For Immediate Release // Thursday, February, 25, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle ([email protected]) UTAH, UCLA LEAD IN THE LAST WEEK OF CONFERENCE COMPETITION No. 5 UTAH and No. 6 UCLA have started to separate 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE themselves from the rest of a very strong gymnastics confer- GYMNASTICS STANDINGS ence. Both are now 4-1 in league competition with Utah’s loss coming at the hands of the Bruins, and UCLA’s coming Conference Overall in the form of an upset by CALIFORNIA. Both teams lead the W L PCT W L PCT Pac-12 in two events: Utah leads on the vault and the bars, Utah 4 1 .800 6 1 .857 and UCLA leads on the beam and the floor. UCLA 4 1 .800 5 2 .714 California 3 2 .600 8 3 .727 Oregon State 3 2 .600 7 3 .700 The three teams sitting at 3-2 in Pac-12 competition are all Stanford 3 2 .600 9 5 .642 also highly competitive. No. 12 STANFORD boasts one of Washington 2 3 .400 3 7 .300 the best all-arounders in the nation in Elizabeth Price, No. Arizona 1 4 .200 3 4 .428 14 CALIFORNIA is ranked in the top-10 on both the floor Arizona State 0 5 .000 1 8 .111 and the vault, and No. 17 OREGON STATE is home to the second-highest ranked all-arounder in the Pac-12 in Mad- eline Gardiner. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) The last weekend of regular season Pac-12 vs. Pac-12 com- BASED ON RQS AS OF FEB. 23 petition should be interesting as, for the third week in a row, two top-20 match-ups get underway. No. 5 UTAH will travel RANK TEAM to No. 14 CALIFORNIA and No. 12 STANFORD will take on 1. Oklahoma No. 17 OREGON STATE. 2. Florida 3. Alabama All signs point to a thrilling Pac-12 Championship March 19 4. Michigan in Seattle. 5. Utah 6. UCLA 7. LSU 8. Auburn UPCOMING SCHEDULE 9. Arkansas 10. Georiga Sat., Feb 27 11. Boise State #5 UTAH at #14 CALIFORNIA P12N, BA, M 1 p.m. PT 12. Stanford ARIZONA STATE at #6 UCLA P12A, LA 1 p.m. PT 13. Denver WASHINGTON at #25 ARIZONA 3 p.m. PT 14. Nebraska 14. California Mon., Feb. 29 16. Missouri #12 STANFORD at #17 OREGON STATE P12N, BA, O 6 p.m. PT 17. Oregon State 18. Iowa 19. Minnesota RECENT RESULTS 20. George Washington 21. Eastern Michigan Sat., Feb 20 22. Kentucky #5 UTAH at #12 STANFORD UTAH, 197.150-195.875 23. West Virginia #14 CALIFORNIA at #17 OREGON STATE OSU, 196-850-195.350 24. Illinois 25. Arizona Sun., Feb. 21 #6 UCLA at WASHINGTON UCLA, 196.675- 196.450 Mon., Feb. 22 #25 ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE ARIZ, 196.375- 193.975 PAC-12 VS. PAC-12 COACHES OTHER CONFERENCES Big Ten ............................................... 1-2-0 ARIZ ................................. TABITHA YIM UCLA ...............VALORIE KONDOS FIELD Big 12 ................................................. 0-6-0 .............................................. 1st season ................................................26th Season East Atlantic Gymnastics League ......... 0-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 ...............................NCAA Appearances: 23 Eastern College Athetlic ....................... 1-0-0 Mid-American ..................................... 1-0-0 ASU ..................................... RENE LYST UTAH ................................TOM FARDEN Midwest Independent .......................... 3-0-0 .............................................2nd season .................................................. 1st season Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ..... 8-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 0 Mountain Rim ..................................... 2-0-0 Southeastern ....................................... 4-4-0 CAL ..............................JUSTIN HOWELL UTAH ........................ MEGAN MARSDEN Western Athletic .................................. 0-0-0 .................................................. 4th season .................................................. 7th season Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ......... 1-0-0 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 .................................NCAA Appearances: 6 Independent ....................................... 0-0-0 Total-All ..................................... 21-12-0 OSU ............................. TANYA CHAPLIN WASH ......................... JOANNE BOWERS ................................................19th Season ................................................10th Season ...............................NCAA Appearances: 11 .................................NCAA Appearances: 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SIDS STAN........................... KRISTEN SMYTH ................................................ 15th season *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appear- ARIZ ...........................www.arizonawildcats.com ............................................. Danielle Bracamonte ...............................NCAA Appearances: 12 ances made as head coach of current [email protected] school ...................................................... 520-621-4163 ASU ................................www.thesundevils.com .................................................... Kathryn Roberts [email protected] ...................................................... 480-965-1237 UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL CAL ..........................................www.calbears.com ....................................................... Mara Rudolph SAN FRANCISCO – In a poll taken by the Conference’s eight women’s gymnastics, UTAH [email protected] was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference an- ...................................................... 510-643-5846 nounced today. OSU .................................... www.osubeavers.com Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the ....................................................... Jason Amberg national preseason coaches’ poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top [email protected] ...................................................... 541-230-0706 spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches’ poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had domi- nated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture STAN .................................... www.gostanford.com its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in ........................................................... Greg Marsh 2014 and 2015. ......................................... [email protected] ...................................................... 650-736-7635 UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches’ poll. UCLA .................................... www.uclabruins.com STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with 39 2016 Pac-12 Women’s ............................................................. Liza David points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll ...................................... [email protected] Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the ...................................................... 310-621-8398 1. Utah (6) ................... 49 national top ten, coming in at No. 8. 2. UCLA ...................... 41 UTAH ............................... www.utahutes.cstv.com 3. Stanford (1) ............. 39 .................................................................Liz Abel OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 4. Oregon Sate ............. 30 [email protected] coaches’ poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were 5. California ................. 24 ...................................................... 801-209-6346 CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA 6. Arizona .................... 21 STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 7. Washington .............. 13 WASH .................................... www.gohuskies.com 8. Arizona State ............. 7 ..........................................................Justin Green Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 ....................................................jgreen8@uw.edu nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon ...................................................... 801-473-7376 State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. PAC-12 ..................................... www.pac-12.com ............................................................. Liz Beadle .............................................. [email protected] The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- ...................................................... 415-549-2858 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 25, 2016 2 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES PAC-12 NETWORKS Pac-12 Championship Credentials: The media cre- Pac-12 Networks began its fourth season of women’s gymnastics cover- age on Friday, January 8. dential application site for the 2016 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship is now open. Credential requests are due Pac-12 Networks will