WAC GYMNASTICS Jason Erickson, Director of Media Relations (Gymnastics Contact) February 27, 2013 E-Mail: jerickson@wac.org Phone: 303-962-4206 WAC Meets All Meets W L Pct. W L Pct. High Score Denver 4 0 1.000 11 2.846 196.600 Southern Utah 2 1.667 4 6.400 195.700 Sacramento State 1 1.500 3 9.250 195.250 San Jose State 1 2.333 8 9.471 195.000 Boise State 0 1.000 8 2.800 196.325 Utah State 0 3.000 3 8.273 194.200 Schedule: Week #9 Friday, March 1 *Southern Utah at Boise State *Utah State at Sacramento State San Jose State at UC Davis Sunday, March 3 Denver at West Virginia Quad Time 7 p.m. MT 7 p.m. PT 7 p.m. PT Time 2 p.m. ET s: Week #8 Monday, February 18 San Jose State at Cal Tri Meet 2nd/3, 195.000 Friday, February 22 Sacramento State def UC Davis 194.725-192.825 Saturday, February 23 Brigham Young def. Southern Utah 195.800-194.075 *Denver at Denver Quad 1st/4, 195.800 *Utah State at Denver Quad 4th/4, 192.150 *Boise State at Denver Quad 2nd/4, 194.525 2013 WAC Gymnastics Championship March 23 Centrum Arena Cedar City, Utah
WAC Gymnastics Media Contacts Boise State - Michelle Smith Phone...(208) 426-3438 Fax...(208) 426-3361 Cell...(208) 949-1037 Email...michellesmith8@boisestate.edu Website...BroncoSports.com Denver - Niko Blankenship Phone...(303) 871-7555 Fax...(303) 871-3890 Cell...(513) 225-6560 Email... niko.blankenship@du.edu Website...DenverPioneers.com Sacramento State - Brian Berger Phone...(916) 278-4313 Fax...(916) 278-5429 Cell...(916) 397-4325 Email... bwberger@csus.edu Website...hornetsports.com San Jose State - Jen Heisel Phone... (408) 924-1211 Fax...(408) 924-1291 Cell...(862) 432-5499 Email... jennifer.heisel@gmail.com Website...sjsuspartans.com Southern Utah - Kyle Cottam Phone...(435) 586-7752 Fax... (435) Cell...(812) 251-6901 Email... cottam@suu.edu Website... suutbirds.com Utah State - Megan Allen Phone...(435) 797-8584 Fax...(435) 797-2615 Cell...(307) 707-5340 Email... megan.allen@aggiemail.usu.edu Website... utahstateaggies.com WAC - Jason Erickson Phone... (303) 962.4206 Fax...(303) 799-3888 Cell...(303) 946-6774 Email... jerickson@wac.org Website... WACSports.com Gymnastics Coaches Boise State - Tina Bird and Neil Resnick Bird s Phone...(208) 559-8448 Bird s Email... tbird@boisestate.edu Resnick s Phone...(208) 859-0983 Resnick s Email... nresnick@boisestate.edu Denver - Melissa Kutcher-Rinehart Phone...(303) 871-3395 Email...melissa.kutcher@du.edu 2013 WAC Gymnastics DENVER S MCGEE AND MARTIN NAMED WAC GYMNASTS OF THE WEEK Denver s Nina McGee and Moriah Martin have been named the Western Athletic Conference Gymnast of the Week and Specialist of the Week, respectively, for the week of Feb. 18-24. McGee, a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio (Clark Montessori HS), won the bars title with a 9.900, won the beam title with a 9.900 and placed third on floor with a 9.825 in a quad meet against Boise State, Utah State and Rutgers last week. McGee has now scored a 9.800 or higher in 10 of her last 11 routines. The Pioneer sophomore has a 9.853 average on bars and a 9.854 average on floor. Currently, McGee is No. 15 in the nation on bars with a 9.865 RQS. Martin, a junior from Lake Mary, Fla. (Lake Mary HS), recorded a high-scoring vault for a second straight week, tallying a 9.950 to lead Denver to a 49.175 on the apparatus, its best event score at last week s quad meet. Martin s vault was her 18th-career vault of 9.900 or higher, her fifth of the season and her fourth-straight. She is currently No. 7 on the event this season with a 9.900 RQS. Other Gymnast of the Week Nominees: Boise State sophomore Kelsey Morris scored a 38.725 to place fourth in the all-around Sacramento State sophomore Kalliah McCartney claimed another all-around title with a 39.325 in a team win over UC Davis San Jose State junior Cassandra Harrison won the floor title with a 9.900 and placed second in the all-around Utah State sophomore Sarah Landes finished second in the all-around with a 39.075. Other Specialist of the Week Nominees: Boise State junior Kelsey Black tied her career best on bars with a 9.875 Sacramento State junior Kailey Hansen won the bars title with a 9.900 San Jose State junior Bekah Gher placed third on beam with a 9.800 Utah State freshman Kinzey Martinez tied for second on vault with a career-best 9.900. DENVER 13TH, BOISE STATE 27TH IN LATEST NATIONAL RANKINGS Denver was ranked No. 13 and Boise State is No. 27 in the latest GymInfo rankings (by average). DU s average improved to 195.990 this week, while Boise State s dropped to 195.195. On individual events, the Pioneers are No. 13 on vault ( 49.155), No. 13 on bars (49.005), No. 20 on beam (48.815) and No. 11 on floor (49.055). Boise State ranks No. 21 on vault (49.020), No. 14 on bars (48.970), No. 37 on beam (48.360) and No. 41 on floor (48.670). SOUTHERN UTAH TO HOST 2013 WAC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP This year s Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Championship will take place at Southern Utah s Centrum Arena in Cedar City, Utah on March 23. The event will begin at 6 p.m. (MT). For more information on the event, visit the WAC Championships page at www.wacsports.com. 2013 WAC GYMNAST OF THE WEEK Jan. 8... Moriah Martin, Jr., Denver Jan. 15...Kalliah McCartney, So., Sac St. Jan. 22...Kalliah McCartney, So., Sac St. Jan. 29...Kalliah McCartney, So., Sac St. Feb. 5... Jorie Hall, Jr., Denver Feb. 12... Moriah Martin, Jr., Denver 2013 WAC SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK Jan. 8...Nina McGee, So., Denver Jan. 15...Nina McGee, So., Denver Jan. 22... Kaitlin Moorhead, Jr., Denver Jan. 29...Rochelle Bernier, So., So. Utah Feb. 5... Moriah Martin, Jr., Denver Feb. 12...Amanda Otuafi, Jr., Boise State Sacramento State - Kim Hughes Phone...(916) 278-5361 Email... kwhughes@csus.edu San Jose State - Wayne Wright Phone...(408) 924-1390 Email... wwright@sjsu.edu Southern Utah - Scott Bauman Phone...(435) 586-7825 Email... bauman@suu.edu Utah State - Jeff Richards Phone...(435) 797-1494 Email...jeff.richards@usu.edu Feb. 19...Jamie Armijo, So., So. Utah Feb. 26...Nina McGee, So., Denver March 5... March 12... March 19... Feb. 19... Moriah Martin, Jr., Denver Feb. 26... Moriah Martin, Jr., Denver March 5... March 12... March 19... WAC Gymnastics Page 2
Boise State (8-2, 0-1 WAC) Jan. 18 Utah State Boise W, 194.875 Jan. 26 BYU Provo W, 194.700 Feb. 1 BYU Boise W, 196.325 Feb. 10 Southeast Missouri Boise W, 196.300 Feb. 15 Oklahoma, BYU, TWU Norman 2nd/4, 195.575 Feb. 23 *Denver, Utah State, Rutgers Denver 2nd/4, 194.525 March 1 *Southern Utah Boise 7:00 p.m. March 8 *San Jose St., UC Davis, Seattle-P San Jose 7:00 p.m. March 15 *Utah State Logan 7:00 p.m. 2013 WAC Gymnastics Schedule/s Denver (11-2, 4-0 WAC) Jan. 5 Penn State, Lindenwood Denver 1st/3, 194.700 Jan. 12 Air Force Denver W, 196.600 Jan. 18 Oklahoma Norman L, 195.850 Jan. 25 Arkansas Fayetteville L, 195.125 Feb. 2 NC State, *San Jose State, Air Force Denver 1st/4, 196.050 Feb. 8 *Southern Utah Cedar City W, 196.400 Feb. 16 Illinois Chicago Chicago W, 195.850 Feb. 23 *Utah State, *Boise State, Rutgers Denver 1st/4, 195.800 March 3 W. Virginia, Temple, George Wash. Morgantown 2:00 p.m. March 9 Arizona State, Illinois State Denver 6:00 p.m. March 11 Air Force USAFA 6:00 p.m. March 16 Michigan State Denver 6:00 p.m. Sacramento State (3-9, 1-1 WAC) Jan. 4 San Jose St., Stanford, UC Davis San Jose 4th/4, 191.100 Jan. 11 Seattle Pacific Sacramento W, 194.500 Jan. 18 Arizona State, *San Jose State Sacramento 2nd/3, 194.250 Jan. 25 San Jose State San Jose L, 193.050 Feb. 10 UCLA, Washington, UC Davis Los Angel. 4th/4, 193.925 Feb. 15 *Southern Utah Cedar City L, 195.250 Feb. 22 UC Davis Sacramento W, 194.725 March 1 *Utah State Sacramento 7:00 p.m. March 9 Oregon State, Washington Corvallis 7:00 p.m. March 15 UC Davis, Air Force Davis 7:00 p.m. March 17 Air Force Sacramento 2:00 p.m. San Jose State (8-9, 1-2 WAC) Jan. 4 Stanford, UC Davis, Sacramento St. San Jose 2nd/4, 192.875 Jan. 12 Arizona, Illinois, Stanford Tucson 4th/4, 192.550 Jan. 18 *Sacramento State, Arizona State Sacramento 3rd/3, 192.525 Jan. 25 Sacramento State San Jose W, 193.575 Feb. 2 *Denver, NC State, Air Force Denver 3rd/4, 193.425 Feb. 8 Seattle Pacific Seattle W, 193.625 Feb. 15 *Utah State, Brown San Jose 1st/3, 194.550 Feb. 18 California Berkely 2nd/3, 195.000 March 1 UC Davis Davis 7:00 p.m. March 8 *Boise State, UC Davis, Seattle Pac. San Jose 7:00 p.m. March 15 *Southern Utah, Iowa, Ball State Cedar City 7:00 p.m. Southern Utah (4-6, 2-1 WAC) Jan. 6 UCLA Los Angeles L, 194.875 Jan. 19 Utah, West Virginia, Oregon St. Salt Lake 4th/4, 191.050 Jan. 25 Utah State, Hamline Logan 1st/3, 194.025 Feb. 1 *Utah State Cedar City W, 195.425 Feb. 8 *Denver Cedar City L, 195.475 Feb. 15 *Sacramento State Cedar City W, 195.700 Feb. 23 BYU Provo L, 194.075 March 1 *Boise State Boise 7:00 p.m. March 8 BYU Cedar City 7:00 p.m. March 15 *San Jose State, Iowa, Ball State Cedar City 7:00 p.m. Utah State (3-8, 0-3 WAC) Jan. 12 BYU Provo L, 189.425 Jan. 18 Boise State Boise L, 191.250 Jan. 25 Southern Utah Logan 2nd/3, 192.875 Feb. 1 *Southern Utah Cedar City L, 194.200 Feb. 8 Air Force Logan W, 193.575 Feb. 15 *San Jose State, Brown San Jose 2nd/3, 193.225 Feb. 23 *Denver, Boise State, Rutgers Denver 4th/4, 192.150 March 1 *Sacramento State Sacramento 7:00 p.m. March 4 BYU Logan 7:00 p.m. March 15 *Boise State Logan 7:00 p.m. WAC Gymnastics Page 3
Boise State Broncos (8-2, 0-1 WAC) BSU returns home for its final home meet of the season on March 1, competing against Southern Utah... Boise State dropped from 16 to 27 this past week in the national rankings... Boise State still holds a season-best of 196.325 which they scored against BYU on Feb. 1... Kelsey Black tied her career-best score on bars, 9.875, to place second at the Denver Winterfest meet on Feb. 23... Kelsey Morris competed in just her second all-around of the season, scoring a 38.725 to place fourth. Denver Pioneers (11-2, 4-0 WAC) The Pioneers clinched their first regular season conference title last Saturday with wins over Utah State and Boise State... Denver is currently No. 13 in the nation with a RQS of 195.990... DU will return to the road for a rare Sunday meet, as the Pioneers travel to No. 16 West Virginia... Denver had nine scores of 9.800 or higher... on individual events, Denver ranks No. 13 on vault (49.155), No. 13 on bars (49.005), No. 20 on beam (48.815) and No. 11 on floor (49.055). 2013 WAC Team Notes San Jose State Spartans (8-9, 1-2 WAC) Against California and Brown, Cassandra Harrison won the floor and earned her second 9.900 in four days against California and Brown... she also placed second on vault with a 9.850 (a career-high) and in the all-around with a 39.100... Bekah Gher placed third on beam with a 9.800 after she won the beam against Utah State and Brown three days earlier with a season-high 9.850. Southern Utah Thunderbirds (4-6, 2-1 WAC) Southern Utah opened the meet at Brigham Young University on Saturday afternoon going 21-for-21 on routines, but suffered three falls to end the meet to score a 194.075... the Cougars closed out the meet with one of their best team scores on floor (48.900) to take the victory with a 195.800... Michaela Chernoch led the way for the T-Birds on vault with a career-best 9.825 to tie for the individual title... Chernoch also won the floor title with a 9.875. Sacramento State Hornets (3-9, 1-1 WAC) Sacramento State continues its run of home meets when it faces Utah State on Friday... the Hornets jumped two spots in the national rankings and are now 40th... senior Cayla Beutler tied for first on floor against UC Davis... Kalliah Mc- Cartney claimed another victory in the all-around, scoring 39.325 in the victory over UC Davis... she tied her career high to win bars (9.825) and tied for first on floor (9.825)... competing in just her third meet of the year, Kailey Hansen finished first on bars with a 9.900. Utah State Aggies (3-8, 0-3 WAC) A short-handed Utah State team took on three competitors in a quad-meet at WAC rival Denver, finishing fourth with a score of 192.150... Utah State scored a 46.600 on beam, 48.150 on floor, 48.800 on vault and 48.600 on bars... Paige Jones and Sarah Landes participated in the all-around competition... Landes finished second with a 39.075 while Jones finished sixth with a 38.425... Kinzey Martinez had a solid outing as she finished tied for second on vault with a career-high 9.900. 2013 National Rankings by Regional Qualifying Score - February 25 Rk. School RQS High Score 1 Oklahoma 197.410 198.375 2 Florida 197.280 198.100 3 Michigan 196.975 197.375 4 Alabama 196.810 197.650 5 L.S.U. 196.770 197.275 6 UCLA 196.720 197.425 7 Georgia 196.595 197.500 8 Utah 196.375 197.300 9 Oregon State 196.370 196.925 10 Nebraska 196.365 197.175 11 Auburn 196.270 197.175 12 Stanford 196.235 197.275 13 Denver 195.990 196.600 14 Minnesota 195.775 196.800 15 Arizona 195.640 196.075 16 West Virginia 195.560 196.550 17 Washington 195.520 196.025 18 Ohio State 195.495 196.300 19 Illinois 195.480 196.350 - Kent State 195.480 196.050 21 Kentucky 195.445 196.075 22 Penn State 195.415 196.700 23 Maryland 195.340 196.175 24 Iowa 195.265 195.875 25 Arkansas 195.260 197.100 Others WAC Teams 27 Boise State 195.195 196.325 30 Southern Utah 194.785 195.700 40 Sacramento St. 194.090 195.250 43 San Jose State 193.610 195.000 53 Utah State 192.615 194.200 GymInfo - Women s Regional Ranking for: Team Total - February 25 by Regional Qualifying Score West Rank Team RQS High 1 UCLA 196.720 197.425 2 Oregon State 196.370 196.925 3 Stanford 196.235 197.275 4 Washington 195.520 196.025 5 Boise State 195.195 196.325 6 California 194.530 195.925 7 Sacramento St. 194.090 195.250 8 UC Davis 193.720 194.675 9 San Jose State 193.610 195.000 10 Seattle Pacific 191.600 192.225 North Central Rank Team RQS High 1 Utah 196.375 197.300 2 Denver 195.990 196.600 3 Minnesota 195.775 196.800 4 Iowa 195.265 195.875 5 Southern Utah 194.785 195.700 6 Iowa State 194.715 195.550 7 BYU 194.670 195.800 8 Utah State 192.615 194.200 9 Air Force 191.980 193.225 10 Wisconsin-WW 185.255 190.075 Bold = WAC Schools Bold = WAC Schools WAC Gymnastics Page 4
2013 WAC Gymnastics Superlatives Through Feb. 27 INDIVIDUAL (top 10) ALL-AROUND Athlete Moriah Martin Denver 39.375 2/8 Kalliah McCartney Sacramento State 39.350 1/25 Jamie Armijo Southern Utah 39.275 2/15 Sarah Landes Utah State 39.200 2/1 Caitlin Mann Boise State 39.200 2/1, 2/15 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah 39.200 2/15 Cassandra Harrison San Jose State 39.200 2/15 Melodie Pulgarin-Linero Denver 39.125 2/2 Caitlin Kennedy Southern Utah 39.125 2/15 Paige Jones Utah State 39.100 2/1 VAULT Athlete Moriah Martin Denver 9.975 2/16 Rochelle Bernier Southern Utah 9.900 1/25 Amanda Otuafi Boise State 9.900 2/1 Kaitlin Moorhead Denver 9.900 2/2, 2/23 Kinzey Martinez Utah State 9.900 2/23 Kelsey Black Boise State 9.875 2/10 Ciera Perkins Boise State 9.875 2/10 Brittany Potvin-Green Boise State 9.875 2/10 Sarah Landes Utah State 9.875 2/15 Melodie Pulgarin-Linero Denver 9.850 1/18, 2/16 Caitlin Mann Boise State 9.850 1/26, 2/23 Simona Castro Denver 9.850 2/8 Paige Jones Utah State 9.850 2/8 Cassandra Harrison San Jose State 9.850 2/18 Kalliah McCartney Sacramento State 9.850 2/15 UNEVEN BARS Athlete Moriah Martin Denver 9.925 1/12 Nina McGee Denver 9.900 1/5, 2/23 Nicole Meiller Sacramento State 9.900 1/11 Ciera Perkins Boise State 9.900 2/15 Rochelle Bernier Southern Utah 9.875 2/1 Erin Wippermann Boise State 9.875 2/1 Kelsey Morris Boise State 9.875 2/15 Caitlin Mann Boise State 9.875 2/15 Michaela Chernoch Southern Utah 9.875 2/15 Brianna Springer Denver 9.875 2/16 Kinzey Martinez Utah State 9.875 2/15 Kelsey Black Boise State 9.875 2/23 BALANCE BEAM Athlete Nina McGee Denver 9.900 2/23 Kailey Hansen Sacramento State 9.900 2/22 Alyssa Click Southern Utah 9.875 1/6 Caitlin Mann Boise State 9.875 2/1 Jorie Hall Denver 9.875 2/2, 2/23 Stefanie Daley Utah State 9.875 2/8 Kalliah McCartney Sacramento State 9.875 2/22 Melodie Pulgarin Linero Denver 9.850 1/12 Caitlin Kennedy Southern Utah 9.850 2/1, 2/23 Brittany Potvin-Green Boise State 9.850 2/1 Ellese Sakai-Hart Denver 9.850 2/8 Bekah Gher San Jose State 9.850 2/15 FLOOR EXERCISE Athlete Nina McGee Denver 9.950 1/12 Kelsey Black Boise State 9.925 2/10 Amanda Otuafi Boise State 9.925 2/10 Moriah Martin Denver 9.900 1/12 Kaitlin Moorhead Denver 9.900 1/12 Kalliah McCartney Sacramento State 9.900 1/25 Jorie Hall Denver 9.900 2/2 Brittany Potvin-Green Boise State 9.900 2/10 Maddie Krentz Boise State 9.900 2/10 Cassandra Harrison San Jose State 9.900 2/15 TEAM TEAM TOTAL Denver 196.600 1/12 Boise State 196.325 2/1 Southern Utah 195.700 2/15 San Jose State 195.500 2/18 Sacramento State 195.250 2/15 Utah State 194.200 2/1 VAULT Denver 49.225 1/18, 2/2, 2/16 Boise State 49.325 2/10 Utah State 48.950 1/25 Southern Utah 48.925 1/25, 2/15 Sacramento State 48.875 2/15 San Jose State 48.825 2/2 UNEVEN BARS Denver 49.275 1/12 Boise State 49.350 2/15 Southern Utah 49.050 2/15 San Jose State 48.850 1/25 Sacramento State 48.825 2/10 Utah State 48.625 1/25, 2/15 BALANCE BEAM Denver 49.050 2/1 Boise State 49.025 2/1 San Jose State 48.925 2/15 Southern Utah 48.875 1/6 Sacramento State 48.600 2/15 Utah State 48.550 1/18 FLOOR EXERCISE Boise State 49.500 2/10 Denver 49.400 1/1 San Jose State 49.100 2/15 Southern Utah 48.975 2/15 Sacramento State 48.975 2/15 Utah State 48.825 2/1 WAC Gymnastics Page 5