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Gymnasts to Hold Public Intra-Squad on Friday
10/27/2015 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Oct. 27, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -
The two-time defending Pac-12 champion Utah gymnastics team will get a taste of competition on Friday when it conducts a Red-White intra-squad meet. The practice meet will begin at 2 p.m. in the Dumke Center and is open to the public.
It is the second of three intra-squad meets leading up to the Red-White Preview on Dec. 11. The structure of Friday's intra-squad has the teams conducting a 15-minute warm-up and then performing alternating routines on vault and bars. Another 15-minute warm-up will precede competition on beam and floor.
The gymnasts will perform full routines everywhere but on floor, where they will warm up all three tumbling passes, but will perform only the last pass in competition (after watering down the first and second passes).
As will be the case during the season, the coaches will be Tom Farden on vault and bars, Megan Marsden on beam and Meredith Paulicivic on floor. Student coach Georgia Dabritz, the 2015 NCAA uneven bar champion, is assisting Farden with the bars.
Fans attending the practice meet will see a renovated Dumke Center, whose improvements include all new equipment in the beam area (beams, mats, blocks), the hanging of Utah's 2015 Pac-12 Championship and NCAA runner-up banners and a new Block U-themed Jacuzzi with hot and cold tubs in the adjacent training room.
Installed new hydrotherapy pools in the Dumke Gymnastics Center today. #ItJustKeepsGettingBetter #Flip4U #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/x6cZSgyDFy
- Utah Gymnastics (@UtahGymnastics) October 22, 2015
The Red roster will consist of team leader Haley Lange, Samantha Partyka, Breanna Hughes, Kailah Delaney, Kari Lee, MaKenna Merrell and Erika Muhaw. The White roster features team leader Kassandra Lopez, Shannon McNatt, Tiffani Lewis, Sabrina Schwab, Maddy Stover and Baely Rowe.
"We use this meet to groom people for various positions in the lineup," explains Marsden, who is preparing for her seventh season as the co-head coach and her 32nd year overall on the staff. "We are looking for consistency under pressure and our four freshmen, in particular, need practice rounds in front of fans."
The lineups for each event will be set later in the week. Here's a quick overview of each team's credentials:
Red
Kailah Delaney: Three-time All-American ... three-time first-team All-Pac-12 on vault ... 15 career victories.
Breanna Hughes: Has hit 60-62 career routines ... second-team All-American on beam in 2013.
Samantha Partyka: Second-team All-American on vault as a freshman at the 2015 NCAA Championships.
Kari Lee: Three-time All-American as a freshman and an NCAA finalist on vault and floor ... three-time All-Pac-12 ... 6 wins.
Haley Lange: Three-time NACGC Scholar All-American ... member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
MaKenna Merrell: 2015 J.O. runner-up in the all-around, vault and floor (Senior C Division) ... four-time J.O. National Championships' qualifier.
Erika Muhaw: Nine top-10 finishes at J.O. Championships ... third on vault and floor and ninth all-around at 2015 J.O. Championships (Senior C Division).
White Team
Kassandra Lopez: Second-team All-American on bars at the 2015 NCAA Championships ... second-team All-Pac-12 on bars ... two-time NCAA Regional runner-up.
Baely Rowe: Second-team All-Pac-12 on beam ... 2015 Coaches' Award for Most Improved Gymnast ... 4 wins.
Tiffani Lewis: Made the starting lineup on three events at NCAA Championships... averaged a 9.856 on nine routines at regionals and nationals ... hit 21-of-21 routines.
Maddy Stover: Utah's beam leadoff as a freshman at the 2015 NCAA Regionals and Nationals ... won beam at Georgia with a 9.90 ... hit 14-of-14 routines.
Shannon McNatt: Qualified International Elite ... fourth on vault at 2015 J.O. National Championships (Senior D Division).
Sabrina Schwab: Qualified Senior Elite in 2013 on her first attempt ... won compulsory all-around, vault, bars, beam and floor at 2013 elite testing ... second on floor at 2015 WOGA Classic.
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