Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Ute Gymnasts Picked No. 2 in Preseason Poll
11/21/2008 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
Nov. 21, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY -
The Utah gymnastics team is ranked No. 2 in the preseason coaches' poll, released today. The NCAA runner-up for the past three years, Utah received 770 points and two first-place votes, while No. 1 ranked Georgia claimed 814 points and 26 first-place votes.
The rest of the top six includes Florida (742), UCLA (699), Stanford (676) and Alabama (634). The Bruins received four first-place votes and Michigan, which was ranked No. 8, got one.
Utah, which will hold its annual Red Rocks Preview on Dec. 12, will meet five of the teams ranked in the preseason top 10. Utah's season-opener is against No. 4 UCLA on Jan. 9, followed by a trip to No. 1 Georgia on Jan. 19. Utah competes at No. 9 Oregon State on Jan. 30, and hosts No. 8 Michigan on Feb. 20 and No. 3 Florida on March 13.
Other teams on Utah's home schedule are Washington (Jan. 23), a tri-meet with Brigham Young, Southern Utah and Texas Woman's on Feb. 6 and No. 24 Arizona State on Mar. 6.
The 2009 Utes return five All-Americans, including seven-time All-American Kristina Baskett. Now a senior, Baskett was the NCAA uneven bar champion in 2006 and placed second on the vault and third in the all-around at last April's NCAA Championships. Another headliner is three-time All-America junior Daria Bijak, who competed for the German Olympic team this past summer in Beijing.
2009 Preseason Gymnastics Rankings
1. Georgia 814 (26)2. Utah 770 (2)3. Florida 7424. UCLA 699 (4)5. Stanford 6766. Alabama 6407. LSU 6348. Michigan 579 (1)9. Oregon State 52610. Oklahoma 52511. Nebraska 48712. Arkansas 46713. Penn State 38214. Denver 37015. Auburn 32316. Illinois 23017. Michigan State 22818. Arizona 21819. Boise State 216 Missouri 21621. Ohio State 16522. Minnesota 13523. West Virginia 10624. Arizona State 9525. Kentucky 84
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