Utah Gymnastics 2016 Issue #4

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SATURDAY FEB. 13

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SHORT PEOPLE APPRECIATION

BACK TO BACK

CHAMPIONS

CONTENTS AND SCHEDULE 4 6 8 10 12 14

Meet Notes

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Assistant Coach Meredith Paulicivic

Tonight’s Meet is Presented by:

2016 Utah Gymnastics Roster 2016 Utah Utes A Tradition of Excellence Scorecard

Co-Head Coaches Megan Marsden and Tom Farden

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Utah Gymnastics Staff Jon M. Huntsman Center Utah All-Americans Utah’s Individual NCAA Champions The Utah 10.0 Club Ute Updates Washington Huskies

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SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Fri., Jan. 8 Fri., Jan. 15 Sat., Jan. 23 Mon., Feb. 1 Sat., Feb. 6 Sat., Feb. 13 Sat., Feb. 20 Sat., Feb. 27 Fri., Mar. 4 Sat., Mar. 12 Sat., Mar. 19 Sat., Apr. 2 Fri., Apr. 15 Sat., Apr. 16

Opponent Brigham Young at Southern Utah Oregon State* Arizona* at UCLA* Washington* at Stanford* at California* at Michigan Georgia at Pac-12 Championship NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships-Semifinals NCAA Championships-Super Six

Location Salt Lake City Cedar City, Utah Salt Lake City Salt Lake City Los Angeles Salt Lake City Stanford, Calif.

Berkeley, Calif.

Ann Arbor, Mich.

Salt Lake City Seattle Salt Lake City Ft. Worth, Texas Ft. Worth, Texas

*Pac-12 Conference meet; Times are local to site 2016 UTAH GYMNASTICS | 3

Result/Time W/196.175-193.850 W/196.725-195.600 W/196.125-195.125 W/197.150-194.850 L/197.100-197.075 7:00 MT 2:00 PT 1:00 PT 7:00 ET 5:00 MT 1:00/6:00 PT 6:00 MT 1:00/7:00 CT 8:00 CT

MEET NOTES Tonight The No. 6 Utah gymnasts (4-1, 2-1 Pac-12) host Washington (3-5, 2-1 Pac-12) at 7 p.m. on Short People Appreciation and Autograph night.

Quick Sticks Despite a narrow loss at UCLA last week (197.100197.075), Utah moved ahead of the Bruins in the national rankings and is the Pac-12’s highest-ranked team at No. 6. UCLA slipped from No. 5 to No. 7 … The loss at UCLA—a meet the Utes led until the final Bruin routine (a 9.95)—was Utah’s first Pac-12 Conference loss since 2013 … Utah has topped 197.000 in back-toback meets with a season-best 197.150 against Arizona on Feb. 1.

National Rankings Utah moved up one place to No. 6 in the Feb. 8 rankings.

The Utes are No. 3 on bars (49.300 average), No. 4 on beam (49.150), No. 9 on vault (49.110) and No. 12 on floor (49.090). Utah’s best individual rankings are on bars, where Baely Rowe is ranked No. 3 with a 9.910 season average and Kassandra Lopez is No. 6 (9.90).

Breanna Hughes is No. 7 in the all-around (39.413) and Samantha Partyka is No. 11 (39.375). Sabrina Schwab is No. 10 on floor (9.915).

Chalk Talk Utah’s high scores this season are 9.90 on vault (Breanna Hughes twice), 9.95 on bars (Baely Rowe), 9.925 on beam (Maddy Stover) and 9.975 on floor (Samantha Partyka) … Through the first five meets, Utah has won 17-of-20 individual event titles and 3-of5 all-arounds. A Ute has won or tied for first in all five meets on vault and bars … Ute winners: Hughes (6), Partyka (4), Rowe (3), Kailah Delaney (2), Kari Lee (2), Kassandra Lopez (1), Sabrina Schwab (2) and Stover (2) and … The Utes are 114-120 in hit routines (routines without a fall). The Utes hit all 24 routines at UCLA for their first meet this season without a fall …

Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Hughes (1717), Partyka (17-17), Delaney (11-11), Schwab (1010), MaKenna Merrell (10-10) and Lopez (8-8).

Ute Insider Even with the loss of all-arounder Kari Lee for the season with an Achilles tear, there is competition for starting jobs. Pushing the starters particularly hard are Kassandra Lopez and Erika Muhaw on vault, Maddy Stover on bars, MaKenna Merrell on beam, and Stover and Muhaw on floor … Utes have won four Pac-12 weekly awards: Sabrina Schwab was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 12 and Feb. 2, Breanna Hughes was Specialist of the Week on Jan. 19 and Baely Rowe Specialist of the Week on Jan. 26.

Kari Lee Out for Season All-America sophomore Kari Lee suffered a seasonending injury in practice on Jan. 26, tearing her left Achilles tendon. She underwent surgery on Jan. 29. Lee was a three-time All-American and a two-event NCAA event finalist as a freshman in 2015. She was Utah’s only all-arounder for the first three meets this season and two victories (all-around and balance beam).

Series Shorts Utah is 49-0-2 all-time against Washington and 21-0 in Salt Lake City. Both ties were in Seattle. In 2001 and 2013, the last Husky scored a 10.0 and a 9.925, respectively on floor to move into a tie with Utah.

Scouting Washington Head Coach: (Joanne Bowers, 10th year) 2015 NCAA Finish: DNQ National Rank: NR 2016 Record: 3-5, 2-1 Pac-12 Notes: The Huskies fell to Oregon State (195.325194.275) on Monday night in Seattle … biggest win was a 196.175-196.075 upset of No. 12 Stanford at the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 30 … 196.175 in win over Stanford was UW’s season high.

Nation’s Attendance Leader Utah is averaging 14,578 fans at home, with two meets exceeding the 15,000-seat capacity of the Huntsman Center. The standing-room crowd of 15,550 on Jan. 23 against Oregon State was the fourth-largest attended gymnastics meet in school history, Utah’s second sellout this season and its 15th crowd in excess of 15,000 (continued on page 30)

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2016 UTAH GYMNASTICS ROSTER

Name

Height Year Hometown

High School/Club

Kailah Delaney

5-5

Esperanza HS/Kips Gymnastics

Sr.

Yorba Linda, Calif.

Breanna Hughes 5-4

Sr.

Champlin, Minn.

Totino-Grace HS/Twin City Twisters

Kari Lee

5-1

So.

Peoria, Ariz.

Liberty HS/Flames Gymnastics Academy

Tiffani Lewis

5-4

So.

Las Vegas, Nev.

Southwest Career and Technical Academy/Brown’s Gymnastics

Kassandra Lopez 5-1

Sr.

Tucson, Ariz.

Amphitheater HS/Tumbleweeds Gymnastics Texas Connections Academy/Stars Gymnastics Training Center

Shannon McNatt 5-3

Fr.

Houston, Texas

MaKenna Merrell 5-4

Fr.

Pleasant Grove, Utah Pleasant Grove HS/All-American Gymnastics

5-1

Fr.

Montville, N.J.

Montville Township HS/North Stars Gymnastics Academy

Samantha Partyka 5-4

Erika Muhaw

So.

Katy, Texas

Katy HS/Champion Gymnastics Academy

Baely Rowe

5-3

Jr.

Federal Way, Wash.

Auburn Riverside HS/Auburn Gymnastics Center

Sabrina Schwab

5-3

Fr.

Lucas, Texas

Lovejoy HS/WOGA

Maddy Stover

5-1

So.

Fullerton, Calif.

Troy HS/Wildfire Gymnastics

Co-Head Coach Megan Marsden (7th/32nd year) Utah & Career Record: 132-47-2 (6 years) Co-Head Coach Tom Farden (1st/6th year) Utah Record: 0-0 (1st year) Career Record: 70-46 (6 years) Assistant Coach Meredith Paulicivic (1st year)

GYMNASTICS SUPPORT STAFF Director of Operations: Cameron Linford Director of Player Development: Dakota Marsden Athletic Trainer: Katie Lorens Strength Coach: Jon Webster Aerobics Instructors: Denise Druce, Jenny Larsen Sport Psychologist: Nicole Detling Nutritionists: Shannon Bowles-Doleac, Beth Wolfgram Student Coach: Georgia Dabritz Student Manager: Elizabeth Berndt

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Kailah Delaney Sr. | Yorba Linda, Calif.

Breanna Hughes Sr. | Champlin, Minn.

Kari Lee So. | Peoria, Ariz.

Tiffani Lewis So. | Las Vegas, Nev.

Kassandra Lopez Sr. | Tucson, Ariz.

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MaKenna Merrell Fr. | Pleasant Grove, Utah

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A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE

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• Most National Championship Appearances (40) • Most National Championships (10) • Most NCAA Championships All-Americans (347) • Most Fans (14,000+ Per Meet Since 2010) Regular Season • The Utah gymnastics team first competed in 1976. Since then, Utah is the only team to qualify for every National Championships (40), including all 34 NCAA Championships.

• Utah’s overall regular and postseason record is 1,048-208-8.

Regional Meets • Utah has won its regional meet 28 times and been runner-up 12 times.

National Championships • Utah has won a record 10 national championships and been runner-up nine times. Utah has also placed in the top-three 23 times and never finished lower than 10th.

• Utah has qualified for the Super Six 19 times.

• Utah gymnasts have earned a record 347 NCAA Championships All-America awards and have won 25 individual national championships.

Fanatics • Utah owns every gymnastics attendance record, including the most people ever to watch a collegiate gymnastics meet (16,019 vs. Michigan in 2015) and highest season attendance average (14,950 in 2015).

• Utah gymnastics led all women’s sports teams in attendance in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015 becoming the first women’s team other than basketball to lead the nation in season attendance.

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VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND

Kailah Delaney Breanna Hughes Kari Lee Tiffani Lewis Kassandra Lopez Shannon McNatt MaKenna Merrell Erika Muhaw Samantha Partyka Baely Rowe Sabrina Schwab Maddy Stover

TOTAL

OPPONENT

VAULT BARS BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND

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TOM FARDEN

Megan Marsden Co-Head Coach 7th/32nd Year

Tom Farden Co-Head Coach 1st/6th year

ormer NCAA all-around champion Megan Marsden is in her 32nd year on the Utah coaching staff and her seventh as the cohead coach. As a gymnast or coach, Marsden has participated in all of Utah’s record-tying 10 national championships and 19 Super Six appearances.

Since becoming the co-head coach in 2010, she has compiled a 132-47-2 overall record and has twice been named the Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2014, 2015). She is also a two-time NCAA Region Head Coach of the Year (2011, 2012).

Marsden began coaching at her alma mater in 1985 after leading Utah to four national championships as a 12-time first-team AllAmerican and three-time NCAA champion from 1981-84. She spent 25 years as an assistant or associate coach.

She and husband Greg (Utah’s gymnastics coach for 40 years) have two sons, Montana and Dakota. Montana is pursuing an MBA from Utah and Dakota is the director of player personnel for the Utah gymnastics team.

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n April 20, 2015, one day after he celebrated his first NCAA individual champion, Tom Farden was promoted to co-head coach at Utah, joining Megan Marsden at the helm. Farden, Utah’s assistant coach for the previous five years, draws from 18 years of NCAA coaching experience.

He was the head coach at Southeast Missouri State from 2004-09, where he compiled a 70-46 record and was the 2008 NCAA South Central Regional Coach of the Year and a four-time conference coach of the year.

Farden continues to coach the uneven bars, his primary event since coming to Utah, and has also taken over as the lead vault coach. He assisted coaching floor in his first five seasons at Utah, when the bar and floor lineups produced 26 All-America awards, an NCAA champion, nine routines in the NCAA individual event finals, seven regional champions and six Pac-12 individual titles.

He and his wife Christina have a son, Ki.

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ASSISTANT COACH MEREDITH PAULICIVIC

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Meredith Paulicivic Assistant Coach 1st year

eredith Paulicivic (pronounced paul-a-civic) is in her first year as a Utah gymnastics assistant coach, but she is plenty familiar with both the storied program and the Pac-12 Conference. As Meredith King, she competed for two Utah NCAA Championship teams from 1991-94, when she was a three-time vault All-American and a team captain her senior season.

This is Paulicivic’s third Pac-12 assistantship.

She was an assistant coach at California in 1996 and spent last season in the same role at Arizona.

She also brings 18 years of high-level club coaching experience from SCEGA Gymnastics in Temecula, Calif. At SCEGA, she coached a number of elite level gymnasts and six U.S. National Team members.

She is married to George Paulicivic. They have a son Corbin and daughters Blayne and Avery.

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The Huntsman Center has hosted a record nine national championships—one AIAW and eight NCAA Championships: 1981 (AIAW), 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2007.

Other gymnastics events making Huntsman Center appearances include the 1979 USGF World Championships Trials, the 1980 and ’82 Championships of the USA, the 1993 World University Games Trials, 12 NCAA regional championships (most recently in 2012) and two Pac-12 Championships.

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UTAH ALL-AMERICANS Alfano, Elaine (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) Allan, Kim (2000) Baskett, Kristina (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Bijak, Daria (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Bowles, Shannon (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002) Canary, Christa (1982) Caudle, Megan (1994, 1995, 1996) Coleman, Shannon (1981) Dabritz, Georgia (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Damianova, Nansy (2013, 2014) Del Priore, Lia (2014) Deetscreek, Jamie (2009, 2010) Delaney, Kailah (2012, 2014, 2015) DiLuzio, Annie (2007, 2010) Donaldson, Jenny (1992) Duke, Jessica (2007) Eberle, Annabeth (2003, 2004, 2005) Ellingson, Diane (1980, 1981) Ford, Nicolle (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) Frenz, Alysa (1994) Graham, Deidra (1999, 2000, 2001) Hansen, Hailee (2013) Harrington, Celeste (1985) Hermann, Tina (1985) Hofmann, Gritt (2005, 2006) Huck, Eileen (1980, 1981) Hughes, Breanna (2013) Jones, Denise (1998, 2000) Kardos, Linda (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) Kenoyer, Kristen (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Kever, Ashley (2000) Kim, Nina (2009) King, Meredith (1992, 1993, 1994) Kulikowski, Theresa (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003) Leclerc, Veronique (2001, 2002, 2003) Lederer, Lynne (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) Lee, Kari (2015) Leonard, Angie (1997, 1998, 1999) Lofgren, Mary Beth (2011) Lopez, Kassandra (2015) Lothrop, Corrie (2011, 2012, 2015) Marlowe, Missy (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) Massoels, Patti (1988) McCunniff, Megan (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984) McAllister Stephanie (2010, 2011, 2012) McVay, Lisa (1986) Metz, Suzanne (1993, 1994, 1995)

Georgia Dabritz Mitzel, Lisa (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) Northrop, Molly (1997, 1998) Northrop, Sarah (1996) Partyka, Samantha (2015) Pinnick, Kristi (1988, 1990) Postell, Ashley (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Reid, Summer (1996, 1997) Richard, Tracy (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993) Riffanacht, Kristen (2003, 2004) Rizzo, Beth (2007) Robarts, Kyndal (2008, 2010) Schaerrer, Shelly (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) Schatton, Angelika (2000) Schmidt, Jenny (2000) Smith, Jessica (1988, 1990) Sobotka, Sandy (1985, 1986) Sommer, Traci (1995, 1997, 1998) Stednitz, Sue (1982) Stuart, Jill (1987) Takahashi, Kris (1987) Tidd, Rachel (2005) Trepanier, Aimee (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Tutka, Becky (2013, 2014) Vituj, Melissa (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Wagner, Kylee (2001) Weatherstone, Cheryl (1985, 1986, 1987) Wells, Missy (1993, 1994) Wilson, Tory (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) Wolf, Theresa (2001) Wolsey, Kelli (1992, 1994) Woolsey, Sandy (1993, 1994, 1995)

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UTAH’S INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONS SUE STEDNITZ 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around

Balance Beam ELAINE ALFANO 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault 1983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault MEGAN MCCUNNIFF (MARSDEN) 1983. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around 1984. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around Vault LISA MITZEL 1985. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floor Exercise MISSY MARLOWE 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around

Uneven Bars

Balance Beam

Floor Exercise KRISTEN KENOYER 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault

Theresa Kulikowski SANDY WOOLSEY 1994. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars SUMMER REID 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam ANGIE LEONARD 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars THERESA KULIKOWSKI 1999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All-Around

Balance Beam 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam KRISTINA BASKETT 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars ASHLEY POSTELL 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam GEORGIA DABRITZ 20015. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uneven Bars

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THE UTAH 10.0 CLUB Vault 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Oregon State, 3-2-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-20-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Oregon State, 2-19-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Brigham Young, 3-13-93 10.0, Suzanne Metz vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. UCLA, 1-10-04 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. UW/Iowa/UIC, 3-5-04 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Brigham Young, 3-19-04 10.0, Rachel Tidd vs. Brigham Young, 3-19-04 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Minnesota, 2-1-08 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. SUU/USU, 2-22-08 10.0, Tory Wilson vs. California, 2-9-13 10.0, Tory Wilson vs. Arizona State, 2-6-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Arizona State, 2-6-15 10.0, Tory Wilson at Pac-12 Championships, 3-21-15 Uneven Bars 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Cal State-Fullerton, 2-11-91 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Cal State-Fullerton, 3-1-91 10.0, Missy Marlowe at WAC Championship, 3-28-92 10.0, Aimee Trepanier vs. Oregon State, 2-13-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-20-93 10.0, Sandy Woolsey vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Sandy Woolsey at NCAA Regional, 4-13-96 10.0, Angie Leonard vs. Stanford, 3-7-97 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State/BSU, 2-26-99 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Brigham Young, 3-27-99 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Brigham Young, 2-9-01 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Michigan, 2-23-01 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Arizona, 1-18-02 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Minnesota, 1-25-02 10.0, Theresa Kulikowski vs. Minnesota, 2-1-03 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Florida, 3-16-13 10.0, Georgia Dabritz at Pac-12 Championships, 3-22-14 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Arizona, 1-31-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Stanford, 2-21-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Michigan, 3-6-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz at NCAA Championships, 4-17-15 10.0, Georgia Dabritz at NCAA Championships, 4-18-15 Balance Beam 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Utah State, 2-7-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Penn State, 3-9-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-28-92 10.0, Missy Marlowe at NCAA Regional, 4-11-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. UW/Boise State, 3-6-93

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UTE UPDATES Kailah Delaney: Three-time All-American (1 at NCAA Championships, 2 regular season) … three-time first-team All-Pac-12 … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … ranked No. 25 in the nation on vault (9.85 average) … season high 9.85 on vault, 9.875 on beam and 9.90 on floor … 2 wins this season and 17 career victories … has hit 11-11 routines this season and 72-75 career routines.

Breanna Hughes: Second-team balance beam All-American as a freshman in 2012 … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … ranked No. 7 in the nation in the all-around (39.413 average), No. 12 on beam (9.85 average) and No. 18 on floor (9.890 average) … scored a 39.525 and placed first in her first career all-around vs. Arizona on Feb. 1 … career highs this season in the all-around (39.525), vault (9.90), bars (9.925) and floor (9.925) … leads Utah with 6 wins (also her career win total) … has hit 17-17 routines this season and 77-79 career routines.

Kari Lee: Three-time All-American as a freshman in 2015 … first-team All-American and NCAA event finalist on vault (5th) and floor (14th) … second-team regular-season AllAmerican on beam … first-team All-Pac-12 on floor … suffered a season-ending Achilles tear on Jan. 26 after competing as an all-arounder in the first three meets of 2016 …

39.100 all-around high vs. OSU … won the all-around and beam at SUU … 2 wins this season and 8 career wins … hit 10-12 routines this season and has hit 50-54 career routines.

Tiffani Lewis: Three-event starter as a freshman at the 2015 NCAA Championships ... hit the first 29 routines of her career before a fall on floor vs. OSU on Jan. 23 … season-best 9.875 on bars and floor … has hit 15-16 routines this season and 36-37 career routines.

Kassandra Lopez: Second-team All-American on bars at the 2015 NCAA Championships … also second-team All-Pac-12 on bars as a junior … two-time NCAA Regional runner-up (bars and beam) … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … ranked No. 6 in the nation on bars with a 9.90 average … won bars at SUU and UCLA with careertying 9.925 … also competing on beam (9.85 season high at UCLA) … 2 wins this season and in her career … has hit 8-8 routines this season and 67-71 career routines.

Shannon McNatt: Qualified International Elite twice … first on floor and sixth all-around at the 2014 Junior National Level 10 National Championships (Senior B Division) … competed in exhibition on beam against Oregon State on Jan. 23,

scoring a 9.70 … has hit 0-0 scoring routines this season and in her career.

MaKenna Merrell: Four-time Junior National Championships’ qualifier … 2015 J.O. runner-up in the all-around, vault and floor (Senior C Division) … freshman has competed on vault, beam and floor … has hit 10-10 routines this season and in her career.

Erika Muhaw: Four-time Junior National Championships’ qualifier … third on vault and floor and ninth all-around at the 2015 J.O. Championships (Senior C Division) … has competed exhibition on vault in four meets (9.775 best three times) and on floor twice (9.80 best) … has hit 0-0 scoring routines this season and in her career.

Samantha Partyka: Second-team All-American on vault as a freshman … ranked No. 11 in the all-around (39.375 average) … career highs this season in the all-around (39.450), bars (9.825), beam (9.90) and floor (9.975) … 9.975 on floor on Feb. 1 is Utah’s best event score of the year … won the allaround with a career-best 39.450 and vault (9.875) at UCLA … 4 wins this season and in her career … has hit 17-17 routines this season and 26-26 career routines.

Baely Rowe: All-Pac-12 on beam and Utah’s Most Improved Gymnast as a sophomore … member of the 2016 Utah gymnastics Leadership Council … ranked No. 3 in the nation on bars with a 9.910 average … named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 26 for her career-high 9.95 on bars and 9.90 on beam vs. OSU … 3 wins this season and 7 career victories … has hit 14-15 routines this season and 70-74 career routines.

Sabrina Schwab: Qualified Senior Elite in 2013 on her first attempt … won compulsory all-around, vault, bars, beam and floor, and optional all-around, vault, bars and beam at the 2013 elite testing … ranked No. 10 in the nation on floor (9.915 average) … two-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (Jan. 12 and Feb. 2) … starter on two events has high scores of 9.875 on bars and 9.95 on floor (twice) … 2 victories this season and in her career … has hit 10-10 routines this season and in her career.

Maddy Stover: Utah’s beam leadoff as a freshman last year is now anchoring the lineup as a sophomore … won balance beam against BYU and Oregon State … 9.925 season and career best on beam vs. Oregon State … competed on floor at SUU … 2 wins this season and 3 career victories (all on beam) … has hit 4-6 routines this season and 18-20 career routines.

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WASHINGTON HUSKIES Name

Year

Height Hometown

Hailey Burleson

So.

5-6

Asheville, N.C.

Kaitlyn Duranczyk

Jr.

5-0

Sebastopol, Calif.

Joslyn Goings

So.

5-0

Phoenix, Ariz.

Kristyn Hoffa

Fr.

5-3

San Marcos, Calif.

Janae Janik

Jr.

5-4

Simi Valley, Calif.

Emily Liddle

So.

5-4

Modesto, Calif.

Faith Morrison

Jr.

5-7

Leesburg, Va.

Jessica Nesis

Jr.

5-3

Bellevue, Wash.

Allison Northey

Sr.

5-3

Sammamish, Wash.

Monica Riley

Fr.

5-4

Irving, Texas

Malory Rose

Fr.

5-5

Orlando, Fla.

Zoey Schaefer

So.

5-0

Minneapolis, Minn.

Stephanie Stowe

Jr.

5-2

Mesa, Ariz.

Alexandra Yacalis

Jr.

5-3

Binghamton, N.Y.

Head Coach: Joanne Bowers Assistant Coach: Elise Ray Assistant Coach: Stephen Buckner

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all time. The Utes broke their own NCAA gymnastics attendance record in 2015, averaging 14,950 fans to their regular-season home meets. The Utes also broke the attendance record for a Pac-12 Championship in 2015, drawing a two-session total of 23,568 and setting the single-session mark with 14,402 spectators.

Utah, which attracted an NCAA single-meet gymnastics crowd of 16,019 against Michigan, captured its fifth all-women’s sports attendance title in 2015 and its 31st gymnastics attendance crown. Utah owns every NCAA gymnastics attendance record and has averaged more than 14,000 fans a meet for the past six seasons and more than 11,000 dating back to 1990. The Huntsman Center (seating capacity 15,000) has hosted one crowd in excess of 16,000, 14 crowds in excess of 15,000 and 36 crowds of 14,000 or more.

Academic Champs The gymnastics team recorded the best grade point average of all Utah athletic teams in the 2015 fall term with a 3.719 GPA. It marks the fifth time in the last seven semesters that the gymnasts have claimed school’s athletic GPA title, dating back to fall of 2012. All 12 members of the team made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0 or better) and seven made the Dean’s List (3.5 and up). Last year, Utah finished with the second-best GPA of any gymnastics team in the nation (3.7838) and the best among the NCAA Championships’ qualifiers.

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