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196.400
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Arizona
Ute Gymnasts Use Huge Beam Effort To Beat Arizona.
1/26/2001 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Jan. 26, 2001
TUCSON, Ariz. -
TUCSON, Ariz.-The Utah gymnastics team proved in its meet with Arizona what head coach Greg Marsden kept saying all week: Last Sunday's beam mistakes at UCLA were nothing to worry about. The Utes roared to a 49.550 beam set, just .10 off the school record, in its final rotation to finish off Arizona in convincing fashion, 196.400-193.925.
The Utes had wrapped up the meet even before Shannon Bowles scored the second 10.0 of her career as Utah's final competitor on the balance beam. Bowles was set up well by her teammates after Kim Allan and Melissa Vituj started things off with a 9.85, followed by a 9.825 by Theresa Wolf and 9.925 scores by Deidra Graham and Theresa Kulikowski.
"This was a return to the beam we performed in the first two meets," confirmed Marsden. "I thought our beam last week at UCLA was an aberration and I feel much more comfortable now that the athletes proved that to be true. This was exactly the way I hoped to end our three meet road trip. We improved in some areas in all three meets and this was the icing on the cake."
Utah held a comfortable two point lead heading into the balance beam, soundly beating Arizona on every event. The Utes adjusted quickly to an unusual format that saw Arizona compete all six of its vaults before Utah performed its bar routines. The format was necessitated when two judges missed the start of the meet due to a late flight into Tucson.
By the time the second set of judges arrived, Theresa Kulikowski had picked up her fifth win of the season, scoring a 9.90 on the bars and freshman Veronique Leclerc had claimed her third vault victory (second on a row) with a 9.875. Up by a 97.525-96.075 margin when the new judges took their seats, the Utes proceeded to unload on the Wildcats on the floor exercise. Utah swept the top four places, led by Deidra Graham's meet-tying 9.90. Bowles, who also placed second on the bars with a 9.825, was close behind with a 9.875 on the mat.
Graham, who set a personal record on the beam (9.925), won the all-around with a season-best 39.325. Wolf scored a 39.050 in her first all-around of the year. Marsden was particularly glad to get Wolf in the vault lineup for the first time this year, where her 9.90 valued vault (she scored a 9.70) helps Utah's weakest event.
"It was good to get Theresa Wolf into the vault lineup because she adds some difficulty to our (set). The next step is for some other people to get their upgrades ready in time for our next meet," said Marsden.
Utah, now 3-1, is off this week before hosting Utah State on February 6.
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