March 7, 2011
SALT LAKE CITY
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THIS WEEK IN UTAH GYMNASTICS
No. 6 Utah (7-2) travels to No. 5 Oregon State (16-5) for a Saturday, Mar. 12 meet. Meet time is 7 p.m. PT (8 p.m. MT) in Gill Coliseum. Free live video and scores can be found at www.osubeavers .com. Live commentary and scores will be provided on UtahUtes.com.
FULL HOUSE
Utah finished its 2011 home season with an attendance average of 13,503. The Utes will learn this Friday if they have won their 27th national gymnastics attendance title in the last 30 years. Utah currently leads second-place Alabama in attendance average, 13,503-13,088. Alabama's final home meet is Mar. 11. The Utes drew an NCAA-record 15,558 fans to their meet against Florida last week. Spectators were turned away when the standing room capacity in the Huntsman Center (which seats 15,000) was reached. It was the ninth 15,000-plus crowd in school history for the Utes. Utah's 13,503 season average is the third-best in school and NCAA history, ranking behind 2010 (14,213) and 2009 (13,861).
QUICK STICKS
Saturday's meet is OSU's Senior Night ... Utah has not traveled out of state since Jan. 22 ... The Utes are 3-0 in road meets with wins over Georgia, Nebraska and Utah State. Utah's losses have been to No. 1 Florida (Mar. 4) and No. 2 Stanford (Jan. 28) ... Freshman
Corrie Lothrop, Utah's highest-scoring all-arounder (39.50 best), hopes to return to the lineup on a few more events this week after competing just one routine (beam vs. Florida) in the last two weeks due to an ankle injury ... Also questionable for this week's meet at OSU is freshman vaulter
Victoria Shanley (back) ... 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 205-216 of their routines for a 95% success rate ... Utah's freshman class has performed 52-percent (106-202) of the team's total routines with just one fall ... Individuals without a fall this season are
Stephanie McAllister (36-36),
Mary Beth Lofgren (28-28),
Nansy Damianova (27-27),
Lia Del Priore (15-15),
Victoria Shanley (4-4) and
Hailee Hansen (3-3).
UTE LEADERBOARD
Junior
Stephanie McAllister is ranked fifth 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 ninth nationally on bars (9.885 RQS) ... McAllister leads Utah with 12 wins. Other Ute winners are
Corrie Lothrop (6), Lofgren (5), Mackie (4),
Nansy Damianova (2),
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 (39.025).
SCOUTING OREGON STATE
Coach: Tanya Chaplin
Coach's Record/Year: 261-161-1
2011 Record: 16-5
National Rank: No. 5
2011 High Score: 197.000 at Stanford (with two others), Mar. 6
2010 NCAA Finish: 8th
Team Notes: Four of the five largest gymnastics crowds ever to watch a dual meet in Gill Coliseum have been in meets against Utah, including the largest crowd ever to watch a regular season meet in the arena (7,583 in 1997) ... OSU handed then-No. 2 Stanford its first loss of the season last week in Palo Alto, scoring a season-high 197.000 ... ranked No. 1 in the nation on the uneven bars (39.340 RQS) ... Top all-arounders are sophomore Makayla Stambaugh (39.525 high), junior Leslie Mak (39.450) and freshman Brittany Harris (39.375).
Greg Marsden SAYS
"Corrie (Lothrop) and Victoria (Shanley) have both been released to practice as tolerated, which means we'll ease them back into things this week. I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll get Corrie back on more events this weekend. I'm not as optimistic with Victoria, since her event is vault and that is a pounding event. We'll evaluate both of them at the end of the week. Oregon State is coming off an upset of Stanford on the road, scoring 197. They (the Beavers) are obviously peaking at the right time and are always tough at home. They are hosting a regional, so if we can go up there and do a good job, it will be a confidence builder for us going into the postseason. The main thing for us is to get some people healthy so we're firing on all cylinders."