2016 Utah Gymnastics Meet Notes Pac-12 Championship 2016 Utah Schedule & Results 2016 Pac-12 Championship • Mar. 19 F, 1.8 ........Brigham Young (P12N) ....................... W/196.175-193.850 F, 1.15 ......at Southern Utah .................................W/196.725-195.600 Event ........................2016 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship SA, 1.23 ...Oregon State* (#11) (P12N) ................W/196.125-195.125 Site ...........................Seattle (Alaska Airlines Arena) M, 2.1 .......Arizona* (#20) (P12N) .........................W/197.150-194.850 Date ..........................Saturday, Mar. 19 SA, 2.6 .....at UCLA* (#5) (P12N) ........................ L/197.100-197.075 Session I ..................1 p.m. PDT / 2 p.m. MDT SA, 2.13 ...Washington* (P12N) ........................... W/197.125-196.250 SA, 2.20 ...at Stanford* (#12) (P12N) ................... W/197.150-195.875 Washington, Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State SA, 2.27 ...at California* (#14) (P12N) ..................W/197.025-196.750 Session II .................6 p.m. PDT / 7 p.m. MDT F, 3.4 ........at Michigan (#5) (BTN) ........................W/197.525-197.050 Utah, UCLA, California, Oregon State SA, 3.12 ...Georgia (#9) (P12N) ........................... W/197.675-197.125 TV .............................Pac-12 Networks SA, 3.19 ...at Pac-12 Champ. sess. 1 (P12N) ...... 1:00 PT/2:00 MT Talent: Jim Watson and Amanda Borden at Pac-12 Champ. sess. 2 (P12N) .....6:00 PT/7:00 MT Live Stats .................www.gohuskies.com SA, 4.2 .....NCAA Salt Lake Regional ................... 6:00 MT Twitter ......................@utahathletics F, 4.15 ......at NCAA Champ. Semi 1 (ESPNU) .....1:00 CT/12:00 MT at NCAA Champ. Semi 2 (ESPNU) .....7:00 CT/6:00 MT SA, 4.16 ...at NCAA Super Six (ESPNU) ..............8:00 CT/7:00 MT Pac-12 Championships Next Up *Pac-12 opponent Utah has earned the No. 1 seed for the 2016 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship on Saturday, Mar. 19 in Seattle. The Utes will Utah Gymnas cs Coaches compete in the evening session against seeds 2-4 (UCLA, Cali- fornia and Oregon State) starting at 6 p.m. PDT (7 p.m. MDT) in Co-Head Coach: Megan Marsden (7th year, 32nd year overall at Utah) Alaska Airlines Arena. Competing in the early session are seeds 5-8 Utah Record: 141-48-2 (6 years) (Washington, Stanford, Arizona and Arizona State) at 1 p.m. PDT/1 Career Record: same p.m. MDT. Both sessions will be televised live nationally on the Pac-12 Networks. Live scoring will be available at www.gohuskies. Co-Head Coach com. For Utah updates on Twitter, follow @utahathletics. Tom Farden (1st year, 6th year overall at Utah) Utah Record: 9-1 (1st year) For the Record Career Record: 79-47(7th year) With an average home attendance of 14,928, Utah gymnastics has won its sixth all-sports women’s attendance title (the Utes also Assistant Coach Meredith Paulicivic (1st year) won in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015) and its 32nd gymnastics national attendance title. Utah edged South Carolina women’s bas- Utah Athle c Communcia ons ketball (14,925) for the 2015-16 women’s attendance title. Utah’s 14,928 average is the second-best ever for a gymnastics team, be- Director (Primary GYM Contact): Liz Abel Offi ce: 801-581-3511 • [email protected] hind last year’s Ute team, which averaged 14,950 … Utah fi nished the regular season with a 9-1 overall record and tied for fi rst in the Stay Connected Pac-12 with UCLA—both with 5-1 conference marks. It is Utah’s Website: www.UtahUtes.com third-straight Pac-12 regular-season title. Live Scoring & Commentary (road meets): www.UtahUtes.com Live Video Stream (home meets): http://pac-12.com/live/university-utah Pac-12 Championship Notes Twitter: @UtahGymnastics Utah’s fi rst event at the 2016 Championships will be the balance Facebook: Utahgymnastics beam. Utah’s rotation will be beam, fl oor, vault, bars … Utah is the Instagram: utahgymnastics two-time defending Pac-12 champion … Three different champions YouTube: utahgymnastics have been crowned in the fi rst four years of the Pac-12 Champion- ship: UCLA (2012), Oregon State (2013) and Utah (2014, 2015) … Utah is the No. 1 seed for the fourth-straight year and the only team to fi nish in the top three all four years. The Utes placed second in 2012, third in 2013 and fi rst in 2014 and 2015 ... Utah lost multiple Pac-12 champions to graduation after last season, including Pac-12 all-around champions Corrie Lothrop (2012), Tory Wilson (2014) and Georgia Dabritz (2015) … Utah’s 198.150 at last year’s utahutes.com • facebook: uathletics • twitter: @utahathletics 1 2016 Utah Gymnastics Notes championship is the best score in the Gymnasts who have hit every routine four-year history of the tournament … 2016 Pac-12 Standings are Partyka (31-31) , Lopez (23-23), Utah holds the Pac-12 Championship Team Pac-12 Overall Schwab (20-20), MaKenna Merrell attendance record for single session Utah 5-1 9-1 (19-19) and Erika Muhaw (1-1). (14,402) and combined session (23,568), UCLA 5-1 6-5 set last year in the Huntsman Center. Oregon State 4-2 12-4 California 3-3 13-4 Seeding the Sessions Stanford 3-3 11-6 Teams were seeded into the Pac-12 Pac-Facts Arizona 2-4 5-5 Championship according to their re- The Utes won both the regular sea- Washington 2-4 7-8 gional qualifying score (RQS), which son and tournament titles in 2014 and Arizona State 0-6 1-11 also determines the national rankings. 2015… Three Pac-12 teams qualifi ed Seven of the eight Pac-12 teams enter into the NCAA Championships last year, the conference championship ranked in with Utah placing second, Stanford fi fth Ute Insider the nation’s top 25: No. 5 Utah (197.205 and UCLA 11th … Utah is 336-57-4 Sophomore Maddy Stover injured her RQS), No. 9 UCLA (196.940), No. 11 (85%) all-time against Pac-12 teams. shoulder in last week’s meet and will California (196.555), No. 14 Oregon Utah’s series record against each team not compete on fl oor in the postseason. State (196.450), No. 17 Washington follows: Arizona (58-0-0), Arizona State She hopes to be available on beam, (196.360), No. 19 Stanford (196.305) (70-16-1), California (16-0), Oregon where she is Utah’s sixth competitor and No. 21 Arizona (196.155). See page State (65-9-0), Stanford (27-6), UCLA and is ranked ninth in the country … 3 for the complete top 25 … Teams (50-26-1) and Washington (50-0-2). Scheduled to return to the fl oor lineup and individual fi nishes at the Pac-12 is sophomore Samantha Partyka, who Championship are determined by score, has a 9.975 best on the event. She has regardless of session … Capsules on all Utah in the Na onal Rankings been unable to train or compete on fl oor Utah held steady at No. 5 in the national eight teams in the Pac-12 Champion- in the last three weeks due to a lower ships can be found on page 4. rankings after scoring a season-high leg injury … Utah has used a differ- 197.675 in a win over No. 9 Georgia ent lineup (either personnel or order of (196.125) last Saturday. Breanna competitors) in every meet … Utes have Postseason Preview Hughes is ranked No. 10 in the nation won six Pac-12 weekly awards: Sabrina Saturday, Mar. 19 in the all-around (39.490 RQS) and on Schwab has been the Pac-12 Freshman Pac-12 Championships (Seattle) vault (9.90, tie). She is also ranked No. of the Week three times (Jan. 12, Feb. 2, Seeds 5-8: 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT (Pac-12 12 on fl oor (9.925, tie) and No. 13 on Feb. 13), Breanna Hughes was Special- Networks) bars (9.910). Maddy Stover has Utah’s ist of the Week on Jan. 19 and Mar. 1, Seeds 1-4 (includes Utah): 6 p.m. PT/7 highest individual ranking at No. 9 on and Rowe was Specialist of the Week on p.m. MT. (Pac-12 Networks) beam (9.90, tie). Kassandra Lopez and Jan. 26. Baely Rowe are tied for 14th on bars Monday, Mar. 21 (9.905) and Sabrina Schwab is tied for NCAA Selection Show (NCAA.com) No. 22 on fl oor (9.905). See sidebars on Chalk Talk Regional Fields Announced: 2 p.m. MT page 3 for Utah’s complete rankings and Utah enters the postseason having beat- Direct Link: http://www.ncaa.com/live/pl the criteria behind the RQS. en four top-15 opponents in the last four ayer?vid=2016/2310&date=2016/03/21 meets (three on the road). The wins were against then then-No. 12 Stanford, No. Saturday, Apr. 2 Quick S cks 14 California, No. 5 Michigan and No. 9 The Utes will host the NCAA Salt Lake NCAA Salt Lake City Regional Georgia … Senior Breanna Hughes has 6:00 p.m. MT (Huntsman Center) Regional on Apr. 2. The other teams in three of Utah’s best scores this season— the Salt Lake Regional (and the other Tickets: UtahTickets.com and 801-581- a 39.650 (twice) in the all-around, a UTIX fi ve regionals) will be announced at 2 10.0 on fl oor and a 9.975 on bars. Also p.m. MT on Monday, Mar. 21 on the scoring a 9.975 were Maddy Stover Friday, Apr.