OFFICIAL 2016 MEET NOTES Athletics Communications Services • McKale Center • 1 National Championship Drive • Room 106 • Tucson, Arizona • 85719 • ArizonaWildcats.com/Gymnastics Contact: Danielle Bracamonte • C: (520)227-8238 • O: (520)621-4163 • Email: [email protected] ► ScHEdulE and rESulTS ► THIS WEEK January Meet .....................................................................Arizona at Oklahoma 8 Michigan State W; 195.70 Site............................................................................Lloyd Noble Center Date ..................................................................................March 4, 2016 17 Texas Woman’s W; 193.475 Time ......................................................................................5:45 p.m. MST 23 UCLA L; 196.475 Network..................Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus and Fox College Sports Atlantic February LiveStats..........www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=okla 1 Utah L; 194. 85 FIGHT OF THE WILDCAT: NO. 18 ARIZONA AT NO. 1 OKLAHOMA 8 California L; 196.00 The No. 18 Arizona women’s gymnastics team will compete in their final 13 Stanford L; 196.15 road meet of the regular season this Friday, March 4 in Norman, Okla. The 22 Arizona State W; 196.375 meet against the No. 1 Sooners will be at 5:45 p.m. MST and will be aired on Fox Sports Oklahoma Plus and Fox College Sports Atlantic. 27 Washington W; 196.10 March LAST TIME ON THE ROAD 4 Oklahoma - Last time on the road the Wildcats faced rival Arizona State, on Feb. 22. The Wildcats defeated the Sun Devils 196.375-193.975. Sophomore Maddy 11 BYU - Cindric, led the team to their highest beam score of the season and a win over Arizona State Monday night. Cindric earned the beam title and a 19 Pac-12 Championships - career high 9.90 on the event, assisting the team to a 49.25. The Wildcats April swept the podium on two out of the four events. Krysten Howard, Lexi Mills and Gabrielle Laub earned first, second and third place, respectively. 2 NCAA Regionals - On the balance beam Maddy Cindric earned first, Jessie Sisler earned 15 NCAA Championships - second and Lexi Mills earned third place. NUMBERS TO REMEMBER Overall: 4-4 / Pac-12: 2-3 •3,025 average attendance, the highest in program history National Rank: No. 18/Pac-12: No. 5 •Over 375,000 views of Arizona Gymnastics’ Whip Nae Nae video on YouTube •In the rankings: No. 25 (V), No. 19 (UB), No. 19 (BB), No. 28 (FX) ► quIcK facTS •Event team averages: 48.815 (V), 49.006 (UB), 48.828 (BB), 48.994 (FX) GENERAL INFORMATION CONSISTENCY IS KEY Location ..............................................................Tucson, Ariz. Enrollment ...................................................................42,236 Eight GymCats have contributed five or more scores of 9.80 and above Nickname.................................................................. Wildcats this season. This includes Maddy Cindric (BB), Shelby Edwards (V, BB), Krys- Colors ........................................................Cardinal and Navy ten Howard (BB), Gabrielle Laub (UB), Lauryn Mattson (V), Lexi Mills (UB, Conference ............................................................. Pacific-12 BB), Kennady Schneider (FX) and Jessie Sisler (BB, FX). Home Arena .....................................McKale Center (14,545) President ...............................................Dr. Ann Weaver Hart NO DAYS OFF Athletics Director ..................................................Greg Byrne The Wildcats have faced a tough schedule this season and no bye weeks. The GymCats faced five ranked opponents in their eight regular COACHING STAFF season meets including Friday’s meet with No. 1 Oklahoma. The other Head Coach ......................................................... Tabitha Yim ranked opponents include No. 6 Utah, No. 7 UCLA, No. 12 California and Alma Mater.............................................Standford University No. 16 Stanford. Arizona has also faced Texas Woman’s, Michigan State, Years at Arizona ..........................................................1st year Washington and Arizona State since the first meet on Jan. 8. Assistant Coach .....................................................John Court Alma Mater..................................................Johnson & Wales FRESH FACES Year at Arizona......................................................... 17th year Assistant Coach ............................................ David McCreary Junior and team captain, Krysten Howard showed her maturity and Alma Mater ........................................Illinois State University composure on Monday as a last minute lineup addition for the Wildcats Year at Arizona............................................................1st year on the uneven bars in Berkeley. Originally she was going to compete for an exhibition score, but was switched to the number 2 spot. The pressure MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT INFO was on when she had to rise up after a missed routine. She secured a 9.80 Media Relations Director .................................Jeremy Sharpe on the event. Gymnastics Contact ...............................Danielle Bracamonte Email [email protected] PAC-12’s ON THE HORIZON Cell Phone ......................................................(520) 227-8238 Last Saturday’s meet against the Huskies marked the last conference Media Relations Mailing Address meet of the regular season for Arizona. The next time the Wildcats will McKale Center, Room 106 see the seven other Pac-12 teams will be in Seattle, Wash., at the Pac-12 University of Arizona Championships. The championship will be held on March 19, and will be Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 divided into two sessions. The four lowest ranked teams will compete in the first session at 2 p.m. MST, and the four highest ranked teams will com- pete at 7 p.m. MST. GOING FOR GOLD olloW rIzona ymnaSTIcS ► naTIonal ranKIngS (3.1.16) ► f a g In the last seven meets, Arizona has taken home ten first place finishes. The first place Twitter: www.twitter.com/azgymnastics winners include: Lauryn Mattson (V), Gabby Facebook: www.facebook.com/arizonagymnastics No. Team Laub (UB-2), Skyler Sheppard (BB), Kennady Instagram: @arizona_gymnastics 1 Oklahoma Schneider (FX-2), Madison Cindric (FX and V), Website: www.arizonawildcats.com/gymnastics Shelby Edwards (V) and Jessie Sisler (BB). Snapchat: azgymnastics 2 Florida DEPTH IN THE CHARTS ► THE laST TImE arIzona... 3 Alabama Won a home meet... 4 LSU Arizona has been able to take advantage of its depth in the first four meets of the season. 2/27/16 vs. Washington (196.10-195.35) 5 Michigan Five GymCats have contributed as specialists on three events: senior Shelby Edwards (V, BB, Won a road meet... 6 Utah FX), senior Lexi Mills (UB, BB, FX), senior Jessie Sisler (V, BB, FX), junior Selynna Felix-Terrazas (V, 2/22/16 vs. ASU (196.375-193.975) 7 UCLA UB, FX) and sophomore Maddy Cindric (V, BB, Won a neautral site meet... FX). Five of the GymCats showcased their work 8 Auburn in two event lineups, including: junior Gabrielle 3/21/15 at Pac-12 Championships, Session 1 (196.225) 9 Arkansas Laub (V and UB), junior Krysten Howard (UB Lost a home meet... and BB), sophomore Kennady Schneider (UB 10 Georgia and FX) and freshman Lauryn Mattson (V, FX). 2/13/16 vs. Stanford (196.65-196.15) Freshmen Skyler Sheppard and Dani Spencer Lost a road meet... 11 Boise State have appeared consistently in the lineups as 2/8/16 vs. Cal (196.825-196.00) 12 California event specialists on beam and the uneven bars, respectively. Lost a neautral site meet... 13 Denver MEET IN A MINUTE: ARIZONA VS WASHINGTON 4/4/15 at Columbus Regionals (195.80) 14 Missouri The Arizona gymnastics team captured their Scored a 197 or higher... 15 Nebraska second Pac-12 victory of the week after 3/8/15 vs. TWU (197.125-192.475) defeating Washington, 196.10-195.325. The 16 Stanford Wildcats stole the lead in the first rotation after Scored a 197 or higher at home... 17 Iowa earning a 48.875 on vault. The team was led 3/14/03 vs. Oklahoma (L;197.375-197.725) by freshman Lauryn Mattson, who earned 18 Arizona a 9.825. In the second rotation, sophomore Scored a 197 or higher on the Kennady Schenider and freshman Dani Spen- road... 19 Minnesota cer set the pace with strong routines earning 20 Oregon State a 9.80 and 9.75. After capturing the uneven 3/8/15 vs. TWU (197.125-192.475) bars title, the Wildcats earned their highest Won the All-Around at home... 21 George Washington event score of the night with a 49.20 on beam. Howard and Sisler led the team with a pair of 2/16/15 vs. ASU (Flores 39.35) 22 Illinois-Champaign 9.875’s and Cindric finished just behind them with a 9.85. On the floor, the team showed Won the All-Around on the road/ 23 Kentucky consistency throughout the line-up to earn neutral site... a team score of 48.975. Schneider, a house 24 Eastern Michigan favorite, earned the highest floor score for the 3/6/15 vs. MSU, EMU, BGSU (Flores 39.225) 25 West Virginia Cats with a 9.85. The Wildcats saw six #ARIZO- Scored a perfect 10.00... NASTICKS Saturday evening- two from Howard (UB, BB), and one each from Ortiz (UB), Laub 2/23/04 vs. TWU/LSU (Katie Johnson;FX) (UB), Mills (UB) and Cindric (BB). ► Pac-12 ranKIngS (3.1.16) ► SEaSon HIgH marKS ► carEEr HIgH marKS V UB BB FX AA V UB BB FX AA No. Team Buchanan - - - - - Buchanan 9.825 9.825 - - - 1 Utah 2 UCLA Cindric 9.85 - 9.90 9.825 - Cindric 9.85 9.925 9.90 9.85 39.35 3 California Edwards 9.85 - 9.85 9.85 - Edwards 9.95 9.85 9.90 9.85 - 4 Stanford Felix-Terrazas 9.75 9.85 - 9.85 - Felix-Terrazas 9.775 9.90 - 9.85 - 5 Arizona Hendrickson - - - - - Hendrickson - - - - - 6 Oregon State Howard - 9.875 9.875 9.875 - Howard - 9.875 9.875 9.875 - 7 Washington Laub 9.775 9.875 - - - Laub 9.825 9.90 - - - 8 Arizona State Mattson 9.825 - - 9.875 - Mattson 9.825 - - 9.875 - Mills - 9.85 9.85 9.80 - Mills - 9.85 9.95 9.925 - Ortiz - 9.825 - - - Ortiz - 9.90 - - - HoW ranK IS dETErmInEd Preseason rankings are detmined by vote of coaches. During the Robertson - - - - - Robertson - - - - - season rankings are determined every Monday morning by total season average from January 11 to Febrary15.