Jan. 31, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY -
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
The No. 3-ranked Utah gymnasts (3-1) face their third Pac-10 foe of the season, hosting Arizona State (1-6) in Annabeth Eberle Breast Cancer Awareness night on Friday, Feb. 4 in Salt Lake City. The meet starts at 7 p.m. MT in the Huntsman Center. Wear pink for a free general admission ticket. Pink gloves will be distributed at the entrances to promote this year's cancer awareness theme: the Pink Glove Dance. After the meet, the Utes will sign autographs. Free live video and scores can be found on UtahUtes.com.
Annabeth Eberle BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
Friday's meet is dedicated to former Ute gymnast and breast cancer survivor Annabeth Eberle. Eberle, diagnosed with breast cancer last July at age 27, was an eight-time All-American for the Utes during her career from 2002-05. She competed for four NCAA Super Six teams while at Utah, winning All-America honors in the all-around and on every event. She was a two-time NCAA regional all-around champion and also won region titles on vault and floor.
Click Here to read about Eberle's fight against breast cancer. She was recently accepted to physician's assistant school and will start the program in May.
SCORCHING SCHEDULE
Utah's first four opponents are all ranked in the top 10. UCLA was ranked No. 1 when it visited the Huntsman Center on Jan. 7 (a 195.700-195.300 Ute win). Utah beat then No. 6 Georgia (now ranked No. 4) on Jan. 15 in Athens--handing the GymDogs their first home loss since 2005. On Jan. 22, the Utes picked up a road win at No. 9 Nebraska. Last week, No. 2-ranked Stanford edged the Utes on the final rotation. Ranked teams on Utah's upcoming schedule include No. 1 Florida, No. 7 Oregon State, No. 9 Michigan and No. 14 Washington. See page 3 for the complete top 25.
GOOD AND YOUNG
With injuries to seniors
Kyndal Robarts (knee) and
Jacquelyn Johnson (concussion), freshmen performed 14 of Utah's 24 routines against second-ranked Stanford last week. For the season, freshmen have competed almost half of Utah's total routines (47-96, 49%) and are without a fall (47-47).
Corrie Lothrop has gone all-around in all four meets, while rookie
Mary Beth Lofgren made her all-around debut against Stanford last week after starting on three events in the first three meets.
Nansy Damianova is a three-event starter and
Lia Del Priore has earned a place on two events.
Victoria Shanley got her first start on vault last week.
Hailee Hansen is Utah's alternate on bars.
QUICK STICKS
Following a 196.825-196.500 loss to second-ranked Stanford last Friday, Utah moved up a place in the national rankings to third ... Utah has hit 90-96 (94%) routines ... Utes without a fall this season are
Stephanie McAllister (16-16),
Corrie Lothrop (16-16),
Nansy Damianova (12-12),
Mary Beth Lofgren (13-13),
Jacquelyn Johnson (8-8) and
Lia Del Priore (5-5) ... The Utes are without senior All-American
Kyndal Robarts indefinitely, with the possibility of her returning for the postseason in April. Robarts, ranked first in the nation on the vault, injured her knee during pre-meet vault warm-ups in Nebraska on Jan. 22. She is a first-team All-American on vault and beam and was Utah's final competitor on vault, beam and floor prior to the injury ... Questionable for this week's meet is three-event senior
Jacquelyn Johnson, who is recovering from a concussion ... Junior All-American McAllister and freshman Lofgren are tied for the team victory lead with three each. Other Ute winners are Lothrop (2) and Robarts (2) ... McAllister is ranked No. 9 in the all-around (39.294 average) and on bars (tied, 9.856 average). Joining McAllister in the top-20 all-around rankings are Lofgren at No. 13 (39.225 average) and Lothrop (No. 20, 39.131 average) ... Utah's all-around season and career highs: McAllister (39.400), Lothrop (39.375) and Lofgren (39.225).
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