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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February, 10, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle (lbeadle@pac-12.

1 For Immediate Release // Wednesday, February, 10, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle PAC-12 GYMNASTICS COMPETITION CLOSE AT THE TOP 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT California Utah Oregon State UCLA Washington Stanford Arizona Arizona State NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) RANKINGS AS OF FEB. 10 RANK TEAM 1. Oklahoma 2. Florida 3. Michigan 4. Alabama 5. LSU 6. Utah 7. UCLA 8. Auburn 9. Arkansas 10. Boise State 11. Georgia 12. Denver 13. Stanford 14. Nebraska 15. Missouri 16. California 17. George Washington 18. Oregon State 19. Minnesota 20. Arizona 21. Illinois-Champaign 22. Eastern Michigan 23. Southern Utah 24. New Hampshire 25. Ohio State After UCLA s victory over UTAH on Saturday, no Pac-12 gymnastics squads remain undefeated this season. UCLA got plenty of attention for the high-profile win, with Sophina DeJesus s floor routine being seen by millions across the nation and three other UCLA gymnasts sweeping the Pac-12 weekly awards. Despite the loss, UTAH is leading the Pac-12 in team allaround average and team averages for all events besides the floor, which UCLA is leading. In the national rankings, OREGON STATE s Dani Dessaints is third on the vault, STANFORD s Elizabeth Price is second in the nation on the all-around, and UTAH s Baely Rowe is second in the nation on the bars. Nine Pac-12 gymnasts from four different teams rank within in the top-20 floor performers in the nation this week. This upcoming weekend, the hot competition in the Pac-12 will continue as two top-20 match-ups get underway. No. 13 STANFORD will travel to No. 20 ARIZONA and No. 18 OREGON STATE will take on No. 7 UCLA. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Sat., Feb 13 WASHINGTON at #6 UTAH P12N, W, M 6 p.m. PT #13 STANFORD at #20 ARIZONA P12A, BA 6 p.m. PT #18 OREGON STATE at #7 UCLA P12N, O, LA 8 p.m. PT Mon., Feb. 15 #16 CALIFORNIA at ARIZONA STATE P12N, BA, A 6 p.m. PT RECENT RESULTS Sat., Feb 6 #6 UTAH at #7 UCLA UCLA, Mon., Feb. 8 ARIZONA STATE at #13 STANFORD STAN, #20 ARIZONA at #16 CALIFORNIA CAL, #18 OREGON STATE at WASHINGTON OSU,

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 // February 10,

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. 13 Washington at Utah P12N, W, M 6 p.m. PT Feb. 13 Stanford at Arizona P12A, BA 6 p.m. PT Feb. 13 Oregon State at UCLA P12N, O, LA 8 p.m. PT Feb. 15 California at Arizona State P12N, BA, A 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 Sophina DeJesus Goes Viral: It s been pretty impossible to miss over the last few days but in case you ve managed, UCLA s Sophina DeJesus s floor routine against Utah last Saturday has gone viral. The innovative routine has been covered by the New York Times, the Today Show, Good Morning America, the Washington Post, NPR, Us Weekly, People Magazine, BBC News, The Huffington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, the Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, NBC Sports, ABC Sports, and many many more. UCLA s Floor Dominance is a Team Effort: DeJesus is not the only star on the floor for the Bruins. Five Bruins rank among the top 19 floor performers in the nation and No. 7 UCLA is the top floor team in the country. DeJesus is currently No. 5 nationally after competing on the floor for the first and only time this season on Saturday. Hallie Mossett is No. 11, reigning Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Angi Cipra is No. 12, reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week Madison Preston is No. 14, and reigning Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week Sadiqua Bynum is No. 19. It took a full team effort on the floor to push the Burins past the Red Rocks at the last minute this past Saturday. Utah Still on Top: Despite the extremely close loss at UCLA on Saturday, Utah still leads the Pac-12 and is ranked sixth nationally with an all-around average Utah leads the Pac-12 in all other events besides the floor and boasts the No. 2 bars performer in the nation in Baely Rowe. Next up, the Red Rocks host Washington this Saturday. 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 Feb. 2 Toni-Ann Williams, CALIFORNIA Ivana Hong, STANFORD Sabrina Schwab, UTAH Feb. 9 Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA Angi Cipra, UCLA Madison Preston, UCLA PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 10,

4 PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (as of Feb. 10) All-Around 2. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 7. Breanna Hughes... Utah 11. Samantha Partyka... Utah Vault 3. Dani Dessaints... Oregon State 6. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 25. Sylvie Seilnacht...California 25. Kailah Delaney... Utah Bars 2. Baely Rowe... Utah 5. Kassandra Lopez... Utah 14. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 22. Nicolette McNair...Stanford Beam 4. Danusia Francis...UCLA 12. Breanna Hughes... Utah 17. Melissa Chuang...Stanford 17. Allison Northey...Washington 20.Madeline Gardiner... Oregon State 23. Elizabeth Price...Stanford Floor 5. Sophina DeJesus...UCLA 10. Sabrina Schwab... Utah 11. Hallie Mossett...UCLA 12. Angi Cipra...UCLA 14. Toni-Ann Williams...California 14. Madison Preston...UCLA 19. Breanna Hughes... Utah 19. Sadiqua Bynum...UCLA 19. Elizabeth Price...Stanford PAC-12 ANNOUNCES WEEKLY GYMNASTICS HONORS Today the Pac-12 Conference announced the Pac-12 women s gymnastics weekly honors for the week of Feb UCLA s Sadiqua Bynum was named the Gymnast of the Week, UCLA s Angi Cipra was voted Specialist of the Week, and UCLA s Madison Preston was named the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week. This marks the first time all three awards have been won by a single school since the Pac-12 started awarding three weekly honors in UCLA senior Sadiqua Bynum earned Gymnast of the Week honors for the first time ever after leading the Bruins to an extremely close come-from-behind victory over No. 6 Utah. The outcome of the meet was in Bynum s hands and she delivered, scoring 9.95 on floor exercise to give UCLA the edge over Utah at the last minute. Bynum was the final competitor of the day and needed a to tie the meet. Instead, she finished with a 9.95 to tie her season-high and give the No. 7 Bruins the win. Bynum had accomplished the same feat in UCLA s season opener: scoring 9.95 on the final routine to clinch the win over Alabama. Bynum has scored 9.9 or higher in four of five meets this year. Against Utah, her 9.85 on vault also helped the Bruins achieve a season-high team score of UCLA also reached a season-high score on floor, coming in at Bynum is one of five Bruins ranked in the Top 20 in the nation on floor, checking in at No. 18 with a season average of As a team, the Bruins rank second in the country on floor. UCLA junior Angi Cipra earned Specialist of the Week honors for her performance on vault and floor in the Bruins thrilling win Saturday. Cipra scored a career-high on the floor, including scoring a 10.0 from one judge, to help the Bruins clinch a close win over Utah. UCLA entered the final rotation trailing by but rallied with a season-best team total of on the floor to capture the narrow victory, led by Cipra s near-perfect routine. Cipra s score has her at No. 12 in the national rankings on floor with a season average of She has scored 9.9 or higher in four of five meets. The victory on floor was her first this season. Cipra also contributed on vault, scoring a 9.8 in the event. UCLA freshman Madison Preston earned Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors to complete UCLA s sweep of this week s awards. Preston scored career-highs on three events against Utah, helping the Bru-ins achieve season-highs for team score and floor score. She started her day by setting a new career-high on vault with a second-place score of Preston also competed on balance beam for the first time this year and hit her routine, scoring On floor exercise, she was the kick-start to UCLA s final rotation comeback. After the leadoff performer scored 9.675, there was little room for error for the Bruins, and Preston stepped up in just her second competitive floor routine of her college career, getting the crowd and team into a frenzy with her score. Preston is now ranked No. 14 in the nation on floor with a 9.9 average. Also Nominated: Gymnast of the Week: Shelby Edwards, ARIZ; Toni-Ann Williams, CAL; Elizabeth Price, STAN; Samantha Partyka, UTAH; Joslyn Goings, WASH Special Performance of the Week: Kennady Schneider, ARIZ; Zoe Draghi, CAL; Nicolette McNair, STAN; Kassandra Lopez, UTAH Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Lauryn Mattson, ARIZ; Corinne Belkoff, ASU; Sylvie Seilnacht, CAL; Mary Jacobsen, OSU; Taryn Fitzger-ald, STAN; Sabrina Schwab, UTAH PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (AS OF FEB. 10) Vault Bars Beam Floor 9. Utah 3. Utah 5. Utah 1. UCLA 10. California 11. Stanford 7. Stanford 8. California 11. UCLA 15. UCLA 8. UCLA 12. Utah 15. Oregon State 17. Arizona 20. Oregon State 20. Arizona 16. Stanford 18. Oregon State 21. California 24. Oregon St. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 10,

2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 2-3 // Pac-12: 0-3 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-6 // Pac-12: 0-3 8 vs. Michigan State W, 195.700-193.

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, 192.700 18 vs. Washington* L, 194.650-192.

5 2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 2-3 // Pac-12: 0-3 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-6 // Pac-12: vs. Michigan State W, at Texas Women s University W, vs. UCLA* L, at Utah* L, at California* L, 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* L, at Stanford* L, 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: 7-2 // Pac-12: 3-1 OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 6-2 // 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* W, vs. Arizona* W, 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* W, at Washington* W, 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 // February 10,

2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: 8-4-0 // Pac-12: 2-2 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 3-2 // Pac-12: 2-1 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 2nd, 194.

Arizona State* W, 195.750-194.325 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, 196.550-196.

6 2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: // Pac-12: 2-2 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 3-2 // 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) 4th, vs. Arizona State* W, 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* L, vs. Utah* W, 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: 4-1 // Pac-12: 2-1 WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 2-5 // Pac-12: vs. BYU W, at Southern Utah W, vs Oregon State* W, vs. Arizona* W, at UCLA* L, 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) 3rd, vs. Oregon State* L, 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 // February 10,

#PAC12GYM CONFERENCE COMPETITION CONTINUES

#PAC12GYM CONFERENCE COMPETITION CONTINUES 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. other conferences.