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CONTENTS AND SCHEDULE 4 Meet Notes 6 2015 Utah Gymnastics Roster 8 2015 Utah Utes 10 An Insider’s Guide to the Utes 12 Scorecard 14 Coaches Greg and Megan Marsden 16 Assistant Coach Tom Farden 18 Staff 22 Jon M. Huntsman Center 24 Utah All-Americans 26 Utah’s Individual NCAA Champions 28 The Utah 10.0 Club 33 Ute Updates 34 Michigan Wolverines

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2015 UTAH SCHEDULE & RESULTS Date Jan. 9 Jan. 16

Jan. 23 Jan. 31 Feb. 6 Feb. 14 Feb. 21 Feb. 27 Mar. 6 Mar. 14 Mar. 21 Apr. 4 Apr. 17 Apr. 18 Apr. 19

Opponent Location Result/Time at Brigham Young Provo, Utah W/196.900-193.350 Southern Utah Salt Lake City W/196.675-195.500 Boise State W/196.675-194.525 UC Davis W/196.675-193.950 UCLA* Salt Lake City W/196.725-194.725 at Arizona* Tucson, Ariz.

W/197.850-196.375 Arizona State* Salt Lake City W/197.825-194.100 at Washington* Seattle W/197.025-195.650 Stanford* Salt Lake City W/198.050-195.900 at Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. W/196.875-195.750 Michigan Salt Lake City 7:00 MT at Georgia Athens, Ga. 4:00 ET Pac-12 Championships Salt Lake City 2:00/7:00 MT NCAA Regionals TBA TBA NCAA Championships-Semifinals Ft. Worth, Texas TBA NCAA Championships-Super Six Ft. Worth, Texas TBA NCAA Championships-Event Finals Ft. Worth, Texas TBA

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MEET NOTES TONIGHT No. 4 Utah (10-0, 6-0 Pac-12) closes out its regular season home schedule against No. 5 Michigan (8-1, 5-0 Big Ten) at 7:00 p.m. in the Huntsman Center.

Recognized in a pre-meet celebration will be Utah’s star-studded senior class of Georgia Dabritz, Corrie Lothrop, Becky Tutka and Tory Wilson.

TUTKA SETS SCHOOL ‘HIT’ RECORD Senior Becky Tutka enters her final regular season home meet as the school record holder for consecutive routines completed without a fall.Tutka has hit 75-of-75 routines in her career, breaking the old mark of 72 consecutive hit routines set by Stephanie McAllister from 2010-11.

QUICK STICKS With last week’s win at Oregon State, gymnastics became the first Utah team to complete a Pac-12 regular season without a loss. Utah (which did not meet California this year) finished 6-0 in Pac-12 play.The Utes will host the Pac-12 Championship on Mar. 21 … Utah must beat two top-10 nonconference teams for an undefeated regular season.

The Utes, currently 10-0 overall with a home meet against No. 5 Michigan tonight and a road meet against No. 10 Georgia on Mar. 14 remaining, have achieved an unbeaten regular season just once in their history, in 1993 (13-0) … Georgia Dabritz is ranked No. 1 in the nation this week on bars (9.950 regional qualifying score), No. 2 on vault (9.945) and tied for fifth on floor (9.930) … Tory Wilson is the Pac-12’s top-ranked all-arounder and is No. 7 in the nation with a 39.435 RQS … Utah has the country’s No. 1 vault team and has three vaulters in the top 10: Dabritz is No. 1, Wilson is tied for sixth and Kailah Delaney is tied for ninth.

ATTENDANCE RECORD IN SIGHT Utah, which is averaging 14,682 fans at home, needs a crowd of 13,154 tonight to break its school and NCAA gymnastics single-season attendance record of 14,376 set last year.The Utes are also a virtual lock to win the 2015 gymnastics and all-women’s sport attendance titles.

UTE INSIDER Georgia Dabritz has a team-best 20 wins this season, including victories on bars in seven of eight meets and six wins on floor … Utah has had four all-arounders score a 39.35 or better: Dabritz (39.70 best), Tory Wilson (39.55 twice), Corrie Lothrop (39.45) and Baely Rowe (39.35) …

Rowe won her first career all-around last week at

OSU, scoring a 39.30 … Dabritz leads Utah with three all-around wins, but has not gone all-around in the last two meets after being replaced by Kailah Delaney in the beam lineup. Dabritz’ 9.925 in exhibition routine on beam last week could make the No. 2 beam spot this week a game-day decision.

CHALK TALK Utah has won every bar title this season (Georgia Dabritz 7, Corrie Lothrop 1) … Utah is 6-0 at home and 4-0 on the road … Ute winners this season: Dabritz (20), Tory Wilson (6), Baely Rowe (3), Kailah Delaney (2), Kari Lee (2), Corrie Lothrop (2) … Utah counted a fall for the first time last week at Oregon State, when two Utes fell off the balance beam.The Utes are 186-192 in hit routines (routines without a fall). Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Delaney (11-11), Tiffani Lewis (10-10), Breanna Hughes (8-8), Kassandra Lopez (8-8), Maddy Stover (8-8), Becky Tutka (5-5) and Samantha Partyka (3-3).

PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARDS Utes have accumulated eight Pac-12 weekly awards to date, including this week’s Special Performance of the Week by Georgia Dabritz. Utah’s four Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week citations include three from Dabritz (Jan. 19, Feb. 2, Feb. 9) and one from Tory Wilson (Jan. 12). Utah’s four Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week awards have gone to Corrie Lothrop (Jan. 26), Wilson (Feb. 9) and Dabritz (Feb. 23, Mar. 2).

SCOUTING MICHIGAN Head Coach: Bev Plocki (26th Season) 2014 NCAA Finish: 10th National Rank: 5 2015 Record: 8-1, 5-0 Big Ten Notes: Only loss was to No. 1 Oklahoma on Feb. 20, 197.375-197.250 … season-high 197.300 in win over Nebraska on Jan. 31 … scored a 197.250 in the last two meets … top road score is a 197.125 at Maryland on Feb. 7 … UM has two of the top all-arounders in the country in No. 5 Sachi Sugiyama (39.475 RQS/39.55 season high) and No. 6 Nicole Artz (39.470 RQS, 39.600 high) …

Brianna Brown has a 39.45 all-around best.

SERIES SHORTS Utah leads the series with Michigan 24-13 (10-2 in Salt Lake City) … The teams are 3-3 since 2010 …

The Wolverines have won the last two match-ups, at the 2013 NCAA Championships and last March in Ann Arbor.

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Name Georgia Dabritz Kailah Delaney Breanna Hughes Haley Lange Kari Lee Tiffani Lewis Kassandra Lopez Corrie Lothrop Samantha Partyka Baely Rowe Maddy Stover Becky Tutka Tory Wilson

Height 5-2 5-5 5-4 5-2 5-1 5-4 5-1 5-0 5-4 5-3 5-3 5-0 5-2

Co-Head Coach: Greg Marsden (40th year) Co-Head Coach: Megan Marsden (6th/31st year) Assistant Coach: Tom Farden (5th year)

Year Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr.

Hometown Newburyport, Mass.

Yorba Linda, Calif.

Champlin, Minn.

Bellevue, Wash.

Peoria, Ariz.

Las Vegas, Nev. Tucson, Ariz.

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Georgia Dabritz

Kailah Delaney

Breanna Hughes

Sr. | Newburyport, Mass.

Jr. | Yorba Linda, Calif.

Jr. | Champlin, Minn.

Haley Lange

Kari Lee

Tiffani Lewis

Jr. | Bellevue, Wash.

Fr. | Peoria, Ariz.

Fr. | Las Vegas, Nev.

Kassandra Lopez

Corrie Lothrop

Samantha Partyka

Jr. | Tucson, Ariz.

Sr. | Danvers, Mass.

Fr. | Katy, Texas

Baely Rowe

Maddy Stover

So. | Federal Way, Wash.

Fr. | Fullerton, Calif.

Becky Tutka

Tory Wilson

Sr. | Upper Black Eddy, Pa. Sr. | Albuquerque, N.M.

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AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE UTES ALL-AROUND Corrie Lothrop Georgia Dabritz Tory Wilson Kari Lee Maddy Stover

First-team All-American, 2012 Pac-12 Champion First-team All-American 2014 Pac-12 Champion, Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year 2013 Junior Olympic Champion (Senior A Division) 2013 Junior Olympic Champion (Senior B Division)

VAULT Kailah Delaney Georgia Dabritz Tory Wilson Samantha Partyka Kari Lee

First-team All-American First-team All-American First-team All-American Two-time Junior Olympic Champion 2014 Junior Olympic Champion

UNEVEN BARS Georgia Dabritz Corrie Lothrop

2013 NCAA Runner-up, First-team All-American Second-team All-American

BALANCE BEAM Corrie Lothrop Breanna Hughes Maddy Stover

Second-team All-American Second-team All-American 2011 and 2014 Junior Olympic Champion

FLOOR EXERCISE Becky Tutka Georgia Dabritz Corrie Lothrop Samantha Partyka

Georgia Dabritz

First-team All-American First-team All-American (regular season), 2014 Pac-12 Champion Second-team All-American 2013 Junior Olympic Champion

Tory Wilson

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VAULT

BARS

BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND

VAULT

BARS

BEAM FLOOR ALL-AROUND

Georgia Dabritz Kailah Delaney Breanna Hughes Haley Lange Kari Lee Tiffani Lewis Kassandra Lopez Corrie Lothrop Samantha Partyka Baely Rowe Maddy Stover Becky Tutka Tory Wilson

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OPPONENT

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reg and Megan Marsden have teamed up to create a gymnastics dynasty at the University of Utah. Under the Marsdens, Utah is the only school to qualify for the last 39 National Championships and has won a record 10 national championships.

Utah gymnastics celebrates its 40th season this year and Greg has coached every team. The seven-time National Coach of the Year became the sport’s first 1,000win coach last year. His gymnasts have won 350 All-America awards—more than any other program—and 24 individual event championships.

He and Megan were named the 2014 Pac-12 “Coach” of the Year after leading their gymnasts to the school’s first Pac-12 Championship in any sport.

Megan, in her sixth year as the co-head coach and her 31st year overall, was the 2005 National Assistant Coach of the Year, and the 2011 and 2012 Region Head Coach of the Year. As an undergraduate, Megan was the best college gymnast in America, leading the Utes to four national titles and winning three individual championships (including

two all-around titles). She was a 12-time first-team All-American.

As a coaching tandem, they have led Utah to 18 Super Six appearances in the 22year history of team finals. Utah has placed in the top five in the country 28 times, in the top three 22 times and in the top two 18 times.

The Marsdens have developed Utah gymnastics into a major spectator sport that has attracted a fan following rivaling that of any indoor college men’s or women’s sport. In the past five years, the Ute gymnasts have averaged more than 14,000 fans a home meet, and their 20-year attendance average exceeds 11,000.The Utes have won 30 national gymnastics attendance titles.

Utah gymnastics is the only sport other than basketball to win an NCAA women’s season attendance title and it has done so four times (2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014).

Greg and Megan are parents of sons Montana and Dakota, and dog Rocky. Montana is pursuing his MBA from Utah and Dakota is a student manager for the gymnastics team and a senior at the U.

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reg Marsden describes fifth-year Ute assistant Tom Farden as “the future” of Utah gymnastics, along with co-head coach Megan Marsden.The legendary Utah coach takes it a step further by acknowledging he and Megan already view Farden as a head coach.

Farden, a dynamic recruiter and a skilled coach, oversees Utah’s bar team and assists with the floor exercise routines. In his first four seasons at Utah, the bar and floor lineups have produced 18 All-America awards (regular season and NCAA), an NCAA silver medalist, six routines in the NCAA individual event finals, five regional champions and four Pac-12 individual titles.

Farden draws from 17 years of NCAA coaching experience and another nine years as a club coach.

He spent six years as the head coach at Southeast Missouri State following a five-year stint as a SEMO assistant, and was named the 2008 NCAA South Central Regional Coach of the Year.

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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 and 12 NCAA regional championships (most recently in 2012).

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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) Damianova, Nansy (2013, 2014) Del Priore, Lia (2014) Deetscreek, Jamie (2009, 2010) Delaney, Kailah (2012, 2014) 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) Leonard, Angie (1997, 1998, 1999) Lofgren, Mary Beth (2011) Lothrop, Corrie (2011, 2012) 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) Mitzel, Lisa (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) Northrop, Molly (1997, 1998) Northrop, Sarah (1996)

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) 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Balance Beam All-Around Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise

Theresa Kulikowski

KRISTEN KENOYER 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vault 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

Missy Marlowe

ASHLEY POSTELL 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Balance Beam

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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

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 Championship, 3-22-14

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 10.0,Traci Sommer vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0, Sandy Woolsey vs. Oregon State, 2-12-96 10.0, Summer Reid vs. Brigham Young, 1-31-97 10.0, Shannon Bowles vs. Brigham Young, 2-6-98 10.0,Traci Sommer vs. Oregon State, 3-14-98 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski vs. New Hampshire, 3-20-99 10.0, Shannon Bowles vs. Arizona, 1-26-01 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State, 2-6-01 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State, 2-15-02 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski at NCAA Regional, 4-6-02 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski vs.Washington, 3-7-03 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski at NCAA Regional, 4-12-03 10.0, Melissa Vituj vs. Utah State, 2-27-04 10.0, Ashley Postell vs.Washington, 3-11-05 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Arizona State, 3-18-05 10.0, Ashley Postell vs. Brigham Young, 3-28-08

FLOOR EXERCISE 10.0, Missy Marlowe vs. Penn State, 3-9-92 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. Oregon State, 2-13-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer vs. UW/Utah State, 3-6-93 10.0, Aimee Trepanier vs. UW/Utah State, 3-6-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at WAC Championship, 3-20-93 10.0, Kristen Kenoyer at NCAA Regional, 4-3-93 10.0, Suzanne Metz vs. Brigham Young, 3-25-95 10.0,Theresa Kulikowski vs. Utah State/BSU, 2-26-99 10.0, Shannon Bowles vs. Brigham Young, 3-23-01 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Arizona State, 1-24-03 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Brigham Young, 3-28-03 10.0, Melissa Vituj vs. Arizona State/AFA, 2-20-04 10.0,Veronique Leclerc vs. Utah State, 2-27-04 10.0, Melissa Vituj vs. Brigham Young 3-19-04 10.0, Annabeth Eberle vs. Arizona State, 3-18-05 10.0, Lia Del Priore vs. Stanford, 2-23-13 10.0, Georgia Dabritz vs. Michigan/UCLA, 3-7-14 10.0, Nansy Damianova vs. Georgia, 3-15-14

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UTE UPDATES Georgia Dabritz: 10-time All-American … 2013 NCAA uneven bar runner-up … 3-time NCAA Regional champion … 4-time Pac-12 champion …

2014 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year … 2012 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year … 8 career Pac-12 Specialist of the Week and 5 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards … 2-time Utah co-MVP … team tri-captain … 6 career 10.0’s (4 bars, 1 vault, 1 floor) … No. 1 in the nation on bars (9.950 RQS), No. 2 on vault (9.945 RQS) and tied for No. 5 on floor (9.930) ... was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the all-around for four-straight weeks (Jan. 19-Feb. 9) … tied career all-around high (39.70) at Arizona on Jan. 31, which ties the eighth-best all-around score in school history … 39.675 against ASU on Feb. 6 is tied for ninth in school history … has a 10.0 this season on both vault and bars (twice) … 9.975 on floor at Arizona … had four wins in back-to-back weeks vs. Arizona and Arizona State (vault, bars, floor, all-around) … Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 19, Feb. 2 and Feb. 9 and Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week on Feb. 21 and Mar. 2 … team-best 20 wins this season and 72 career victories … has hit 28-of-29 routines this season and 158-168 career routines.

Kailah Delaney: Two-time All-American …

2-time 1st-team All-Pac-12 on vault … 2014 Coaches’ Award for Most Improved Gymnast … tied for ninth in the nation on vault (9.915 RQS) … career-best 9.975 vs. Stanford … 9.90 or better on vault in the last six meets … 2 wins this season and 14 career victories … has hit 11-of-11 routines this season and 53-55 career routines.

Breanna Hughes: Second-team All-American on beam … missed two meets with an elbow injury and has returned in exhibition in the last two meets … season and career bests on vault (9.825) and floor (9.80) against UCLA on Jan. 23 … season-high 9.85 on bars at Arizona on Jan. 31 … has hit 8-of-8 routines this season and 55-57 career routines.

Haley Lange: Has competed in exhibition once this season (on floor, Jan. 16) and has performed 26 exhibition routines in her career … currently out with a stress fracture in her foot … 0-0 in scoring routines this season and in her career.

Kari Lee: 2013 J.O. all-around champion (Senior A Division) … 2014 J.O. vault champion (Senior C Division) … 2013 and 2014 Junior Olympic

National Team member … 2014 Region 1 allaround champion (Senior C Division) … 2014 WOGA Classic all-around champion … tied for 18th in the nation on beam (9.865RQS) … won beam against Arizona and Stanford … season/ career best 9.95 on beam vs. Stanford … highs of 9.925 on bars and 9.90 on floor … 2 wins this season and in her career … has hit 21-of-22 routines this season and in her career.

Tiffani Lewis: Fifth all-around at the 2014 J.O. National Championships … 2nd all-around at the 2014 regionals … scored a season/career best 9.875 in her first college bar routine on Feb. 6 … season bests of 9.85 on vault and 9.8 on floor ... has hit 10of-10 routines this season and in her career.

Kassandra Lopez: Two-time NCAA Regional runner-up (2012, bars and beam) … received a medical redshirt extension after missing last season with an Achilles tear (is a redshirt junior) … tied for No. 14 in the nation on bars (9.880 RQS) … careerbest 9.925 on bars vs. Stanford … has hit 8-of-8 routines this season and 53-57 career routines.

Corrie Lothrop: Five-time All-American … inaugural Pac-12 all-around champion (2012) …

3-year team co-captain (2013, ’14, ’15) … 2012 Utah co-MVP … missed most of 2013 season with an Achilles tear and received a medical hardship extension … tied for 12th in the nation on bars (9.885 RQS), 22nd on floor (9.890) and 25th on beam (9.860) … season-best 39.45 all-around score on Feb. 6 … named Pac-12 Specialist of the Week on Jan. 26 … 9.90 or better on three events: 9.95 on bars, 9.925 on floor (twice), 9.90 on beam … 2 wins this season and 25 career victories (8 all-around) … has hit 26-of-27 routines this season and 163-168 career routines.

Samantha Partyka: Three-time Junior Olympic National Champion … 2012 J.O. vault champion … 2013 J.O. vault and floor champion … 2012 J.O. all-around runner-up … 2-year International Elite … has made the vault lineup in the past three meets, scoring a season/career best 9.925 against Stanford ... has hit 3-of-3 routines this season and in her career.

Baely Rowe: Competed on beam as a freshman last season before improving to all-around status this year … tied for 25th in the nation on beam (continued on next page)

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MICHIGAN WOLVERINES Name

Year

Height

Hometown

Nicole Artz

So.

5-3

Holland, Mich.

Brianna Brown

Fr.

5-2

West Chester, Ohio

Briley Casanova

Jr.

5-1

Dallas, Texas

Talia Chiarelli

So.

5-2

Boston, Mass.

Nichelle Christopherson

Fr.

5-2

Lee’s Summit, Mo.

Ilana Gordon

Fr.

5-1

San Carlos, Calif.

Cailee Hills

Fr.

5-2

Charlotte, N.C.

Lauren Marinez

Fr.

5-2

Orlando, Fla.

India McPeak

Fr.

5-2

Bangor, Northern Ireland

Annette Miele

Sr.

5-0

Easton, Pa.

Brooke Parker

Sr.

4-11

Lorton,Va.

Austin Sheppard

Jr.

5-4

Murphy, Texas

Sachi Sugiyama

Sr.

5-3

Keller, Texas

Lindsay Williams

Jr.

5-2

Northville, Mich.

Head Coach: Bev Plocki Assistant Coach: Scott Sherman Assistant Coach: Dave Kuzara Ute Updates (continued) (9.860 RQS) … won the all-around at Oregon State with a 39.300 … 39.350 career-high all-around twice (vs. Arizona and Stanford) … season/career high 9.90 on beam three times … 3 wins this season and 3 career wins … has hit 27-of-29 routines this season and 39-42 career routines.

Maddy Stover: Three-time Junior Olympic National Champion … 2013 J.O. all-around champion (Senior B Division) … 2011 and 2014 J.O. beam champion … 3-time regional allaround champion … regional champion on beam (2012) and vault (2013) … season-high 9.875 on beam in back-to-back meets vs. ASU on Feb. 6 and at Washington on Feb. 14 … has hit 8-of-8 routines this season and in her career.

Becky Tutka: Four-time All-American … made NCAA event finals and first-team All-American on floor in 2014, placing 11th … 2-time All-Pac-12 Conference … career-high 9.975 on floor … 4 career wins are all on floor … missed the first two meets with a wrist injury … season-high

9.9 on floor against Stanford … has hit 5-of-5 routines this season and 75-75 career routines … she is the school record holder for consecutive routines completed without a fall (75).

Tory Wilson: Five-time All-American … 2013 North Central Region Gymnast of the Year …

2013 NCAA Regional vault champion … 2014 Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year … 2014 Pac-12 all-around champion … 2-time Utah co-MVP … team tri-captain … 10.0 on vault twice …

3 career Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards … 5 career Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week awards … No. 7 in the nation in the all-around (39.435 RQS) and tied for sixth on vault (9.920) … season-high 39.55 all-around score on Feb. 6 and Feb. 21 … named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 11 for winning the all-around (39.45), vault (9.925) and floor (9.90) at BYU … Pac-12 Special Performance of the Week on Feb. 6 for her 10.0 vault vs. ASU … 5 wins this season and 31 career victories … has hit 31-of-32 routines this season and 143-149 career routines.

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