CRIMSON TIDE SIX-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS» 2012» 2011» 2002» 1996» 1991» 1988 GYMNASTICS ALABAMA VS Michigan JANUARY 5, 2018 / 4:30 P.M. CT / ANN ARBOR, MICH. CRISLER CENTER (12,707) TV: ESPNU (Commentators: Bart Conner & Kathy Johnson Clarke) CRIMSON TIDE Head Coach: Dana Duckworth Record at UA (Years): 71-30-0 (4) Career Record (Years): Same 2017 Regular-Season Record: 7-4-0 2017 SEC Record: 4-3-0 2018 Preseason Ranking: 4 2017 High Score: 197.825 Seniors: 4 Juniors: 3 Sophomores: 4 Freshmen: 4 Returning All-Americans: 3 Meet One INSIDE THE SERIES WOLVERINES Head Coach: Bev Plocki Record at UM (Years): 723-247-2 (29) Career Record (Years): Same 2017 Regular-Season Record: 8-3-0 2017 Big 10 Record: 5-0 2018 Preseason Ranking: 7 2017 High Score: 197.825 Seniors: 3 Juniors: 2 Sophomores: 5 Freshmen: 3 Returning All-Americans: 4 Overall: 36th Meeting (Alabama leads 28-6-1) Last Meeting: 2017 NCAA Championships Semifi nals - UA (3rd) 197.600; UM (5th) 196.4625 Last time in Ann Arbor: Alabama won, 197.075-196.325 on March 4, 2011 Current Streak: Alabama +1 Last Five: Alabama is 4-1 over its last five meetings with Michigan, splitting with the Wolverines in last year s postseason. Alabama was 3rd and Michigan 5th in the NCAA Semifinal Session II, while the Wolverines were 1st and the Crimson Tide 2nd at the NCAA Morgantown Regional. Prior to the 2017, Alabama topped UM in a neutral site meet held in Oklahoma City in 2014 and the 2013 NCAA Semifinal Session II, when UA took 1st and UM 4th. SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BamaGymnastics Like us on Facebook at BamaGymnastics Follow on the social media for up-to-date news, exclusive content and more. #RollTide #FridaysAreForGymnastics 2018 SCHEDULE Opponent TV Time (CT)/Result JANUARY 5 Michigan ESPNU 4:30 p.m. 11 GEORGIA SEC Network 7:30 p.m. 19 LSU SEC Network 7:30 p.m. 26 MISSOURI 1 SECN+ 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 2 ARKANSAS 2 SECN+ 7:30 p.m. 9 Florida SEC Network 6 p.m. 16 KENTUCKY 3 SEC Network 7:30 p.m. 23 Auburn SEC Network 7:30 p.m. MARCH 2 NORTH CAROLINA SECN+ 7:30 p.m. 9 Auburn 4 7 p.m. 16 OKLAHOMA SECN+ 7:30 p.m. 24 SEC Championships 5 Session I SEC Network 2 p.m. Session II ESPN2 6 p.m. APRIL 7 NCAA REGIONAL 6 SECN+ TBA 14 NCAA Championships Semifi nals 7 Session I ESPN2 12 p.m. Session II ESPN 7 p.m. 15 NCAA Super Six Final ESPNU 8 p.m. 1 Taped Delay Broad Cast - ESPNU on 1.28.18/9 p.m. CT 2 Power of Pink Meet 3 Alumni Meet 4 Elevate the Stage Meet in Huntsville, Ala. FRIDAY S MEET Alabama and Michigan open their respective seasons Friday, Jan. 5 at 4:30 p.m. (CT) at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Crimson Tide comes into 2018 as the only program to fi nish in the NCAA Super Six each of the last 10 seasons, including back-to-back NCAA championships in 2011 and 2012. In her fourth year as Alabama s head coach, Dana Duckworth is in her 23rd as an active member of the Crimson Tide program a tenure that also includes four years as an NCAA Champion and All-America gymnast, nine as a volunteer coach and six as a full-time assistant coach. Michigan is led by Bev Plocki, who is in her 29th season as the Wolverines head coach, making her one of the longest-tenured active head gymnastics coaches in the NCAA. PAGE 1
2018 UNIVERSITY OF ROSTER Name Year Exp. Ht. Hometown Club Team Jr. 2L 5-2 Mobile, Ala. Planet Gymnastics Mackenzie Brannan Sr. 3L 5-3 Austin, Texas Capital Gymnastics Wynter Childers So. 1L 5-4 Spearfish, S.D. Spearfish Gymnastics Academy Maddie Desch So. 1L 5-3 Lenexa, Kan. Great American Gymnastics Express Kylie Dickson Fr. HS 5-8 Spanish Fort, Ala. All Olympia Gymnastics Center Peyton Ernst So. TR 5-1 Coppell, Texas Texas Dreams Gymnastics Jr. 2L 5-3 Aiken, S.C. Hayden s International Gymnastics Academy Fr. HS 5-0 Cape Coral, Fla. Coast Elite Gymnastics Academy Jr. 2L 5-1 League City, Texas Texas Dreams Academy Nickie Guerrero Sr. 3L 5-0 McKinney, Texas Zenith Elite Bailie Key Fr. HS 5-3 Montgomery, Texas Texas Dreams Gymnastics Fr. HS 5-3 Boonton, N.J. North Stars Gymnastics Academy Jennie Loeb Sr. 3L 5-3 Atlanta, Ga. NorthWind Gymnastics Shea Mahoney So. 1L 5-3 Algonquin, Ill. Legacy Elite Gymnastics Sr. 3L 5-0 Fort Worth, Texas Texas Dreams Gymnastics HEAD Dana Duckworth ASSOCIATE HEAD Bryan Raschilla 22nd Year ASSISTANT Bill Lorenz PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Arm-Breck Gee-ehn-croch Gray-ber Guh-erra GYMNASTICS SUPPORT STAFF VOLUNTEER Sam Montgomery Director of Gymnastics Operations: Rita Martin Administrative Assistant: Robin Kelley Academic Advisor: Heather Anders Athletic Trainer: Monica Kirkpatrick Student Athletic Trainers: Telia Brown, Amanda Gray, Emma Hopkins, Bailey Stark, Megan Toth Strength and Conditioning Coach: Deanna Hayes Brown Managers: Blaine Harris, Zan Jones, Trey Stamps, Neely Townes Performance Nutrition: Amy Bragg and Rachel Pfister Digital Productions: Josh Cohen Marketing and Promotions Director: Meaghan Hall STATE-BY-STATE ALABAMA Kylie Dickson FLORIDA GEORGIA Jennie Loeb ILLINOIS Shea Mahoney KANSAS Maddie Desch NEW JERSEY Bryan Raschilla SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTH DAKOTA Wynter Childers Klaw-fer Rah-shill-uh Key-an-uh TEXAS Mackenzie Brannan Peyton Ernst Nickie Guerrero Bailie Key CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-AMERICANS (2) Mackenzie Brannan (4): 2016 All-Around, Vault, Bars* 2015 Floor* (5): 2017 All-Around, Floor*, Beam* 2016 Floor, Beam* REGULAR-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS (2) Nickie Guerrero (1): 2017 Beam (5): 2017 All-Around, Beam, Floor, Bars* 2016 Bars * Denotes second team All-America honor NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS (1) Mackenzie Brannan (2): 2016 Bars 2015 Vault SEC CHAMPIONS (2) Mackenzie Brannan 2016 Vault 2017 Balance Beam 2016 Uneven Bars ALL-SEC (4) Mackenzie Brannan 2016 First Team Wynter Childers 2017 Freshman Maddie Desch 2017 First Team, Freshman 2017 First Team 2016 First Team COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN (1) Mackenzie Brannan 2017 First Team 2016 Second Team SCHOLASTIC ALL-AMERICAN (11), Mackenzie Brannan, Wynter Childers, Maddie Desch, Peyton Ernst,, Ari Guerra, Nickie Guerrero, Jennie Loeb, Shea Mahoney and SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (10), Mackenzie Brannan, Wynter Childers, Maddie Desch,,, Nickie Guerrero, Jennie Loeb, Shea Mahoney and CLASS BREAKDOWN SENIORS (4) Mackenzie Brannan Nickie Guerrero Jennie Loeb JUNIORS (3) SOPHOMORES (4) Wynter Childers Maddie Desch Peyton Ernst Shea Mahoney FRESHMEN (4) Kylie Dickson Bailie Key PAGE 2
6 NCAA Team Championships 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012 35 Consecutive NCAA Championship Appearances 1983-2017 NCAA-best 23 NCAA Championship top-3 finishes NCAA-best 23 Super Six Team Finals 9 SEC Team Championships 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 NCAA-best 31 Regional Team Championships -1983-85, 1987-96, 1998-2003, 2005-16 5 NCAA Today s Top Ten honorees 1 Honda Cup (Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year) 8 Honda Awards (National Gymnast of the Year) 27 individual NCAA championships 18 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships 7 NCAA Elite 90 honors DANA DUCKWORTH CAPSULE Family: Husband Joe Daughter Camryn Son Jace Hometown: Sterling Heights, Mich. Education: University of Alabama Telecommunications & Film, 1993 Master s of Business Administration, 1998 THE TIDE WITH DUCKWORTH As a Coach (4 as head coach, 6 as assistant coach and 9 as volunteer coach) Regular Season Record at Alabama/Years: 167-49-1/19 3 NCAA Team Championships - 2002, 2011, 2012 5 SEC Team Championships - 2003, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 16 NCAA Regional Team Championships - 1998-99, 2002-03, 2005-16 15 individual NCAA Championships 201 All-America honors 192 Scholastic All-America honors 236 SEC Academic Honor Roll honors 44 individual SEC Championships 65 All-SEC honors 71 athletes have earned 352 All-America honors 95 athletes have earned 245 Scholastic All- America honors (since 1991) 5 SEC Athletes of the Year 3 SEC Scholar Athletes of the Year 68 individual SEC Championships 104 All-SEC honors 11 SEC Postgraduate Scholarships 324 SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades 6 SEC Gymnast of the Year honors 3 SEC Freshman of the Year honors 8 NCAA Region Gymnast of the Year honors 149 individual NCAA Regional Championships SEC single-meet attendance record (15,162 vs. Florida; 1/20/06) SEC single-season attendance record (13,786 per meet; 2010) AS AN ATHLETE Record at Alabama/Years: 48-7-0/4 1 NCAA Team Championship 1991 1 SEC Team Championship 1990 4 NCAA Regional Team Championships 1990-93 2 NCAA Balance Beam Championships 1992, 1993 8 All-America honors NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship SEC Postgraduate Scholarship NCAA Woman of the Year State Honoree Second-team GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American SEC Academic Honor Roll SEC Champion and All-SEC honoree Regional Champion OVERALL REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 469-134-5/43 years THE ALABAMA RECORD Regular NCAA Season SEC Regional NCAA Year Record Finish Finish Finish 2017 7-4-0 3rd 2nd 6th 2016 8-5-0 2nd 1st 3rd 2015 8-3-0 1st 1st 4th 2014 10-3-0 1st 1st 4th 2013 7-2-1 2nd 1st 3rd 2012 11-1-0 2nd 1st 1st 2011 11-1-0 1st 1st 1st 2010 9-2-0 2nd 1st 3rd 2009 8-5-0 1st 1st 2nd 2008 10-4-0 2nd 1st 6th 2007 8-2-0 3rd 1st 9th 2006 14-1-0 2nd 1st 3rd 2005 11-3-0 3rd 1st 2nd 2004 12-1-0 2nd 2nd 3rd 2003 10-7-0 1st 1st 2nd 2002 12-3-0 2nd 1st 1st 2001 15-2-1 2nd 1st 4th 2000 14-3-0 1st 1st 5th 1999 8-3-0 2nd 1st 3rd 1998 10-3-0 4th 1st 3rd 1997 13-2-0 4th 2nd 9th 1996 12-1-0 2nd 1st 1st 1995 15-1-0 1st 1st 2nd 1994 7-3-1 2nd 1st 2nd 1993 9-2-0 2nd 1st 2nd 1992 9-4-0 2nd 1st 3rd 1991 16-0-0 2nd 1st 1st 1990 14-1-0 1st 1st 2nd 1989 13-3-0 2nd 1st 3rd 1988 14-3-2 1st 1st 1st 1987 12-5-0 3rd 1st 4th 1986 18-2-0 3rd 2nd 3rd 1985 16-4-0 2nd 1st 4th 1984 15-5-0 2nd 1st 6th 1983 15-1-0 2nd 1st 4th 1982 17-2-0 2nd 2nd 1981 14-1-0 4th 1980 16-4-0 1979 7-7-0 1978 6-7-0 1977 1-7-0 1976 3-7-0 1975 4-4-0 PAGE 3
THE 2018 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE There are 15 gymnasts on the 2018 roster four seniors, three juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen There are three returning All-Americans on this year s squad: seniors Mackenzie Brannan, Nickie Guerrero and Kiana Winston Alabama returns 14 of its 24 routines from its 2017 NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals lineup There are two individual SEC Champions on this year s team Mackenzie Brannan and and one NCAA Regional champion Brannan Dana Duckworth, in her fourth season as the Tide s head coach, is in her 23rd season with the Tide, including four years as a gymnast, nine as a volunteer coach and six as an assistant coach Bryan Raschilla is in his 22nd season coaching at Alabama and fourth as the Tide s associate head coach Bill Lorenz is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at Alabama The Crimson Tide is coming off its 35th consecutive NCAA Championships appearance, making it one of only two schools in the nation with an active streak of more than 18 national championship appearances in a row Following the 2017 season, Alabama has advanced to an NCAA-best 23 Super Six Team Finals Alabama is one of just six teams to win an NCAA Championship, taking home the crown in 2012, 2011, 2002, 1996, 1991 and 1988 Alabama has also won nine SEC titles, including four of the past nine The Crimson Tide has won an NCAAbest 31 regional championships SEASON OPENERS The Crimson Tide is 59-10-1 in season openers since 1979, a tally that takes several multi-team meets into account, including Super 6 Challenges. Dana Duckworth is 1-2-0 in season openers as a head coach. This marks the third year in a row that Alabama has opened the season on the road against a top-10, non-conference opponent - UCLA (2016/No. 6), Oklahoma (2017/No. 1) and Michigan (2018/No. 7). UP NEXT Alabama opens its home schedule Friday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m. against Southeastern Conference rival Georgia in Coleman Coliseum. The meet will be broadcast live on the SEC Network. HOME OPENERS The Crimson Tide opens its 2018 home slate on Jan. 12 against Georgia. Alabama is 48-2-1 in home openers since 1979, a tally that takes into several multi-team meets, including Super 6 Challenges. Alabama head coach Dana Duckworth is 2-1-0 in home openers. CLASSROOM CHAMPION All-American and Scholastic All- American made another trip to Coleman Coliseum in December, but not for practice or a meet, but for graduation. The Fort Worth, Texas, native earned her bachelor s degree in psychology in three years and will compete her senior season as an Alabama graduate and will wear the SEC graduate patch on her warm-up. 2018 PRESEASON ES POLL The Alabama gymnastics team, which opens the 2018 season on Friday, Jan. 5 at Michigan, is ranked fourth in the preseason coaches poll. Alabama will face fi ve members of the preseason top 10, including No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 10 Kentucky at home in Coleman Coliseum and No. 2 Florida, No. 3 LSU and No. 7 Michigan on the road. Overall, the Crimson Tide will face nine teams in the top 20, including No. 14 Auburn, No. 16 Georgia, No. 17 Missouri and No. 19 Arkansas, giving Alabama one of the nation s toughest schedules again this season. TV GUIDE A total of fi ve of the Crimson Tide s regular-season meets will air live on the SEC Network, while the Tide s seasonopener at Michigan will air live on ESPNU and another will air on ESPN on a taped delay basis. All six of the Crimson Tide s regularseason home meets will also be streamed online live on SEC Network+. The Crimson Tide s home meets against Georgia (1/12) and Kentucky (2/16) along with its road meets at LSU (1/19), Florida (2/9) and Auburn (2/22) will air live on the SEC Network. The Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Auburn meets will get underway at 7:30 p.m. CT while the meet at Florida will begin at 6 In addition to airing live on the SEC Network, Alabama s meet at Florida will re-air on ESPN2 Sunday, Feb. 11 at 7 Alabama s home meet against Missouri (1/26) will be streamed live on SEC Network+ and will air on a taped delay basis on ESPNU Sunday, Jan. 28 at 9 The Crimson Tide s Power of Pink meet against Arkansas (2/2) as well as its meet against UNC (2/2) and regularseason fi nale against Oklahoma (3/16) will stream live on SEC Network+, with all three meets getting underway at 7:30 Both sessions of the Southeastern Conference Championships (3/24), which will be held in St. Louis will also be broadcast live again this season. The fi rst session, with seeds 5-8, will air on the SEC Network starting at 2 p.m. CT, while the second, featuring seeds 1-4, will air on ESPN2 starting at 6 CRIMSON TIDE ADDS FIVE Four gymnasts - Asia DeWalt, Emily Gaskins, Griffi n James and Shallon Olsen - are set to join the Tide for the 2018-19 season. A former Junior International Elite competitor, Asia DeWalt is coached by Debbie Kaitschuck and Deana Parish at AIM Athletics. A 2017 Level 10 Texas State silver medalist on the uneven bars, she also fi nished sixth in the all-around at that same meet. In 2016, she was second on the vault, third on the uneven bars and fourth in the all-around at the Level 10 Texas State Championships. She was also third on the vault and seventh in the all-around at the 2016 Level 10 Region 3 Championships.The Spring, Texas, native is a member of the National Society of High School Scholars. A senior at Texas Connections Academy, DeWalt is a four-year honor student. She is the daughter of Ruth and August DeWalt. PAGE 4
A three-time member of the United States national team, Emily Gaskins competes for Mary Lee Tracy at the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy. She also earned a place at the 2017 USA World Team Selection Camp. The Region 5 Athlete of the Year, she has competed for Team USA in Mexico and Italy, leading the U.S. to team gold each time. The Coral Springs, Fla., native is a senior at Florida Virtual School. She is the daughter of Kimberly and Ronald Gaskins. A fi ve-year Junior Olympic National Championship qualifier, Griffin James is coached by Nic and Amanda Tolley at Gymstrada Gymnastics. She is a three-time member of the Region 7 All- Star team and a fi ve-time Virginia state champion. She was fourth on the vault and eighth on the fl oor exercise at the 2017 J.O. National Championships. The Virginia Beach, Va., native is a member of the National Honor Society and the Math Honor Society. A senior at First Colonial High School, she carries a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. She is the daughter of Anne and Phillip James. A 2016 Canadian Olympian, who fi nished eighth on the vault in Rio, Shallon Olsen also fi nished seventh on the vault and 16th on the fl oor exercise at the 2017 World Championships. She is coached by Vladimir Lashin and Svetlana Lasina at Omega Gymnastics. A member of the Canadian national team since 2010, she earned gold on the vault at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, leading Team Canada to the silver medal. She also earned a silver medal on the fl oor exercise and a bronze on the vault at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships while leading Canada to team silver. The Vancouver, British Columbia, native is a member of the honor roll at Centennial Secondary School, where she is a senior. She is the daughter of Jayne Chow-Olsen and Tony Olsen. PAGE 5