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Gymnasts Get First Road Test at Georgia
1/10/2011 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Jan. 10, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
The No. 3-ranked Utah gymnasts (1-0) face their first road test of the season at No. 6 Georgia (3-0) on Saturday, Jan. 15 in Athens, Ga. The meet starts at 4 p.m. ET (2 p.m. MT) in Stegeman Coliseum. Free live scores and commentary can be found on UtahUtes.com, while live video streaming is available on Georgiadogs.com. The meet will be televised delayed in the Southeast on CSS.GYM GIANTS
Utah and Georgia have combined to win 20 of the last 35 national gymnastics championships (10 each), including 19 of 29 NCAA Championships. Utah's 10 national championships include nine NCAA titles and the 1981 AIAW Championship. Georgia's 10 total NCAA Championships include five straight from 2005-2009. Utah finished second during three of those UGA championship years (2006, 2007 and 2008) and was third the other two times (2005, 2009). Utah is the only program to qualify for the last 35 national championships, while Georgia's 26 appearances at the national championships ranks fifth.QUICK STICKS
Utah has six freshmen on its 12-member roster ... The Utes opened the season last week with an upset win over No. 1-ranked and defending NCAA champion UCLA, 195.700-195.300, in Salt Lake City ... Utah, which set the national gymnastics season attendance record last year by averaging 14,213, had the biggest crowd in the nation in the first week of the 2011 season (12,445) ... Junior All-American Stephanie McAllister earned the first two wins of her career in leading Utah past the Bruins. McAllister won the all-around (39.175) and tied for first on floor (9.85) ... Senior All-American Kyndal Robarts won the vault with a 9.925. For Robarts, who is tied for first in the nation this week on vault, it was her ninth career vault victory and her 14th career win overall ... Freshmen competed--and hit--10 of Utah's 24 total routines against UCLA and Corrie Lothrop placed third in the all-around in her college debut with a 39.025 ... Three-event freshmen were 2008 Canadian Olympian Nansy Damianova and Mary Beth Lofgren ... Utah's only miss against the Bruins was by senior Gael Mackie on the beam. Mackie, who tied for Utah's high score on bars with a 9.775, will be replaced by sophomore Fumina Kobayashi in the beam lineup this week. Kobayashi scored a 9.80 in exhibition against the Bruins ... Utah is ranked No. 1 in the nation on vault this week (49.275 average). For Utah's complete national rankings, please see page 3 ... Ute winners through one meet are McAllister with two and Robarts with one ... Utes without a fall in the first meet: McAllister (4-4), Lothrop (4-4), Robarts (3-3), Damianova (3-3), Lofgren (3-3), Jacquelyn Johnson (3-3) and Cortni Beers (2-2).LAST WEEK
Utah opened its 2011 campaign with a bang, beating No. 1-ranked and defending NCAA champion UCLA, 195.700-195.300 before a crowd of 12,455 in the Huntsman Center on Jan. 7. Junior Stephanie McAllister won the all-around and tied for first on floor, while senior Kyndal Robarts won vault. The Utes hit 23-of-24 routines in a meet that came down to the balance beam. After Utah's first gymnast fell, the remaining five competitors were rock steady, led by a 9.85 from Robarts as the anchor. UCLA didn't fare as well. After taking its first lead of the night three competitors into its final event, two of the last three Bruin competitors fell off the beam.SERIES SHORTS
Georgia leads the series 24-21-1, including a 10-2 record advantage in Athens, where the Utes have not won since capturing the 1995 NCAA Championship ... Utah has not won a regular season meet in Georgia since 1991, which is a bit misleading since the teams did not schedule each other in the regular season from 1992-2004 ... Utah's most recent wins against the Gym Dogs were in 2008 and 2010.SCOUTING GEORGIA
Coach: Jay ClarkCoach's Record/Year: 16-8-1
2011 Record: 3-0
2010 NCAA Finish: DNQ National Rank: 6
Team Notes: Opened its season by placing first in a quad meet at Denver, scoring a 195.575 to beat Brigham Young (193.225), Denver (192.925) and Air Force (186.600) ... Return three All-Americans: Kat Ding (2009, bars), Hilary Mauro 2008, beam) and Cassidy McComb (2008 floor) ... Jay Clark is in his second year as the head coach after spending 17 years as a Georgia assistant.
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