Completed Event: Gymnastics versus NCAA Championship Final on April 19, 2025 , , 4th of 4 (197.2375)
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Gymnastics
4th of 4 (197.2375)
vs NCAA Championship Final
Ute Gymnasts Prepare for NCAA Championships
4/7/2009 12:00 AM | Gymnastics
April 7, 2009
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THE MEET
Utah (17-1) will compete at the 2009 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships in Lincoln, Neb.., April 16-18. The Utes will compete in the evening session (7 p.m. CDT) along with Alabama, Oregon State, UCLA, Arkansas and Illinois. In the afternoon session (1 p.m. CDT) are Georgia, LSU, Florida, Oklahoma, Stanford and Penn State. The top three teams from each preliminary session will advance to the Super Six on Friday, April 17. The all-around champion will be determined on the first day of competition, while individual event championships are scheduled for Saturday, April 18. Live scoring will be available at NCAA.com. There is no live TV coverage. CBS will broadcast delayed coverage of the meet on May 9 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.CHAMPION OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Utah is making a record 28th-straight NCAA Championship appearance and has finished in the top two 16 times, including nine NCAA Championships and seven runner-up finishes. Utah is the only program to qualify for every NCAA Championship. The Utes, who are competing at their 34th-consecutive national championship dating back to the AIAW years, has 10 total national titles: 1981 (AIAW), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995.QUICK STICKS
Utah has been the NCAA runner-up for the past three years, placing second to Georgia in 2006, 2007 and 2008... Utah is 8-1 against ranked teams this year, with wins over (then) No. 4 UCLA, No. 5 Florida, No. 11 Oregon State, No. 11 Auburn, No. 12 Nebraska, No. 14 Illinois, No. 15 Michigan and No. 19 Boise State. Utah's loss was to Georgia, ranked fourth at the time ... Utah's season-high score of 197.80, set at Brigham Young on Mar. 20, is the second-best score in the nation this year. It is the ninth-best score in school history and the best since 2005 ... Utah's 197.675 score at the 2009 NCAA West Region Championships is the best regional score in school history ... The 2009 Utes set an NCAA season attendance record by averaging 13,861 fans to their home meets this season--a figure that included two 15,000-plus crowds. For more, see Full House ... This year's meet marks the fourth time the NCAA Championships have been held at a neutral site. Here's how Utah fared at past neutral site championships: 1992 at Minnesota (1st), 2000 at Boise State (2nd), 2005 at Auburn (3rd).ALL-AMERICA UTES
Utah boasts five All-Americans on its team--four of whom are expected to play key roles in the upcoming championships (2007 first-team floor exercise All-American Beth Rizzo is out with an ankle injury). Senior Kristina Baskett, a seven-time All-American, was the 2006 NCAA co-champion on the uneven bars as a freshman. Other top finishes for Baskett include a silver medal on the vault and a bronze in the all-around at the 2008 NCAA Championships. Junior Daria Bijak is a three-time All-American, junior Annie DiLuzio was the NCAA vault runner-up as a freshman in 2007 and Kyndal Robarts won first-team All-America honors on the vault last year. For a complete listing of Utah's current All-Americans and their awards, please see the sidebar on page 2.A NUMBER ONE HIT
Junior Jamie Deetscreek has tied the school record for most consecutive routines without a fall. Deetscreek has completed 63 straight "hit" routines since Feb. 16, 2008, when she fell off the beam at Washington. She now shares the school mark set by Suzanne Metz back in 1994-95. Deetscreek is also hot on Metz' heels for the NCAA record for consecutive "hit" routines in a season: Metz was a perfect 56-56 in 1995, while Deetscreek is 48-48 in 2009. Utah must make it out of the NCAA preliminaries on Apr. 16 for Deetscreek to have a shot at Metz' single-season mark.UTE NOTES
Freshman Stephanie McAllister will be Utah's first competitor at the NCAA Championships, leading Utah off on the bars ... Utah went 24-24 at regionals, marking the fourth time this season the Utes have gone an entire meet without a fall. Utah has counted a fall in two meets (on floor vs. UCLA on Jan. 9 and on beam in a Feb. 6 quad meet) ... The Utes have "hit" 273-288 routines for a 95% success rate ... Utah received its best regional score ever (197.675) without the services of the nation's No. 6 ranked all-arounder. Nina Kim fell ill while Utah was in Seattle for the NCAA West Region Championship and could not compete. Two of her replacements--sophomore Jacquelyn Johnson (9.825) and McAllister (9.80)--competed for the first time of their Ute careers on bars and beam, respectively, at regionals ... Kristina Baskett and Jamie Deetscreek have gone all-around in all 12 meets ... Ute individual winners are Baskett (32), Kim (11), Annie DiLuzio (8), Daria Bijak (4), Deetscreek (3), Gael Mackie (2) and Kyndal Robarts (2) ... Baskett leads Utah with 31 scores of 9.90 or better (11 on bars, 10 on vault, 5 on beam, 5 on floor). Other 9.90 leaders are Kim with 14 (6 on beam, 5 on vault, 2 on floor, 1 on bars) and Bijak with 11 (4 on bars, 4 on floor, 2 on beam, 1 on vault) ... The most consistent Utes are Deetscreek (48-48), Kim (41-42) and McAllister (25-26) ... Ute assistant coach Jeff Graba was named the 2009 West Region Assistant Coach of the Year.THIS 'N THAT
Utah advanced to the 2009 NCAA Championships by placing first at the NCAA West Region Championship in Seattle. It was Utah's 23rd regional title in 28 years of NCAA competition ... Utah finished the regular season with a No. 2 national ranking, based on a 197.190 regional qualifying score (RQS) ... Utah's high score was a 197.800 on Mar. 20 at BYU ... Utah was been ranked in the top three all season, including three weeks at No. 1, eight weeks at No. 2 and one week at No. 3.Players Mentioned
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