LOS ANGELES, Calif., (April 7, 2001) -- In a regional meet that came down to the last event to decide the second team to qualify for Nationals, Oregon State scored a 48.750 On vault to pass the Cougars for the final qualifying spot and second place in the West Region at UCLA with a 194.075 To BYU's 193.050. The No. 1 UCLA Bruins scored a 197.775 to easily take first place.
The Cougars started off the meet with a rough outing on the bars, scoring a 47.175, their lowest score of the season, and only sub-48 bars score this year. BYU had two falls in the rotation, not counting an 8.900 by Brooke Craig, but counting a 9125 by Lindsay Lines. Kelly Parkinson scored the team-high with a 9.700. UCLA scored a 49.500 on the floor to lead the first rotation, California scored a 48.200 on the vault and Cal State Fullerton scored a 46.500 on the beam.
BYU moved to beam in the second rotation, with Kim Little scoring a team-high 9.875. Without counting a fall, the Cougars fared better on beam, scoring a 48.525. After two rotations, BYU had a 95.700, behind UCLA's 98.975.
After a bye in the third rotation, the Cougars were in fourth place with a 95.700 after two events, behind UCLA, Oregon State and Boise State. BYU moved to the floor in the fourth rotation, where they scored a 48.850. Despite a music glitch to begin her floor routine, Little scored a 9.800 and Parkinson scored a 9.900 to lead all BYU floor scores.
In the fifth rotation, the final event for the Cougars, BYU moved to vault. Parkinson again led all BYU scores with a 9.875, while Angie Hickman scored a 9.850 and Little scored a 9.775.
But, with a bye in the sixth rotation, BYU could only watch as Oregon State hit every vault to score the 48.750 and move into second place.
In the all-around, Parkinson scored a 39.225 and Little scored a 38.825. UCLA's Mohini Bhardwaj won the all-around with a 39.775, and fellow Bruins Yvonne Tousek and Onnie Willis scored a 39.600 and a 39.500 respectively.
With the top two finishes, both UCLA and Oregon State advance to Nationals to be held at the University of Georgia on Saturday, April 21. Other schools qualifying from all six regions include Stanford and Michigan from the Northeast Region, Alabama and Arizona State from the Central Region, Utah and Denver from the North Central Region and Nebraska and Oklahoma from the South Central Region.
TEAM RESULTSVault Bars Beam Floor TOTAL
BYU: 48.500 47.175 48.535 48.850 193.050
UCLA: 49.475 49.400 49.400 49.500 197.775
Oregon State: 48.750 48.650 49.000 47.675 194.075
California: 48.200 47.175 48.150 48.650 192.175
Boise State: 48.550 46.625 47.225 48.200 190.600
CS Fullerton: 48.575 47.250 46.500 47.475 189.800
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
BYU
Vault: 48.500
Jeni Lopez 9.050
Kari Dye 9.275
Brogan Jacobsen 9.725
Kim Little 9.775
Angie Hickman 9.850
Kelly Parkinson 9.875
Bars: 47.175
Jeni Lopez 9.550
Brooke Craig 8.800
Brogan Jacobsen 9.475
Lindsay Lines 8.950
Kim Little 9.500
Kelly Parkinson 9.700
Beam: 48.535
Brooke Craig 9.600
Karen Froerer 9.600
Kim Little 9.875
Lindsay Lines 9.200
Kari Dye 9.675
Kelly Parkinson 9.775
Floor: 48.850
C. Cosgrave 9.775
Angie Hickman 9.150
Kari Dye 9.550
Jeni Lopez 9.825
Kim Little 9.800
Kelly Parkinson 9.900
All-around
Kelly Parkinson 39.225
Kim Little 38.825
As the No. 11 team in the country, the BYU gymnastics team has been selected to compete in the regional tournament at No. 1 UCLA on April 7.
The Bruins will be the No. 1 seed in the region with BYU at No. 2 and Oregon State at No. 3. California will be the No. 2 seed, Boise State will be No. 5 and Cal State Fullerton will be No. 6. San Jose State will be an alternate.
With two new school records in the last two weeks, the Cougars will be going into the meet with some confidence.
"We should be pretty confident," said BYU coach Brad Cattermole. "What they can't do is get too carried away with getting high scores. They just have too concentrate on hitting their routines and the scores will come."
The top two finishers in each region will advance to nationals on April 21 in Athens, Georgia.
TWICE
Previous to this season, the Cougars had never surpassed the 197 mark and had only scored over a 196 three times. This season, they have scored over 197 in the final two meets and scored over a 196 in five different meets this year. Last week against Utah, BYU scored a 197.375 to set anew school record for the third time this year.
The Cougars, at 10-5 on the season, lost to the Utes as Utah also had a record night. The Utes tied the school record with a 197.925, including a 49.800 on the floor.
LITTLE SENIOR
Kim Little is the only senior on this year's team. Little has been raising the standard for BYU gymnastics ever 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. Against Utah, Little set a career high in the all-around with a 39.475.
RECORD-SETTING SEASON
This season has been a record-setting season for the Cougars. The Cougars have set school records three different times, once against Missouri with a 196.900 and then against Utah State with a 197.325 and finally against Utah with a 197.375.
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. Then they broke that record again with a 49.175 against Utah.
On the bars, BYU scored a 49.475 against Missouri to break the old record of 49.300, set in 1999 against Southern Utah.
Against Utah State in Provo, the Cougars scored a 49.275 on the beam, breaking the old record of 49.150, set in 1993 against Utah State. Against Utah, the Cougars tied that record.
And, on the floor, the Cougars have set the record four times this season, scoring a 49.525 against Missouri and at Utah State, then breaking that record with a 49.575 against Utah State in Provo and again with a 49.625 against Utah. Kim Little also set a new school record on the floor with a 9.975 against Utah State.
BYU's Kelly Parkinson has set or tied a new school record in the all-around competition three times with a 39.550 against Southern Utah, tying her old record, then breaking her old record with a 39.625 against Utah State and then scoring another 39.625 against Utah.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Cougars moved up from No. 12 to No. 11 in the rankings after last week's performance. Naturally, the Cougars would be seeded with the No. 2 team, Georgia, and Florida would go to UCLA. But, both Florida and UCLA were chosen as host schools earlier this year so the Cougars traded spots with Florida and are going to UCLA. Florida will be hosting, with Georgia as the No. 1 seed.
Unlike last year, three teams will be 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.
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. In the last three meets, Parkinson has scored a 39.625 twice, breaking the old school record she set earlier this year of 39.550. Last week she broke the record again with a 39.675. Parkinson 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 competed in the last five meets, setting a career-high of 39.475 against Utah in the last meet of the season.
West RegionApril 7 at Los Angeles,California (University of California, Los Angeles)
1. UCLA
2. Brigham Young
3. Oregon State
4. California
5. Boise State
6. Cal State Fullerton
Alt. - San Jose State
North Central Region
April 7 at Salt Lake City, Utah (University of Utah)
1. Utah
2. Iowa State
3. West Virginia
4. Denver
5. Utah State
6. Air Force
Alt. - Southern Utah
South Central Region
April 7 at Lincoln, Nebraska (University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
1. Nebraska
2. Penn State
3. Washington
4. Oklahoma
5. Arizona
6. Illinois State
Alt. - Illinois-Chicago
Central Region
April 7 at Tuscaloosa, Alabama (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
1. Alabama
2. Arizona State
3. Minnesota
4. Kent State
5. Ohio State
6. Kentucky
Alt. - Michigan State
Northeast Region
April 7 at Ann Arbor, Michigan (University of Michigan)
1. Stanford
2. Michigan
3. LSU
4. New Hampshire
5. Massachusetts
6. Rhode Island
Alt. - Pittsburgh
Southeast Region
April 7 at Gainesville, Florida (University of Florida)
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Iowa
4. Maryland
5. George Washington
6. North Carolina State
Alt. - Towson
