SALT LAKE -- In what has become familiar territory, the Cougars set a new school record for the second week in a row, scoring a 197.375 in front of 10,897 fans at the Huntsman Center on Friday night. Utah tied a school record with a 197.925 to secure the victory.

BYU set or tied five school records, including new team highs on the vault and the beam to lead them to the new team record. In the all-around, Kelly Parkinson tied the school record she set last week with a 39.625. Kim Little scored her career-high in the all-around with a 39.475.

"That was a good meet," said BYU coach Brad Cattermole. "We did really well. We went through a slump a few weeks ago where we tried too hard to get the big scores rather than just performing and letting the scores fall as they may. The last two meets we have just gone out and competed and not worried about the scores."

The Cougars started the last meet of the 2001 regular season by scoring a 49.300 on the bars, the fourth-best of the season and fifth-best of all-time. Kelly Parkinson scored the highest for the Cougars with a 9.900.

The Cougars set a new school record on the vault for the second time this season, scoring a 49.175. They broke the record of 49.100 that was set earlier this season at Southern Utah. Parkinson set a career high with a 9.950 to lead the Cougars.

"It was a great meet," said Cattermole. "We love to come here and compete. This is almost like a home meet. These people appreciate good gymnastics. We enjoy it."

In the third rotation, the Cougars and the Utes traded scores. The final five scores for each team were identical, including three 9.950s to finish the rotation for each school. Both teams scored a 49.625, which broke the school record, a 49.575 the Cougars set just a week ago.

In the final rotation, with Utah leading by 0.025 points, BYU again set a new school record with a 49.275, but Utah scored an incredible 49.800 on the floor, including a perfect 10 by Shannon Bowles to take the victory.

RESULTS:
BYU                  197.375*        Utah                197.925*
Vault               49.175*                               49.400
Jeni Lopez           9.775**         Lindsay Tanner        9.675
Trisha Driggs        9.700           Theresa Wolf          9.775
Brogan Jacobsen      9.750           Shannon Bowles        9.850	
Kim Little           9.825           Melissa Vituj         9.900**
Angie Hickman        9.875           Kylee Wagner          9.925**
Kelly Parkinson      9.950**         Veronique Leclerc     9.950
Bars                49.300                                49.100	
Jeni Lopez           9.825           Tacia LaBatte         9.875
Brooke Craig         9.850           Veronique Leclerc     9.900
Brogan Jacobsen      9.325           Theresa Wolf          9.950**
Lindsay Lines        9.850           Shannon Bowles        9.050	
Kim Little           9.875           Deidra Graham         9.425
Kelly Parkinson      9.900           Theresa Kulikowski    9.950
Beam                49.275*                               49.625
Brooke Craig         9.800           Kylee Wagner          9.875**
Karen Froerer        9.875**         Veronique Leclerc     9.875
Kim Little           9.825           Melissa Vituj         9.900
Lindsay Lines        9.875**         Theresa Wolf          9.950**
Kari Dye             9.875           Theresa Kulikowski    9.950
Kelly Parkinson      9.825           Shannon Bowles        9.950
Floor               49.625*                               49.800*
Candace Cosgrave     9.850           Lindsay Tanner        9.775	
Angie Hickman        9.875**         Veronique Leclerc     9.950**
Kari Dye             9.900           Melissa Vituj         9.950**
Jeni Lopez           9.950**         Kylee Wagner          9.950
Kim Little           9.950           Shannon Bowles       10.000*
Kelly Parkinson      9.950**         Theresa Wolf          9.950
All-Around:
Kelly Parkinson     39.625*          Veronique Leclerc     39.675**
Kim Little          39.475**         Theresa Wolf          39.625**
                                     Shannon Bowles        38.850
* School record
** Career high

FIRST TIME

After scoring above a 197 for the first time in school history and breaking the school record for the second time this season, the BYU gymnastics team will finish the regular season on Friday when they travel to Salt Lake to meet the University of Utah in the Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep Showdown.

The Cougars, at 10-4 on the season, met the Utes earlier this season, recording a then season-high 196.025 in the Marriott Center. Utah scored a 197.225 to take the victory.

RECORD-SETTING SEASON

This season has been a record-setting season for the Cougars. They have set school records twice, once against Missouri with a 196.900 and then last week with a 197.325.

The Cougars have also set new team records on every event. They broke the previous vault record of 49.025, set in 1998, with a 49.100 against Missouri and Utah State.

On the bars, BYU scored a 49.475 against Missouri to break the old record of 49.300, set in 1999 against Southern Utah.

Last week the Cougars scored a 49.275 on the beam, breaking the old record of 49.150, set in 1993 against Utah State.

And, on the floor, the Cougars have set the record three times this season, scoring a 49.525 against Missouri and at Utah State, then breaking that record with a 49.575 last week. Kim Little also set a new school record on the floor with a 9.975 against Utah State last week.

BYU's Kelly Parkinson also set a new school record in the all-around competition with a 39.625, breaking her old school record of 39.550.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

The Cougars moved up from No. 18 to No. 12 in the rankings after last week's performance. Utah dropped from No. 2 to No. 5 in the rankings. Parkinson is ranked No. 5 in the all-around with a regional qualifying score of 39.430, while Utah's Theresa Wolf is No. 4 with a 39.465. Utah is the best team in the nation on the balance beam with a 49.370 average.

LITTLE SENIOR

Last week was the last home meet for Senior Kim Little. Little has been raising the standard for BYU gymnastics since she arrived as a freshman in 1998.

Fittingly, in her last home meet, she broke the school record on the floor routine with a 9.975, a record she had previously tied with a 9.950. Little is the only senior on this year's team.

REGIONALS

The regional seedings will be announced on Monday, March 26. The teams will be divided into six regions, with six teams in each region.

Unlike last year, there will be three teams seeded to each region instead of only two. The three seeded teams will be placed in one of the six regions in the country. The three non-seeded teams in each region will be teams from that specific region. The top two teams in each region will advance to nationals held in Athens, Georgia on April 21.

TELEVISION

The meet will betelevised live on KJZZ. Former Ute NCAA Champion and 1988 U.S. Olympian Missy Marlowe will provide the color commentary and Steve Brown will call the play-by-play. This will be BYU's fourth meet of the year to be televised. Meets against Iowa State, Utah and Utah State in Provo were all on KBYU-TV and BYU-TV.

ALL--AROUND

Parkinson has participated in the all-around in every meet this year except at Utah State, where she only competed in the bars and beam, due to a sore back. Last week Parkinson set a new school record with a 39.625 and ranks No. 5 nationally.

Jeni Lopez and Kim Little have also competed in the all-around. Lopez competed in the first three meets with a high of 38.200 against Air Force and Little has competed in the last four meets with a high of 39.000 against Utah State.