UTAH, UCLA LEAD IN THE LAST WEEK OF CONFERENCE COMPETITION 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS

For Immediate Release // Thursday, February, 25, 2016 Contact // Liz Beadle (lbeadle@pac-12.org) UTAH, UCLA LEAD IN THE LAST WEEK OF CONFERENCE COMPETITION 2016 PAC-12 CONFERENCE GYMNASTICS STANDINGS Conference Overall W L PCT W L PCT Utah 4 1.800 6 1.857 UCLA 4 1.800 5 2.714 California 3 2.600 8 3.727 Oregon State 3 2.600 7 3.700 Stanford 3 2.600 9 5.642 Washington 2 3.400 3 7.300 Arizona 1 4.200 3 4.428 Arizona State 0 5.000 1 8.111 NATIONAL TOP 25 RANKINGS (RANKINGS REPORTED BY ROAD TO NATIONALS) BASED ON RQS AS OF FEB. 23 RANK TEAM 1. Oklahoma 2. Florida 3. Alabama 4. Michigan 5. Utah 6. UCLA 7. LSU 8. Auburn 9. Arkansas 10. Georiga 11. Boise State 12. Stanford 13. Denver 14. Nebraska 14. California 16. Missouri 17. Oregon State 18. Iowa 19. Minnesota 20. George Washington 21. Eastern Michigan 22. Kentucky 23. West Virginia 24. Illinois 25. Arizona No. 5 UTAH and No. 6 UCLA have started to separate themselves from the rest of a very strong gymnastics conference. Both are now 4-1 in league competition with Utah s loss coming at the hands of the Bruins, and UCLA s coming in the form of an upset by CALIFORNIA. Both teams lead the Pac-12 in two events: Utah leads on the vault and the bars, and UCLA leads on the beam and the floor. The three teams sitting at 3-2 in Pac-12 competition are all also highly competitive. No. 12 STANFORD boasts one of the best all-arounders in the nation in Elizabeth Price, No. 14 CALIFORNIA is ranked in the top-10 on both the floor and the vault, and No. 17 OREGON STATE is home to the second-highest ranked all-arounder in the Pac-12 in Madeline Gardiner. The last weekend of regular season Pac-12 vs. Pac-12 competition should be interesting as, for the third week in a row, two top-20 match-ups get underway. No. 5 UTAH will travel to No. 14 CALIFORNIA and No. 12 STANFORD will take on No. 17 OREGON STATE. All signs point to a thrilling Pac-12 Championship March 19 in Seattle. UPCOMING SCHEDULE Sat., Feb 27 #5 UTAH at #14 CALIFORNIA P12N, BA, M 1 p.m. PT ARIZONA STATE at #6 UCLA P12A, LA 1 p.m. PT WASHINGTON at #25 ARIZONA 3 p.m. PT Mon., Feb. 29 #12 STANFORD at #17 OREGON STATE P12N, BA, O 6 p.m. PT RECENT RESULTS Sat., Feb 20 #5 UTAH at #12 STANFORD UTAH, 197.150-195.875 #14 CALIFORNIA at #17 OREGON STATE OSU, 196-850-195.350 Sun., Feb. 21 #6 UCLA at WASHINGTON UCLA, 196.675-196.450 Mon., Feb. 22 #25 ARIZONA at ARIZONA STATE ARIZ, 196.375-193.975

PAC-12 VS. OTHER CONFERENCES PAC-12 COACHES Big Ten... 1-2-0 Big 12... 0-6-0 East Atlantic Gymnastics League... 0-0-0 Eastern College Athetlic... 1-0-0 Mid-American... 1-0-0 Midwest Independent... 3-0-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation... 8-0-0 Mountain Rim... 2-0-0 Southeastern... 4-4-0 Western Athletic... 0-0-0 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic... 1-0-0 Independent... 0-0-0 Total-All... 21-12-0 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SIDS ARIZ...www.arizonawildcats.com... Danielle Bracamonte...dbracamonte@email.arizona.edu... 520-621-4163 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...www.thesundevils.com... Kathryn Roberts...kathrynroberts47@asu.edu... 480-965-1237 CAL...www.calbears.com... Mara Rudolph...marar@berkeley.edu... 510-643-5846 OSU... www.osubeavers.com... Jason Amberg...jason.amber@oregonstate.edu... 541-230-0706 STAN... www.gostanford.com... Greg Marsh... gbmarsh@stanford.edu... 650-736-7635 UCLA... www.uclabruins.com... Liza David... ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu... 310-621-8398 UTAH... www.utahutes.cstv.com...liz Abel...label@huntsman.utah.edu... 801-209-6346 WASH... www.gohuskies.com...justin Green...jgreen8@uw.edu... 801-473-7376 PAC-12... www.pac-12.com... Liz Beadle... lbeadle@pac-12.org... 415-549-2858 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 2015. 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 39 2016 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)... 49 2. UCLA... 41 3. Stanford (1)... 39 4. Oregon Sate... 30 5. California... 24 6. Arizona... 21 7. Washington... 13 8. 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 www.pac-12.com for a full schedule of televised Pac-12 events. PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 25, 2016 2

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). 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. REMAINING PAC-12 NETWORKS SCHEDULE 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 Pac-12 Championship Credentials: The media credential application site for the 2016 Pac-12 Gymnastics Championship is now open. Credential requests are due by March 16. The event will take place at Alaska Airlines Arena in Seattle with session 1 starting at 1 p.m. PT and session 2 starting at 6 p.m. PT. The event will be televised live by Pac-12 Networks. More high level non-conference competition ahead: This coming weekend will be the last of Conference competition in 2016. After that, Pac-12 teams will resume taking on some of the toughest competition from outside the conference including No. 1 Oklahoma, No.4 Michigan, No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Auburn, and No. 10 Georgia. Oregon State shines: After an impressive 196-850- 195.350 win over CALIFORNIA, the Beavers are proving to be true contenders. Both Madeline Gardiner and Mary Jacobsen took home Pac-12 weekly honors this week. Gardiner currently ranks 13th in the nation in both the all-around and on the beam. The well-rounded Beavers are ranked in the top 20 in every event: No. 15 on vault, No. 17 on bars, No. 12 on beam, and No. 19 on floor Elizabeth Price ranking high: STANFORD s Price has led the Pac-12 in the all-around for most of the 2016 season and is currently fourth nationally. She is also ranked in the top 20 in three of four events: she is No. 6 on the vault, No. 18 on the bars, and No. 15 on the floor. Switch to RQS: This week, rankings switched from being based on all-around average to being based on regional qualifying score. The Pac-12 remained strong with six of eight teams ranked in the top 25 in the nation. ROSTER BREAKDOWN Fresh. Soph. Junior Senior Arizona 5 3 3 4 Arizona State 5 0 2 4 California 4 4 8 2 Oregon State 4 2 5 3 Stanford 4 1 4 4 UCLA 6 5 4 3 Utah 4 4 1 4 Washington 3 4 6 1 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: @AZGymnastics Arizona State: @ASUGymnastics California: @calwgym Oregon State: @OregonStateGym 2016 PAC-12 WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Stanford: @StanfordWGYM UCLA: @UCLAgymnastics Utah: @UtahGymnastics Washington: @UWGymnastics 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 Feb. 16 Toni-Ann Williams, CALIFORNIA Sophina DeJesus, UCLA Sabrina Schwab, UTAH Feb. 22 Madeline Gardiner, OREGON STATE Sadiqua Bynum, UCLA Mary Jacobsen, OREGON STATE PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 25, 2016 3

PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (as of Feb. 23) All-Around 4. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 13. Madeline Gardiner... Oregon State 16. Allison Northey...Washington Vault 6. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 19. Breanna Hughes... Utah Bars 11. Baely Rowe... Utah 11. Kassandra Lopez... Utah 18. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 18. Nicolette McNair...Stanford Beam 2. Danusia Francis...UCLA 13.Madeline Gardiner... Oregon State 13. Maddy Stover... Utah 24. Allison Northey...Washington 24. Melissa Chuang...Stanford Floor 1. Sadiqua Bynum...UCLA 4. Angi Cipra...UCLA 8. Toni-Ann Williams...California 11. Sabrina Schwab... Utah 15. Elizabeth Price...Stanford 15. Breanna Hughes... Utah 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. 17-22. OREGON STATE s Madeline Gardiner was named the Gymnast of the Week, UCLA s Sadiqua Bynum was voted Specialist of the Week, and OREGON STATE s Mary Jacobsen was named the Freshman/ Newcomer of the Week. OREGON STATE junior Madeline Gardiner earned Gymnast of the Week honors for the first time since March of 2015 after leading the No. 17 Beavers to a win over No. 14 CALIFORNIA and a season-high team all-around score. Gardiner set a career-best in the all-around (39.475), tied her career-best on the balance beam (9.925) and scored a season-high on the floor exercise (9.900). She recorded event titles on the floor exercise and in the all-around. In addition, as a team, the Beavers established season-highs on the bars and beam and tied their high on the floor. Gardiner is the 13th-ranked all-arounder in the na-tion, and the second-highest ranked all-arounder in the Pac-12. UCLA senior Sadiqua Bynum earned Specialist of the Week honors this week, making it three Specialist of the Week honors in a row for UCLA from three different gymnasts. Bynum won both events that she competed on Sunday to help UCLA record a 196.675-196.450 victory at WASHINGTON. Bynum tied her season-high on vault score with a 9.875 and helped the Bruins take the lead over the Huskies after scor-ing 9.95 on floor exercise. Bynum s 9.95 score on floor was her fourth score of 9.95 or higher this season, and she moved into the top spot in the national rankings on floor with a RQS of 9.935. Bynum now has a team-high 4 event titles and also leads the team with 6 scores of 9.9 or higher and 4 scores of 9.95 or higher. OREGON STATE freshman Mary Jacobsen earned Freshman / Newcomer of the Week honors for the first time this week. Jacobsen reached career-highs on both events she competed in and helped No. 17 ORE-GON STATE get the win over No. 14 CALIFORNIA. Jacobsen opened the meet scoring 9.825 on the vault to tie her personal record. In the second rotation, she shattered her previous career-high on the bars in a near perfect routine to score a 9.950 and help the Beavers to a new season-best on the bars (49.225). Also Nominated: Gymnast of the Week: Krysten Howard, ARIZ; Zoe Draghi, CAL; Elizabeth Price, STAN; Angi Cipra, UCLA; Breanna Hughes, UTAH; Joslyn Goings, WASH Special Performance of the Week: Maddy Cindric, ARIZ; Alicia Gallarzo, CAL; Kaytianna McMillaness, OSU; Nicolette McNair, STAN; Maddy Stover, UTAH; Alex Yacalis, WASH Freshman/Newcomer of the Week: Skyler Sheppard, ARIZ; Taryn Fitzgerald, STAN; Nicki Shapiro, UCLA; Sabrina Schwab, UTAH; Malory Rose, WASH PAC-12 IN THE NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS (AS OF FEB. 23) Vault Bars Beam Floor 8. Utah 5. Utah 4. UCLA 1. UCLA 10. California 16. UCLA 7. Utah 8. Utah 11. UCLA 17. Oregon State 9. Stanford 10. California 12. Stanford 18. Arizona 12. Oregon State 19. Oregon St. 15. Oregon State 25. California 16. Arizona 24. Washington 22. Arizona 23. Washington 25. Washington PAC-12 GYMNASTICS WEEKLY RELEASE // February 25, 2016 4

2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD ARIZONA WILDCATS Overall: 3-4 // Pac-12: 1-4 ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS Overall: 1-8 // Pac-12: 0-5 8 vs. Michigan State W, 195.700-193.775 17 at Texas Women s University W, 193.475-192.450 23 vs. UCLA* L, 196.800-196.475 1 at Utah* L, 197.150-194.850 8 at California* L, 196.875-196.000 13 vs. Stanford* L, 196.650-196.150 22 at Arizona State* W, 196.375-193.975 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, 194.650-192.450 22 at Oklahoma 3rd, 193.325 with Iowa State 30 at Oregon State* L, 195.875-193.075 8 at Stanford* L, 195.750-194.325 15 vs. California* L, 196.900-194.725 22 vs. Arizona* L, 196.375-193.975 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: 8-3 // Pac-12: 3-2 OREGON STATE BEAVERS Overall: 7-3 // Pac-12: 3-2 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 1st 195.575 with Stanford, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 15 at Oklahoma L, 197.125-194.225 24 vs. Stanford, San Jose State 2nd, 195.65 1 vs. UCLA* W, 196.375-195.175 8 vs. Arizona* W, 196.875-196.000 15 at Arizona State* W, 196.900-194.725 20 at Oregon State* L, 196-850-195.350 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, 195.425-196.175 15 at Lindenwood 1st, 196.350 23 at Utah* L, 196.125-195.125 30 vs. Arizona State* W, 195.875-193.075 8 at Washington* W, 195.325-194.275 13 at UCLA* L, 197.475-196.225 20 vs. California* W, 196-850-195.350 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 25, 2016 5

2016 PAC-12 WOMEN S GYMNASTICS SCOREBOARD STANFORD CARDINAL Overall: 9-5 // Pac-12: 3-2 UCLA BRUINS Overall: 5-2 // Pac-12: 4-1 10 at San Jose State (NorCal Classic) 2nd, 194.800 with California, UC Davis, and Sacramento State 18 at Georgia W, 195.875-195.750 24 vs. San Jose State and California 1st, 196.675 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 4th, 196.075 8 vs. Arizona State* W, 195.750-194.325 13 at Arizona* W, 196.650-196.150 20 vs. Utah* L, 197.150-195.875 29 at Oregon State* P12N 7 p.m. PT 6 vs. UCLA, Georgia P12N 12 p.m PT 10 vs. Alabama W, 196.550-196.300 15 at Florida L, 197.675-196.925 23 at Arizona* W, 196.800-196.475 1 at California* L, 196.375-195.175 6 vs. Utah* W, 197.100-197.075 13 vs. Oregon State* W, 197.475-196.225 21 at Washington W, 196.675-196.450 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: 6-1 // Pac-12: 4-1 WASHINGTON HUSKIES Overall: 2-7 // Pac-12: 2-3 8 vs. BYU W, 196.175-193.850 15 at Southern Utah W, 196.725-195.600 23 vs Oregon State* W, 196.125-195.125 1 vs. Arizona* W, 197.150-194.850 6 at UCLA* L, 197.100-197.075 13 vs. Washington* W, 197.125-196.250 20 at Stanford* W, 197.150-195.875 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, 194.275-193.725 18 at Arizona State* W, 194.650-192.450 23 at Denver L, 195.650-194.300 30 Metroplex Challenge (Fort Worth, TX) 3rd, 196.175 8 vs. Oregon State* L, 195.325-194.275 13 at Utah* L, 197.125-196.250 21 vs. UCLA* L, 196.675-196.450 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 25, 2016 6