2010 UTAH GYMNASTICS NCAA GUIDE. 35th National Championship Appearance

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1 2010 UTAH GYMNASTICS NCAA GUIDE 35th National Championship Appearance

2 2010 utah gymnastics Jon M. Huntsman Center 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Salt Lake City, Utah Phone /3510 Fax Associate Athletics Director/SID: Liz Abel Associate SID: Kyle Harris Assistant SID: Brooke Frederickson Assistant SID: Mike DeVine Office Manager: Kate Sturgeon Utah Schedule & Results Date Opponent Result (15-4) 1-9 UCLA L/ Iowa State W/ Georgia W/ Washington W/ Arizona State W/ Utah State W/ Michigan L/ Brigham Young W/ Nebraska W/ Oregon State W/ Southern Utah W/ Penn State W/ Florida L/ Brigham Young W/ NCAA Regional 2nd/ NCAA Championships Gainesville, Fla NCAA Championships Gainesville, Fla NCAA Championships Gainesville, Fla. utah sid contact Liz Abel, Associate Athletics Director/SID Office: Cell: label@huntsman.utah.edu live scoring & video streaming Live scoring and video streaming at NCAA.com ncaa open practice/press conference Wednesday, Apr. 21 (All times EDT) 10:30-12:20 Utah practice 3:20-4:20 Press Conference (SCOC Martial Arts Rm) 3:20-3:40 (Utah, Oklahoma, OSU, Nebraska) 3:40:4:00 (Alabama, Arkansas, Michigan, Stanford) 4:00-4:20 (Florida, LSU, Missouri, UCLA) television (delayed) Saturday, May 8, 3:00 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT), CBS utah travel plans Tuesday, April 20 7:55 a.m. LV Salt Lake City (Southwest #644) 9:40 a.m. LV Las Vegas (Southwest #131) 4:55 p.m. AR Jacksonville (bus to Gainesville) Sunday, April 25 8:10 a.m. LV Gainesville (Southwest #621) 1:25 p.m. LV Las Vegas (Southwest #133) 3:40 p.m. AR Salt Lake City Updated April 15, 2010 Contact: Liz Abel (label@huntsman.utah.edu) 2010 NCAA GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS APRIL Record 29th-consecutive NCAA appearance for Utah Event NCAA Gymnastics Championships, April 22-24, 2010 Site Gainesville, Fla. (Stephen C. O Connell Center) April 22 1:00 and 7:00 p.m. EDT Team Semifinals/All-Around Finals April 23 6:00 p.m. EDT Super Six Team Finals April 24 6:00 p.m. EDT Individual Event Championships TV Delayed, May 8, CBS, 3 p.m. EDT (1 p.m. MDT) Internet Live scoring and video streaming at NCAA.com THE MEET Utah (15-4) the only program to make every NCAA Championship will compete at the 2010 NCAA Women s Gymnastics Championships in Gainesville, Fla., April It marks a record 35th-consecutive national championship appearance for the Utes, who have qualified for all 29 NCAA Championships. The Utes open NCAA competition on Thursday, Apr. 22 in the afternoon semifinal, starting at 1 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT). A second semi follows at 7 p.m. EDT. Live scoring and video will be available at NCAA.com. There is no live TV coverage. CBS will broadcast delayed coverage of the meet on May 8 at 1 p.m. MDT. SEMIFINAL FIELDS Joining the Utes in the afternoon semifinal are UCLA, Oklahoma, Oregon State, LSU and Nebraska. The evening semifinal has Florida, Alabama, Stanford, Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan. The top three teams from each semifinal session will advance to the Super Six team finals on Friday, Apr. 23. The all-around champion will be determined on the first day of competition. Individual event championships are scheduled for Saturday, April 24. CHAMPION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Utah is making a record 29th-straight NCAA Championship appearance and has finished in the top two 16 times, including nine NCAA Championships and seven runner-up finishes. Utah is the only program to qualify for every NCAA Championship. The Utes, who are competing at their 35th-consecutive national championship dating back to the AIAW years, has won 10 total national titles: 1981 (AIAW), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, ncaa day 1 rotation orders Thursday, April 22 Session I 1:00 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT) Session II 7:00 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. MDT) Oklahoma Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor Alabama Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor UCLA Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault Florida Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault Oregon State Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye Arkansas Bars, Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye Nebraska Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars Michigan Beam, Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars LSU Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam Missouri Bye, Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam Utah Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye Stanford Floor, Vault, Bye, Bars, Beam, Bye 1

3 2010 utah gymnastics notes Utah General Information Location: Salt Lake City, Utah President: Michael Young Athletics Director: Dr. Chris Hill Conference: n/a for gymnastics Enrollment: 29,251 Nickname: Utes Colors: Crimson, White Website: co-head coaches Greg Marsden Year at Utah: 35th Career/School Record: Regular Season Record: National Championships: 10 NCAA Individual Champions: 24 All-Americans: 304 National Coach of the Year Honors: 7 Alma Mater: Central Arkansas, 1972 Megan Marsden Year at Utah: 1st/26th 2010: Co-Head Coach (15-4) : Associate Head Coach : Assistant Coach NCAA Team Championships: 6 NCAA Individual Champions: 5 All-Americans: 108 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year: 2005 Ute All-Americans Daria Bijak (6 Career All-America Awards) 2007 Bars (8th) 2008 All-Around (15th)*, Floor* 2009 Floor (5th), All-Around*, Bars* Annie DiLuzio 2007 Vault (2nd) Beth Rizzo 2007 Floor (12th) Kyndal Robarts 2008 Vault (10th) Jamie Deetscreek 2009 Bars* *Second team NCAA FIRST Utah shattered the NCAA attendance record by averaging 14,213 fans per meet in the Huntsman Center this season. By doing so, the Utes became the first team other than basketball ever to win a women s collegiate season attendance title. The 14,213 average crowd in the Huntsman Center (which seats 15,000), broke Utah s previous NCAA record of 13,861 set just a year ago. One of the best attended women s sports in history, Utah gymnastics has averaged over 11,000 fans a meet at home for the past 20 years. Utah owns every gymnastics attendance record and has won 26 of the last 29 gymnastics attendance titles, including the last six. Utah also set the NCAA gymnastics single-meet attendance record by drawing a crowd of 15,552 against Georgia on Jan. 22, Utah s NCAA Attendance Records Single Meet: 15,552 (vs. Georgia, Jan. 22, 2010) Season Average: 14,213 (2010) Crowds in Excess of 15,000: 8 Crowds in Excess of 14,000: 17 NCAA Regional Attendance: 8,469 (1992) NCAA Championships Attendance: 36,655 (2007) QUICK STICKS Utah has finished in the top three at the last five NCAA Championships, placing second in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and third in 2005 and 2009 Utah goes into nationals as the No. 5 seed. The Utes were also seeded No. 5 in 2008, but went on to finish second Utah has a winning record against every team in the 2010 NCAA Championships field but one (the Utes are all-time vs. Alabama). See page 4 for complete series and opponent information Utah drew the same rotation for the NCAA semifinals than it had for regionals: floor, vault, bye, bars, beam, bye Utah s season high score is a on March 12 in a quad meet victory in Salt Lake City over Oregon State, Penn State and Southern Utah Utah s roster includes five All-Americans: Daria Bijak (6 career awards), Annie DiLuzio (vault), Beth Rizzo (floor), Kyndal Robarts (vault) and Jamie Deetscreek (bars). For a complete list of Utah s current All- Americans and their awards, please see the sidebar on page 2 Two current 2 utah s probable lineup Vault Beth Rizzo...Won job back after injury Stephanie McAllister or better in last 5 Jamie Deetscreek career best Daria Bijak...Vault is unique in NCAA Annie DiLuzio NCAA runner-up Kyndal Robarts...1st-Team All-American Uneven Bars Kyndal Robarts...Steady leadoff has 9.85 Cortni Beers career best Stephanie McAllister...Soph. is two-year starter Gael Mackie season high Jamie Deetscreek All-American Daria Bijak...2-time All-American Balance Beam Stephanie McAllister scorer as leadoff Cortni Beers...Starter in every meet Annie DiLuzio...Best year yet (9.875 high) Daria Bijak at regionals Jamie Deetscreek...5 wins this year Kyndal Robarts at regionals Floor Exercise Beth Rizzo...Led off w/9.8 at regionals Jamie Deetscreek on Mar. 26 Stephanie McAllister...4 straight 9.85 s Daria Bijak...2-time All-American Kyndal Robarts...Huge double Arabian Annie DiLuzio... 9 wins this year/9.975 high Cortni Beers Money in the Bank (Swizz Beatz) Daria Bijak Busy Child (The Crystal Method) Jamie Deetscreek Bond Medley Annie DiLuzio Unstoppable (ES Posthumus) Jacquelyn Johnson La Caution (ThT + La Menthe) Fumina Kobayashi Dacoit Duel (A.R. Rahman) ute floor music Gael Mackie As I Am (Alicia Keys) Stephanie McAllister Saucin (Bryan Tyler) Katelyn Mohr Lailet Hob (Said Mourad) Beth Rizzo Charlie s Angels (Jack Elliott) Kyndal Robarts August s Rhapsody (Mark Mancina) Meg Whitney 300 Violin Orchestra (Jorge Quintero)

4 2010 utah gymnastics notes NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SEEDINGs Team...NQS 1. UCLA Florida Alabama Oklahoma Utah Stanford Arkansas Oregon State LSU Missouri Michigan Nebraska final 2010 national Rankings Team...RQS 1. Alabama Oklahoma UCLA Florida Georgia Michigan Stanford Oregon State Arkansas Utah L.S.U Nebraska Illinois Penn State Missouri Auburn Iowa State Southern Utah Boise State Kentucky Arizona Denver Washington Central Michigan Minnesota utah s ranking by week Date... Rank Preseason... 2 Jan Jan Jan Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Final Utes have competed in the Olympics: Gael Mackie (Canada) in 2004 and Daria Bijak (Germany) in CHALK TALK Barring last-minute changes, Utah will go with four all-arounders at the championships: Senior two-time All-America all-arounder Daria Bijak ( season and career best), senior Jamie Deetscreek ( season/ career best), junior Kyndal Robarts ( season and career best) and sophomore Stephanie McAllister ( season and career best) Ute winners are Bijak (14), DiLuzio (14), Robarts (12), Deetscreek (11) and Cortni Beers (1) Bijak has five wins in the all-around, while Annie DiLuzio has nine wins on floor, including a tie for first at the regional championship Two Utes are without a fall: Robarts (50-50) and Rizzo (13-13) Junior Jacquelyn Johnson, a starter on bars and floor who missed regionals with an injury (bruised sacrum), should be available for the championships Utah s highest ranked individual in the final regular season rankings was Robarts, who tied for No. 6 on vault (9.925 RQS) Utah had three all-arounders ranked in the top 25: Bijak (11th, RQS), Robarts (20th, RQS) and Jamie Deetscreek (T-24th, RQS). REGION RECAP Kyndal Robarts brushed off a recentlysprained ankle to place second in the all-around and on the balance beam, and Daria Bijak and Annie DiLuzio tied for first on bars and floor, respectively, to lead Utah to a second-place finish in the Salt Lake City Regional. Utah scored a in finishing as the regional runner-up to Florida ( ). The Utes secured their position in nationals on their last event the balance beam by posting their highest score of the season on that event (49.350) ncaa regional results Salt Lake City Regional (host Utah) 1. Florida Utah Denver Boise State Washington Auburn Lexington Regional (host Kentucky) 1. Alabama Nebraska Illinois Central Michigan Kentucky Michigan State University Park Regional (host Penn Sate) 1. Oklahoma Louisiana State Penn State New Hampshire Ohio State Maryland Columbia Regional (host Missouri) 1. Missouri ( ) 2. Oregon State ( ) Georgia ( ) 4. Minnesota Iowa North Carolina Morgantown Regional (host West Virginia) 1. Stanford Michigan Southern Utah West Virginia Kent State North Carolina S Los Angeles Regional (host UCLA) 1. UCLA Arkansas Arizona Iowa State Arizona State Brigham Young

5 2010 utah gymnastics notes session 1 team information UCLA Series: Utah leads Season Record: 19-3 NCAA Seed: 1 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Val Kondos Field (20) Top All-Arounder: Vanessa Zamarripa (39.70) Oklahoma Series: Utah leads 26-1 Season Record: 22-0 NCAA Seed: 4 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): K.J. Kindler (4) Top All-Arounder: Hollie Vise (39.60) Utah Season Record: 15-4 NCAA Seed: 5 NQS: RQS: High Score: Co-Coach (years): Greg Marsden (35) Co-Coach (years): Megan Marsden (1) Top All-Arounder: Kyndal Robarts (39.60) Oregon State Series: Utah leads 56-6 Season Record: 21-6 NCAA Seed: 8 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Tanya Chaplin (13) Top All-Arounder: Mandi Rodriguez (39.55) LSU Series: Utah leads 29-2 Season Record: NCAA Seed: 9 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): D-D Breaux (33) Top All-Arounder: Susan Jackson (39.725) Nebraska Series: Utah leads Season Record: 21-5 NCAA Seed: 12 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Dan Kendig (17) Top All-Arounder: Maria Scaffidi (39.30) UTAH AND THE RANKINGS Utah Rank Team RQS Vault Bars Beam Floor Event Rank Individual/RQS A-A 11 Daria Bijak/ Kyndal Robarts/ T Jamie Deetscreek/ Vault 6-T Kyndal Robarts/9.925 Bars 8-T Daria Bijak/9.905 Beam 13-T Jamie Deetscreek/9.885 Floor 9 Annie DiLuzio/ T Daria Bijak/9.905 UTAH AND THE SUPER SIX Utah has made the Super Six team finals 15 of 17 years since the format went into effect in The Utes finished seventh the other two years (1997 and 1999). Utah has won its semifinal round three times (2002, 2005 and 2007) and has two NCAA titles since 1993 (1994 and 1995). Utah s Super Six Finishes rd st st *3rd th nd *5th th th th rd nd nd nd rd *tie ABOUT THE FIELD Nine of the 12 teams at the 2009 NCAA Championships are returners from last year: Utah, Stanford, Florida, LSU, Alabama, UCLA, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Oregon State. Michigan is back after a one-year absence, and Nebraska returns after a two-year hiatus. Making its first appearance at the NCAA Championships is Missouri. session 2 team information Florida Series: Utah leads Season Record: 20-2 NCAA Seed: 2 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Rhonda Faehn (8) Top All-Arounder: Ashanee Dickerson (39.700) Alabama Series: Alabama leads Season Record: 19-3 NCAA Seed: 3 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Sarah Patterson (32) Top All-Arounder: Morgan Dennis (39.675) Stanford Series: Utah leads 16-2 Season Record: 19-3 NCAA Seed: 6 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Kristen Smyth (9) Top All-Arounder: Carly Janiga (39.65) Arkansas Series: Utah leads 4-1 Season Record: NCAA Seed: 7 NQS: RQS: High Score: Co-Coaches (years): Mark and Rene Cook (8) Top All-Arounder: Casey Jo Magee (39.675) Missouri Series: Utah leads 3-0 Season Record: 17-5 NCAA Seed: 10 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Rob Drass (11) Top All-Arounder: Sarah Shire (39.725) Michigan Series: Utah leads Season Record: 19-3 NCAA Seed: 11 NQS: RQS: High Score: Coach (years): Bev Plocki (21) Top All-Arounder: Kylee Botterman (39.675) 4

6 2010 utah gymnastics notes NCAA Championship Appearances* Utah 29 Alabama 28 Florida 28 UCLA 26 LSU 21 Oregon State 21 Nebraska 19 Michigan 18 Stanford 11 Oklahoma 10 Arkansas 4 Missouri 1 *2010 NCAA field NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP NOTES Utah is the only gymnastics program that has qualified for all 29 NCAA Championships. The Utes have made 35 straight national appearances, including the AIAW years... Four teams have combined to win every NCAA Championship: Georgia (10), Utah (9), UCLA (5) and Alabama (4). Utah is tied with Georgia for most total national championships (10), including the 1981 AIAW title... There have been eight different runners-up at the NCAA Championship since its debut in 1982: Utah (7), Alabama (7), Arizona State (4), Georgia (4), UCLA (3), Michigan (2), Florida (1) and Cal State-Fullerton (1)... The closest NCAA Championship finishes were in 1994 and In 1994, Utah edged Alabama , and in 1989, Georgia nipped runner-up UCLA The best score ever at nationals was UCLA s in The NCAA champion has won its qualifying session 14 times in 17 years under the three-day format: Georgia in 1993, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009; Alabama in 1996 and 2002; and UCLA in 2000, 2001, 2003 and Utah won the NCAA title in 1994 and 1995, after finishing second and third, respectively, in the qualifying round. UCLA took first place in 1997 after placing second in the semifinals. UTAH CO-COACHES After 34 years as Utah s head coach, Greg Marsden the winningest coach in gymnastics history now shares the title with wife and longtime assistant coach Megan Marsden. Greg, in his 35th season at Utah, is the only 900-win coach in gymnastics history. In regular season competition, he is Megan, 15-4 in her first year as co-head coach, is in her 26th year overall. She served as an assistant coach from and the associate head coach from Greg Marsden Co-Head Coach Record: Years at Utah: 35 Megan Marsden Co-Head Coach Record: 15-4 Years as Co-Coach: 1 Years at Utah: UTAH GYMNASTICS ROSTER & pronunciation GUIDE Name Height Year Hometown High School/Club Cortni Beers 5-3 So. Tulsa, Okla. Union HS/Krafft Academy of Gymnastics Daria Bijak (Dar-ee-a Bee-jhack with a soft j ) 5-2 Sr. Cologne, Germany Georg Buechner Gymnasium HS/Turnteam Toyota Cologne Jamie Deetscreek 5-3 Sr. Hatboro, Pa. Hatboro-Horsham HS /Ricochets Gymnastics Annie DiLuzio (Da-loozy-oh) 5-3 Sr. Folsom, Calif. Folsom HS/Byers Gymnastics Jacquelyn Johnson 5-3 Jr. West Chester, Ohio Lakota West HS/Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Fumina Kobayashi (Foo-me-na Ko-by-ah-she) 5-2 Fr. Salt Lake City Brighton HS/Olympus School of Gymnastics Gael Mackie (Gail Mack-ee) 5-2 Jr. Vancouver, B.C. Burnaby Central Secondary/Omega Gymnastics Academy Stephanie McAllister 5-2 So. Indianapolis, Ind. Perry Meridian HS/Wright s American Gymnastics Katelyn Mohr (Kate-linn More) 5-1 Fr. Carmichael, Calif. Horizon Charter School/Byers Gymnastics Beth Rizzo (Rhymes with is-oh) 5-0 Sr. Hoffman Estates, Ill. William Friend HS/Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Kyndal Robarts (Kindle Ro-barts) 5-5 Jr. San Marcos, Texas Hays HS/USA Aerial Athletics Meg Whitney 5-1 Fr. Mesa, Ariz. Red Mountain HS/Desert Devils Gymnastics Coaches Head Coach: Greg Marsden (35th year) Associate Head Coach: Megan Marsden (26th year) Assistant Coach: Jeff Graba (5th year) 5

7 2010 utah scorecard Cortni Beers Tulsa, Okla. Cortni Beers, So. Former two-year U.S. National Team member is in her first year as a starter for the Utes on bars and beam scored a career-high 9.90 on bars against Utah State on Feb. 12 for her first career victory career-best 9.80 three times (Georgia, BYU and NCAA Regionals) has hit routines this season and career routines. Daria Bijak, Sr Olympian and six-time All-American first tumbling pass on floor (handspring double front, punch front) is unique in college gymnastics also the only current NCAA gymnast competing a handspring front layout vault 2010 region bar champion scored a 9.90 final regular season rankings of No. 11 in the all-around ( Daria Bijak Cologne, Germany RQS), No. 8-tie on bars (9.905) and No. 15 on floor (9.905) five all-around wins (Georgia, Washington, Arizona State, Nebraska, OSU/PSU/SUU) scored a career-high to win the all-around on Mar. 12 and had a at Florida on Mar wins is tied for the team lead 24 career victories has hit routines this season and career routines. Jamie Deetscreek, Sr All- American on bars set the school record for most consecutive routines without a fall (64) in 2009 tied for 13th in the nation on beam (9.885) in final regular season rankings has gone all-around in every meet but one (Michigan) won the all-around vs. Iowa State with a season-best finished third at regionals in the allaround (39.35) won multiple events in four meets (3 wins vs. Iowa State and Utah State, and 2 wins vs. Washington and Nebraska) 11 wins this season and 13 career victories has hit routines this season and career routines. Annie DiLuzio, Sr. All-American was the 2007 NCAA vault runner-up 2009 and 2010 regional floor champion finished regular season ranked No. 9 on floor (9.915 RQS) season best on floor tied her career high threeevent starter (vault, beam, floor) has five 9.95-or-better floor scores and one 9.95 Jamie Deetscreek Hatboro, Pa. Annie DiLuzio Folsom, Calif. on vault tied for Utah s win lead with 14 (9 on floor) 26 career victories has hit routines this season and career routines. Jacquelyn Johnson, Jr. Former USA National Team member is having her best season as a Ute starter on bars and floor missed regionals with injury (bruised sacrum) will be available for nationals season and career highs of 9.85 on bars and 9.80 on floor has hit routines this season and career routines. Fumina Kobayashi Salt Lake City Fumina Kobayashi, Fr. Joined team during the semester break after graduating from high school early has two starts on beam, with a career-high 9.75 against BYU on Mar. 26 first alternate on beam has hit 1-2 routines this season and in her career. Gael Mackie, Jr Canadian Olympian began the season as a three-event starter (vault, bars, floor) before injuring her ankle missed three meets and worked two as exhibition while coming back from the injury has competed to count on bars in the last three meets and Jacquelyn Johnson West Chester, Ohio Gael Mackie Vancouver, B.C. scored a season-high 9.90 on Mar. 26 scored a 9.85 at regionals 3 career victories has hit routines this season and career routines. 6

8 2010 utah scorecard Stephanie McAllister, So. First-year all-arounder has a best of injured her shoulder in practice on Mar. 23 and missed the regular season finale returned to the all-around at regionals (39.15) career Stephanie McAllister Indianapolis, Ind. highs on every event this season includes 9.85 on floor at regionals has hit routines this season and career routines. Katelyn Mohr, Fr. Former Senior International Elite and three-time USA National Championships qualifier (2006, 2007 and 2008) missed three meets with a back injury but should Katelyn Mohr be available for the Carmichael, Calif. championships season-high vault at Florida on Mar. 19 for the season, has six starts (3 on vault, 2 on floor, 1 on beam) has hit 5-6 routines this season and in her career. Beth Rizzo, Sr floor All-American returned to starting lineup on vault and floor at regionals after missing three meets with a toe injury tied season floor high with 9.80 as leadoff at regionals 1 career victory has hit routines this season and has never Beth Rizzo Hoffman Estates, Ill. fallen in college competition (38-38 for her career) has a degree in exercise and sport science and is working on an MBA does a weekly video blog on The Mtn. Kyndal Robarts, Jr vault first-team All-American overcame sprained ankle two days prior to regoinals to finish as the NCAA regional runner-up in the allaround (39.45) and on beam (9.925) also scored a on vault at regionals finished regular season tied for sixth in the nation on vault (9.925 RQS) eight wins on vault Kyndal Robarts San Marcos, Texas this season with five vaults of or better, including a career-high 9.95 vs. Georgia and Michigan team s best all-around score this season (39.60 vs. BYU on Mar. 26) won the all-around both times Utah faced BYU wins this season and in her career... has hit routines this season and career routines. Meg Whitney, Fr. Former Junior Olympic national all-around runner-up got her first career start at BYU on Feb. 26 scored a 9.80 on vault and a on floor also vaulted against Nebraska Meg Whitney Mesa, Ariz. on Mar. 5 has hit 2-3 routines this season and in her career. 7

9 2010 utah gymnastics notes Daria Bijak (14) All-Around (5) vs. Georgia, vs. Washington, vs. Arizona State, vs. Nebraska, vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, 3-12 Bars (7) vs. Washington, vs. Arizona State, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Nebraska, vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, vs. Brigham Young, at NCAA Regional, 4-10 Floor (2) 9.95 vs. Georgia, vs. Utah State, ute event/all-around winners Annie DiLuzio (14) Vault (3) 9.90 vs. Brigham Young, vs. Nebraska, vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, 3-12 Beam (2) vs. Ariziona State, vs. Utah State, 2-12 Floor (9) vs. Iowa State, vs. Washington, vs. Ariziona State, vs. Utah State, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Nebraska, vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, vs. Brigham Young, at NCAA Regional, 4-10 Kyndal Robarts (12) All-Around (2) vs. Brigham Young, vs. Brigham Young, 3-26 Vault (8) vs. Iowa State, vs. Georgia, vs. Washington, vs. Ariziona State, vs. Utah State, vs. Michigan, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Brigham Young, 3-26 Beam (2) 9.90 vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, vs. Brigham Young, 3-26 Jamie Deetscreek (11) All-Around (2) vs. Iowa State, vs. Utah State, 2-12 Vault (1) 9.80 vs. Washington, 1-29 Bars (3) vs. Iowa State, vs. Utah State, vs. Nebraska, 3-5 Beam (5) 9.90 vs. Iowa State, vs. Washington, vs. Utah State, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Nebraska, 3-5 Cortni Beers (1) Bars (1) 9.90 vs. Utah State, ute winners by event Gymnast VT UB BB FX AA Bijak DiLuzio Robarts Deetscreek Beers 1 utah s top finishers by meet Meet Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around UCLA Robarts (3rd, 9.85) Deetscreek (2nd, 9.85) Robarts (3rd, 9.85) DiLuzio (3rd, 9.875) Robarts (3rd, ) Bijak (2nd, 9.85) Iowa State Robarts (1st, 9.925) Deetscreek (1st, 9.875) Deetscreek (1st, 9.90) DiLuzio (1st, 9.95) Deetscreek (1st, ) Georgia Robarts (1st, 9.950) Bijak (3rd, 9.850) Deetscreek (2nd, 9.90) Bijak (1st, 9.95) Bijak (1st, ) Washington Robarts (1st, 9.80) Bijak (1st, 9.875) Deetscreek (1st, 9.90) DiLuzio (1st, 9.875) Bijak (1st, ) Deetscreek (1st, 9.80) Arizona State Robarts (1st, 9.925) Bijak (1st, 9.90) DiLuzio (1st, 9.875) DiLuzio (1st, 9.875) Bijak (1st, ) Utah State Robarts (1st, 9.90) Beers (1st, 9.90) DiLuzio (1st, 9.825) Bijak (1st, 9.95) Deetscreek (1st, ) Deetscreek (1st, 9.90) Deetscreek (1st, 9.825) DiLuzio (1st, 9.95) Michigan Robarts (1st, 9.95) Johnson (4th, 9.775) DiLuzio (2nd, 9.825) Bijak (2nd, 9.90) Robarts (3rd, ) Robarts (2nd, 9.825) Brigham Young Robarts (1st, 9.90) Bijak (1st, 9.90) Deetscreek (1st, 9.925) DiLuzio (1st, 9.90) Robarts (1st, ) DiLuzio (1st, 9.90) Nebraska DiLuzio (1st, 9.95) Deetscreek (1st, 9.875) Deetscreek (1st, 9.875) DiLuzio (1st, 9.95) Bijak (1st, ) Bijak (1st, 9.875) Oregon St., Penn St., SUU DiLuzio (1st, 9.925) Bijak (1st, 9.95) Robarts (1st, 9.90) DiLuzio (1st, 9.95) Bijak (1st, ) Florida Robarts (2nd, 9.90) Bijak (2nd, 9.925) Bijak (2nd, 9.85) Bijak (2nd, 9.90) Bijak (2nd, ) DiLuzio (2nd, 9.85) DiLuzio (2nd, 9.90) Brigham Young Robarts (1st, 9.925) Bijak (1st, 9.925) Robarts (1st, 9.925) DiLuzio (1st, 9.975) Robarts (1st, ) NCAA Regional Robarts (4th, 9.925) Bijak (1st, 9.90) Robarts (2nd, 9.925) DiLuzio (1st, 9.90) Robarts (2nd, ) 8

10 results & high scores Utah scoring records Top 10 Scores vs. Brigham Young, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Utah State, vs. Washington, vs. Stanford, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Arizona State, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Washington, vs. Brigham Young, vs. Utah State, Event Records VT: , Brigham Young, UB: 49.70, WAC Championship, BB: 49.65, Brigham Young, FX: 49.80, Brigham Young, Postseason Records NCAA Championships: , 2009 NCAA Regional: , 2009 utah all-around highs , Suzanne Metz, , Kristen Kenoyer, , Melissa Vituj, , Kristen Kenoyer, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Melissa Vituj, , Ashley Postell, , Annabeth Eberle, , Ashley Postell, , Kristen Kenoyer, , Kristen Kenoyer, , Annabeth Eberle, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Ashley Postell, , Ashley Postell, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Deidra Graham, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Deidra Graham, , Annabeth Eberle, , Annabeth Eberle, , Ashley Postell, , Ashley Postell, , Traci Sommer, , Melissa Vituj, , Kristina Baskett, , Ashley Postell, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Veronique Leclerc, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Melissa Vituj, , Melissa Vituj, , Annabeth Eberle, , Annabeth Eberle, , Annabeth Eberle, , Melissa Vituj, , Rachel Tidd, , Melissa Vituj, , Annabeth Eberle, , Ashley Postell, , Kristina Baskett, , Kristina Baskett, , Kristina Baskett, , Kristen Kenoyer, , Missy Marlowe, , Suzanne Metz, , Theresa Kulikowski, , Melissa Vituj, , Nicolle Ford, , Ashley Postell, , Ashley Postell, , Ashley Postell, , Kristina Baskett, , Kristina Baskett, , Kristina Baskett, record: 11-3 home: 8-0 away: 3-3 neutral 0-0 Date Opponent Site Result/Score Atten. Jan. 9 UCLA (#5) Los Angeles L/ ,128 Jan. 15 Iowa State (#21) Salt Lake City W/ ,605 Jan. 22 Georgia (#10) Salt Lake City W/ *15,552 Jan. 29 Washington (#24) Seattle W/ ,851 Feb. 5 Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. W/ Feb. 12 Utah State Salt Lake City W/ ,951 Feb. 19 Michigan (#16) Ann Arbor, Mich. L/ ,301 Feb. 26 Brigham Young Provo, Utah W/ ,068 Mar. 5 Nebraska (#11) Salt Lake City W/ ,726 Mar. 12 Oregon State (#8) Salt Lake City W/ ,411 Southern Utah (#21) W/ Penn State (#18) W/ Mar. 19 Florida (#5) Gainesville, Fla. L/ ,859 Mar. 26 Brigham Young Salt Lake City W/ ,030 Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Salt Lake City 2nd of 6/ ,141 Home Attendance Average: 14,213*; *NCAA Record 2010 team highs Score vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, Mar. 12 Vault vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 26 Bars vs. Brigham Young, Mar. 26 Beam , NCAA Regional, Apr. 10 Floor vs. Brigham Young, Mar utah gymnastics results 2010 individual highs All-Around , Kyndal Robarts vs. BYU, Mar. 26 Vault 9.950, Kyndal Robarts vs. Georgia, Jan , Kyndal Robarts vs. Michigan, Feb , Annie DiLuzio vs. Nebraska, Mar. 5 Bars 9.950, Daria Bijak vs. OSU/PSU/SUU, Mar. 12 Beam 9.925, Kyndal Robarts vs. BYU, Mar , Kyndal Robarts at NCAA Regional, Apr. 10 Floor 9.975, Annie DiLuzio vs. BYU, Mar utah event scores meet by meet Date Opponent Vault Bars Beam Floor Total Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 Oregon St., Penn St., SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional underline indicates season high 9

11 2010 individual results CORTNI BEERS Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests JAMIE DEETSCREEK Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests JACQUELYN JOHNSON Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA DNP Jan. 15 Iowa State Exhibition Jan. 22 Georgia Exhibition Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional DNP (injured) Career Bests GAEL MACKIE Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State DNP (injured ankle) Feb. 19 Michigan DNP (injured ankle) Feb. 26 Brigham Young DNP (injured ankle) Mar. 5 Nebraska Exhibition Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Exhibition Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests DARIA BIJAK Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests ANNIE DILUZIO Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests FUMINA KOBAYASHI Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA DNP Jan. 15 Iowa State Exhibition Jan. 22 Georgia DNP Jan. 29 Washington DNP Feb. 5 Arizona State DNP Feb. 12 Utah State Exhibition Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young DNP Mar. 5 Nebraska Exhibition Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU DNP Mar. 19 Florida DNP Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional DNP Career Bests STEPHANIE MCALLISTER Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young DNP (injured shoulder) Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests

12 2010 individual results KATELYN MOHR Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Exhibition Jan. 29 Washington Exhibition Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Exhibition Feb. 19 Michigan DNP (injured back) Feb. 26 Brigham Young DNP (injured back) Mar. 5 Nebraska DNP (injured back) Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional DNP Career Bests BETH RIZZO Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young DNP (injured toe) Mar. 5 Nebraska DNP (injured toe) Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU DNP (injured toe) Mar. 19 Florida Exhibition Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests KYNDAL ROBARTS Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA Jan. 15 Iowa State Jan. 22 Georgia Jan. 29 Washington Feb. 5 Arizona State Feb. 12 Utah State Feb. 19 Michigan Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Mar. 19 Florida Mar. 26 Brigham Young Apr. 10 NCAA Regional Career Bests MEG WHITNEY Date Opponent VT UB BB FX AA Jan. 9 UCLA DNP (injured ankle) Jan. 15 Iowa State DNP (injured ankle) Jan. 22 Georgia DNP Jan. 29 Washington DNP Feb. 5 Arizona State DNP Feb. 12 Utah State DNP Feb. 19 Michigan DNP Feb. 26 Brigham Young Mar. 5 Nebraska Mar. 12 OSU, PSU, SUU Exhibition Mar. 19 Florida DNP Mar. 26 Brigham Young DNP Apr. 10 NCAA Regional DNP Career Bests Season Highs in BOLD 11

13 2010 utah gymnastics score sheets UTAH VS. UCLA, LOS ANGELES, JAN. 9 Mizuki Sato Daria Bijak Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Gael Mackie Anna Li Beth Rizzo Brittani McCullough Jamie Deetscreek Tauny Frattone Annie DiLuzio Vanessa Zamarripa Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Aisha Gerber Kyndal Robarts Tauny Frattone Stephanie McAllister Brittani McCullough Cortni Beers Lichelle Wong Gael Mackie Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Jamie Deetscreek Anna Li Daria Bijak UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Niki Tom Stephanie McAllister Mizuki Sato Cortni Beers Aisha Gerber Annie DiLuzio Vanessa Zamarippa Jamie Deetscreek Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Daria Bijak Anna Li Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Lichelle Wong Katelyn Mohr Tauny Frattone Jamie Deetscreek Vanessa Zamarripa Gael Mackie Anna Li Daria Bijak Brittani McCullough Kyndal Robarts Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH VS. IOWA STATE, SALT LAKE CITY, JAN. 15 Daria Bijak Ceilia Maccani Beth Rizzo Alexandra Grant Gael Mackie Shea Anderson Jamie Deetscreek Celine Paulus Annie DiLuzio Michelle Browning Kyndal Robarts Jody McKellar VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Jacquelyn Holmes Stephanie McAllister Alexandra Grant Cortni Beers Michelle Browning Gael Mackie Ashley Kent Daria Bijak Jody McKellar Jamie Deetscreek Ceilia Maccani UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Ceilia Maccani Katelyn Mohr Melanie Tham Cortni Beers Jody McKellar Annie DiLuzio Celine Paulus Jamie Deetscreek Michelle Browning Daria Bijak Ashley Kent BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Shea Anderson Gael Mackie Jody McKellar Jamie Deetscreek Anna Robey Daria Bijak Melanie Tham Kyndal Robarts Celine Paulus Annie DiLuzio Michelle Browning FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH VS. GEORGIA, SALT LAKE CITY, JAN. 22 Daria Bijak Noel Couch Beth Rizzo Lauren Sessiter Gael Mackie Cassidy McComb Jamie Deetscreek Gina Nuccio Annie DiLuzio Hilary Mauro Kyndal Robarts Kat Ding VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Cassidy McComb Cortni Beers Gina Nuccio Stephanie McAllister Kat Ding Gael Mackie Shayla Worley Daria Bijak Marcia Newby Jamie Deetscreek Courtney McCool UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Cassidy McComb Cortni Beers Hilary Mauro Annie DiLuzio Kat Ding Jamie Deetscreek Christa Tanelia Daria Bijak Courtney McCool Kyndal Robarts Grace Taylor BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Noel Couch Gael Mackie Grace Taylor Jamie Deetscreek Shayla Worley Daria Bijak Hilary Mauro Kyndal Robarts Christa Tanella Annie DiLuzio Courtney McCool FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH VS. WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, JAN. 29 Kristen Linton Daria Bijak Karen Cain Gael Mackie Hatsune Akaogi Stephanie McAllister Amanda Cline Beth Rizzo Haley Bogart Jamie Deetscreek Kylie Sharp Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Karen Cain Kyndal Robarts Amanda Cline Jacquelyn Johnson Phoebe Tham Stephanie McAllister Hatsune Akaogi Gael Mackie Kristen Linton Daria Bijak Samantha Walior Jamie Deetscreek UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Paige Bixler Stephanie McAllister Hatsune Akaogi Cortni Beers Kristen Linton Annie DiLuzio Anna Epps Jamie Deetscreek Haley Bogart Daria Bijak Samantha Walior Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Karen Cain Stephanie McAllister Amanda Cline Gael Mackie Hatsune Akaogi Jamie Deetscreek Kristen Linton Daria Bijak Haley Bogart Kyndal Robarts Samantha Walior Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score:

14 2010 utah gymnastics score sheets UTAH VS. ARIZONA STATE, TEMPE, FEB. 5 Stephanie Hangartner Stephanie McAllister Amelia Rew Daria Bijak Kaitlynn Bormann Beth Rizzo Callie Price Jamie Deetscreek Mary Atkinson Annie DiLuzio Carly McMahon Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Francesca Mercurio Jacquelyn Johnson Kaitlynn Bormann Cortni Beers Stephanie Hangartner Stephanie McAllister Nickie Johnson Gael Mackie Kahoku Palafox Daria Bijak Mary Atkinson Jamie Deetscreek UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Kaitlynn Bormann Stephanie McAllister Francesca Mercurio Cortni Beers Kelly Reilly Annie DiLuzio Stephanie Hangartner Jamie Deetscreek Kahoku Palafox Daria Bijak Mary Atkinson Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Francesco Mercurio Katelyn Mohr Brittany Schuett Stephanie McAllister Stephanie Hangartner Jamie Deetscreek Madison Snowden Daria Bijak Nickie Johnson Kyndal Robarts Marie Atkinson Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH VS. UTAH STATE, SALT LAKE CITY, FEB. 12 Stephanie McAllister Rachel Flessener Beth Rizzo Brandie Dickson Daria Bijak Haley Hogan Jamie Deetscreek Amanda Watamaniuk Annie DiLuzio Heather Heinrich Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Brandie Dickson Jacquelyn Johnson Haley Hogan Cortni Beers Amanda Watamaniuk Stephanie McAllister Jackie Dillon Daria Bijak Heather Heinrich Jamie Deetscreek Rebecca Holliday UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Rachel Flessner Cortni Beers Jackie Dillon Annie DiLuzio Amanda Watamaniuk Jamie Deetscreek Haley Hogan Daria Bijak Heather Heinrich Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Beth Rizzo Rachel Flesner Jamie Deetscreek Haley Hogan Stephanie McAllister Amanda Watamaniuk Daria Bijak Heather Heinrich Kyndal Robarts Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH VS. MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR, FEB. 19 Katie Zurales Stephanie McAllister Kari Pearce Daria Bijak Brittnee Martinez Beth Rizzo Sarah Curtis Jamie Deetscreek Kylee Botterman Annie DiLuzio Natalie Beilstein Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Kelsey Knutson Kyndal Robarts Maureen Moody Jacquelyn Johnson Brittnee Martinez Cortni Beers Jordan Sexton Stephanie McAllister Sarah Curtis Daria Bijak Kylee Botterman Jamie Deetscreek UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Sarah Curtis Stephanie McAllister Jaclyn Kramer Cortni Beers Jordan Sexton Annie DiLuzio Brittnee Martinez Jamie Deetscreek Kelsey Knutson Daria Bijak Kylee Botterman Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Jaclyn Kramer Jacquelyn Johnson Brittnee Martinez Beth Rizzo Jordan Sexton Stephanie McAllister Sarah Curtis Daria Bijak Natalie Beilstein Kyndal Robarts Kylee Botterman Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG, PROVO, FEB. 26 Krysten Koval Meg Whitney Sarah Yandow Stephanie McAllister Haylee Rollins Jamie Deetscreek Danielle Goldman Daria Bijak Megan Donehue Annie DiLuzio Natalie Eyre Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Krysten Koval Kyndal Robarts Danielle Goldman Jacquelyn Johnson Natalie Eyre Cortni Beers Mikell Merkley Stephanie McAlllister Madeleine Johnson Daria Bijak Megan Donehue Jamie Deetscreek UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Natalie Eyre Stephanie McAllister Jennifer Leaeu Cortni Beers Madeleine Johnson Annie DiLuzio Krysten Koval Jamie Deetscreek Megan Donehue Daria Bijak Kaylee Gallup Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Mickell Merrell Meg Whitney Jennifer Lezeu Jacquelyn Johnson Jessica Villegas Jamie Deetscreek Haylee Rollins Daria Bijak Madeleine Johnson Kyndal Robarts Danielle Goldman Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score:

15 2010 utah gymnastics score sheets UTAH VS. NEBRASKA, SALT LAKE CITY, MAR. 5 Meg Whitney Maddie Steinauer Stephanie McAllister Brittany Skinner Jamie Deetscreek Maria Scaffidi Daria Bijak Lora Evenstad Annie DiLuzio Erin Davis Kyndal Robarts Kristin Fyffe VT: ; Running: VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Maria Scaffidi Jacquelyn Johnson Lora Evenstad Cortni Beers Brittnee Habbib Stephanie McAllister Kassandra Nathe Jamie Deetscreek Brittany Skinner Daria Bijak Kathryn Howard UB: ; Running: UB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Kathryn Howard Cortni Beers Kristin Fyffe Annie DiLuzio Maddie Steinauer Daria Bijak Maria Scaffidi Jamie Deetscreek Kassandra Nathe Kyndal Robarts Brittany Skinner BB: ; Running: BB: ; Running: Jacquelyn Johnson Brittnee Habbib Jamie Deetscreek Brittany Skinner Stephanie McAllister Maddie Steinauer Daria Bijak Erin Davis Kyndal Robarts Lora Evenstad Annie DiLuzio Maria Scaffidi FX: ; Running: FX: ; Running: Final Score: Final Score: UTAH Katelyn Mohr Stephanie McAllister Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak Annie DiLuzio Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: UTAH Kyndal Robarts Jacquelyn Johnson Cortni Beers Stephanie McAllister Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak UB: ; Running: UTAH Stephanie McAllister Cortni Beers Annie DiLuzio Daria Bijak Jamie Deetscreek Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: UTAH Jacquelyn Johnson Jamie Deetscreek Stephanie McAllister Daria Bijak Kyndal Robarts Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: Final Score: UTAH VS. OREGON STATE, PENN STATE, SOUTHERN UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY, MAR. 12 OSU Whitney Watson Melanie Jones Stephanie McGregor Makayla Stambaugh Becky Colvin Mandi Rodriguez VT: ; Running: OSU Jen Kesler Mandi Rodriguez Olivia Vivian Makayla Stambaugh Laura Ann Chong Leslie Mak UB: ; Running: OSU Melanie Jones Olivia Vivian Makayla Stambaugh Leslie Mak Mandi Rodriguez Laura Ann Chong BB: ; Running: OSU Leslie Mak Olivia Vivian Becky Colvin Melanie Jones Makayla Stambaugh Mandi Rodriguez FX: ; Running: Final Score: PSU Casey Rohrbaugh Madison Merriam Danielle Hover Rosie Smith Sharaya Musser Brandi Personett VT: ; Running: PSU Madison Merriam Alexandra Stine Rosie Smith Brandi Personett Sharaya Musser Natalie Ettl UB: ; Running: PSU Casey Rohrbaugh Madison Merriam Danielle Hover Sharaya Musser Allie Southard Brandi Personett BB: ; Running: PSU Rosie Smith Daryl Konsevick Allie Southard Madison Merriam Sharaya Musser Brandi Personett FX: ; Running: Final Score: SUU Brook Cersosimo Caitlin Kennedy Lindsey Schultz Elise Wheeler Melissa Johnson Bailey Baker VT: ; Running: SUU Melissa Johnson Ari Lamb Alyssa Click Jenna Vogt Elise Wheller Lauren Jeffrey UB: ; Running: SUU Melissa Johnson Caitlin Kennedy Jenna Vogt Alyssa Click Ari Lamb Elise =Wheeler BB: ; Running: SUU Lauren Jeffrey Alyssa Click Lindsey Schultz Bailey Baker Shannon Coughlin Elise Wheeler FX: ; Running: Final Score:

16 2010 utah gymnastics score sheets UTAH VS. FLORIDA,GAINESVILLE, MAR. 19 UTAH VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG,SALT LAKE CITY, MAR. 26 Dali Lemezan Courtney Gladys Nicole Ellis Maranda Smith Ashanee Dickerson Marissa King VT: ; Running: Ashanee Dickerson Marissa King Alicia Goodwin Amanda Castillo Elizabeth Mahlich Maranda Smith UB: ; Running: Courtney Gladys Elizabeth Mahlich Rebekah Zaiser Marissa King Liz Green Ashanee Dickerson BB: ; Running: Liz Green Amy Ferguson Randy Stageberg Maranda Smith Ashanee Dickerson Marissa King FX: ; Running: Final Score: Katelyn Mohr Stephanie McAllister Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak Annie DiLuzio Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Jacquelyn Johnson Stephanie McAllister Gael Mackie Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak UB: ; Running: Stephanie McAllister Cortni Beers Annie DiLuzio Daria Bijak Jamie Deetscreek Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: Jacquelyn Johnson Jamie Deetscreek Stephanie McAllister Daria Bijak Kyndal Robarts Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: Final Score: Katelyn Mohr Beth Rizzo Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak Annie DiLuzio Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Jacquelyn Johnson Cortni Beers Gael Mackie Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak UB: ; Running: Fumina Kobayashi Cortni Beers Annie DiLuzio Daria Bijak Jamie Deetscreek Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: Jacquelyn Johnson Beth Rizzo Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak Kyndal Robarts Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: Final Score: Sarah Yandow Kaylee Gallup Krysten Koval Haylee Rollins Danielle Goldman Natalie Eyre VT: ; Running: Danielle Goldman Hayley Rollins Natalie Eyre McKell Merkley Madeleine Johnson Megan Donehue UB: ; Running: Natalie Eyre Jennifer Lezeu Madeleine Johnson Krysten Koval Megan Donehue Kaylee Gallup BB: ; Running: Mickell Merrell Jennifer Lezeu Jessica Villegas Hayley Rollins Madeleine Johnson Danielle Goldman FX: ; Running: Final Score: NCAA REGIONAL, SALT LAKE CITY, APRIL 10 FLORIDA - Dali Lemezan Courtney Gladys Nicole Ellis Maranda Smith Ashanee Dickerson Marissa King VT: ; Running: Ashanee Dickerson Marissa King Alicia Goodwin Amanda Castillo Elizabeth Malich Maranda Smith UB: ; Running: Courtney Gladys Elizabeth Mahlich Rebekah Zaiser Marissa King Liz Green Ashanee Dickerson BB: ; Running: Liz Green Amy Ferguson Randy Stageberg Maranda Smith Ashanee Dickerson Marissa King FX: ; Running: Final Score: UTAH - Beth Rizzo Stephanie McAllister Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak Annie DiLuzio Kyndal Robarts VT: ; Running: Kyndal Robarts Cortni Beers Stephanie McAllister Gael Mackie Jamie Deetscreek Daria Bijak UB: : Running: Stephanie McAllister Cortni Beers Annie DiLuzio Daria Bijak Jamie Deetscreek Kyndal Robarts BB: ; Running: Beth Rizzo Jamie Deetscreek Stephanie McAllister Daria Bijak Kyndal Robarts Annie DiLuzio FX: ; Running: Final Score: DENVER - Taylor Sanford Louise Mercer Simona Castro-Lazo Lauren Garan Brianna Artemev Kelley Hennigan VT: ; Running: Amanda Johanson Louise Mercer Annamari Maaranen Kelley Hennigan Brianna Artemev Simona Castro-Lazo UB: ; Running: Taylor Sanford Ellen McCarthy Simona Castro-Lazo Brianna Artemev Kelley Hennigan Lauren Garan BB: ; Running: Simona Castro-Lazo Jaleesa Wilson Kelley Hennigan Brianna Artemev Louise Mercer Kristina Coccia FX: ; Running: Final Score: BOISE STATE - Sarah Smith Brittany Potvin-Green Amy Glass Hannah Redmon Hailey Gaspar Yvette Leizorek VT: ; Running: Katie Tuller Mallory Dziawura Amy Glass Hannah Redmon Taylor Jacob Lindsay Kazandjian UB: ; Running: Amy Glass Taylor Jacob Mallory Dziawura Hailey Gaspar Lindsay Kazandjian Kelsey OLang BB: ; Running: Hailey Gaspar Kelsey Lang Amy Glass Yvette Leizorek Sarah Smith Hannah Redmon FX: ; Running: Final Score: WASHINGTON - Kristen Linton Karen Cain Amanda Cline Hatsune Akaogi Lauren Rogers Haley Bogart VT: ; Running: Amanda Cline Phoebe Tham Hatsune Akaogi Ruby Engreitz Kristen Linton Samantha Walior UB: ; Running: Samantha Walior Hatsune Akaogi Anna Epps Kristen Linton Haley Bogart Paige Bixler BB: ; Running: Hatsune Akaogi Ruby Engreitz Haley Bogart Lauren Rogers Kristen Linton Samantha Walior FX: ; Running: Final Score: AUBURN - Kylie Shields Krissy Voss Toi Garcia Allyson Sandusky Petrina Yokay Justine Foster VT: ; Running: Krissy Voss Carmen Nelms Kylie Shields Petrina Yokay Kendall Swartz Allyson Sandusky UB: ; Running: Lauren Brzostowski Katie Hruley Krissy Voss Allyson Sandusky Rachel Inniss Kylie Shields BB: ; Running: Lauren Brzostowski Katie Hurley Toi Garcia Kylie Shields Krissy Voss Rachel Inniss FX: ; Running: Final Score:

17 Deseret News Utes make it official: co-head coach 1 of 2 7/27/ :21 AM Utes make it official: co-head coach By Dan Rasmussen Deseret News Published: Thursday, July 23, :47 p.m. MDT Exactly a quarter century ago, Megan Marsden started helping her husband, Greg, coach Utah's gymnastics team a year into their marriage. From the beginning, Greg Marsden, who's guided the Utes to 10 national championships in 34 years with the program, viewed his working relationship with Megan as a partnership. And as Megan took on more and more responsibility over the past 10 years to help Utah remain competitive in the national landscape, Greg believed more and more that his wife should be named as his co-head coach. Accordingly, he began to petition Ute athletic director Chris Hill for that to happen a few years ago, and after mulling it over for a while, Hill agreed to make Megan the co-head coach of Utah gymnastics, a move that the University of Utah announced Thursday morning. "For her, it's something that she deserves to have the title to go along with what she's doing," said Greg, 58. "I appreciate Dr. Hill's willingness to think outside the box a little bit. I know what took a little while is that he's not real comfortable with this idea of co-coaches. So I appreciate his willingness to go outside his comfort zone a little bit and give her the title that I think she more than deserves to have." While Greg said he believes he's had a partnership with Megan since they starting working together 25 years ago, Megan said it took her time initially to learn the ropes from her husband Over time, however,megan said she believes it truly has grown into a partnership, with each person assuming an individual set of responsibilities, particularly in the last decade. "I think some of our strengths and weaknesses balance each other nicely," said Megan, 47. "That's part of why we've divided some things out the way that we have more in recent years, and it's also been a necessity on some levels." Aside from the fact that Megan will now report directly to Dr. Hill, both Greg and Megan said Thursday's announcement largely won't affect the way the program is run. But they quickly noted they were grateful that the University will be officially recognizing their working partnership "I think it probably doesn't change a lot about the way we go about things, but I do appreciate that Chris Hill and the administration felt like I was deserving of that equal position," said Megan. "That feels good that they define Greg and I as a team." Thursday's announcement prompted obvious thought about whether it was a step toward Megan, who's 47-years-old, eventually replacing Greg, who's 58-years-old, but the hugely successful coach said he has no plans to retire. "That's really off in the distance," he said. "That has nothing to do with why we're doing this. We're doing this right now only because I've been talking to Dr. Hill about it for a few years and this is the time that he became comfortable with it. "Obviously," added Greg, "there's gonna be a day sometime down the road when I'm gonna be done, but I love what I'm doing. I've got a boy who's gonna be a senior at East this year, and he's going to the U. the following year. He's already talked to (Ute basketball coach) Jim Boylen and he's gonna be a manager for the basketball team, and he's excited about that. (But) he's not gonna have a scholarship, so I need to work to pay his way to college. "I don't really see the end in sight right now."

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19 1 of 2 1/15/2010 9:09 AM Utah gymnastics: Marsden has new, old role Utah gymnastics» Co-head coach has been helping husband for 25 years. By Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Updated:01/14/ :18:57 PM MST Utah's Greg and Megan Marsden have always viewed their coaching of Utah's gymnastics team as a partnership. Now Megan finally has a title to show it. Megan, a former gymnast who married Greg and joined the staff in 1985 as an assistant coach, was promoted to co-head coach in the offseason. The move was one Greg Marsden has wanted for several years. Finally, Utah athletic director Chris Hill relented. Hill had balked at the promotion in the past because he doesn't like using co-coaches in general. However, Megan's increased involvement in the program became too much to overlook and he finally heeded Greg's request. "To me, it has been a partnership for 25 years," Greg Marsden said. "As time has gone on, she has accepted more and more of a burden and taken things off my plate, which has allowed me to work on other things. To me, giving her the title was making things how it should be." As the head coach for 35 years, Greg Marsden is one of the most well-known gymnastics coaches in the country and often gets credit for the sport's popularity. However, what many might not know are the roles Megan plays, for which Greg hopes she'll get acknowledgement with the new title. Greg oversees the vault and tumbling and keeps an eye on the uneven bars and spends much of his time developing the team's public exposure through the Internet or other media. Megan primarily coaches the balance beam, takes care of the leap and dance requirements and handles most of the community relations. Megan said she knew Greg wanted the promotion for her but brushed off any differences it makes to her. "It won't change the way we operate," she said. "I still have my areas I'm in charge of and he doesn't really mess with me and let's me take care of them. But when it comes to really critical decisions, he'll be the one to make the final decision like he always has. That is fine with me." However, the change does offer a glimpse of the demands on coaches in smaller sports. Without a massive marketing or technical department at his disposal, Greg Marsden has taken it upon himself to develop the team's public exposure through the Internet. Web sites, blogs, Facebook and Twitter take up more and more of his time. Giving Megan an equal title is important so she can take on more responsibilities to allow him to continue to devote more time to those venues, he said. "She is much better at the community stuff than I am and I've been doing more of the online stuff," he said. "It has been a gradual thing, over the last 10 years, but the responsibilities of the program really are divided between us." Other than seeing Megan handling more of the media demands, fans probably won't notice much of a change, Megan said. "It's nice to have the title, but no one is going to notice a thing," she said. "Really, I don't know why we would change a thing because what we have going has been working pretty well." lwodraska@sltrib.com No. 21 Iowa State at No. 11 Utah Today, 7 p.m., Huntsman Center About the meet» The Utes are 5-0 against Iowa State, which opened its season with a win over Wisconsin-Stout. Michelle Browning is the team's top all-arounder (38.8).

20 2 of 2 1/15/2010 9:09 AM Elsewhere» Utah State competes at Central Michigan tonight and in the New Hampshire Invitational on Sunday. Megan Marsden Year at Utah» 26th 2010» Co-head coach » Associate head coach » Assistant coach Highlights» 2005 NCAA Asst. Coach of Year» 2005 Region Asst. Coach of Year» 2007 Region Asst. Coach of Year Close Window Send To Printer

21 Utah Utes gymnastics notebook: Stephanie McAllister not letting injuries c of 2 2/2/2010 8:49 AM Utah Utes gymnastics notebook: Stephanie McAllister not letting injuries contain her By Linda Hamilton Deseret News Published: Monday, Feb. 1, :02 p.m. MST Stephanie McAllister had such a "bizarre preseason" in the words of Utah gymnastics coach Greg Marsden that many athletes in her situation would not have been ready to compete yet, said co-coach Megan Marsden. But the sophomore from Indianapolis who endured a concussion, two kidney infections and an ankle sprain in preseason and who still has kidney stones has competed in all four meets so far. And she was even ready when unexpectedly called upon last Friday at Washington to go all-around for the first time in her career. "The way it worked out wasn't like I expected, but I was happy that I got the chance to do everything," said McAllister, who was scheduled to do three events but learned she would be vaulting in place of senior Annie DiLuzio just prior to the timed warm-up. "Greg said, 'You're in.' "And I said, 'OK,' " she said. The vaulting springboard at Washington was softer than those the Utes usually use, and with DiLuzio doing a difficult Yurchenko 1 1/2, "She just was freaked out a little bit, and it wasn't worth not having her in a good place (mentally) and getting her hurt when we had other people ready to go," said Marsden. So, in the second event of the night, McAllister got the call and scored 9.75 with her first vault of the season. "It was good," she said. "I'm glad that I got the opportunity, but I really wasn't expecting it. I was the alternate, and alternates, they're always supposed to be ready, but I wasn't expecting that." In her first all-around, McAllister totaled "I was just pumped," she said. "It didn't make me tired. I just tried to do one thing at a time. "I just had to think of one event at a time." The experience should help her. "I have been kind of inconsistent this year, struggling with getting back into everything. It was definitely a confidence booster for me because I know that I can do it, it's just a mental thing." McAllister said the preseason was frustrating "because I knew I wasn't doing everything to my full potential because there was always something (another setback), but I just kept making progress. "But in Seattle, I just felt confident that I was ready for everything, so it just all worked out the way I wanted." "I think she's doing an incredible job," said Megan Marsden. "I'm just really impressed that she's coming along as quickly as she is." Megan Marsden said McAllister has been a joy to coach because she listens well, makes adjustments that are suggested, remembers them in the next practice and is able to then add further changes. "I

22 Utah Utes gymnastics notebook: Stephanie McAllister not letting injuries c of 2 2/2/2010 8:49 AM feel like she cares, and she trusts we coaches, and I feel like she's listening and trying to absorb and address some of her weaknesses," Megan said. BOARD GAMES: Utah used to carry its own vault board on trips but hasn't for a couple of years. Among other things, it costs $175 to fly it each way, said Greg Marsden, adding he could about buy a new board for that. In Seattle, the board was soft, but no one diagnosed the problem until it was time to perform. Then, inserting an extra spring did the trick. "We've got to use that open warm-up time more effectively to pick up things like that," Marsden said, about competing on the road. Utah is at Arizona State Friday at 7:30 p.m. MT, and some of this week's practice time will be devoted to that sort of awareness and to making the Utes more ready to compete in an environment where they must manufacture their own excitement. Marsden said Utah was "flat" in its performance at Washington, a victory. RANKINGS: Utah fell to fourth in the rankings this week with a average. The Utes rank No. 2 on balance beam behind Alabama with a average. Ute Daria Bijak is the highest all-arounder, ranked 14th at with SUU's Elise Wheeler 16th (39.144) and Ute Kyndal Robarts 17th (39.133). Robarts ranks sixth on vault (9.881), and DiLuzio is tied for fourth on floor (9.894). Women's Gymnastics Rankings Team...Average...High score 1. Alabama Oklahoma Florida Utah Oregon State UCLA Arkansas Stanford Georgia Nebraska Southern Utah BYU Utah State Deseret News Publishing Company All rights reserved

23 1 of 2 2/8/2010 1:36 PM Utah gymnastics: Utah's Deetscreek model of consistency The senior set a school record last season by completing 64 straight routines without falling. By Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Updated:02/05/ :39:32 AM MST Daria Bijak was the anointed star coming into the 2010 season, Kyndal Robarts was the next big thing and Jamie Deetscreek was... oh yes her, the senior whose steady performances benefit the team but can get her lost in the hoopla surrounding her teammates on Utah's gymnastics team. But always she is there in her teammates' shadow, pushing them to do better out of fear they'll be caught by her. "She is right behind them," Utah coach Greg Marsden said after one recent meet. He corrected himself when he glanced at the stat sheet again. "Actually, she is right there." Deetscreek is best known for her consistency after setting a school record by completing 64 consecutive routines without a fall last season. At times she is easy to overlook because she rarely makes a major mistake and her performances aren't eye-catchingly powerful like Bijak's nor full of pep as some of her other teammates, but this season she is distinguishing herself in her own ways. She leads the team with five wins this year, giving her seven for her career. She also won the all-around against Iowa State with a "Her improvement with us has been unbelievable," Utah co-head coach Megan Marsden said. "On bars and beam, she is as good as it gets, she can hang with anybody on those events." By her own standards, Deetscreek rated her performances this year as just "good." "There have been some areas I want to work on and I get discouraged in," she said. "Sometimes I make a big deal about little mistakes and get mad about them, but when I look back I realize I actually had a pretty good meet." That tendency to self-criticize has served her well in her progression at Utah. Deetscreek was a relatively unheralded gymnast when she came to Utah when compared to the usual steady influx of national team members and Olympians the Utes recruit. She qualified for the Junior Olympics in 2002 and 2004, but was at the elite level only in However, her progress has been extremely steady throughout her career, making her latest improvement almost expected instead of a surprise. After competing in four routines as a freshman, she was a steady contributor on the balance beam in Last year she earned the team's Most Improved Gymnast award, as she regularly contributed as an all-around competitor and earned All-America honors on the balance beam. While others brought the big scores, she brought the consistency the Utes have always coveted. "I don't know if we are ever willing to give up consistency," Megan Marsden said. "In college gymnastics, that is the name of the game. Very often you have to be consistent, then in time the big scores come." The big scores seem to be coming for Deetscreek. "I've been practicing hard and it's finally showing in meets," she said. lwodraska@sltrib.com Utah (3-1) at Arizona State (1-5) Tonight, 7:30 p.m. About the meet» Utah has won its last three meets in Tempe.... ASU's season high is a The Utes haven't counted a fall this season.

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25 Utah Utes gymnastics: Annie DiLuzio studies up to find her happy place of 2 2/9/2010 8:13 AM Utah Utes gymnastics: Annie DiLuzio studies up to find her happy place By Linda Hamilton Deseret News Published: Monday, Feb. 8, :56 p.m. MST SALT LAKE CITY Senior Ute gymnast Annie DiLuzio studies the videos of herself competing, and, like any athlete, she's always finding things she wants to fix. But when one of the main things her coaches want her to work on is just smiling during her routines, well, that's got to say a lot for "Doozie's" progress. "I always tell the girls that if we start working on facial expressions, we're down to the little things, and that means you've really fixed the judge-able things," said Utah co-coach Megan Marsden. "When it comes down to facial expression, that's performing for an audience. "When Annie looks happy on the competitive floor, I think it helps her. "When she's determined, her look is an unhappy look, so we have to change that so she looks happy a lot of the time so it's not misconstrued." That's especially important on floor exercise, said Marsden, noting that DiLuzio is using fairly dramatic music that doesn't induce easy smiles. "I'm pretty intense when I do it," said DiLuzio. "I don't usually smile, but I've been working on it. Everyone has something that's hard for them, and that's one of my things. If I get into the music, then I don't really want to smile, but it's getting there." DiLuzio has great reason to smile all week this week after her performance Friday in fourth-ranked Utah's win at Arizona State. After starting the preseason determined to solidify a place in Utah's balance beam lineup, and doing so immediately, she made the exhibition lineup on uneven bars Friday. That meant she did routines in all four events. Even if it didn't count as an official all-around, that's what it was to her the first time since she was in high school that she performed all four events in one meet. She did one bar routine at Utah State a couple of years ago, but she sat out of other events then, so this was a big step. "It felt good because that's what I've been trying to do for so long, and to accomplish it. I'm really happy, really proud that I could do that," she said. Bars has always been the most difficult event for DiLuzio, a two-time U.S. team member who was seventh all-around in the 2005 U.S. Championships. The event became a near impossibility for her after an elbow injury as a freshman she's battled a stress fracture in a shin for a couple of years, too but she has long toyed with the idea of someday getting back into the bars lineup. Friday, one judge gave her bars set a 9.80, and the other gave her 9.45, leaving her puzzled but ecstatic to see any score for herself in that event. "I probably just got a little nervous and changed (the routine) in the meet, but I was happy. It was a success," she said.

26 Utah Utes gymnastics: Annie DiLuzio studies up to find her happy place of 2 2/9/2010 8:13 AM She had 9.875s in each of the other three events, so she'd have totaled in the all-around had her bars not been in exhibition. That's higher than the high scores of some gymnasts ranked in the nation's top 25 this week. In two events, the Byers Gymnastics product from Folsom, Calif., is tied for seventh in the rankings -- on beam, with an average of 9.84, and on floor, with a 9.89 average. The beam ranking is a triumph for DiLuzio, who had never been consistently in that lineup until this year. "She made a commitment to approach her training differently on that event," said a "proud" Marsden, who has seen DiLuzio go from lots of misses on beam in practice to being able to do hour after hour on the beam in the gym without falling. "You have to 'bank' a lot of those types of workouts to build your confidence so that in the decisive moment, you can do your routine. You have to really up your standards, and I think she did that." "I really wanted to be on beam this year," DiLuzio explained. "I didn't want to be a two-event girl. I am good at it if I set my mind to it, and I finally had enough of being put on the side." What's changed is that she now has a mental trigger before performing each skill on beam, something she tells herself to "give my mind things to think about so it doesn't wander," she said. Now, she's down to learning how to smile during routines, and she tells herself to learn to enjoy it all. "Learn to have fun out there," she said, "because the season is flying by. It's crazy it's almost over, senior year, so just have fun with every routine. Still be intense, still get the job done, but at the same time, enjoy what I'm doing." 2010 Deseret News Publishing Company All rights reserved

27 Utah Utes gymnastics: Cortni Beers celebrates her 9.9 Deseret News 1 of 2 2/16/2010 1:47 PM Utah Utes gymnastics: Cortni Beers celebrates her 9.9 By Linda Hamilton Deseret News Published: Monday, Feb. 15, :02 p.m. MST When she was a freshman gymnast last year at the University of Utah, Cortni Beers felt burned out after an elite career. For the 2009 Utes, she did bars (9.175) and beam (9.70) in the season opener and never competed again. In 2010, despite spraining an ankle the day before the Utes left for their first meet, Beers has been a regular on bars and beam. She upped her career high on beam to 9.80 vs. Georgia, but her other eight scores this season in those two events had been 9.75 or less. So imagine how big a step she took last Friday, imagine her surprise, when she landed after bars and saw 9.90 on the scoreboard. "Oh my gosh, so amazing," Beers said at Monday's practice. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh, is that really my score? 9.90? That can't be my score.' " But it was, and for the first time in her Ute career, she was an event winner, tied with senior teammate Jamie Deetscreek. "I was just focusing on what I'd been working on, our mental choreography and hitting the handstands. I think hitting the handstands was what did it for me," said Beers. After the meet, coach Greg Marsden had praise. "She's getting stronger and more confident as the year goes on. I'm really pleased with her progress," he said. "She didn't have confidence last year, and it was something you could see growing. She's getting sharper and cleaner and more aggressive." Beers went into this week's practice with, "Just a better feeling, knowing that I can help out the team that much. I think just this year in general, me helping out has helped me realize that I do belong here." The two-time U.S. national team member from Tulsa said watching from the sidelines last season probably kindled her fire to compete again after that elite career. "I was just so tired of everything. Maybe not performing is what made me realize I really did want to be out there again," she said. She admits she didn't know the next step, didn't know how to get herself restarted. She never thought about quitting, but "I knew I had a lot of work to do to get to where the rest of my team was," she said. Spending the summer in the Ute gym with teammates "in a no-pressure situation" made a gradual change, and once she got her spirit back, it was time to work on the body. She lost weight and came into fall camp with the tools she needed. It all just kind of happened. I'm not complaining," Beers said, laughing. When she sprained the ankle, Marsden had her concentrate this year on the events that do less pounding, bars and beam, and that's fine with her. "Yeah, I like that. It's a nice beginning," she said. Ute co-coach Megan Marsden said the one problem with Beers' beam is in her leap combination that gives her.3 bonus. It's a leap followed by a ring jump, in which she must look straight up into the arena lights. She had a wobble on it Friday. "In her defense, it's a very difficult thing," said Megan, adding a change might be made if another.3 bonus skill can be found to fit into the routine. FAMILIARITY: Megan Marsden said Beers made mental progress the last two meets, able to shut out the worries of performing before her two former coaches from Krafft Academy in Tulsa. At Arizona State, Jean Luc Carrion is now a Sun Devil assistant, and Friday night, Kristi Krafft was one of the

28 Utah Utes gymnastics: Cortni Beers celebrates her 9.9 Deseret News 2 of 2 2/16/2010 1:47 PM judges in the two events in which Beers does not compete. "That added some pressure for her I think," Marsden said. "I felt like she handled both weeks very well with some good MC (mental choreography)... to help calm her nerves. That's helping her confidence. She can see that she can have some control in difficult situations." RANKINGS: Utah dropped to fifth from fourth, averaging , just behind Florida ( ). It competes Friday at No. 16 Michigan. Southern Utah ranks 19th at SUU's Elise Wheeler is the top all-arounder in the state this week, averaging for 15th. Utah's best is No. 19 Deetscreek (39.125). Utes senior Annie DiLuzio is tied for third on floor at 9.90, and junior Kyndal Robarts is tied for third on vault (9.892) with SUU's Melissa Johnson tied for ninth (9.875). NCAA women's gymnastics rankings (by season average) Team...Average...High score 1. Alabama Oklahoma Oregon State Florida Utah Arkansas Georgia Stanford UCLA Nebraska S. Utah BYU Utah State Deseret News Publishing Company All rights reserved

29 Utah Utes gymnastics: Utes just trying to relax, enjoy the ride Deseret News Page 1 of 2 3/12/2010 Utah Utes gymnastics: Utes just trying to relax, enjoy the ride By Linda Hamilton For the Deseret News Published: Thursday, March 11, :37 p.m. MST SALT LAKE CITY Last Friday, when Daria Bijak told her teammates prior to the floor exercise to just relax and enjoy every minute they have in Utah gymnastics, it not only motivated the team to pound out its best floor score (49.425) and meet total ( ) of the season. It also struck a chord with fellow senior Annie DiLuzio (9.95 floor score that night, to go with her 9.95 vault). So don't be surprised if she is trying to take in the whole experience again Friday night at 7 when the ninth-ranked Utes play host to No. 8 Oregon State, No. 18 Penn State and No. 21 Southern Utah on Short People Appreciation Night (those under 5- foot-2 are admitted free). "Before floor, Daria came over and said, 'Just enjoy it. We only have three more of these in the Huntsman Center,' " DiLuzio said at practice this week. "And that just kind of got to me, and, 'Oh, man, I need to really enjoy myself,' and I did. I feel like that helped. It goes by so fast. We're almost done, and it feels like we almost started." DiLuzio said that former teammates had told her the same thing, but it really hit home last week. "I've been trying to do that for most of the year," she said. "People that are done, they kind of warn you 'Oh, enjoy every moment, It goes fast.' "You kind of hear it but not take it all in, but it flies by, and there's not going to be any more gymnastics. I've got to take in everything." She says it seems to suit this Ute team when it can convince itself to be relaxed. "Keeping our eyes focused on what we need to do is the main thing, and trying to have fun with it," DiLuzio said. "This team does better with a light atmosphere, just kind of joking around but still getting the job done." Bijak who was sick last week, which helped her relax even more has been sick all this week as well with stomach disorders. She also has an ulcer, and doctors did a 'scope on her Wednesday and prescribed medication to calm her down, said coach Greg Marsden. He said she's been feeling weak and unable to eat well, so he doesn't know how much she will be able to do in the quad meet. He worries most about the fatiguing floor exercise and said he might have to replace Bijak with freshman Meg Whitney. Senior Beth Rizzo's torn toe tendon is mending, and she may be able to vault, and freshman Kate Mohr may also return to the vault lineup after back soreness. Junior Gael Mackie is almost ready to return on bars after an ankle sprain. With the four-ring-circus atmosphere of a quad meet, it may be a little more difficult for the Utes to relax this meet. But that's kind of the point, too. Marsden schedules a quad meet each year as a kind of rehearsal for the postseason, to get everybody used to the chaos. This year, he happened to schedule three other teams that are quite competitive. Oregon State ranks ahead of Utah and is 10-2 with a high score of , better than Utah's high, and two strong allarounders in Mandi Rodriguez (39.55 high) and Makala Stambaugh (39.50), which rival the career highs of Bijak and fellow senior Jamie Deetscreek. Penn State, 13-4, has a high of and owns a win over Michigan, which beat Utah three weeks ago. Marsden assumes the Nittany Lions are better than their ranking because scoring in the northeast is typically lower than some other regions. "Everything I've heard, and what little of Penn State I've seen on video on the Internet, they look like a very good team to me also," he said. "Southern Utah, the last couple of years, has gotten significantly better," Marsden said. "They're a dangerous team, and if they get on a roll, they'll beat you, especially if you have any problems at all."

30 Utah Utes gymnastics: Utes just trying to relax, enjoy the ride Deseret News Page 2 of 2 3/12/2010 The T-Birds have a high of and are led by Elise Wheeler (39.55). College gymnastics Oregon State, Penn State and Southern Utah at Utah Today, 7 p.m.heady Text 2010 Deseret News Publishing Company All rights reserved

31 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Lifetime of passion makes DiLuzio second to of 2 3/19/ :28 AM Jobs and internships for students - click here AD RATES CLASSIFIEDS TRAVEL BUSINESS MOVIES CRIMSONBIZ NEWS OPINION SPORTS ARTS VIDEO BLOGS 2010 BANQUET LOGIN REGISTER CONTACT ABOUT Lifetime of passion makes DiLuzio second to none By Paige Fieldsted Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010 Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010 It s clear when you talk to Annie DiLuzio that her life has revolved around one thing: gymnastics. Unlike many college athletes who have been dual- or even triple-sport athletes in high school, DiLuzio s focus has been all flipping and tumbling. DiLuzio has been involved with gymnastics since she was just a toddler, picking up the sport at age 2 something her parents hoped would burn off some of DiLuzio s never-ending energy. ARCHIVE FACEBOOK TWITTER RSS FORUM I think I was just a really hyper kid and my mom needed to find something to put me in to channel all my energy so I didn t get hurt trying to do flips off the couch, DiLuzio said. Five years later, DiLuzio started doing gymnastics competitively and has been at it ever since. Mike Mangum Annie Diluzio has been involved with gymnastics since she was a toddler and started competing when she was 7 years old. They couldn t keep me out of the gym, DiLuzio said. I started competing when I was 7, and I love everything about gymnastics, so I just kept going. I just didn t know it would take me this far, but looking back it s been really cool. DiLuzio said gymnastics has been such a big part of her life that it feels strange when she isn t competing. It s something I ve always wanted to do and if I go a while without it, I don t feel like myself, she said. I feel weird not being in the gym and flipping around. DiLuzio, like most of her teammates, gave up having a normal childhood to participate in gymnastics instead, something DiLuzio said has been well worth it. Despite missing her junior prom and other high school activities, DiLuzio said she wouldn t change a thing. In a sense, I gave up stuff, but for me it was worth it, she said. It s just the little stuff like some football games in high school. I missed prom because I was competing in Belgium, and that was OK with me because that is what I had been working for. There is always time to do fun stuff later. For DiLuzio those sacrifices have paid off, as she has become an integral part of the Red Rocks lineup, boasting some of the stronger performances in the country on the vault and floor. Utah co-head coach Megan Marsden said despite DiLuzio s skills, she is sometimes still shy

32 The Daily Utah Chronicle - Lifetime of passion makes DiLuzio second to of 2 3/19/ :28 AM about her talent and abilities in the gym. Her technique and twisting is second to none, and the average fan doesn t recognize that but we as coaches appreciate that, Marsden said. In spite of the fact that she is so accomplished, she acts afraid a lot of times when she does a big skill, but I think for Annie that is just a little bit of a cover. She doesn t want a lot of attention so she pushes it away. Despite her shyness, DiLuzio has the ability to impress not only fans and judges but also her teammates. Sometimes I m really impressed because if she can t work out because of an injury Monday and Tuesday, all she does is cardio and goes in Friday night and gets the highest score, Daria Bijak said. I m amazed how good she is, that she doesn t even need to practice. With her gymnastics career drawing to a close, DiLuzio is trying to come to grips with letting go something that has been a huge part of her life. It s weird that I m almost done, she said. I m kind of getting a little scared like, Oh my gosh, what am I going to do? I m going to be normal, almost. It s weird. DiLuzio, who is majoring in behavioral science and health with minors in psychology and health education, still has a year left of school and plans on staying with the Red Rocks as a student coach. I think that will be good and will help with my transition out of gymnastics, DiLuzio said. I love coaching and helping any way I can, so that might work as a transition into the normal world. DiLuzio spent time last summer coaching and said she hasn t ruled out coaching as a possible career choice. Marsden said the coach in DiLuzio is already coming out. She tends to kind of mother some of the girls, Marsden said. She recognizes when someone is struggling and takes them aside and has positive words. She is very good at picking out individuals that she can say just the right thing to help them. She is really good at that. Her teammates recognize DiLuzio s ability to help others who might be struggling and attribute it to her fun-loving, easy-going attitude. Annie is a fun person she can keep the atmosphere light, Kyndal Robarts said. Everybody loves Annie. We go to away meets and everyone knows her. She s always happy and always lively, which is nice at the end of the season when we are all dragging. Although DiLuzio said she s thought about coaching, she isn t focusing on her future right now. Instead she is trying to take in everything at her last few meets. I try and think about what I want to do with my life and when I m done and it started freaking me out, DiLuzio said. So I m just going to finish out the season and do what I love, and then focus more on the future. It s scary leaving something that has been a huge part of my life. One thing about the future is clear for DiLuzio: She wants to try new things and find new hobbies to fill her time. I want to go skiing or snowboarding, DiLuzio said. I ve never been able to because they didn t want me to get hurt, so I want to try that, but I m going to keep an open mind about what I want to try. p.fieldsted@chronicle.utah.edu

33 Utah Utes gymnastics: Daria Bijak a key addition for Utah Deseret News 1 of 2 4/9/2010 9:30 AM Utah Utes gymnastics: Daria Bijak a key addition for Utah By Linda Hamilton For the Deseret News Published: Thursday, April 8, :49 p.m. MDT SALT LAKE CITY Math's loss was a big gain for Ute gymnastics. Daria Bijak might have stayed home in Germany had she been able to figure out what math could have done for her. "I was going to go (to college) in Cologne, study math. I love math, and I'm really good at it, but I guess I didn't really know what to do with it because I didn't want to be a teacher," said Bijak. So after having trained at Utah for a week in 2003 with her German national team as it prepared for the World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, Calif., and having kept in touch with Ute student manager Cameron Linford, now director of gymnastics operations Bijak came to Utah in "When I finished (high) school in Germany, I did not have a whole lot of plans with what I wanted to do, and this just looked like it could be a great experience. I did not know what to expect. I just went for it," said Bijak. Bijak had supplemented her regular school classes by reading books and watching movies in English so she could communicate with friends she'd made in international gymnastics. And that made school in America easier and may have helped put her on a career path. She is now a senior who will compete one final time in the Huntsman Center on Saturday starting at 6 p.m. in the NCAA North Central Regional that is the gateway to the NCAA championships April at Florida. Bijak, a 2008 Olympian and a member of two German World Championships teams, has tended to be at her best in NCAA postseason meets. In her final year, she's been more at peace with her gymnastics than ever before. "As we started this season, or even in preseason, I felt like I'm ready for this last year. As we started competing, and I started doing better, it just feels good, and it makes me happy where I am right now," said Bijak. She set her career all-around high of on March 12 and followed it up with back-to-back s at Florida on March 19 and against BYU to close the regular season on March 26. In past postseasons, Bijak has twice recorded the highest score of anyone in the Utes' six-team preliminary sessions on floor as a junior and on bars as a freshman to help Utah qualify for the Super Six team championships. And she was all-around runner-up with a then-career-best at the 2009 NCAA West Regional to help Utah qualify for nationals. Tenth-ranked Utah is seeded second in Saturday's regional, behind fourth-ranked and top regional seed Florida, so Bijak's best will be needed again for Utah to place in the top two Saturday and advance to nationals. That inner calm will help. That's just the right term for it, she said. "I think I'm the most confident and the happiest I've been with what I've been doing, with my gymnastics," Bijak said. "Since it's coming to an end, there's nothing that I regret doing or that I haven't done. I'm in the best shape I can be. I'm doing the skills that I want to do. There's really nothing where I feel, 'Oh, I wish I would have done this, I wish I could do this.' I just do what I want to do now, and it's working out."

34 Utah Utes gymnastics: Daria Bijak a key addition for Utah Deseret News 2 of 2 4/9/2010 9:30 AM Bijak seems mentally ready for the end of her career and beginning of the rest of her life, even though she is as passionate as ever about gymnastics. "I just love to be out there. I love to swing around and try new things," she said. She relishes practice. Some days she doesn't feel well but has a good practice and surprises herself, and, "it really makes me happy, and it's cool. You can't predict it. Sometimes you feel good, and it doesn't work out, and you're like, 'Why?' And the other day you feel bad, and it's great, and you're like, 'Whoa, just go with it.' "That's what I love about it," Bijak said, growing more enthusiastic as she speaks. "I do think that she still very much enjoys the sport," said co-coach Megan Marsden. "I think that she loves what it feels like to do her gymnastics. I think that's remarkable at her age and with the number of years she's put in and the number of years she's put in at the highest level." When gymnastics is done, Bijak sees no problem shifting her focus. "I have so many interests, and I think if I find something that I develop passion for, the same way I have for gymnastics, I'll be successful in anything I choose to do," she said. "If I believe in it, and I really love it, then I can do anything I want." Bijak, 24, has another year of school, and she's hoping her film studies major leads to something better than what she could see in math. "I kind of started with that (passion) with my film projects that I do for my classes," she said. "I'm looking into internships with production studios, so anything in the film or movie business, I would love that," she said. "And I'm minoring in business because I'm really interested in marketing and all that stuff so I hope that it all goes together somehow." She doesn't know whether she can or will stay in the U.S. after graduation. "Even if I got a job here, it's so hard to get a visa, so it's not just making the choice, 'Oh, I want to stay here,' or, 'I want to go home.' " Her boyfriend, Sasch Kiehne, a senior on the Weber State tennis team, is from Renningen, Germany. He has started toward his master's and will also be in Utah another year. His parents recently moved to Detroit, "so it's hard to plan. We'll just finish school and go from there. We can both stay here, or we can both go home," said Bijak. NCAA North Central Regional Saturday, 6 p.m. Jon M. Huntsman Center Other teams competing: Florida, Auburn, Boise State, Denver, Washington 2010 Deseret News Publishing Company All rights reserved

35 Utah Utes gymnastics: Trying to take pressure off Deseret News 1 of 2 4/8/2010 9:53 AM Utah Utes gymnastics: Trying to take pressure off By Linda Hamilton For the Deseret News Published: Thursday, April 8, :23 a.m. MDT SALT LAKE CITY A Ute gymnastics team that has been feeling the pressure especially the balance beamers of being the lowest-ranked Utah team ever may have turned a corner Tuesday in its last hard practice before Saturday's 6 p.m., six-team NCAA North Central Regional meet at its own Huntsman Center. Utah also suffered another injury, though. Junior Jacq Johnson fell Tuesday after a vault and bruised her tailbone badly enough that she will miss the regional. Coach Greg Marsden said his 10th-ranked team has been tight, feeling the burden of trying to qualify for the 2010 NCAA championships April at Florida just a little more than most Ute teams. In its previous 34 seasons, Utah has never not qualified for nationals. It is the only team to have qualified for every NCAA championship meet since that governing body took over from the AIAW in On Tuesday, Marsden had some straight talk for his team about the meaning of it all, and perhaps it helped. "We had a great beam workout," he said. "It's a work in progress. I feel like we had kind of a breakthrough (Tuesday). I feel like we're in a good place right now." Utah's vault (49.35), bars (49.425) and floor (49.40) squads are coming off their season-highs in the last meet of the regular season, but beam where nerves are most evident again saw two falls and a And that score was that high only because Kyndal Robarts ended it with a career-high Marsden told the beam team: "You guys are just so worried about failing you won't allow yourself to succeed. You're so fearful of making a mistake." "To me," he said, "it's them trying too hard rather than just relaxing and competing with confidence and competing like they train." He said he hopes his 35 years of experience counts for something and that he's learned that the sun still comes up the next day, and people get on with their lives no matter how the season ends. "If we have a good meet, we'll qualify. If we don't, we may not, but it's not as big a deal as everybody's trying to make you think it is," he told them. "It's true. That's what I have learned. "Whether we win the whole thing, or we don't even go, it's the same thing the next year. We've got to get up and get ready and do it all over again. Some of them will go on to the rest of their lives, and the rest of us will use that as a motivation to move forward." Some beam routines have been altered in the past two weeks to make people more comfortable. Stephanie McAllister's combination has been changed. "We feel like her routine now is a routine she can do even on her worst day, and that gives her confidence," said co-coach/beam coach Megan Marsden. "And it gives me confidence that we've got someone starting off our beam that can get up and strut and hit their thing.

36 Utah Utes gymnastics: Trying to take pressure off Deseret News 2 of 2 4/8/2010 9:53 AM "And Daria (Biiak), we pulled the jump combination out. She had more things than she really needed, and there was one jump combination that was giving her fits, so we decided to just go without it." Just as Johnson goes down, sophomore all-arounder McAllister comes back from a shoulder injury and was " percent" Tuesday, said Greg Marsden. Also back from a lengthy injury is Gael Mackie on bars. Salt Lake freshman Fumina Kobayashi will be in the beam lineup for the second straight meet. Cortni Beers is scheduled for bars only. Her back began bothering her late last week. Utah will have to place in the top two Saturday to advance. Florida (ranked fourth) is the top seed in this regional. Utah is the second seed, Auburn third, Boise State fourth, Denver fifth and Washington sixth. "It's a tough region," said Greg Marsden. "All six teams are in the top 23, and I think they're all dangerous enough that if they're on that night and any of the teams have any problems, that they could move ahead of them. North Central Regional (National ranking in parentheses) 1. Florida (4) 2. Utah (10) 3. Auburn (16) 4. Boise State (19) 5. Denver (22) 6. Washington (23) Individual field 1. Heather Heinrich, Utah State 2. Jenna Dudley, Air Force 3. Lyndsie Boone, Utah State 4. Brittany Dutton, Air Force 5. Meghan Hargens, Wisconsin-Stout Alt. Amanda Watamaniuk, Utah State Alt. Naomi DeLara, Wisconsin-Stout* *All-around competitor 2010 Deseret News Publishing Company All rights reserved

37 1 of 2 4/9/2010 9:12 AM Utah gymnastics: Regionals format a hard sell Fan friendly?» Six teams competing means competitions will run long. By Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Updated:04/08/ :07:27 PM MDT There are six gymnastics teams in town preparing for Saturday's NCAA Regional Gymnastics Competition. Well-informed fans are doing their own preparations, too -- for collegiate gymnastics' version of a marathon. With six teams competing, the event could well push the three-hour mark. That estimation takes into account Utah's experienced and quick crew working their hardest. Other sites unaccustomed to holding regional competitions could see their competitions last much longer because of scoring glitches and other issues that often arise. For even the most ardent gymnastics fans, the regional and national formats can be a test of their own endurance to watch because the events often run long. For fans attending Saturday's regional, there is some comfort in knowing Utah's experienced crew is running the meet and that the six teams competing are all ranked, which should make for some entertaining competition no matter which teams are on the floor and which are on byes. However, the longer format makes it a difficult one in which to attract new gymnastics fans to the sport, in Utah coach Greg Marsden's opinion, in what should be one of the showcase nights for the athletes since it is an NCAA event. "There are two things that save us to some degree," Marsden said. "One is what the kids are doing; they are amazing athletes, and those who come and see them are usually taken with them immediately. The second is the schools that are competing and moving on to the championships create that feeling and excitement level you want. But when you get beyond those things, it can be a hard sell." As of Thursday, 5,200 seats had been sold and the Utes expect a crowd somewhere between 6,000 to 8,000, which likely will be the highest attended regional given the popularity of gymnastics in the area. But that the Utes can't fill the Huntsman Center like they do for regular-season meets is an indication to Marsden the format needs to change to be more fan-friendly. Starting next season, the format for the NCAA Championships is changing so that only two teams advance from the preliminaries, making the night that is now known as the Super Six a four-team event. The format change is being implemented to make finals more fan- and TV-friendly, because it eliminates the byes. However, there is no easy solution for changing the regional format because coaches don't want to trim the number of teams that qualify for the six regionals. "People don't want to eliminate opportunities of participation and that has always been a difficult place to go for a majority of people," Marsden said. "But my thing has always been you can't predict what outcome would come from changes without trying." Marsden would like to see the regional format changed to one in which eight teams qualify for regionals, then separate four-team meets would be held on a Friday and a Saturday, with just the winner from each advancing to nationals. "From my perspective, it would be the best of all worlds, similar to basketball," he said. "You could get it down to an hour-and-45-minute or 2-hour event that is easy to follow." However, so far his ideas haven't enticed any coaches or NCAA officials to look at any changes for the immediate future, meaning fans and teams have to prepare for longer events. Florida already has some experience with the longer format since the seven-team SEC Championships took more than 31/2 hours, in coach Rhonda Faehn's estimation. "It's exhausting by the time you go through the warmups and competition, it's the longest meet of the year," she said.

38 2 of 2 4/9/2010 9:12 AM "We've talked about if we added one more school we could do an east and west battle like football but until then I don't know how you accommodate everything." The most difficult part for the gymnasts is waiting through all the byes, senior Annie DiLuzio said. "There is a lot of waiting and standing around and the judging can be really slow," she said. "You just have to keep getting yourself pumped up for each event. That long of a meet, you can't stay pumped up the whole time." lwodraska@sltrib.com NCAA Regional gymnastics Saturday, 6 p.m., Huntsman Center Today's practices are open to the public: Practice session 1» 2-3:40 p.m., Florida, Auburn, Washington Practice session 1» 4-5:40 p.m., Utah, Boise State, Denver Close Window Send To Printer

39 1 of 1 4/13/2010 9:26 AM Relaxed Utah gymnasts relish underdog role Gymnastics» They're confident after landing their top beam score and making nationals. By Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Updated:04/12/ :09:26 PM MDT As the fifth seed for the NCAA Championships, Utah's gymnastics team will be one of the underdogs. That role is just fine with the Utes. "The pressure is off since we're an underdog and hopefully we can go in and surprise some people," co-coach Megan Marsden said. "This group seems to do better when the expectations are off their shoulders a bit. That is the case for most teams, but we're going to stay with that approach. Just because we hit a meet doesn't mean we're suddenly going to change that. We need to put four events together again." The Utes (15-4) did catch what they feel is a break in the scheduling since they'll compete in the afternoon session of the championships, which start April 22 in Gainesville, Fla. They'll compete along with UCLA, Oklahoma, Oregon State, LSU and Nebraska. The Utes lost their season opener at UCLA and defeated Oregon State and Nebraska in the regular season. The evening session consists of second seed and host Florida, third-seed Alabama, sixth-seed Stanford, seventh seed Arkansas, 10th seed Missouri and 11th seed Michigan. The top three teams from each session advance to the Super Six on April 23. The last time the Utes were the fifth seed was in 2008, when they finished second. Competing in the afternoon would give the Utes more recovery time, provided they advance, before the championship night. "It's nice that you don't have to wait around all day waiting for the others to finish," senior Annie DiLuzio said. "When you're done you can rest up and get ready for the next day." The Utes received the same rotation for their NCAA preliminary competition as they had for the regional competition in which they opened on floor and finished on beam. Utah had its best showing on beam of the year, scoring a en route to a Florida won the meet with a Qualifying for nationals and having their highest beam score has given the Utes another burst of confidence, they say. They no longer have to worry about being the team that ends Utah's streak of qualifying for nationals, and can now simply focus on the championships. "I've felt that weight all three years, but especially this year because people were doubting us so much," junior Kyndal Robarts said. "Now that big weight is off our shoulders." lwodraska@sltrib.com NCAA Championships April 22-24, Gainesville, Fl. Afternoon session» No. 1 UCLA, No. 4 Oklahoma, No. 5 Utah, No. 8 Oregon State, No. 9 LSU, No. 12 Nebraska Evening session» No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Alabama, No. 6 Stanford, No. 7 Arkansas, No. 10 Missouri, No. 11 Michigan Close Window Send To Printer

40 1 of 2 4/7/2010 9:09 AM U. welcomes Mackie's return By Lya Wodraska The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Updated:04/07/ :48:40 AM MDT Thanks to a severe ankle injury, Utah gymnast Gael Mackie probably won't compete on anything but the uneven bars for the rest of the season. At least she's making the best of her event. Mackie, who missed five meets because of the injury, scored a on the uneven bars at Florida and earned a 9.9 against BYU. Those scores, particularly the 9.9., are the ones the Utes need if they are to be a contender in the post-season, which starts Saturday when they host an NCAA regional event. Uneven bars is one of the Utes' better events this season, but Mackie, a 2004 Canadian Olympian, is a gymnast not only capable of hitting but of earning the big scores, Utah co-coach Megan Marsden said. "She showed how important she is the other night when she goes in, not just first, but deep in the lineup and nails her routine and scores a 9.9," Marsden said. "If she can do that in the postseason, we need her there. That is where she's confident and where she can really help us." Mackie can give the Utes something else other than just a big score -- confidence. The veteran international competitor has been at her best in Utah's biggest meets, such as when she scored a 9.85 on the bars for the Utes in the Super Six last season and when she delivered a in 2008 in the NCAA preliminaries. She entered her junior year hitting 42 of 47 routines and appeared to be finding her form this year when she suffered the injury. "I wasn't doing my best at the beginning of the season but things were turning around, floor was getting better and beam was getting better," Mackie said. "It kind of sucked, but injuries are part of sports so it motivated me in rehab." The injury prevented Mackie from practicing gymnastics but she at least could bike, which helped her cardio, she said. The rest of the rehab was more tedious, but she made the best of it. "I really focused on getting stronger and each week I wanted to get better," she said. "I worked on my arm strength and things like that [by] lifting." The Utes would love to have Mackie in the lineup on vault and floor as well, but it's doubtful she'll be healed in time to log enough training hours. Mackie isn't performing full beam or floor routines yet. "Vaulting is one place that is a maybe," Marsden said. "But it's a little too late on the others. We're just glad to have her on bars because she is so confident there." Mackie said her recovery goal was to be back in the lineup for the postseason. Now that it's here, she isn't satisfied with just being in the lineup. "I need to work on my handstands and things," she said. "I know I still have room for improvement." lwodraska@sltrib.com Mackie's uneven bars scores Jan. 9 vs. UCLA 9.75 Jan. 15 vs. Iowa St Jan. 22 vs. Georgia Jan. 29 vs. Wash Feb. 5 vs. ASU 9.9 Mar. 19 vs. Florida Mar. 26 vs. BYU 9.9

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42 UTAH GYMNASTICS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONSHIPS 35 National Championship Appearances 29 NCAA Championship Appearances 10 National Championships 27 Top-Five Finishes 22 Top-Three Finishes 18 Top-Two Finishes 304 All-Americans 24 NCAA Event Champions