 4 Merrell-Giles (9.936) and 2017 NCAA champion Skinner at Utah Athle c Communcia ons No. 8 (9.918). Utah is No. 2 on vault (49.411) with Skinner No. 4 Director (Primary GYM Contact): Liz Abel (9.921) and Merrell-Giles tied for No. 6 (9.896). The Utes are No. 6 Offi ce: 801-581-3511 • [email protected] on bars (49.279) with Skinner at 13th (9.889). Utah is No. 7 on beam (49.175) where Skinner is tied for No. 16 (9.871). For the complete Stay Connected national rankings, see the sidebar on page 3. Website: www.UtahUtes.com Live Scoring & Commentary (road meets): www.UtahUtes.com Live Video Stream (home meets): http://pac-12.com/live/university-utah Winner Skinner Twitter: @UtahGymnastics Utah sophomore MyKayla Skinner owns the Pac-12 record for Facebook: Utahgymnastics most career Gymnast of the Week awards with 10 in her fi rst two Instagram: utahgymnastics seasons, including three this year. Skinner is Utah’s nominee again YouTube: utahgymnastics this week after winning the all-around and three events in Utah’s 197.550-197.425 win at No. 2 UCLA last Sunday. A year ago, Skinner set Pac-12 records for most Gymnast of the Week (7) and utahutes.com • facebook: uathletics • twitter: @utahathletics 1 2018 Utah Gymnastics Notes Freshman of the Week (6) honors. She has fi ve all-around Scou ng California victories this season and her 17 career all-around victories is Coach (year): Justin Howell (6th year) tied for third in school history. She has 21 total wins this season 2017 NCAA Finish: N/A and 64 in her career. National Rank: 21 Record: 6-4 (3-3 Pac-12) Chalk Talk Notes: Season-high 197.225 in a home loss to UCLA on Feb. This Sunday’s 11 a.m. local start time at Cal marks the fi rst 10 is the third-highest score in school history … Toni-Ann time the Utah gymnastics team has competed in the morning Williams, who competed for Jamaica in the 2016 Olympics, since the 1976 AIAW Championships in its fi rst year as a is back for her senior season after tearing an Achilles last varsity sport … Utah is competing on Sunday for the second year. Williams, a four-time All-American and the 2015 Pac-12 straight week. The Utes will take a break from competition Freshman of the Year, has a team-high 10 event titles and a next week before returning to action at Michigan on Mar. 10 … season all-around high of 39.600 … Freshman Kyana George Utah has the highest vault score in the country this season—a was the fi rst Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 9. George 49.625 vs. Washington on Feb. 3 … Utes have won four Pac-12 has set a 39.400 all-around best twice … Cal assistant coach Gymnast of the Week citations this season: MyKayla Skinner Liz Crandall-Howell is a former BYU All-American. on Jan. 9, Jan. 16 and Feb. 13 and MaKenna Merrell-Giles on Feb. 6 … Utah leads the nation in home attendance with a Utah Co-Coaches 15,121 average. The 15,558 fans for the Washington meet on Megan Marsden and Tom Farden are in their third season as Feb. 3 is also tops in the country … The Utes have hit 162- a co-head coaching tandem. It is Marsden’s ninth year as Utah’s of-168 routines, including 24-of-24 routines in three meets … co-head coach and her 34th year overall on the staff . Farden Ute individual winners are: Skinner (21), Merrell-Giles (10), is in his third year as the co-head coach and his eighth year on Kari Lee (2), Tiff ani Lewis (2), Sydney Soloski (1) and Kim the Ute coaching staff . Marsden, the Pac-12 Coach of the Year Tessen (1) … Gymnasts who have hit every routine without a in 2014 and 2015 (with Greg Marsden), has a 185-63-3 career fall are: Skinner (28-28), Lee (23-23), Lewis (21-21), Maddy record as a co-coach. Farden is 53-16-1 at the Ute helm and has Stover (7-7), Alexia Burch (5-5).and Shannon McNatt (2-2) a career record of 124-64-1 that includes six years as the head coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2004-09. Ute Insider Utah is competing four all-arounders and all of them have scored Na on’s A endance Leader a 39.375 or better: MyKayla Skinner (39.725), MaKenna Utah leads the nation in attendance, averaging 15,121 fans. Merrell-Giles (39.675), Kari Lee (39.500) and Missy A Huntsman Center capacity crowd of 15,558 attended the Reinstadtler (39.375) … With the return of Sydney Soloski to Washington meet on Feb. 3. Utah has won seven all-women’s the fl oor lineup last week, junior Macey Roberts performed in sports attendance titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 exhibition. It was the fi rst meet of her Utah career that Roberts and 2017) and 33 gymnastics attendance crowns. The Ute didn’t start … Merrell-Giles has received the only 10.0 by a Ute gymnasts averaged an NCAA gymnastics record 15,224 fans a this season—on vault vs. Washington on Feb. 3. Merrell-Giles meet at home last year for its fourth-straight all-women’s sports and Skinner both have a 9.975 on fl oor—Skinner twice. attendance titles. Utah has averaged more than 14,000 fans a meet for the past nine seasons and 12,000-plus fans a meet for Series Shorts a quarter of a century. The Huntsman Center has hosted one The Utes are 20-1 all-time against the Bears with their only loss crowd in excess of 16,000, 23 crowds of 15,000 and 47 crowds coming in the semifi nals of the 2016 NCAA Championships … of 14,000 or more. Utah also owns the NCAA gymnastics Utah leads 6-0 in Haas Pavilion … For complete series results, single-meet attendance record (16,019 against Michigan in see page 2.