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3/14/2011 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
March 14, 2011
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
No. 7 Utah (7-3) completes its regular season slate on Friday, Mar. 18 in Provo, Utah, against Brigham Young (12-6-2). The annual Deseret Duel starts at 7 p.m. in the Marriott Center. The meet will be televised live on BYUTV. Live commentary and scores will be provided on UtahUtes.com.POSTSEASON DESTINATION
The NCAA office will announce the regional destinations for 36 qualifying schools on Monday, Mar. 21 at noon MT. The regional championships will be held on Saturday, Apr. 2 on the campuses of Alabama, Denver, Georgia, Michigan, Oklahoma and Oregon State. Qualification into regionals is as follows: The top 18 teams will be seeded based on regional qualifying score (RQS) and there will be three seeded teams in each regional. Hosts will remain in their respective regions, regardless of seed. Teams 19-36 will be assigned to a site based on geographic proximity. Two teams from each region - or 12 total teams - will advance to the 2011 NCAA Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, April 15-17.QUICK STICKS
Utah is the NCAA women's attendance champion for the second-straight year. The Utes averaged 13,503 fans to their home meets this season to lead runner-up Tennessee women's basketball (13,078) and third-place Alabama gymnastics (12,730). For more on Utah's home crowds, see Record Attendance later in this release ... Friday's meet is worth three points in the annual Deseret Duel Rivalry Series ... Freshman Corrie Lothrop, Utah's highest-scoring all-arounder (39.50 best), remains day-to-day with an ankle injury that has allowed her to compete only two routines (both on beam) in the last three weeks ... Also questionable for this week's meet is freshman vaulter Victoria Shanley, who has missed the last three meets with a back injury ... Utah has been without senior first-team All-American Kyndal Robarts (knee) since the third meet of the season ... The Utes have not counted a fall yet this season and have hit 229-240 of their routines for a 95% success rate ... Utah's freshman class has performed 48-percent (116-240) of the team's total routines with just one fall (115-116) ... Individuals without a fall this season are Stephanie McAllister (40-40), Mary Beth Lofgren (31-31), Nansy Damianova (30-30), Lia Del Priore (17-17), Victoria Shanley (4-4) and Hailee Hansen (4-4).UTE LEADERBOARD
Junior Stephanie McAllister is tied for seventh in the nation in the all-around with a 39.385 regional qualifying score and she is tied for fourth on the bars (9.905 RQS). Senior Gael Mackie is tied for eighth nationally on bars (9.895 RQS) ... McAllister leads Utah with 12 wins. Other Ute winners are Corrie Lothrop (6), Mackie (6), Lofgren (5), Nansy Damianova (3), Kyndal Robarts (2), Cortni Beers (2), Fumina Kobayashi (2) and Victoria Shanley (1). Utah's all-around season highs: Lothrop (39.500), McAllister (39.475, twice), Jacquelyn Johnson (39.225), Lofgren (39.225) and Mackie (39.150).LAST WEEK
The Utes went 24-of-24 but lost to No. 5 Oregon State 196.600-196.325 in Corvallis on Mar. 12. Gale Mackie won her first all-around with a career-high 39.150 and also won bars (9.90). Nansy Damianova scored a 9.875 on vault, bars and floor--winning the floor title. The Utes led for the first two rotations but steps and balance checks cost them on the final two events in losing for the first time since 2003 to the Beavers.SERIES SHORTS
(For complete series results, see page 4) ... Utah leads 86-2 overall and 22-2 in Provo ... Utes have won 28 straight since losing in Provo on Mar. 21, 1998 ... Utah has won the last 12 in Provo.SCOUTING BRIGHAM YOUNG
Coach: Brad CattermoleCoach's Record/Year: NA/21st
2011 Record: 12-6-2
National Rank: NR
2011 High Score: 195.300 vs. Arizona, Mar. 11
2010 NCAA Finish: DNQ
Team Notes: Season-high 195.300 came in a loss at Arizona last Friday ... upset No. 12 Arkansas (195.100-195.025) in Feb. 18 road meet ... Jennifer Lezeu has a 39.050 all-around best.
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