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#4 Ute Gymnasts Host #2 UCLA Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
2/19/2019 10:19 AM | Gymnastics
This Week in Utah Gymnastics
The No. 4 ranked Utah gymnasts (9-1, 5-0 Pac-12) host No. 2 UCLA (9-0, 5-0 Pac-12) in the #GetWiggyWithUs Red Out meet on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. Tickets are available at UtahTickets.com and 801-581-UTIX. The meet will be aired on the Pac-12 Networks and ESPN 700 radio.
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Wig Out at the Red Out
As part of the Red Out promotion and to raise funds for the Dumke Gymnastics Center expansion, fans are encouraged to wear red wigs to Saturday's meet against UCLA. The first 500 students will receive free red wigs courtesy of America First Credit Union. Wigs may be purchased online (http://tinyurl.com/yyzvhr3w) or at Red Zone locations on campus, as well as in the Sandy store and at URedZone.com. All proceeds from the sale of the wigs will go toward the Dumke Gymnastics Center expansion fund … Red flags will be distributed to the first 2,000 fans in attendance … Doors and the Kid Zone open at noon. The Kid Zone features a face painter, balloon artist, life-size Swoop Bobblehead, poster making station and more.
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In the Rankings
Utah is No. 4 for the sixth straight week in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) rankings, which are based on total season average for the last time this season. Next Monday, the rankings will move to regional qualifying score. The Utes are No. 2 in the nation on vault, No. 4 on floor, No. 7 on bars and No. 7 on beam. MyKayla Skinner is No. 2 on vault, No. 5 in the all-around, No. 8 (tie) on bars and No. 10 on floor. MaKenna Merrell-Giles is No. 6 (tie) on vault, No. 13 in the all-around and No. 17 (tie) on floor. Macey Roberts is tied for 17th on vault, while Kari Lee is No. 22 on beam. Injured Cristal Isa, currently No. 21 (tie) on bars and No. 23 (tie) on beam, will drop out next week when the rankings move to RQS See sidebar on page 2 for Utah's complete national rankings.
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Red Hot Rivalry
Utah and UCLA have combined to win six of the seven Pac-12 Championships to date. Utah won conference titles in 2014, 2015 and 2017, while UCLA's titles came in 2012, 2016 and 2018 … Utah's MyKayla Skinner and UCLA's Madison Kocian were members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team (Skinner as an alternate). UCLA's Kyla Ross was a 2012 U.S. Olympian … There will be three NCAA champions competing in the Huntsman Center on Saturday: Skinner (vault and floor), Ross (bars and beam) and Katelyn Ohashi (floor).
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Chalk Talk
The 2019 Utes have set a school record for consecutive 197 scores, picking up their eighth in as many meets with their 197.125-195.800 win at Stanford on Feb. 18. Prior to this year, Utah had never put together multiple 197 scores to start a season … MyKayla Skinner's three victories at Stanford on Monday brought her career win total to 97 and moved her within one win of third place in the Ute record books behind former Ute great Missy Marlowe (98, 1989-92). The school record is 120 by Ashley Postell (2005-08) … Utah leads the nation in attendance average (14,770) and has the two biggest gymnastics crowds in the country this year (15,558 vs. Arizona and California) … Individual winners are Skinner (20), MaKenna Merrell-Giles (7) , Kari Lee (4), Adrienne Randall (3), Missy Reinstadtler (2), Alexia Burch (1) and Cristal Isa (1) … The Utes have hit 184-of-191 routines … Gymnasts who have hit every routine without a fall are Skinner (29-29), Lee (28-28), Macey Roberts (16-16), Randall (14-14), Hunter Dula (7-7),  Cristal Isa (7-7) and Shannon McNatt (6-6).
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Ute Insider
Kari Lee, whose four wins on beam and No. 22 national ranking lead the Utes, moved from fourth to first in the lineup at Stanford to assure a good start. It was the first time in her career that Lee led off on beam. She has started on the event since her freshman season when she earned second-team All-America honors … MyKayla Skinner has competed on floor just once in the last four meets to rest a sore ankle. In her only appearance, on floor during that stretch, she tied for first at the GymQuarters Invitational on Feb. 15 with a 9.90. Skinner is expected to compete on floor and in the all-around vs. UCLA … Kim Tessen competed on floor for the first time since her freshman year against Stanford on Monday, scoring a career-tying 9.825. She also earned her best vault score (9.90) of the season in the meet … Sophomore Lauren Wong saw her first action of the year at Stanford in exhibition on vault ... Missy Reinstadtler (foot) has resumed training on beam. She has been limited to bars for the last five meets … Skinner has been named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week three times this season (Jan. 8, Jan. 23, Jan. 29). Isa was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 8 and Adrienne Randall was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Feb. 5.
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Winner Skinner
Two-time NCAA champion, two-time NCAA all-around runner-up and 18-time All-American MyKayla Skinner is one of the winningest gymnasts in Utah and Pac-12 history. Skinner holds the Utah record for all-around wins in a season (12 in 2017) and is second in career all-around wins (25, 2017-present). Her 97 total career wins ranks fourth in program history. Skinner won NCAA titles on floor in 2017 and vault in 2018. The Pac-12 all-around champion as a freshman and sophomore, Skinner owns Pac-12 records for most Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards in a season (7) and a career (15), as well as most Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards (6).
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Series Shorts
Utah leads the series with UCLA 54-33-1 and 27-2 in Salt Lake City … UCLA won three of four match-ups last year, with Utah's win coming in a dual meet in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins beat the Utes by 0.150 (197.500-197.350) for the 2018 Pac-12 title and again at the NCAA Championships, where they placed first and Utah finished fifth ... For complete series results, see page 2.
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Scouting UCLA
Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field (29th)
2018 NCAA Finish: 1st
National Rank: No. 2
Record: 9-0, 5-0 Pac-12
Notes: Season high 198.025 in a win over Arizona last Saturday … UCLA returns all but four routines from its 2018 NCAA Champion team and has five All-Americans on its roster, including NCAA floor champion Katelyn Ohashi and 2017 NCAA bars and beam champion Kyla Ross … Ross (2012) and Madison Kocian (2016) competed on the gold medal USA Gymnastics team.
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The No. 4 ranked Utah gymnasts (9-1, 5-0 Pac-12) host No. 2 UCLA (9-0, 5-0 Pac-12) in the #GetWiggyWithUs Red Out meet on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. Tickets are available at UtahTickets.com and 801-581-UTIX. The meet will be aired on the Pac-12 Networks and ESPN 700 radio.
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Wig Out at the Red Out
As part of the Red Out promotion and to raise funds for the Dumke Gymnastics Center expansion, fans are encouraged to wear red wigs to Saturday's meet against UCLA. The first 500 students will receive free red wigs courtesy of America First Credit Union. Wigs may be purchased online (http://tinyurl.com/yyzvhr3w) or at Red Zone locations on campus, as well as in the Sandy store and at URedZone.com. All proceeds from the sale of the wigs will go toward the Dumke Gymnastics Center expansion fund … Red flags will be distributed to the first 2,000 fans in attendance … Doors and the Kid Zone open at noon. The Kid Zone features a face painter, balloon artist, life-size Swoop Bobblehead, poster making station and more.
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In the Rankings
Utah is No. 4 for the sixth straight week in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) rankings, which are based on total season average for the last time this season. Next Monday, the rankings will move to regional qualifying score. The Utes are No. 2 in the nation on vault, No. 4 on floor, No. 7 on bars and No. 7 on beam. MyKayla Skinner is No. 2 on vault, No. 5 in the all-around, No. 8 (tie) on bars and No. 10 on floor. MaKenna Merrell-Giles is No. 6 (tie) on vault, No. 13 in the all-around and No. 17 (tie) on floor. Macey Roberts is tied for 17th on vault, while Kari Lee is No. 22 on beam. Injured Cristal Isa, currently No. 21 (tie) on bars and No. 23 (tie) on beam, will drop out next week when the rankings move to RQS See sidebar on page 2 for Utah's complete national rankings.
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Red Hot Rivalry
Utah and UCLA have combined to win six of the seven Pac-12 Championships to date. Utah won conference titles in 2014, 2015 and 2017, while UCLA's titles came in 2012, 2016 and 2018 … Utah's MyKayla Skinner and UCLA's Madison Kocian were members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team (Skinner as an alternate). UCLA's Kyla Ross was a 2012 U.S. Olympian … There will be three NCAA champions competing in the Huntsman Center on Saturday: Skinner (vault and floor), Ross (bars and beam) and Katelyn Ohashi (floor).
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Chalk Talk
The 2019 Utes have set a school record for consecutive 197 scores, picking up their eighth in as many meets with their 197.125-195.800 win at Stanford on Feb. 18. Prior to this year, Utah had never put together multiple 197 scores to start a season … MyKayla Skinner's three victories at Stanford on Monday brought her career win total to 97 and moved her within one win of third place in the Ute record books behind former Ute great Missy Marlowe (98, 1989-92). The school record is 120 by Ashley Postell (2005-08) … Utah leads the nation in attendance average (14,770) and has the two biggest gymnastics crowds in the country this year (15,558 vs. Arizona and California) … Individual winners are Skinner (20), MaKenna Merrell-Giles (7) , Kari Lee (4), Adrienne Randall (3), Missy Reinstadtler (2), Alexia Burch (1) and Cristal Isa (1) … The Utes have hit 184-of-191 routines … Gymnasts who have hit every routine without a fall are Skinner (29-29), Lee (28-28), Macey Roberts (16-16), Randall (14-14), Hunter Dula (7-7),  Cristal Isa (7-7) and Shannon McNatt (6-6).
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Ute Insider
Kari Lee, whose four wins on beam and No. 22 national ranking lead the Utes, moved from fourth to first in the lineup at Stanford to assure a good start. It was the first time in her career that Lee led off on beam. She has started on the event since her freshman season when she earned second-team All-America honors … MyKayla Skinner has competed on floor just once in the last four meets to rest a sore ankle. In her only appearance, on floor during that stretch, she tied for first at the GymQuarters Invitational on Feb. 15 with a 9.90. Skinner is expected to compete on floor and in the all-around vs. UCLA … Kim Tessen competed on floor for the first time since her freshman year against Stanford on Monday, scoring a career-tying 9.825. She also earned her best vault score (9.90) of the season in the meet … Sophomore Lauren Wong saw her first action of the year at Stanford in exhibition on vault ... Missy Reinstadtler (foot) has resumed training on beam. She has been limited to bars for the last five meets … Skinner has been named the Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week three times this season (Jan. 8, Jan. 23, Jan. 29). Isa was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Jan. 8 and Adrienne Randall was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Feb. 5.
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Winner Skinner
Two-time NCAA champion, two-time NCAA all-around runner-up and 18-time All-American MyKayla Skinner is one of the winningest gymnasts in Utah and Pac-12 history. Skinner holds the Utah record for all-around wins in a season (12 in 2017) and is second in career all-around wins (25, 2017-present). Her 97 total career wins ranks fourth in program history. Skinner won NCAA titles on floor in 2017 and vault in 2018. The Pac-12 all-around champion as a freshman and sophomore, Skinner owns Pac-12 records for most Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week awards in a season (7) and a career (15), as well as most Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards (6).
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Series Shorts
Utah leads the series with UCLA 54-33-1 and 27-2 in Salt Lake City … UCLA won three of four match-ups last year, with Utah's win coming in a dual meet in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins beat the Utes by 0.150 (197.500-197.350) for the 2018 Pac-12 title and again at the NCAA Championships, where they placed first and Utah finished fifth ... For complete series results, see page 2.
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Scouting UCLA
Head Coach: Valorie Kondos Field (29th)
2018 NCAA Finish: 1st
National Rank: No. 2
Record: 9-0, 5-0 Pac-12
Notes: Season high 198.025 in a win over Arizona last Saturday … UCLA returns all but four routines from its 2018 NCAA Champion team and has five All-Americans on its roster, including NCAA floor champion Katelyn Ohashi and 2017 NCAA bars and beam champion Kyla Ross … Ross (2012) and Madison Kocian (2016) competed on the gold medal USA Gymnastics team.
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