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Gymnastics
2/23/2004 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Feb. 23, 2004
SALT LAKE CITY -
For the fourth straight week, the Utah gymnastics team is No. 4 in the national rankings, which for the first time this season are based on regional qualifying score. UCLA regained the No. 1 position (197.745 RQS), followed by Georgia (197.395), Alabama (197.285), Utah (196.810) and Florida (196.670).
Four Utes are ranked individually this week, although injured All-American Annabeth Eberle is one meet shy of qualifying for the all-around rankings. On the vault, Eberle is ranked No. 3 with a 9.95 RQS, Nicolle Ford is tied for 10th (9.90) and Rachel Tidd is tied for 20th (9.885). Ford is also ranked 15th in the all-around (39.275), while Melissa Vituj is tied for 22nd on beam (9.855) and 24th on floor (9.895), and Tidd is tied for 25th on bars (9.860).
The new rankings (by RQS) follow: 1. UCLA 197.745, 2. Georgia 197.395, 3. Alabama 197.285, 4. Utah 196.810, 5. Florida 196.670, 6. Iowa State 196.660, 7. Nebraska 196.625, 8. Oklahoma 196.62, 9. Stanford 196.560, 10. Louisiana State 196.525, 11. Arizona 196.425, 12. Iowa 196.390, 13. Michigan 196.280, 14. Missouri 196.230, 15. Washington 196.220, 16. Oregon State 196.065, 17. Arkansas 195.950, 18. Auburn 195.935, 19. North Carolina 195.910, 20. Denver 195.850, 21. Penn State 195.305, 22. Michigan State 195.280, 23. Kent State 195.275, 24.Brigham Young 195.230, 25.Maryland 195.220.