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. 5 UTAH vs No. 12 KENTUCKY DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 • 6 p.m. MT • Salt Lake City • Jon M. Huntsman Center Jan. 3 Kentucky 6 p.m. Pac-12 Networks • ESPN 700 Radio • Live Stats: Utahutes.com Jan. 11 Rio Tinto Best of Utah 7 p.m. (BYU, Southern Utah, Utah State) UTES WILDCATS Jan. 24 Arizona State* 7 p.m. (0-0 Overall, 0-0 Pac-12) (0-0 Overall, 0-0 SEC) Feb. 1 at Arizona* 2 p.m. Head Coach: Tom Farden Head Coach: Tim Garrison Record at Utah: 90-33-1 Record at UK: 92-114-3 Feb. 8 at California* 1:30 p.m. Career Record: 161-81-1 MEET ONE Career Record: Same Feb. 15 Oregon State* 1 p.m. Feb. 23 at UCLA* 3 p.m. Mar. 1 at Washington* 2 p.m. MEET WEEK Mar. 6 Stanford* 7 p.m. The preseason No. 5-ranked Utah gymnasts (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) will host No. Mar. 13 Utah State 7 p.m. 12-ranked Kentucky (0-0, 0-0 SEC) to kick off the 2020 season on Friday, Jan. Mar. 21 Pac-12 Champ - Session 1 1 p.m. 3 at 6 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Pac-12 Champ - Session 2 6 p.m. Networks and broadcast on ESPN 700 radio. Jim Watson (pxp) and Samantha Peszek (analyst) will be on the call for the Pac-12 Networks. Doors open at 4:30 NCAA Postseason Schedule p.m. April 2 NCAA Regional 1st Round+# April 3 NCAA Regional Semifinal 1^# QUICK STICKS NCAA Regional Semifinal 2^# • Season tickets are currently totaled at 9,376 for the 2020 season, surpassing April 4 NCAA Regional Final^# Utah’s previous school record. April 17 NCAA Champ-Semifinal 1^ 12 p.m. • Utah’s season ticket totals over the past five years are: NCAA Champ-Semifinal 2^ 5 p.m. 2020: 9,376 2017: 8,763 April 18 NCAA Four on the Floor^ 2:30 p.m. 2019: 9,280 2016: 7,315 2018: 9,300 +Two-team play-in; ^Four teams • Utah led all NCAA women’s sports in attendance for the ninth time in 2019, #Potential Sites: Denver, Colo., Norman, Okla., Los averaging 14,852 fans per meet. Angeles, Calif., University Park, Penn. • Utah’s season opener against Kentucky will be the first time since 2008 that the Utes will face an SEC program in the first meet of the year. Media Opportunities This Week • Utah was tabbed as the No. 5 team in the nation for the third consecutive year M, 12.30 .........................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews in the WCGA preseason poll. TU, 12.31 ........................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews • The Utes were picked to finish second in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll TH, 1.2 .............................12:30-12:55 p.m. Interviews behind defending Pac-12 champion UCLA. *All interviews at Dumke Gymnastics Center CHALK TALK • Cristal Isa and Cammy Hall are slated to compete against Kentucky in their Utah Gymnastics Coaches return to the competition floor following season-ending injuries suffered during Head Coach: their freshman seasons. Tom Farden • Transfer Emilie LeBlanc looks to be a lock in the leadoff role for Utah on bars Year at Utah: 5th/10th and beam. Record at Utah: 90-33-1 (5th year) • Sydney Soloski has added vault back into her skillset and will be in the lineup Career Record: 161-81-1 (10th year) for the first scored vault of her career. • Ute freshmen have earned lineup spots and could make their Huntsman Cen- Assistant Coach ter debuts Friday night. Carly Dockendorf (1st/3rd overall) Garrett Griffeth (1st year) UTE INSIDER • Utah returns 10-of-24 routines from last year’s NCAA Championships seventh- Volunteer Assistant Coach place finish. Courtney McCool Griffeth (1st year) • The Red Rocks return eight letterwinners, which includes two All-Americans in Missy Reinstadtler (all-around) and Sydney Soloski (floor). Utah Athletics Communciations • Junior Emilie LeBlanc transferred from Maryland where she was a bars and Assistant Director (GYM Contact): Mady White beam specialist, while Utah welcomed a freshman class of two former U.S. Phone: 801-458-8347 • [email protected] National team members (Maile O’Keefe and Abby Paulson) and two Junior Olympic national champions (Jillian Hoffman and Jaedyn Rucker). utahutes.com • @utahgymnastics 1 UTAH vs. UK Meet Notes • Team captains for this year’s team are Reinstadtler, Kim Tessen, and Soloski. QUICK FACTS FOR THE FANS Location ................................................Salt Lake City, Utah Ute gymnasts will be signing autographs following the conclusion of the meet. Founded .............................................................................. 1850 The Ford Kids Zone will be Frozen-themed with the first 250 kids receiving a Enrollment ...................................................................... 32,852 Utah Gymnastics snowflake wand. The Ford Kids Zone will also feature two bal- President .............................................. Dr. Ruth V. Watkins loon artists, two face painters, a poster making station and Elsa braiding station. Director of Athletics ..................................... Mark Harlan There will be a pre-meet DJ spinning fan favorites from when doors open until Conference .................................................................... Pac-12 the meet begins. Nickname ............................................................................ Utes Mascot ............................................................................. Swoop SCOUTING KENTUCKY Coach: Tim Garrison (9th season) Arena .......................................... Jon M. Huntsman Center 2019 NCAA Finish: 9th Website ........................................................... UtahUtes.com Preseason National Rank: No. 12 Notes: Kentucky posted its best finish in program history in 2019, placing ninth TEAM INFORMATION in the nation last year … Kentucky returns 13 gymnasts and brings in seven new- 2019 Overall Record .......................................................... 21-8 comers … Highlighting the returners, senior Mollie Korth earned regular season 2019 Dual Meet Record.........................10-3 (5-1 Pac-12) All-American honors for the third-straight year as a junior all-arounder. 2019 High Score ...........................................................198.025 Pac-12 Finish ....................................................Second Place SERIES HISTORY NCAA Finish ................................................... Seventh Place Utah and Kentucky have only met once in the series history with the sole meet- Routines Returning/Lost .............................................10/14 ing coming at the 2018 NCAA Championships where the teams faced off in the All-Americans Returning/Lost ......................................2/3 second semifinal session. Utah came out ahead of Kentucky in the semifinal, Lettwinners Returning/Newcomers ..........................8/5 finishing third and sixth, respectively. The season opener will mark the first dual meet between the programs. ROSTER BREAKDOWN FAITH IN FARDEN By Year: Now with sole reign of the program, Tom Farden is no stranger to the role now Seniors (2) ....................Missy Reinstadtler, Kim Tessen in his fifth year as head coach. Despite the loss of Red Rock legend Megan Juniors (3) ..........................Alexia Burch, Emilie LeBlanc Marsden following her retirement after the 2019 season, Farden is primed to Sydney Soloski continue the legacy and tradition instilled in the program. Now entering his 10th Sophomores (4) ................... Hunter Dula, Cammy Hall, year overall in Salt Lake City, Farden has been a force for Utah for years with his Cristal Isa, Adrienne Randall instrumental roles in recruiting, training, staff hires, and oversight of the entire Freshman (4) ................Jillian Hoffman, Maile O’Keefe, program. With his relentless work ethic and enthusiasm for the sport, the Utes Abby Paulson, Jaedyn Rucker are in good hands with Farden at the helm of the program as they enter a new era of Utah gymnastics. By State/Country: Arizona (1) ........................................................Jaedyn Rucker COACHES CORNER Promoted to assistant coach, Carly Dockendorf will lead efforts on beam for the California (2) ...........Jillian Hoffman, Adrienne Randall Red Rocks. The 2020 season will mark Dockendorf’s third year as a member of Canada (1) ...................................................... Sydney Soloski the staff after previously serving in other capacities for Utah. Needing to reload Minnesota (1)................................................... Abby Paulson the staff, Farden brought two strong additions in Garrett Griffeth and Courtney Nevada (3) ...................................Alexia Burch, Cristal Isa, McCool Griffeth to round out the staff. Garrett has already made an impact as Maile O’Keefe a tireless recruiter for the Utes and serves as the vault coach. A 2004 Olympic New Jersey (1) ....................................... Missy Reinstadtler silver medalist and NCAA champion, Courtney brings phenomenal experience North Carolina (1) ....................................... Emilie LeBlanc from her time as a gymnast at Georgia in choreography and has given the Red Utah (2) .......................................Hunter Dula, Kim Tessen Rocks a significant boost on floor as the event coach. Virginia (1) .............................................................Cammy Hall TIME TO TUNE IN The Red Rocks Preview will air on the Pac-12 Networks and be broadcast on Utah’s flagship radio station, ESPN 700. Jim Watson will serve as the play-by- play announcer