Thursday, April 22, 2010

“Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison” plus 2 more

“Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison” plus 2 more


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Mini-camps beckon for summer sports, gymnastics, dance in Madison

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:51 AM PDT



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Stanford women in NCAA gymnastics final

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:29 PM PDT

The Stanford women's gymnastics team finished third in the second session of the NCAA championship preliminaries to advance into its fifth Super Six, recording a team score of 196.300 Thursday in Gainesville, Fla.

Alabama (196.850) and host Florida (196.775) also qualified for Friday's team finals. UCLA, Utah and Oklahoma were the top three teams from the first session.

Carly Janiga finished second in the all-around competition with a score of 39.525, .025 points away from first place. She tied for first on the parallel bars with a 9.900, was third on the balance beam at 9.875, ninth on floor and 10th on the vault.

"Super Six is awesome because there's nothing left to qualify for," Janiga said. "It's just all out on the last day of the year."

Shelley Alexander scored 39.100 in the all-around competition to finish 13th in the competition.

Blair Ryland recorded a career high 9.925 to finish second on the vault.

Women's golf
Stanford freshmen Sally Watson and Kristina Wong, and junior Rebecca Durham, earned spots on the All-Pac-10 Women's Golf Team announced Thursday.

Watson and Durham were named to the second team while Wong earned honorable mention. The three players combined for eight top-10 finishes during the regular season.

Watson, who leads the team in stroke average, had four top-10 finishes on the year, highlighted by a share of the individual title at the Peg Barnard Invitational in February.

Durham fired three rounds under par on the year, highlighted by a two-under round of 70 during the first round of the Bruin-Wave Invitational. She enjoyed one top-10 finish, placing third at the Peg Barnard Invitational.

Wong, who ranks second on the team in stroke average, recorded three top-10 finishes on the year, highlighted by a fifth place showing at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational. She also was Stanford's top finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, tying for 16th.

Women's tennis
Stanford's Hilary Barte won twice on the first day of the Pac-10 individual championships Thursday at Ojai Valley Country Club.

Barte downed Washington's Lina Xu, 6-1, 6-2, in the first round and then topped Washington State's Luda Vasilieva, 6-0, 6-1, to reach Friday's quarterfinals.

Carolyn McVeigh, Lindsay Burdette and Mallory Burdette each won first round matches before dropping matches in the second round.

Stacey Tan also won her first round match while Veronica Li lost in the first round.

In the invitational tournament, Natalie Dillon, Jennifer Yen and Logan Hansen each lost their first round match.

Men's tennis
Ryan Thatcher won twice on the first day of the Pac-10 individual championships Thursday at Ojai Valley Country Club.

Thacher dispatched Oregon's Rick Mortera, 6-1, 6-3, in the first round and bettered Washington's Martin Kildahl, 6-3, 6-2, in the Round of 16. He'll face UCLA's Nick Meister on Friday.

Alex Clayton and Richard Wire each split their first two matches, while Denis Lin and Greg Hirshman fell in the first round.

Bradley Klahn also won his first-round match, a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Nico Bjerke.

Walker Kehrer and Matt Kandath each reached the quarterfinals of the Invitational tournament.

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Utes gymnastics advance to Super Six

Posted: 22 Apr 2010 02:07 PM PDT

GAINESVILLE, Flor. (ABC4 Sports) - The Utes gymnastics team turned in a score of 196.625 and finished second behind UCLA in the afternoon session at the NCAA championships in Gainesville. UCLA, Utah and Oklahoma will all advance to the Super Six championship tomorrow night.

Senior Daria Bijak finished 3rd in the all-around competition with a score of 39.425, while Jamie Deetscreek tied for first place on the beam with a score of 9.90. Deetscreek was the Utes second best all-around performer with a score of 39.300.

Utah has won 10 national titles, but none since 1995. This is the Utes 16th appearance in the Super Six since the format was put into place back in 1993.

Florida, Alabama, Stanford, Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan will compete in the evening session tonight. The top three teams will join the Utes, Bruins and Sooners in the Super Six.

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