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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, January, 27, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle (lbeadle@pac-12.org) As Pac-12 Conference competition continues this week, the Conference sits at 19-8 vs.

1 For Immediate Release // Wednesday, January, 27, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle As Pac-12 Conference competition continues this week, the Conference sits at 19-8 vs. other conferences. Some of the Pac-12 s marquee wins have come against No. 4 Alabama, No. 10 Georgia, and No. 24 Southern Utah. #PAC12GYM CONFERENCE COMPETITION CONTINUES 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS This weekend will feature two Conference top-25 match-ups as well as two Pac-12 squads heading on the road to the Metroplex Challenge to face #2 Oklahoma, #6 LSU, and #16 Missouri. In the national rankings, the Pac-12 is leading the way on the floor with UCLA ranked first in the nation in the event. The Bruins are also ranked fifth nationally on the beam. UTAH is third in the nation on the bars. Individually, UCLA s Danusia Francis is leading the country on the beam and STANFORD s Elizabeth Price is second in the nation in the all-around. NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) RANKINGS AS OF JAN. 27 RANK TEAM 1. Florida 2. Oklahoma 3. Michigan 4. UCLA 5. Alabama 6. LSU 7. Utah 8. Arkansas 9. Auburn 10. Boise State 11. George Washington 12. Stanford 13. Georgia 14. Denver 15. Oregon State 16. Missouri 17. Nebraska 18. Minnesota 19. Illinois-Champaign 20. Arizona 21. California 22. West Virginia 23. Kentucky 24. Eastern Michigan 24. Southern Utah Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Utah UCLA Washington Stanford California Oregon State Arizona Arizona State UPCOMING SCHEDULE Sat., Jan 30 ARIZONA STATE at #15 OREGON STATE Metroplex Challenge #12 STANFORD, WASHINGTON, #2 Oklahoma, #6 LSU, #16 Missouri Mon., Feb. 1 4 p.m. PT 5 p.m. PT #20 ARIZONA at #7 UTAH P12N 5 p.m. PT #4 UCLA at #21 CALIFORNIA P12N 7 p.m. PT RECENT RESULTS Fri., Jan. 22 ARIZONA STATE at #2 Oklahoma ASU 3rd, with Iowa State Sat., Jan 23 #4 UCLA at #20 ARIZONA UCLA, #15 OREGON STATE at #7 UTAH UTAH, WASHINGTON at #14 Denver Denver, Sun., Jan. 24 #21 CALIFORNIA at #12 STANFORD STAN 1st, with San Jose State

2 PAC-12 VS. OTHER CONFERENCES PAC-12 COACHES Big Ten Big East Atlantic Gymnastics League Eastern College Athetlic Mid-American Midwest Independent Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Mountain Rim Southeastern Western Athletic Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Independent Total-All WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SIDS ARIZ... Danielle Bracamonte...dbracamonte@ .arizona.edu ARIZ... TABITHA YIM... 1st season...ncaa Appearances: 0 ASU... RENE LYST...2nd season...ncaa Appearances: 0 CAL...JUSTIN HOWELL... 4th season...ncaa Appearances: 2 OSU... TANYA CHAPLIN...19th Season...NCAA Appearances: 11 STAN... KRISTEN SMYTH... 15th season...ncaa Appearances: 12 UCLA...VALORIE KONDOS FIELD...26th Season...NCAA Appearances: 23 UTAH...TOM FARDEN... 1st season...ncaa Appearances: 0 UTAH... MEGAN MARSDEN... 7th season...ncaa Appearances: 6 WASH... JOANNE BOWERS...10th Season...NCAA Appearances: 2 *NCAA Appearances denotes NCAA appearances made as head coach of current school ASU... Kathryn Roberts...kathrynroberts47@asu.edu CAL... Mara Rudolph...marar@berkeley.edu OSU... Jason Amberg...jason.amber@oregonstate.edu STAN... Greg Marsh... gbmarsh@stanford.edu UCLA... Liza David... ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu UTAH... Abel...label@huntsman.utah.edu WASH... Green...jgreen8@uw.edu PAC Liz Beadle... lbeadle@pac-12.org UTAH VOTED PRESEASON FAVORITE IN PAC-12 COACHES POLL SAN FRANCISCO In a poll taken by the Conference s eight women s gymnastics, UTAH was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2016 Pac-12 regular season, the Conference announced today. Utah received 49 points and six first-place votes. The Utes were also voted fourth in the national preseason coaches poll where they received 14 first-place votes. Utah holds the top spot in the preseason Pac-12 coaches poll for the second year in a row after UCLA had dominated the No. 1 spot for three years before that. This season, Utah will be looking to capture its third Pac-12 championship in a row, following their back-to-back championship seasons in 2014 and UCLA came in second in the Pac-12 poll, tallying 41 points. Additionally, the Bruins are ranked sixth in the national preseason coaches poll. STANFORD sits in third place in the Pac-12 with Pac-12 Women s points in the poll, and received one first-place vote. The Gymnastics Poll Cardinal are one of three Pac-12 squads ranked in the national top ten, coming in at No. 8. OREGON STATE came in fourth place in the Pac-12 coaches poll with 30 points. Rounding out the poll were CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, WASHINGTON, and ARIZONA STATE with 24, 21, 13, and 7 points respectively. 1. Utah (6) UCLA Stanford (1) Oregon Sate California Arizona Washington Arizona State... 7 Six of eight Pac-12 teams are ranked in the top 25 nationally heading into the 2016 season. No. 12 Oregon State and No. 14 California join Utah, UCLA, and Stanford in the top 15. Arizona, Washington, and Arizona State are ranked 18th, 30th, and 36th respectively. The 2016 season is set to begin on Friday, Jan. 8. Pac-12 gymnastics will be featured on Pac- 12 Networks throughout the season, including the 2016 Pac-12 Championship to take place on March 19, 2016 in Seattle. Visit for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 27,

3 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS ON PAC-12 NETWORKS Pac-12 Networks began its fourth season of women s gymnastics coverage on Friday, January 8. Pac-12 Networks will air 26 women s gymnastics meets, five more than last season. Each Pac-12 program will appear on the Networks at least four times: Arizona (6), Arizona State (5), California (5), Oregon State (7), Stanford (4), UCLA (10), Utah (9) and Washington (5). In addition to Michigan State, five other non-conference opponents will be shown on the Networks: Brigham Young at Utah (Jan. 8 at 5 p.m.); Alabama at UCLA (Jan. 10 at 2 p.m.); Auburn at Oregon State (Jan. 10 at 2 p.m.); Georgia at UCLA (Mar. 6 at 2 p.m.); Georgia at Utah (Mar. 12 at 4 p.m.); and Oklahoma at UCLA (Mar. 13 at 2 p.m.). Both sessions of the 2016 Pac-12 Women s Gymnastics Championships will also be part of the Networks telecast schedule on Saturday, March 19 from Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle. Returning broadcasters this year include: play-by-play experts Jim Watson and Brian Webber, in addition to analyst Amanda Borden, a former American Gymnast and U.S. Gold Medalist from the 1996 summer U.S. Olympic team. New to the Networks this year are: former Utah women s gymnastics head coach Greg Marsden and Olympians Samantha Peszek and Alicia Sacramone Quinn. The Pac-12 Networks consists of one national and six regional networks devoted solely to the Pac-12. In addition to the hundreds of live televised Pac-12 sporting events, Pac-12 Networks subscribers will have access to Pac-12 Now, the TV Everywhere platform, which provides access to all Pac-12 Networks programming on any device through their broadband service. PAC-12 NETWORKS BROADCAST SCHEDULE Feb. 1 Arizona at Utah P12N 5 p.m. PT Feb. 1 UCLA at California P12N 7 p.m. PT Feb. 6 Utah at UCLA P12N 1 p.m. PT Feb. 8 Arizona at California P12N 7 p.m. PT Feb. 8 Oregon State at Washington P12N 7 p.m. PT Feb. 13 Washington at Utah P12N 6 p.m. PT Feb. 13 Stanford at Arizona P12N 6 p.m. PT Feb. 13 Oregon State at UCLA P12N 8 p.m. PT Feb. 15 California at Arizona State P12N 6 p.m. PT Feb. 20 Utah at Stanford P12N 2 p.m. PT Feb. 20 California at Oregon State P12O 2 p.m. PT Feb. 21 UCLA at Washington P12N 1 p.m. PT Feb. 22 Arizona at Arizona State P12N 6 p.m. PT Feb. 27 Utah at California P12N 1 p.m. PT Feb. 27 Arizona State at UCLA. P12N 1 p.m. PT Feb. 29 Stanford at Oregon State. P12N 7 p.m. PT Mar. 6 UCLA, Georgia, Stanford P12N 12 p.m. PT Mar. 12 Georgia at Utah P12N 4 p.m. PT Mar. 13 Oklahoma at UCLA P12N 2 p.m. PT Mar. 19 Pac-12 Championships P12N 1 p.m. PT, 6 p.m. PT PAC-12 WEEKLY NOTES Monday Night on Pac-12 Networks: This Monday, Feb. 1, Pac-12 Networks will broadcast both the #20 ARIZONA at #7 UTAH meet and the #4 UCLA at #21 CALIFORNIA meet. Pac- 12 Networks will continue to broadcast at least one gymnastics meet every Monday night through Monday, Feb. 29. Metroplex Challenge: #12 STANFORD and WASHINGTON will both travel to Fort Worth this weekend to take on some tough competition. The Metroplex Challenge will also feature #2 Oklahoma, #6 LSU, and #16 Missouri. The meet will be streamed by FloGymnastics and can be viewed for a fee. Utah at Capacity Again: Last Saturday for the first afternoon home gymnastics meet in Utah history, the Huntsman center made room for a standing-room crowd of 15,550. After last year s record crowd of 16,019 vs. Michigan, the fire marshall designated a maximum of 15,550 fans permitted in the building. Fans were turned back at the doors Saturday and were compensated with tickets to the next home meet on Feb. 1 vs. Arizona. Pac-12 February: After the Metroplex Challenge, from Feb. 1 through Feb. 29, Pac-12 squads will compete exclusively in Conference competition. 18 Pac-12 vs. Pac-12 meets will take place in that time frame, with 16 of those meets being broadcast on Pac-12 Networks. Price Continues to Shine: STANFORD s Elizabeth Price has been named Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week in each of the first three weeks of the season. She ranks second in the nation in the all-around with an average of She is also No. 5 in the nation on the bars, No. 11 in the nation on the vault, and No. 22 in the nation on the floor. TWITTER Follow Pac-12 women s gymnastics teams on Twitter for all the latest news, and use hashtag #Pac12Gym to join in the conversation. Arizona Oregon ROSTER BREAKDOWN Fresh. Soph. Junior Senior Arizona Arizona State California Oregon State Stanford UCLA Utah Washington PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Gymnast Specialist Freshman/Newcomer Jan. 12 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Hallie Mossett, UCLA Sabrina Schwab, UTAH Jan. 19 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Breanna Hughes, UTAH Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA Jan. 26 Elizabeth Price, STANFORD Baely Rowe, UTAH Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 27,

4 PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (as of Jan. 27) All-Around 2. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 18. Madeline Gardiner... Oregon State 21. Allison Northey...Washington Vault 4. Dani Dessaints... Oregon State 11. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 12. Breanna Hughes... Utah 21. Napualani Hall...UCLA Bars 4. Baely Rowe... Utah 5. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 6. Kassandra Lopez... Utah 18. Kaytianna McMillan... Oregon State 18. Gabby Laub... Arizona 18. Nicolette McNair...Stanford 18. Dani Dessaints... Oregon State Beam 1. Danusia Francis...UCLA 12. Maddy Stover... Utah 17. Melissa Chuang...Stanford Floor 6. Sadiqua Bynum...UCLA 7. Hallie Mossett...UCLA 10. Angi Cipra...UCLA 13. Jessie Sisler... Arizona 19. Sabrina Schwab... Utah 22. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 22. Toni-Ann Williams...California PAC-12 ANNOUNCES WEEKLY GYMNASTICS HONORS STANFORD s Elizabeth Price named Gymnast of the Week UTAH S Baely Rowe named Specialist of the Week UCLA s Katelyn Ohashi named Freshman/Newcomer of the Week Today the Pac-12 Conference office announced the Pac-12 women s gymnastics weekly honors for the week of Jan. 19 Jan. 25. STANFORD s Elizabeth Price was named the Gymnast of the Week, UTAH s Baely Rowe was voted Specialist of the Week, and UCLA s Katelyn Ohashi was named the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. Stanford sophomore Elizabeth Price earned Gymnast of the Week honors for the third week in a row for her contributions to the Cardinal s season-best score of in their win over No. 21 California and San Jose State. Price won the all-around for the third consecutive week, posting top-three finishes in three individual events and winning both the vault and the bars with a on each. She scored Stanford s highest score on the vault, bars, and floor for the second week in a row and has now recorded nine individual event victories this season. Price has scored or higher in eleven of twelve individual event performances this season. Her all-around average has her ranked second in the nation in the all-around so far this season. In her freshman season, Price was named the 2015 Pac-12 Specialist of the Year and won an NCAA individual championship on the vault. Utah junior Baely Rowe earned Specialist of the Week honors for her performance in the Red Rocks win over No. 15 Oregon State. Rowe s career-best 9.95 bar routine took first place in the meet. She finished second on the beam with a season-best Both of her routines came at critical moments for Utah as they attempted to seal the meet. Her winning bar routine came after a teammate had hit her foot on the bar, and her beam routine came after a near-fall. UCLA freshman Katelyn Ohashi earned Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors for the second week in a row for her performance in the Bruins win at No. 20 Arizona Ohashi gave a courageous performance on beam, repeating her routine after an equipment malfunction. She had been on her way to a high score when the cap of the beam came off while she was dismounting. Ohashi took a hard fall, landing on her neck, but got up and was evaluated by the Arizona medical staff and the UCLA athletic training staff before being cleared to repeat her routine after the Bruins rotation was finished. The freshman got back on the beam and hit her routine, including the same double pike dismount, scoring a season-best Prior to the beam mishap, Ohashi had set a new career-high on bars with a to place first, added another career-best on vault with a leadoff vault, and tied her career-high on floor with a PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (AS OF JAN. 27) Vault Bars Beam Floor 8. Utah 3. Utah 5. UCLA 1. UCLA 11. Oregon State 9. Stanford 6. Utah 9. California 12. UCLA 10. UCLA 7. Stanford 14. Arizona 14. California 16. Oregon State 24. California 17. Oregon St. 16. Stanford 18. Arizona 24. Washington PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 27,

5 2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 2-1 // Pac-12: 0-1 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-4 // Pac-12: vs. Michigan State W, at Texas Women s University W, vs. UCLA* L, at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. MT 8 at California* P12N 8 p.m. MT 13 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. MT 22 at Arizona State* P12N 7 p.m. MT 27 vs. Washington* 4 p.m. MT 4 at Oklahoma 5:45 p.m. MT 11 vs. BYU 6 p.m. MT All times Mountian Time. 8 vs. Nebraska, Bowling Green 2nd, vs. Washington* L, at Oklahoma 3rd, with Iowa State 30 at Oregon State* 5 p.m. MT 8 at Stanford* 7 p.m. MT 15 vs. California* P12N 7 p.m. MT 22 vs. Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. MT 27 at UCLA* P12N 2 p.m. MT 4 vs. Penn State 7 p.m. MT 11 at Auburn TBA All times Mountain Time. CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Overall: 5-2 // Pac-12: 1-1 OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 4-2 // Pac-12: at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 1st with Stanford, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 15 at Oklahoma L, vs. Stanford, San Jose State 2nd, vs. UCLA* P12N 7 p.m. PT 8 vs. Arizona* P12N 7 p.m. PT 15 at Arizona State* P12N 6 p.m. PT 20 at Oregon State* P12O 2 p.m. PT 27 vs. Utah* P12N 1 p.m. PT 4 vs. Michigan State, Southern Utah, Lindenwood 7 p.m PT 11 at UC Davis 7 p.m. PT 10 vs. Auburn L, at Lindenwood 1st, at Utah* L, vs. Arizona State* 4 p.m. PT 8 at Washington* P12N 7 p.m. PT 13 at UCLA* P12N 8 p.m. PT 20 vs. California* P12O 2 p.m. PT 29 vs. Stanford* P12N 7 p.m. PT 4 vs. SPU, Ball State 7 p.m PT 14 vs. Texas Woman s University, LSU 4 p.m. PT PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 27,

6 2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: // Pac-12: 1-1 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 2-1 // Pac-12: at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 2nd, with California, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 18 at Georgia W, vs. San Jose State and California 1st, Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 5 p.m. PT 8 vs. Arizona State* 6 p.m. PT 13 at Arizona* P12N 6 p.m. PT 20 vs. Utah* P12N 2 p.m. PT 29 at Oregon State* P12N 7 p.m. PT 6 vs. UCLA, Georgia P12N 12 p.m PT 10 vs. Alabama W, at Florida L, at Arizona* W, at California* P12N 7 p.m. PT 6 vs. Utah* P12N 1 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oregon State* P12N 8 p.m. PT 21 at Washington P12N 1 p.m. PT 27 vs. Arizona State* P12N 1 p.m. PT 6 vs. Georgia, Stanford P12N 12 p.m. PT 13 vs. Oklahoma P12N 2 p.m. PT UTAH UTES Overall: 3-0 // Pac-12: 1-0 WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 1-2 // Pac-12: vs. BYU W, at Southern Utah W, vs Oregon State* W, vs. Arizona* P12N 6 p.m. MT 6 at UCLA* P12N 2 p.m. MT 13 vs. Washington* P12N 7 p.m. MT 20 at Stanford* P12N 3 p.m. MT 27 at California* P12N 2 p.m. MT 4 at Michigan 5 p.m. MT 12 vs. Georgia P12N 5 p.m. MT All times Moutain Time. 9 vs. Ohio State L, at Arizona State* W, at Denver L, Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 5 p.m. PT 8 vs. Oregon State* P12N 7 p.m. PT 13 at Utah* P12N 6 p.m. PT 21 vs. UCLA* P12N 1 p.m. PT 27 at Arizona* 3 p.m. PT 5 vs. Western Michigan 6 p.m. PT 7 at Seattle Pacific 6 p.m. PT 12 vs. Denver, Seattle Pacific 6 p.m. PT PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // January 27,

THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS

THIS WEEK IN PAC-12 GYMNASTICS PAC-10 CONFERENCE PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94107 // PAC-12.COM // 415.580.4200 For Immediate Release // Tuesday, January, 13, 2015 Contact // Liz Beadle (lbeadle@pac-12.org)