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Semifinal action starts at 11 a.m. MT on ESPN2
Next Stop: NCAA Championships
Utah is headed to the 2017 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships on Apr. 14-15 in St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena). The Utes will open NCAA Championship competition in Semifinal I on Friday, Apr. 14 at noon Central time/11 a.m. MT on ESPN2. The second session starts at 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT on ESPNU. The top three teams from each semifinal will advance to the Super Six on Saturday, Apr. 15 at 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT on ESPNU. All three meets will also be streamed live on ESPN3, which will show every routine on every event. The ESPN announce team is Bart Conner (play-by-play), Kathy Johnson Clarke (analyst) and Laura Rutledge (reporter).
Semifinal Match-ups
Competing with No. 4 Utah in the first semifinal on Apr. 14 are No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Denver, No. 11 Washington and No. 12 Oregon State. The evening session includes No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Florida, No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Georgia and No. 10 Nebraska. The all-around and individual event champions will be determined on the first day of competition.
The Streak Goes On
Utah, which is making a record 42nd-consecutive national championship appearance, is the only school to qualify for all 36 NCAA Championships. This season marks the second time the co-coaching tandem of Megan Marsden and Tom Farden has taken their team to the NCAA Championship. Greg Marsden, the program's founding coach back in 1975-76, took the Utes to the national championship all 40 years he headed the program before his retirement, which came on the heels of Utah's runner-up finish at the 2015 NCAA Championship.
2017 Utah Snapshot
Utah is the 2017 Pac-12 champion and NCAA Fayetteville Regional champion. Utah's Pac-12 title was its third in four years. The Utes have now won half of the Pac-12 championships in their first six years in the conference … Utah is 22-2 overall with its two losses coming on the road at Oregon State (Feb. 11) and Georgia (Mar. 11) … Utah has faced every team in NCAA Semifinal I with the exception of Oklahoma. The Utes are a combined 7-1 this season against UCLA (2-0), Washington (2-0), Denver (2-0) and Oregon State (1-1) … Utah has five All-Americans on its roster, including 2017 regular season All-Americans Baely Rowe and MyKayla Skinner. See sidebar on page 3 for a complete list of Utah All-Americans … Utah won three individual Pac-12 titles: Skinner (all-around, vault, floor) and Tiffani Lewis (co-champion with Skinner on vault) … The Utes picked up four individual golds at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional: Skinner (all-around, vault, floor) and Shannon McNatt (beam).
Winner Skinner
In her first collegiate season, 2016 USA Olympic alternate MyKayla Skinner has won 40 individual titles, including the all-around, vault and floor championships at both the Pac-12 Championship and the NCAA Regional. The freshman, who is ranked No. 2 in the nation in the all-around and is tied for first on floor, has gone all-around in every meet—winning 11 of 12 all-around and vault competitions and 10 floor titles. Skinner's 11 all-around victories gives her a share of the school single-season record with Ashley Postell (2008) and her 40 total wins ranks third all-time at Utah. Skinner is the most decorated Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week and Freshman of the Week of all time, winning seven Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honors (shattering the previous record of four) and six Freshman of the Year citations.
Quick Sticks
Utah had two of the top five all-arounders in the country during the regular season in freshman MyKayla Skinner (No. 2, 39.680 regional qualifying score, 39.775 best) and senior Baely Rowe (No. 5, 39.540 RQS, 39.650 best) … Other all-around possibilities for nationals are sophomores MaKenna Merrell (39.475 best) and Kari Lee (39.450 best). Lee's status is contingent on her recovery from an ankle sprain that limited her to bars at regionals … Rowe, a four-time All-American and seven-time All-Pac-12 gymnast, is a finalist for the 2017 AAI Award, which honors the nation's top senior female gymnast … Utah averaged an NCAA gymnastics record 15,224 fans to its home meets in 2017 to lead all NCAA women's sports teams in attendance. Utah's 2017 all-sport women's attendance title is its seventh all time and fourth in a row.
Ute Insider
Utah enters the NCAA Championships with just 10 active gymnasts. Lost for the season to injuries back in January were sophomore All-American Sabrina Schwab and freshman Kim Tessen. Schwab, the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, was competing in the all-around, while Tessen was a three-event starter … Ute individual event/all-around winners: MyKayla Skinner (40), Baely Rowe (8), MaKenna Merrell (6), Kari Lee (4),Tiffani Lewis (3), Shannon McNatt (1), Missy Reinstadtler (1) … The Utes are 277-288 in hit routines (routines without a fall), including 24-24 against Washington, Oregon State, UCLA and at regionals … Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Skinner (48-48), Macey Roberts (19-19), Maddy Stover (12-12), Schwab (8-8), Tessen (7-7) and Erika Muhaw (3-3).
Utah is headed to the 2017 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships on Apr. 14-15 in St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena). The Utes will open NCAA Championship competition in Semifinal I on Friday, Apr. 14 at noon Central time/11 a.m. MT on ESPN2. The second session starts at 7 p.m. CT/6 p.m. MT on ESPNU. The top three teams from each semifinal will advance to the Super Six on Saturday, Apr. 15 at 8 p.m. CT/7 p.m. MT on ESPNU. All three meets will also be streamed live on ESPN3, which will show every routine on every event. The ESPN announce team is Bart Conner (play-by-play), Kathy Johnson Clarke (analyst) and Laura Rutledge (reporter).
Semifinal Match-ups
Competing with No. 4 Utah in the first semifinal on Apr. 14 are No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Denver, No. 11 Washington and No. 12 Oregon State. The evening session includes No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Florida, No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Alabama, No. 9 Georgia and No. 10 Nebraska. The all-around and individual event champions will be determined on the first day of competition.
The Streak Goes On
Utah, which is making a record 42nd-consecutive national championship appearance, is the only school to qualify for all 36 NCAA Championships. This season marks the second time the co-coaching tandem of Megan Marsden and Tom Farden has taken their team to the NCAA Championship. Greg Marsden, the program's founding coach back in 1975-76, took the Utes to the national championship all 40 years he headed the program before his retirement, which came on the heels of Utah's runner-up finish at the 2015 NCAA Championship.
2017 Utah Snapshot
Utah is the 2017 Pac-12 champion and NCAA Fayetteville Regional champion. Utah's Pac-12 title was its third in four years. The Utes have now won half of the Pac-12 championships in their first six years in the conference … Utah is 22-2 overall with its two losses coming on the road at Oregon State (Feb. 11) and Georgia (Mar. 11) … Utah has faced every team in NCAA Semifinal I with the exception of Oklahoma. The Utes are a combined 7-1 this season against UCLA (2-0), Washington (2-0), Denver (2-0) and Oregon State (1-1) … Utah has five All-Americans on its roster, including 2017 regular season All-Americans Baely Rowe and MyKayla Skinner. See sidebar on page 3 for a complete list of Utah All-Americans … Utah won three individual Pac-12 titles: Skinner (all-around, vault, floor) and Tiffani Lewis (co-champion with Skinner on vault) … The Utes picked up four individual golds at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional: Skinner (all-around, vault, floor) and Shannon McNatt (beam).
Winner Skinner
In her first collegiate season, 2016 USA Olympic alternate MyKayla Skinner has won 40 individual titles, including the all-around, vault and floor championships at both the Pac-12 Championship and the NCAA Regional. The freshman, who is ranked No. 2 in the nation in the all-around and is tied for first on floor, has gone all-around in every meet—winning 11 of 12 all-around and vault competitions and 10 floor titles. Skinner's 11 all-around victories gives her a share of the school single-season record with Ashley Postell (2008) and her 40 total wins ranks third all-time at Utah. Skinner is the most decorated Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week and Freshman of the Week of all time, winning seven Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honors (shattering the previous record of four) and six Freshman of the Year citations.
Quick Sticks
Utah had two of the top five all-arounders in the country during the regular season in freshman MyKayla Skinner (No. 2, 39.680 regional qualifying score, 39.775 best) and senior Baely Rowe (No. 5, 39.540 RQS, 39.650 best) … Other all-around possibilities for nationals are sophomores MaKenna Merrell (39.475 best) and Kari Lee (39.450 best). Lee's status is contingent on her recovery from an ankle sprain that limited her to bars at regionals … Rowe, a four-time All-American and seven-time All-Pac-12 gymnast, is a finalist for the 2017 AAI Award, which honors the nation's top senior female gymnast … Utah averaged an NCAA gymnastics record 15,224 fans to its home meets in 2017 to lead all NCAA women's sports teams in attendance. Utah's 2017 all-sport women's attendance title is its seventh all time and fourth in a row.
Ute Insider
Utah enters the NCAA Championships with just 10 active gymnasts. Lost for the season to injuries back in January were sophomore All-American Sabrina Schwab and freshman Kim Tessen. Schwab, the 2016 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, was competing in the all-around, while Tessen was a three-event starter … Ute individual event/all-around winners: MyKayla Skinner (40), Baely Rowe (8), MaKenna Merrell (6), Kari Lee (4),Tiffani Lewis (3), Shannon McNatt (1), Missy Reinstadtler (1) … The Utes are 277-288 in hit routines (routines without a fall), including 24-24 against Washington, Oregon State, UCLA and at regionals … Gymnasts who have hit every routine are Skinner (48-48), Macey Roberts (19-19), Maddy Stover (12-12), Schwab (8-8), Tessen (7-7) and Erika Muhaw (3-3).
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