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No. 4 Gymnasts Host Florida Tonight
6/21/1999 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
February 22, 1999
Utah vs. Florida
ZCMI Center Shootout
Mon., Feb. 22, 7:00 p.m.
Salt Lake City (Huntsman Center)
QUICKLY
The Utes (6-0) face their second Southeast Conference opponent in four days when they host defending NCAA runner-up Florida (3-7) tonight at 7 p.m. in the Huntsman Center ... Utah is coming off its biggest win of the year=96a 196.375-195.150 victory over No. 3 ranked LSU ... The Utes are ranked No. 4 to start the week, while Florida checks in at No. 17 ... The new rankings will come out tomorrow evening, at which time Utah should move back to No. 3, ahead of LSU ... Utah=92s win over LSU last Friday moved its national best regular season win streak to 148 straight (see section below) ... After tonight=92s meet, Utah wraps up its busiest week of the season on Friday in Logan, where they will face a hot Utah State team and Boise State. The meet will be televised live on KJZZ TV ... Utah has been ranked in the top four since the preseason, with the exception of one week when it hadn=92t yet competed and was not eligible for the rankings ... The Utes are averaging an NCAA-best 10,730 fans to their first three home competitions ... Utah is coming off a fourth-place NCAA finish in 1998 ... The Utes have won a record ten national championships, including four in the 1990s (1990, =9292, =9294, =9295).
THE STREAK
Utah=92s national record regular season home win streak is now at 148. The
Utes are 3-0 at home this year, with wins against Stanford, Southern Utah
and LSU. Utah last lost a regular season home meet 19 years ago to Cal
State-Fullerton on Feb. 20, 1979. In the last 14 years, just three
opponents have come within a point and a half of Utah during a regular
season meet in the Huntsman Center: Utah defeated Oregon State by .75 in
1996, LSU by 1.225 points last Friday and Georgia by 1.4 points in 1991.
Among the teams to fall to Utah by larger margins during that time span are
national powers Alabama, UCLA, Michigan, Florida, LSU, Arizona, Arizona
State, Penn State, Nebraska, Brigham Young, Washington and Stanford.
Including postseason competition (regionals and nationals), Utah=92s all-time
home record is 288-12 (96%).
UTAH COACH GREG MARSDEN
Greg Marsden, the most successful coach in collegiate gymnastics history,
is in his 24th year at the U. He owns a 678-96-3 record (341-43-1 regular
season). His ten national championships is more than double that of any
other coach. Four of those titles have come in the =9290s (1990, =9292, =9294,
=9295). Fourteen of Marsden=92s teams have placed in the top-two nationally.
The only coach in Utah=92s gymnastics history, Marsden is a seven-time
national coach of the year selection.
SERIES SHORTS
Utah leads 18-3, but Gators have won the last two (1997-98 NCAA
Championships) ... Florida placed second at 1998 NCAA=92s to Utah=92s
fourth-place finish ... teams have met just three times in the regular
season, with Utah leading 2-1 ... including national competition, Utes lead
10-0 in Salt Lake City ... Florida last visited in 1994, losing both nights
of NCAA team competition to Utah, which won the title (Florida placed
sixth) ... last regular season meeting in the Huntsman Center was on Jan.
1, 1994 (won by Utah).
UTE NOTES
The Utes are off to their first 6-0 start since 1995, when they won 16
straight before losing at Florida ... Utah earned its best score of the
year last Friday against LSU (196.375), just a week after posting its worst
score in three years (193.625 at Arizona) ... The Utes=92 best event is bars,
where they average a 49.025 ... Junior Denise Jones became the fourth Ute
to win an all-around competition this year when she scored a career-best
39.45 against LSU. The other three Utes to win all-around honors this year:
Theresa Kulikowski (Stanford and Minnesota), Deidra Graham (Southern Utah)
and Theresa Wolf (Arizona) ... Ashley Kever, who competes three events,
missed last Friday=92s meet with a hyper-extended knee, suffered during vault
warmups. Kever will miss tonight=92s meet with Florida and is questionable
for the Friday competition at Utah State.
CAREER HIGHS
Almost every Ute has scored a career high this year. Including season highs
by freshmen, here are the career highs set in 1999: Denise Jones:
All-Around 39.45 vs. LSU, Bars 9.925 vs. LSU, Beam (tie) 9.875 vs. LSU,
Floor (tie) 9.850 vs. Stanford. Theresa Kulikowski: All-Around 39.40 vs.
Stanford, Vault 9.725 vs. Stanford and LSU, Bars 9.925 vs. LSU, Beam 9.925
vs. Brigham Young, Floor 9.925 vs. Stanford and LSU. Ashley Kever: Vault
9.80 vs. Southern Utah. Deidra Graham: All-Around 39.10 vs. Southern Utah,
Vault 9.775 vs. Southern Utah, Bars 9.90 vs. LSU, Beam 9.65 vs. Southern
Utah, Floor 9.90 vs. Stanford and LSU. Angelika Schatton: Vault 9.825 vs.
LSU. Kylee Wagner: Floor 9.775 vs. Southern Utah. Theresa Wolf: All-Around
39.225 vs. LSU, Vault 9.90 vs. LSU, Bars 9.825 vs. LSU.
UTE WINNERS
Theresa Kulikowski (12)
All-Around (2)
39.40 vs. Stanford, Jan. 15
39.15 vs. Minnesota, Jan. 23
Bars (3)
9.900 vs. Stanford, Jan. 15
9.875 vs. Minnesota, Jan. 23
9.925 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
Beam (3)
9.850 vs. Stanford, Jan. 15
9.925 vs. Brigham Young, Jan. 29
9.800 vs. Southern Utah, Feb. 5
Floor (4)
9.925 vs. Stanford, Jan. 15
9.850 vs. Brigham Young, Jan. 29
9.825 vs. Southern Utah, Feb. 5
9.925 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
Angie Leonard (4)
Bars (3)
9.900 vs. Southern Utah, Feb. 5
9.850 vs. Arizona, Feb. 12
9.925 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
Floor (2)
9.825 vs. Southern Utah, Feb. 5
9.900 vs. Arizona, Feb. 12
Denise Jones (5)
All-Around (1)
39.450 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
Vault (2)
9.750 vs. Minnesota, Jan. 23
9.775 vs. Brigham Young, Jan. 29
Bars (1)
9.925 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
Beam (1)
9.800 vs. Southern Utah, Feb. 5
Shannon Bowles (3)
Beam (1)
9.950 vs. Minnesota, Jan. 23
9.850 vs. Arizona, Feb. 12
9.950 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
Deidra Graham (2)
All-Around (1)
39.10 vs. Southern Utah, Feb. 5
Bars (1)
9.875 vs. Brigham Young, Jan. 29
Theresa Wolf (2)
All-Around (1)
38.925 vs. Arizona, Feb. 12
Vault (1)
9.900 vs. Louisiana State, Feb. 19
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