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Gymnastics
3/31/2003 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
March 31, 2003
SALT LAKE CITY -
The Utah gymnastics team improved one place to No. 8 in the final national rankings after its 197.400-196.025 win over Brigham Young last Friday. The Utes, who have qualified for the NCAA regionals and will host the North Central Region Championship on April 12, will learn their opponents on Monday afternoon.
Four Utes are ranked nationally, led by Melissa Vituj and Annabeth Eberle in multiple events. Vituj is No. 5 in the all-around with a 39.605 all-around regional qualifying score (RQS), while Eberle checks in at No. 7 this week (39.585). The two are tied for sixth on floor exercise with a 9.955 RQS, Vituj is tied for fifth on beam (9.945) and Eberle is tied for seventh on vault (9.940) and is 11th on beam (9.920).
Representing Utah in the top 10 on bars are Theresa Kulikowski (4th, tie, 9.935) and Kim Allan (8th, tie, 9.930).
The final national top 25 follows: 1. UCLA 197.980, 2. Nebraska 197.585, 3. Arizona State 197.490, 4. Georgia 197.485, 5. Alabama 197.345, 6. Stanford 197.300, 7. Oklahoma 197.250, 8. Utah 197.180, 9. Florida 197.010, 10. Michigan 196.895, 11. Washington 196.715, 12. Oregon State 196.665, 13. Iowa 196.515, 14. Louisiana State 196.485, 15. Iowa State 196.460, 16. Ohio State 196.355, 17. Auburn 196.350, 18. California 196.160, 19. Arizona 196.100, 20. Brigham Young 196.075, 21. (tie) Denver, Kent State 196.035, 23. Minnesota 195.960, 24. North Carolina State 195.930, 25. Central Michigan 195.780.