March 1, 2010
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
No. 9 Utah (6-2) hosts No. 11 Nebraska (13-2) in the annual Power of Pink meet, Friday in the Huntsman Center. The meet starts at 7 p.m. and anyone wearing pink will receive a free general admission ticket. The Utah-Nebraska meet will be televised tape-delayed on ABC-4 (Sunday at 10:30 a.m.) and on the Mtn. (Mar. 13 at noon). Live scores and video can be found www.utahutes.com.
QUICK STICKS
Friday marks the annual Alumni meet and 20-plus former Ute gymnasts will be recognized in a pre-meet ceremony. Also, 5,000 pink foam hats will be distributed in the lower bowl for the Power of Pink cancer awareness promotion ... Utah remains at No. 9 in the national rankings for the second-straight week ... Utah and Nebraska have played two common opponents this season. Both defeated Washington in Seattle, while Utah lost to Michigan in Ann Arbor and Nebraska beat the Wolverines in Lincoln ... Utes doubtful compete due to injuries are
Gael Mackie (ankle) and Katelyn Mohr (back).
Stephanie McAllister (ankle) is questionable on floor, while Beth Rizzo (toe) is good to go ...
Kyndal Robarts has won the last seven vault competitions and ranks third in the nation on that event with a 9.920 regional qualifying score (RQS) ... Annie DiLuzio has five wins on floor, where she is currently tied for fifth in the nation with a 9.895 RQS ... Utah has three all-arounders ranked in the top 20: Daria Bijak is tied for 12th (39.30 RQS), Jamie Deetscreek is No. 15 (39.200 RQS) and Robarts ranks 19th (39.140 RQS) ... Freshman Meg Whitney got her first collegiate start last week at BYU and scored a 9.80 on vault and a 9.625 on floor ... In its two losses, Utah won just one individual title (Robarts on vault vs. Michigan). In the six wins, a Ute has won 28 of the 30 event/all-around titles ... Ute winners are Deetscreek (9), Bijak (8), DiLuzio (8). Robarts (8) and
Cortni Beers (1) ... Three Utes are still without a fall this season: Robarts (30-30), Beers (15-15), and Rizzo (9-9) ... Utah did not count a fall for the first six meets, but has counted one on beam in the last two meets.
UTAH AND THE RANKINGS
This week's top 10 includes Alabama 196.910 RQS, Oklahoma 196.730, UCLA 196.650, Florida 196.550, Georgia 196.490, Oregon State 196.355, Stanford 196.270, Arkansas 196.165, Utah 196.155 and LSU 195.945. For the complete top 25, please see page 3.
Event Utah Rank/RQS Individual/Rank/RQSAll-Around -- 12-T Daria Bijak/39.300 15 Jamie Deetscreek/39.200 19 Kyndal Robarts/39.140Vault 5 49.200 3 Kyndal Robarts/9.920Bars 11 48.960 11-T Daria Bijak/9.855Beam 8 48.970 9-T Jamie Deetscreek/9.875Floor 9 49.130 5-T Annie DiLuzio/9.895 8-T Daria Bijak/9.890
LAST WEEK
Kyndal Robarts won her first career all-around and her seventh-straight vault title to help Utah avoid an upset at Brigham Young, 195.925-194.375. The Utes held a comfortable one-point lead entering the final rotation, but two falls put their string of 26-straight wins over their instate rival in jeopardy. Jamie Deetscreek's winning 9.925 beam routine helped get Utah out of a jam. Other Ute winners were Annie DiLuzio on vault (tying with Robarts with a 9.90) and floor (9.90), and Daria Bijak on bars (9.90).
SCOUTING NEBRASKA
Coach: Dan Kendig
Coach's Record/Year at School: 384-145-4 (17 years)
Coach's Career Record/Year: 497-257-5 (27 years)
2010 Record: 13-2
National Rank: No. 11
2010 High: 196.475
2009 NCAA Finish: DNQ
Team Notes: Coming off win at Master's Classic, where they scored a 196.425 to beat Arizona, Denver and West Virginia in Lincoln ... Maria Scaffidi (39.30 best) has won three all-around titles.