Missouri Gymnastics Cancun Classic

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1 MISSOURI INFORMATION Location...Columbia, Mo. Founded Enrollment... 31,314 Nickname...Tigers Colors...Old Gold and Black Chancellor... Dr. Brady S. Deaton Athletic Director... Michael Alden SWA... Sarah Reesman Conference... Big 12 Affiliation...NCAA Division I Home Arena... Hearnes Center Capacity... 13,611 COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Rob Drass Alma Mater... Penn State, 1990 Record at school (11 years) Career record (11 years) Best Way to Contact...Through Media Relations Office Phone... (573) Associate Head Coach... John Figueroa Office Phone... (573) Assistant Coach...Amy Smith Alma Mater... UCLA, 2001 Office Phone... (573) TEAM INFORMATION 2010 Overall record Postseason...NCAA Championship Qualifier NCAA Regional Champion Big 12 Record/Finish...1-2/Third 2010 Regional qualifying score NCAA Final Ranking... No. 12 Letterwinners returning/lost...7/4 All-Americans returning/lost...0/1 Newcomers...Six Cancun Classic vs. West Virginia Friday, Jan. 7, p.m. Hilton Cancun Beach & Golf Resort; Cancun, Mexico Roster Name Yr. Ht. Event Hometown Club Team Cathryn Aliceaacosta Fr All-Around Houston, Texas Cypress Academy of Gym. Brittany Bendoff So. 5-0 All-Around Long Grove, Ill. Libertyville Gym. Academy Mary Burke Jr. 5-6 All-Around Inverness, Ill. American Academy of Gym. Alex Gold Sr. 5-3 All-Around Plano, Texas Metroplex Allie Heizelman Jr. 5-2 All-Around Cypress, Texas Cypress Academy Tori Howard So. 5-2 All-Around Chesterfield, Mo. St. Louis Gym Centre Mackenzie McGill Fr. 5-4 All-Around Bartlesville, Okla. ConocoPhilips Gymnastics Taylor Medrea Fr. 5-2 All-Around Britton, Mich. Michigan Elite Gymnastics Sandra Ostad So. 5-1 All-Around Oslo, Norway Oslo Turnforening Brittani Price Fr. 5-2 All-Around New Lenox, Ill. United Gymnastics Academy Alex Skinner Fr. 5-2 All-Around Plano, Texas Kurt Thomas Gymnastics Lauren Swankoski So. 5-1 All-Around Chadds Ford, Pa. First State Gymnastics Katelyn Trevino Fr. 5-2 All-Around Ovilla, Texas Trevinos Gymnastics School Head Coach: Rob Drass Associate Head Coach: John Figueroa Assistant Coach and Choreographer: Amy Smith Student Coach: Tara Foster Cancun Classic History The Tigers last made an appearance at the Cancun Classic in Mizzou came out with a fourth place finish under Iowa State, Auburn and BYU. Mizzou earned a on bars to start off the meet, but as the events progressed the Tigers continued to improve. Missouri earned a on floor and on vault. Katie Kluga scored a career high on bars to help out her team. Then senior Amanda Pezzullo tied for second on vault with a score of Last Time vs. West Virginia The Tigers and the Mountaineers met up in 2009 in Norman,Okla. Missouri earned a score of to take second in the meet behind Oklahoma. Then a junior, Sarah Shire earned her sixth allaround title of the season, and Adrianne Perry came in second with a Allie Heizelman, a freshman at the time, earned a season high on bars PROGRAM INFORMATION First Year of Gymnastics Overall Regular Season Record Overall Postseason Record NCAA Appearance/Last...National Championships/2010 NCAA Individual/Last...Sarah Shire National Championships/2010 MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Gymnastics Contact...Jenny Dewar Office Phone...(573) Cell Phone...(847) Office Fax...(573) dewarj@missouri.edu Shipping Address Hearnes Center 600 Stadium Blvd. Columbia, MO Schedule/Results Date Opponent/Event Location Time/Result Friday, December 10 Black and Gold Columbia, Mo. Black , Gold Friday, January 7 Cancun Classic Cancun, Mx. 6:00 p.m. vs. West Virginia Saturday, January 15 SEMO Columbia, Mo. 2:00 p.m. (Beauty and the Beast) Friday, January 21 Iowa State* Ames, Iowa 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 29 Metroplex Challenge Dallas, Texas 7:00 p.m. vs. LSU, Alabama and Nebraska Friday, February 4 Nebraska* Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 11 Illinois Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m (Pink Out) Friday, February 18 Oklahoma* Norman, Okla. 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 25 Southern Utah Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 4 Centenary, Temple Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19 Big 12 Championships Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2 NCAA Regional Championships TBA TBA Thurs., April 14 NCAA National Championships Cleveland, Ohio TBA Home meets in bold * Big 12 Conference meets - All times listed are CST and subject to change

2 GymInfo Preseason Poll Rank Team Points 1. UCLA Alabama Florida Oklahoma Utah Stanford Georgia Oregon State Michigan Nebraska Arkansas LSU Missouri Penn State Auburn Denver Illinois-Champaign Boise State Arizona Southern Utah Washington Iowa State Minnesota Kentucky Arizona State 100 Receiving Votes: West Virginia, Michigan State, Central Michigan, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Kent State, North Carolina, Maryland-College Park, Utah State, Western Michigan, Illinois State, New Hampshire, BYU, Pittsburgh, S.E. Missouri, UIC, San Jose State. Black Outshines Gold... The Tigers annual Black and Gold Intrasquad meet was held on Dec. 10 to give Mizzou a chance to get out of the gym and compete in front of judges before the regular season begins. The Black Squad took the win with a final score. Missouri s only senior, Alex Gold, led the Black Squad with her all-around total. Gold led the Black Squad in three out of the four rotations. She finished with a on vault, on bars and a on beam. She closed out her fourth rotation with a on floor. Sophomore Lauren Swankoski shone for the Gold Squad at the Black and Gold Meet. She came in just under Alex Gold on the vault with a She recorded the same on beam, and she finished the evening with a on her floor routine. Sophomore Lauren Swankoski shone for the Gold Squad at tonight s meet. She came in just under Alex Gold on the vault with a She recorded the same on beam, and she finished the evening with a on her floor routine. Preseason Progress... The Tigers clocked in at No. 13 on GymInfo s 2011 Women s Preseason Coaches Poll released on Dec. 1. Missouri will face nine ranked opponents this season including No. 12 LSU, No. 10 Nebraska, No. 2 Alabama, and No. 4 Oklahoma, among others. Mizzou sits above Big 12 opponent Iowa State, who came in at No. 22 in the poll. Missouri finished the 2010 season at No. 12, their highest end-of-season ranking in program history. Looking Ahead... After opening regular season competition at the Cancun Classic, Missouri opens their home season at the annual Beauty and the Beast meet. Beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 15, the Gymnastics team will take on SEMO while the Mizzou Wrestlers face Chattanooga and SIUE. Mizzou will hit the road for the next two weeks, first heading to Iowa State on Jan. 21 then to Dallas, Texas for the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 29. The Tigers can also look forward to the Big 12 Championships which will take place in the Hearnes Center this season. The meet is scheduled for March 19 at 2 p.m. Missouri is preparing for a tough schedule with nine nationally ranked opponents to look forward to this season. Banner Season... Mizzou Gymnastics had one of the most decorated seasons in program history in The Tigers finished third at the Big 12 Championship and advanced to NCAA Regionals where they snagged a first place finish. Missouri continued on to the NCAA National Championship for the first time in program history. Sarah Shire also finished the 2010 season with a lot of hardware. The four-time All-American stands as Missouri s most decorated gymnast after taking home two straight Big 12 All-Around titles, a second place floor finish at Nationals and a fifth place finish on vault at Nationals as well. She was named NCAA South Central Region s Gymnast of the Year and Co-Big 12 Gymnast of the year for the second consecutive year. Shire holds the school record of 11 All-Around titles in a single season and is also the only gymnast to earn a spot on all five all-conference teams. Throughout her career, Shire was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week 13 times, which is the most in conference history. Senior Solo... Senior Alex Gold is holding down the fort as Mizzou Gymnastics only senior this season. She had a promising start to the year, leading the Black Squad to a win over the Gold at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad meet. She pulled in a all-around score, which was the highest at the meet. The Tigers graduated four seniors after the 2010 season to leave the leadership position to Gold. The Plano, Texas native stands as one of Missouri s top vaulters. At one point in the 2010 season Gold sat at No. 9 in the Big 12 and No. 43 in the nation on vault. She has a career high on the event, which she tallied during her sophomore season. She earned a tie for a second place finish on vault at the Columbia Regional in 2010 where she also earned a season high on the event. Continuing the Success... Junior Mary Burke is looking to continue her success this year. As one of two juniors on the team this season, Burke will prove a strong competitor. She was ranked at No. 27 in the nation in the All-Around last season and held the No. 2 spot in the conference behind Sarah Shire. At NCAA Regionals Burke matched her career-high score on vault and finished tied for third on beam. With a long list of achievements under her belt already, Burke hopes to continue her success in Tigers Welcome Three... welcomes three new additions for the 2012 season. Evansville, Ind. native, Laura Kappler, will join the Tigers as a walk-on next season. Kappler trained at Revolution Gymnastics under coach Carly Cresswell-Watson. Rachel Updkike and Colleen Mulcahy have signed National letters of Intent to join the Mizzou Gymnastics family. Updike is a native of Olathe, Kan. where she trained at Kansas Gymnastics, and Cheer. She competed as both a Level 10 and Elite gymnast. Mulcahy comes to Mizzou from Orland Park, Ill. where she trained at Arena Gymnastics under the direction of Dan and Beth Miller. Season Outlook: After one of the most successful season in program history, is looking to repeat its record breaking season. We are looking to do what we did last season, Head Coach Rob Drass said. We would like to qualify to the National Championships and definitely make a run at the Big 12 Championship. After saying good-bye to four seniors, including Mizzou s most decorated gymnast, Sarah Shire, the Tigers are left with one senior, two juniors, and four sophomores. A group of six freshmen help round out the 2011 Tiger Gymnastics Squad. Don t let the youth of this team fool you, however. Drass is confident in the abilities of the newcomers. We look for a lot of youth and excitement going into this season, which we will temper with experience and confidence. As we move forward we expect good things, but it is going to take a little bit of time this year with the team being so young. After testing the waters at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad Meet, Mizzou gymnastics will hit the practice gym until early January to focus on healing injuries and preparing for the regular season. The season will open against West Virginia at the Cancun Classic in Cancun, Mexico on January 7. If we can stay heathy and do well, our goals can be accomplished this season, said Drass.

3 Senior Alex Gold // Plano, Texas 2010 Highlights: Continually counted on as one of Missouri s top vaulters... Posted a on vault and floor against Ohio State... Competing as a member of the beam lineup for the first season of her career... Earned a on beam in just her second week in the lineup, which tied her for the third best score at the Lady Luck Invitational... Notched the highest score for the Tigers on vault (9.850) at Lady Luck... Contributed nicely against Iowa State with scores of or higher on vault, beam and floor... Tied for second on vault at Nebraska with a Tied her career high on floor (9.850) against New Hampshire to finish third on the event... Won her first individual title of the season (second of career) on vault at Centenary by tying her season-high Also tied her career high on beam with a at Centenary... Matched her season high on vault of at Illinois and against Centenary in March... Set a new season high on vault (9.875) at the Big 12 Championship while tying her career high on beam (9.775)... Set a new season high on vault for the second meet in a row with a at regionals to finish tied for second on the event... Ranks ninth in the Big 12 on vault and ranked as high as 43rd nationally on the event at one point this season (GymInfo)... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Career Highs: Vault (Oklahoma 2009) Bars (exh. Cat Classic 2009) Beam (three times in 2010) Floor (twice in Junior Mary Burke // Inverness, Ill Highlights: Competes for the top of the podium at every meet as one of the top gymnasts in the country... Posted strong scores against Ohio State to win the all-around (39.200), bars (9.825) and floor (9.875) titles... Named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 12 after posting the highest all-around score in the conference that weekend... Notched a new career high on bars (9.925) and in the all-around (39.225) at the Lady Luck Invitational... Set a new career high on floor (9.900) and again in the all-around (39.375) against Iowa State... Also tied for the bars title with a Won the bars (9.800) title and tied for the beam (9.800) title against New Hampshire... Set a new career high on beam at Centenary with a and matched that two weeks later against Illinois State... Notched a new season high and tied her career high on vault with a against Oklahoma, which she matched against Illinois State and Centenary... Scored a new career high on floor (9.975) against Illinois State that tied the Missouri program record on the event... Tied or replaced her all-around career high for the first three weeks of the season and matched the once again the last regular-season meet against Centenary... Matched her career-high on vault at regionals... Finished tied for third on beam (9.800) at regionals... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Earned All-Big 12 Conference honors in the all-around... Ranked 27th in the country in the all-around, 58th on bars and 53rd on beam (GymInfo)... Holds the No. 2 spot in the conference rankings in the all-around behind teammate Shire. Career Highs: Vault (seven times in career) Bars (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Beam (twice in 2010) Floor (Illinois State 2010) All-Around (twice in 2010) Junior Allie Heizelman // Cypress, Texas 2010 Highlights: Started the 2010 season once again as a bars specialist for the Tigers... Posted a strong against Ohio State to tie for second on the event... Held down the middle of the bars lineup with a at the Lady Luck Invitational and a against Iowa State... Notched a new season and career-high against Illinois State... Matched her career high on bars at SEMO and finished tied for second on the event... Finished third on bars with a against Centenary... Led the team-off on bars at regionals with a Ranks 15th in the Big 12 on bars (GymInfo)... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team... Received Wooden Cup Honorable Mention... Named by the Big 12 Conference to the 2010 Chick-fil-A Winter Community of Champions. Career Highs: Bars (twice in 2010)

4 Sophomore Brittany Bendoff // Long Grove, Ill Highlights: Looked strong in her first outing as a Tiger against Ohio State with a exhibition on vault... Exhibitioned six times on floor receiving a at the New Hampshire and Centenary meets... Also exhibitioned for the first time on beam at Centenary... Made her way into the floor lineup for the first time against Oklahoma and proved why she was there with a Scored a on floor against Illinois State and again in exhibition at SEMO. Career Highs: Vault (exh. Ohio State 2010) Beam (exh. Centenary 2010) Floor (Oklahoma 2010) Sophomore Tori Howard // Chesterfield, Mo Highlights: Spent the first half of the season as the lead-off competitior for the Tigers on floor... Only competed officially on floor against Ohio State, but exhibitioned on vault and beam where she looked confident with a and 9.650, respectively... Led Missouri off on floor against Ohio State with a strong to place second on the event... Posted a season and career-high on vault at the Lady Luck Invitational, her first time in the lineup... Started off the team s floor against Iowa State with a Tied for second on floor at Centenary with a Had a great meet competing officially and unofficially at Illinois with exhibitions on vault (9.775) and beam (9.725), while posting just below her career high on floor with a Set a new career high on beam of at the Big 12 Championship... Matched her career-high on beam at regionals. Career Highs: Vault (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Beam (twice in 2010) Floor (Iowa State 2010) Sophomore Sandra Ostad // Oslo, Norway 2010 Highlights: Earned a on bars in a strong performance at the NCAA Championships... Exhibitioned once on floor and the last nine meets on bars... Recieved a for her exhibition at Centenary, which would have tied her for second on the event... Exhibitioned for the first time on beam against Oklahoma. Career Highs: Bars (exh. Centenary 2010) Beam (exh. Oklahoma 2010) Floor (exh. Iowa State 2010)

5 Sophomore Lauren Swankoski // Chadds Ford, Pa Highlights: Brought into all the 2010 lineups immediately after a strong preseason... Posted a all-around score in just her first regular season meet to place second overall... Received solid marks on all four events and tied for third on floor with a in her first meet against Ohio State... Matched or replaced all her scores from the first meet at the Lady Luck Invitational, including an impressive on vault and a in the all-around... Set her current high on vault of against Iowa State, which earned her second on the event... Also set her all-around career-high against Iowa State... Notched new career highs on bars (9.825) and floor (9.900) against Illinois State... Contributed nicely in the Tigers win at SEMO, including a on floor that gave her a third place finish on the event... Tied her all-around high of at SEMO... Won her first event title by earning a on floor against Centenary in the final regular-season meet of the season... Matched her career high on vault (9.850) at the Big 12 Championship... Tied her career-high on bars at regionals. Career Highs: Vault (twice 2010) Bars (twice in 2010) Beam (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Floor (twice in 2010) All-Around (twice in 2010) Freshman Cathryn Aliceaacosta // Houston, Texas Prep: Trained at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics in Crypress, Texas under the direction of Marina Vernaya, Terry Walker and Tamara Walker... Attended Langham Creek High School...Level 10 J.O. National Qualifier in Placed third on vault at the 2008 Level 10 Regional...Qualified for the Level 10 N.I.T. in 2009 and earned third place recognition on floor...earned third place honors on vault at the 2008 Level 10 Regional... Personal bests include on vault, on bars, 9.55 on beam and on floor...chose Missouri over North Carolina State, LSU, Washington, Maryland and Auburn. Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Theresa Aliceaacosta...Born July 16, Comes to Missouri from Houston, Texas...Plans to study Physical Therapy at Mizzou. Freshman Mackenzie McGill // Bartlesville, Okla. Prep: Trained at ConocoPhillips Gymnastics in Bartlesville, Okla. under the direction of Sam and Susie Barto... Attended Bartlesville High School...Placed 3rd in All-Around at the 2010 Level 10 State Meet...Named 2009 State and Regional Champion...Placed second in All-Around, third, on bars, and second on floor at level 9 Westerns...Eleven-time Oklahoma All State Gymnastics Award winner... Personal bests include on vault, 9.35 on bars, on beam, 9.65 on floor and All-Around...Chose Missouri over Arkansas, Utah State, OU, Rutgers, Central Michigan and Seattle Pacific. Personal: Daughter of David and Shellie McGill...Born June 13, Comes to Missouri from Bartlesville, Okla... plans to study physical therapy at Mizzou...earned the Johnson O Malley Academic Achievement Award in graduated high school with honors in psychology and math.

6 Freshman Taylor Medrea // Britton, Mich. Prep: Trained at Michigan Elite Gymnastics in Novi, Michigan under Kim and Juha Tanskanen...attended Britton-Macon Area Schools...Earned the 2006 and 2009 Level 10 State floor titles...qualified for Level 10 Nationals in 2005, 2007 and Participated on the Region 5 All-Star Team in El Salvador in Earned Regional Bar titles in 2005 and personal bests include 9.45 on vault, on bars, 9.45 on beam, on floor and All-Around...Chose Missouri over Michigan and Michigan State Universities. Personal: Daughter of Eugene and Lynette Medrea...Born February 24, Comes to Missouri from Britton, Mich...plans to study physical therapy at Missouri...was the Valedictorian of her high school class. Freshman Brittani Price // New Lenox, Ill. Prep: Trained at United Gymnastics Academy in Frankfort, Ill. Under the direction of Glen Willmeng...Attended Lincoln-Way Central High School...Five-time competitor at Nationals...Attended the All-Star team trip to Costa Rica in personal bests include 9.75 on vault, 9.65 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor and 37.9 All-Around...Chose Missouri over the University of Illinois. Personal: Daughter of Dave and Jennifer Price... Born August 18, Comes to Missouri from New Lenox, Ill...Sh Freshman Alex Skinner // Plano, Texas Prep: Trained at Kurt Thomas Gymnastics in Frisco, Texas under the direction of Kurt Thomas... Earned the Level 9 Western National title in Regional Vault Champion in Named a Junior Olympic National Qualifier in Personal bests include 9.8 on vault, 9.4 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor, and 37.5 All-Around...Chose Missouri over Oklahoma University and Ball State. Personal: She comes to Missouri from Plano, Texas...Daughter of Tony and Vanessa Skinner...Born November 27, Graduated high school as an honor student...plans to study Biology with aspirations to become an orthopedic surgeon or physical therapist... Brother, Landon, plays basketball at Judson University. Freshman Katelyn Trevino // Ovilla, Texas Prep: Trained under Rich and Marilyn Trevino at Trevinos Gymnastics School...Earned the Regional Vault title...was a silver-medalist on floor at the Regional meet...was a JO National Qualifier in 2009 where she earned the silver medal on floor and 9th-place recognition on vault...personal bests include on vault and floor and 9.4 on bars and beam...chose Mizzou over Michigan State University and SEMO. Personal: Daughter of Rich and Marilyn Trevino...Born December 6, Native of Ovilla, Texas...Graduated high school with distinguished honors...plans to study journalism at Mizzou.

7 Team Results Meet Results Date Opponent Vault Bars Beam Floor Total 1/8 Ohio State /15 Lady Luck /22 Iowa State /30 Nebraska /6 UNH /15 Centenary /19 Oklahoma /26 Illinois State /7 SEMO/Alaska /13 Illinois /21 Centenary /27 Big 12 Champ /10 NCAA Regional /22 NCAA Nationals High Average RQS ASSORTED NUMBERS 2010 Record Regular Season Post Season At Home On the Road At Home Conference On Road Conference Scoring Over Scoring Under In January In February In March In April