U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N HUSKY GYMNASTICS 2012 Contact: Alyssa Chambers Phone: 206-685-3119 Cell: 206-724-7972 E-Mail: alyssanc@uw.edu www.gohuskies.com 2012 Washington Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result 1/6 @ Michigan State W, 193.175-191.825 1/13 @ No. 14 Boise State L, 194.400-193.425 1/22 @ No. 14 Stanford L, 195.925-195.725 1/27 No. 1 UCLA 7 p.m. 2/3 Oregon State 7 p.m. 2/11 Quad Meet - @Nebraska, Michigan, S. Utah 4 p.m. 2/17 LSU/SPU 7 p.m. 2/24 @ Arizona 7 p.m. 3/2 vs. ASU/UW Men vs. ASU Men 7 p.m. 3/9 San Jose State/Central Michigan 7 p.m. 3/18 @ California 2 p.m. 3/24 Pac-12 Championships (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1 p.m. 4/7 NCAA Regionals (Seattle, Wash.) 4 p.m. 4/20 NCAA Nationals (Duluth, Ga.) All Day All times PST Home meets in bold 2012 Washington Quick Facts Location...Seattle, Wash. Founded...Nov. 4, 1861 Enrollment...42,000 (31,474 undergrad) Nickname...Huskies Colors... Purple and Gold Conference... Pac-12 Home Facility...Hec Edmundson Pavilion (10,000) Head Coach... Joanne Bowers (James Madison 82) Record at Washington...44-48 (Sixth Year) Career Record... 93-121 (10th year) Assistant Coaches...Elise Ray...David McCreary Volunteer Assistant Coach...Yuki Igarashi 2011 Record... 19-12 2011 Pac-10 Championships... 3rd, 196.025 2011 NCAA Regional Finish... 3rd, 195.300 2011 Final Ranking... 18th Letterwinners Returning/Lost...10/3 Newcomers...4 All-Time Program Record...457-265-2 Team Pac-12 Team Scores - 2012 Average UCLA 196.775 Utah 196.713 Oregon State 195.675 Stanford 195.413 Arizona 194.763 Washington 193.300 Arizona State 193.050 Cal 192.308 2012 Home Opener Friday vs. No. 1 UCLA After three straight weeks on the road to open the season, the Gym Dawgs will finally have the chance to compete in front of a home crowd for the first time in 2012. The Huskies opened the season at Michigan State and despite some missteps on floor, they rebounded with a solid score on beam to get the win. A Husky won all four events, including the all-around in this meet. In week two, UW was narrowly defeated by No. 14 Boise State, but Washington did post their highest combined team score of the season. A Husky won three of the four events, as well as the all-around, during this meet. Last weekend versus No. 14 Stanford, Washington again improved on their team score, with an even more narrow defeat. Amanda Cline again reigned victorious on vault. The Huskies are excited to take on another highly ranked opponent this week, in hopes of continuing their steady improvement from the past three weeks. Scouting No. 1 UCLA The Gym Dawgs will face UCLA in their first home meet of the season at 7 p.m. at Alaska Airlines Arena. Washington last faced UCLA in the Pac-10 Championships near the end of last season when UCLA finished second with a score of 196.750 and Washington finished third with a score of 196.025, tying for their best ever finish at Pac-10 s. Washington last faced UCLA during the regular season at the beginning of the 2010 season, also in Seattle, when also-then No. 1 UCLA defeated Washington 196.125-194.875. Washington and UCLA have faced six times and UCLA has come away victorious in all six contests. UCLA is 3-0 to start the season, defeating Utah, California, and San Jose State so far in 2012. UCLA jumped from seventh to tied for first place in this week s poll after recording a national-best 197.575 in their win over San Jose State last weekend. Pac-12 Women s Gymnastics Championships To Be Televised on Fox Sports Net Fans will have the special opportunity to see the Husky Gym Dawgs on Fox Sports Net in March. As part of the Pac-12 conference s agreement with Fox Sports Net, the Pac-12 Women s Gymnastics Championships will be televised on the network. The competition will take place on March 24, 2012 at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on the campus of the University of Utah. The championships will be tape-delayed and played at a later date, TBD, during the weekend after March 29, 2012. The Husky gymnasts and other Pac-12 gymnasts are honored and excited for this event, as this will be the only televised collegiate gymnastics event for the 2012 season. Jim Watson will provide the play-by-play and Olympic gold medalist Amanda Borden will provide analysis. Husky Post Big Numbers In Narrow Loss At Stanford No. 14 Stanford continued their four-straight season home winning streak, as the Gym Dawgs were narrowly defeated by the Cardinal in the Huskies third of three straight road meets to begin the season. Washington again improved upon their combined team score, scoring 195.725 to Stanford s 195.925, setting a season best score for the third week in a row. The Huskies recorded team season-highs on all four events as well. UW posted a 49.050 on bars, a 49.025 on vault, a 48.750 on floor, and a 48.900 on beam. Junior Amanda Cline won her second vault title of the season with a seasonhigh 9.875. Fellow junior Paige Bixler set a season-high 9.825 on beam and freshman McKenzie Fechter posted a career-high 9.850 on floor. Senior Ruby Engreitz set a career high in all-around and sophomore Aliza Vaccher competed in all-around for the first time this season, after battling back from injury. Rogers Posts Big Numbers Vs. Boise State In their second of three-straight road meets to start the season, No. 16 UW came from behind but was barely edged out by No. 14 Boise State, who won the meet 194.400-193.425. Despite the loss, it was Washington s highest score of the season. A Husky
won three of the four events as well as the all-around as junior Lauren Rogers won vault and all-around, junior Megan Whitney won the balance beam, and freshman McKenzie Fechter won the floor. This was the first career vault title for Rogers, as she scored a career best 9.875. Boise State s Ciera Perkins won the bars with a 9.900. Engreitz, Cline, Bixler & Fechter Help Team to Opening Meet Win UW won its 2012 opener at Michigan State, 193.175-191.825. Although the Husky scores weren t quite what they expected and despite several falls on floor, UW rebounded to post a solid score on beam and still get the win. A Husky won all four events including the all-around which was won by senior Ruby Engreitz. Engreitz also won the bars. Junior Amanda Cline won vault, junior Paige Bixler was top on beam and freshman McKenzie Fechter won the floor. Purple Tops Gold In Annual Intrasquad Meet The Purple Team defeated the Gold Team in the annual intrasquad meet at Alaska Airlines Arena on Dec. 10. The winning team consisted of Ruby Engreitz, McKenzie Fechter, Kylie Sharp, Paige Bixler, Phoebe Tham, and Aliza Vaccher. Because it was an intrasquad meet, the scores are not made public and do not count towards the student-athletes individual or team scores. Senior Amanda Cline continued her success from the 2011 season, emerging victorious on vault and winning the event for the Gold Team. Lauren Rogers, Madison Podlucky, and Megan Whitney also scored high on the vault. Rogers, Engreitz, and Hatsune Akaogi all tied for top honors on bars. Paige Bixler led the way on the beam for Purple, while Akaogi, Whitney, and Engreitz also scored high on the event. Engreitz won the floor as well as the all-around title, while Tham and Fechter were also solid on the event. Huskies Picked 16th In National Pre-Season Poll After finishing 18th in the country last season and just missing out on a trip to NCAA Nationals, the UW gymnastics team was ranked No. 16 in the GymInfo Pre-Season Coaches poll. Huskies Face Tough Schedule This Season Every Division I opponent on UW s schedule was ranked or receiving votes in the preseason poll. Preseason No. 1 UCLA will be the home opener for UW on Jan. 27. The Huskies will also face No. 6 Nebraska, No. 7 Oregon State, No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Michigan, No. 12 LSU, No. 14 Boise State, No. 19 Arizona and the following teams that are receiving votes: Michigan State, Southern Utah, Arizona State, San Jose State, Central Michigan and Cal. The Huskies started the 2012 season on Jan. 6 at Michigan State at 3:30 p.m. PT. In 2011 the Huskies had one of the best seasons in school history, placing a school-best third place at the Pac-10 Championships, beating out Stanford. UW then was leading this year s new conference opponent Utah, at the Regionals after three events and just missed going to nationals. The Pac-12 Championships will be hosted by No. 5 Utah on March 24. 2012 Washington Husky Roster Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School/Club) Hatsune Akaogi 5-1 Sr. Cupertino, Calif. (Monta Vista/Airborne Gymnastics) Paige Bixler 5-3 Jr. Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett/Metroplex Gymnastics) Amanda Cline 5-6 Sr. Aurora, Colo. (Cherokee Trail/Colorado Gymnastics Institute) Ruby Engreitz 5-2 Sr. Kirkland, Wash. (Inglemoor/Leading Edge Gymnastics) Anna Epps 5-2 Sr. Mill Creek, Wash. (Archbishop Murphy/Cascade Elite Gymnastics) McKenzie Fechter 5-3 Fr. Mequon, Wis. (Cedarburg/M&M s Gymnastics) Doris Lynk 5-9 Fr. Chandler, Ariz. (Corona del Sol/Desert Lights Gymnastics) Jackie McCartin 5-1 Fr. West Covina, Calif. (San Dimas/Gliders/West Coast Elite) Madison Podlucky 5-1 Fr. Redmond, Wash. (Inglemore/Auburn Gymnastics Center) Lauren Rogers 5-3 Jr. Plains, Pa. (Holy Redeemer/Northeast Gymnastics Team) Kylie Sharp 5-4 Jr. Herriman, Utah (Riverton/Olympus School of Gymnastics) Phoebe Tham 5-4 Jr. North Vancouver, B.C. (Magee Secondary/Surrey Gymnastics Society) Aliza Vaccher 5-2 So. Eugene, Ore. (Desert Mountain) Megan Whitney 5-2 Jr. Mesa, Ariz. (Red Mountain/Utah/Desert Devils Gymnastics) Head Coach: Joanne Bowers (sixth year) Assistant Coaches: Elise Ray (first year), David McCreary (sixth year) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Yuki Igarashi (first year) Director of Operations: Paul Isaac (fifth year)
2012 Washington Meet-by-Meet Results UW Event-by-Event Scores Date Opponent Result Vault Bars Beam Floor Jan. 6 @ Michigan State W, 193.175 48.700 48.575 48.825 47.075 Jan. 13 @ No. 14 Boise St. L, 193.425 48.675 48.425 48.825 47.500 Jan. 22 @ No. 14 Stanford L, 195.725 49.025 49.050 48.900 48.750 Jan. 27 vs. UCLA Feb. 3 vs. Oregon State Feb. 11 Quad Meet - Neb. Feb. 17 LSU/SPU Feb. 24 @ Arizona Mar. 2 ASU Mar. 9 SJSU/Central Michigan Mar. 18 @ California Mar. 24 @ Pac-12 Championships Apr. 7 NCAA Regionals Apr. 20 @ NCAA Nationals RQS Bold indicates season-high 195.725 49.025 49.050 48.900 48.750 UW will host the NCAA Regionals this year at 4 p.m. on April 7. 2012 Individual Event Winners Paige Bixler (1) Beam - 9.825 at Michigan State, Jan. 6 Amanda Cline (2) Vault - 9.850 at Michigan State, Jan. 6; 9.875 at Stanford, Jan. 22 Ruby Engreitz (2) Bars - 9.825 at Michigan State, Jan. 6 All-Around - 39.000 at Michigan State, Jan. 6 McKenzie Fechter (3) Floor - 9.800 at Michigan State, Jan. 6; 9.825 at Boise State, Jan. 13 Beam - 9.800 at Boise State, Jan. 13 (co-title) Lauren Rogers (2) Vault - 9.875 at Boise State, Jan. 13 All-Around - 38.950 at Boise State, Jan. 13 Megan Whitney (1) Beam - 9.800 at Boise State, Jan. 13 (co-title) Pac-12 Coaches Pick Huskies Fifth In a polling of the Conference s eight women s gymnastics coaches, UCLA was picked as the preseason favorite to capture the 2012 regular season, the Pac-12 announced. The 2011 NCAA runner-up received 48 points and six first-place votes. The National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) has also selected the Bruins as the No. 1 team in the nation in its Preseason Coaches Poll. Utah, who finished fifth in last year s NCAA Championships, followed with 43 points and two first place votes to place second. The Utes also make an appearance in the national poll, appearing at No. 5. Oregon State took third place with 38 points and also boasts a No. 7 national ranking. Stanford s 30 points slotted them in fourth place. The Cardinal is the fourth Pac-12 team in the national top 10, sporting a No. 8 ranking. With 24 points, Washington sits in fifth place in the Conference and No. 16 nationally after upsetting Stanford and placing third at last year s Pac-10 Championship. Arizona earned 19 points and appears in sixth place. The Wildcats are the Conference s sixth team to appear in the national top 25 at No. 19. Rounding out the poll, both Arizona State and Cal placed seventh in the voting with 11 points respectively. Huskies Sign Three For 2013 Nov. 9 is national signing day for many sports including gymnastics. In 2011 head coach Joanne Bowers and her staff are proud to announce the three newest Huskies that signed National Letters of Intent for the 2012-13 school year. Eliza Barach, Sheridan Metcalf and Allison Northey will attend UW and compete for Bowers and the Husky assistant coaches, David McCreary and Elise Ray. Barach is a Level 10 gymnast from Albany, N.Y., where she competes at World Class Gymnastics in Latham, NY, under the direction of coaches Joan and Bobby Piehler. She attends Bethlehem Central HS in Delmar, NY and carries a 3.72 GPA. She is the daughter of Christina Barach and Marc Barach. She is a five-time National Qualifier. In 2011, she took first place on bars, beam, and AA at the Parkettes Invitational, placed second on bars, third on vault and AA at Regionals and 11th on floor at Nationals. In 2010, Barach placed first on bars and third AA at the State meet, first place on vault and bars, second on floor and third in the AA at Regionals. She placed 12th on beam and 21st in the AA at Nationals. Coach Bowers says, Eliza is a very strong all-around gymnast and outstanding competitor. She is very dynamic on vault and floor, but just as strong and skilled on beam and bars. Eliza is a hard worker and we feel will continue to improve and excel at UW.
2012 GymInfo Rankings - Jan. 23 Rank Team - NQS 1. Arkansas - 196.775 UCLA - 196.775 3. Utah - 196.713 4. Nebraska - 196.575 5. Oklahoma - 196.433 6. Alabama - 196.325 7. Georgia - 196.275 8. Florida - 196.158 9. Penn State - 196.000 10. Oregon State - 195.675 11. Ohio State - 195.483 12. Stanford - 195.413 13. Boise State - 195.288 14. Illinois-Champaign - 194.900 15. Arizona - 194.763 16. Auburn - 194.725 17. LSU - 194.617 18. Denver - 194.517 19. Michigan - 194.325 20. Missouri - 194.308 North Carolina State - 194.308 22. Washington - 194.108 23. Iowa - 194.058 24. Maryland-College Park - 194.008 25. West Virginia - 194.000 Bold indicates 2012 Washington opponent Metcalf hails from Mesa, Ariz,, and attends Mt. View HS where she is boasting a 4.2 GPA. She competes for Desert Devils and has been coached by Kristin Fanning, Wesley Jones, and Shelly Eaton, where many current and former Huskies also competed in club. She is the daughter of Laurie and Mern Metcalf. She was named the 2011 Most Outstanding Gymnast for the state of Arizona and the 2011 JO Gymnast of the Year for Arizona as well. She swept the gold medals at the state championships and qualified for JO s by placing third on the bars and sixth in the allaround at Regionals. She qualified to Nationals and placed eight on bars and 10th in the AA. In 2008 she won the all-around, vault and uneven bars titles at the Level 10 State Championships. She also won the all-around title at 2008 Level 10 Regional Championships and earned gold medals on uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. At the JO Nationals she won the bars, was third in the all-around, fourth on the flour and sixth on vault. Coach Bowers says, We feel blessed to have someone of Sheridan s quality to join our program. She is a tough competitor and can help us on every event. We have a history of successful gymnasts from her club and we fully expect Sheridan to follow in those footsteps. Northey is from Sammamish, Wash., and attends Skyline HS, where she has a 3.75 GPA. She is the daughter of Lori and Steve Northey. She competes at Gymnastics East, where she is coached by Kim Rogers, Tammy Carney, and Remus Dragan. She has been a National qualifier for the past three years as a level 10 gymnast. In 2011, she placed first on beam and second on vault at the Battle in Seattle meet, first on beam and second on bars, vault and AA at the Manhattan Classic, At Regionals, she placed fist on vault, bars and the AA and second on floor. At Nationals, she was sixth on beam and seventh on floor. She was named Gymnast of the Year at Gym East and qualified to compete at the Copa Quetzal International Meet in Guatemala. In 2010, she placed first on floor, second on beam and fourth in the AA at Regionals and qualified on to Nationals. Coach Bowers says, Allie is so beautiful to watch on bars and beam, but has potential to help us everywhere. We have been watching her for the past couple of years and feel she is going to blossom in college. Coach Bowers comments about this recruiting class: This class has the potential to be great! With their work ethic, skill sets, and determination, we expect big things from them. They are talented gymnasts, excellent students and wonderful young women. They have had tremendous success academically and competing at the Junior Olympic level. We are confident they have the ability and drive to continue the gymnastics team s pursuit of academic and athletic excellence. Huskies Reflect On Historic Season Look To Promising 2012 I thought we had a great season and am very proud of the body of work our team did all year, said head coach Joanne Bowers. The preparation leading up to the season proved very effective during the season. The commitment of our team to improve each day was evident in practice and then paid off during the season. We took a very big step in consistency during the meet season and peaked at the end at Pac-10 s and Regionals. Our team goal was to end in the top 18 and be seeded to a different regional site as one of the top seeds and we accomplished that goal. We have set ourselves up as an upcoming program and are ready for the next step to be a nationally ranked program next year. Floor was an event that was pretty consistent most of the season and we had some beautiful routines from Kristen Linton, Sam Walior, Ruby Engreitz, Lauren Rogers, Aliza Vaccher and Paige Bixler most of the season. Others who contributed when healthy were Haley Bogart, Hatsune Akaogi, Kylie Sharp and Phoebe Tham. We did a nice job of cleaning up the bonus dance and the landings on tumbling towards the end of the season and that really helped us. We are looking to improve the difficulty level of our tumbling next year to get even stronger on this event. Balance Beam is the event that usually makes or breaks the meet for you if you can stay on! We did not count a fall on beam all year until Regionals and that is a huge accomplishment. Paige was our lead off on beam and showed such poise most of the season. She then was followed by Aliza, Ruby and Meg Whitney who showed some ups and downs but really came through most of the time. Haley and Sam were pretty steady for us most of the season and showed great mental toughness at the end of the beam lineup all year. Others who helped out during the year were Kristen and Lauren It was great having such depth on this event and always had many gymnasts ready to compete if needed.
Hatsune Akaogi 9.825 @ Stanford 9.700 @ MSU 9.850 @ SPU 9.850 vs. UCLA (1/15/10) 9.850 @ NCAA Regionals (4/04/09) 9.775 @ OSU (3/06/09) 39.225 vs. Cal (2/19/10) Paige Bixler 9.825, 2x, last @ Stanford 9.625 @ Stanford 9.050 vs. OU (1/28/11) 9.925 VS. SPU 9.850 vs. Mich State (3/4/11) Amanda Cline 9.875 @ Stanford 9.600 (2x, last @ BSU, 1/13/12) 9.200 @ BSU (1/13/12) 9.925 (3x), last vs. Air Force/SPU (3/11/11) 9.825 @ Salbasgeon Invitational (3/6/09) 9.775 @ Pac-10 s (3/21/09) 9.725 @ Quad Meet (2/07/10) 38.835 @ Pac-10 s Ruby Engreitz 9.775 @ MSU 9.825 @ Stanford 9., 2x, last @ Stanford 9.825 @ MSU 39.100 @ Stanford 9.900 at ASU (2/18/11) 9.925 at NCAA Regionals (4/2/11) 9.825 at Pac-10 Championships (3/19/11) 9.850 (2x), last vs. Mich State (3/4/11) 39.350 (2/18/11) McKenzie Fechter 9.600 @ MSU 9.775 @ Stanford 9.800 @ BSU (1/13/12) 9.850 @ Stanford 38.300 @ MSU 9.600 @ MSU 9.775 @ Stanford 9.800 @ BSU (1/13/12) 9.850 @ Stanford 38.300 @ MSU Doris Lynk
Jackie McCartin 39.350 (2/18/11) Kylie Sharp 8.750 @ MSU 9.725 vs. ASU (2/13/10) 9.650 at Utah (2/11/11) N/A 9.825 vs. Cal (1/21/11) Madison Podlucky 9.725, 2x, last, @ Stanford 9.725, 2x, last @ Stanford Phoebe Tham 9.025 @ Stanford 9.525, 2x, last, @ Stanford 9.750 vs. SPU 9.750 vs. SPU Lauren Rogers 9.875 @ BSU (1/13/12) 9.825 @ Stanford 9.750 @ Stanford 9.775 @ Stanford 39.175 @ Stanford 9.875 (2x, last @ BSU, 1/13/12) 9.850 vs. Arizona (3/5/10) 9.750 @ Stanford 9.850 at NCAA Regionals (4/10/10) 39.175 @ Stanford Aliza Vaccher 9.800 @ Stanford 9.825 @ Stanford 9.800 @ Stanford 9.625 @ Stanford 39.050 @ Stanford 9.850 (2x) last at NCAA Regionals (4/2/11) 9.875 at ASU (2/18/11) 9.900 at Pac-10 Championships (3/19/11), (2x 4/2/11) 9.800 (4x) last at NCAA Championships (4/15/11) 39.250 at NCAA Regionals (4/2/11)
Meg Whitney 9.800 2x, last, @ Stanford 9.800, 2x (last @ BSU, 1/13/12) 9.875 at ASU (2/18/11) 9.875 at Pac-10 Championships (3/19/11)