University of Georgia Athletics
Team Information & Notes
April 26, 2008 | Gymnastics
FLORIDA
Florida started the Super Six competition on the uneven bars. It was the second time in UF’s seven Super Six appearances the team has started on bars. The first was at the 1997 NCAA Championships in Gainesville, Fla.
Florida came off of bye to start on bars at the 2004 NCAA Super Six in Los Angeles, Calif.
Senior Ashley Reed, in her final vault performance of her Gator career, matched her collegiate-best of 9.95. She has earned that mark in four of her last six vault performances, including using that score to win a
share of the 2008 Southeastern Conference vault title and take the NCAA Southeast Region crown.
Amanda Castillo led the UF floor set tonight with her second consecutive 9.925. She has earned a floor mark of 9.90 in nine of her 13 performances this season, which includes winning a share of the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Southeast Region titles.
Florida equals its finish of 2006 by taking fourth place. Since Rhonda Faehn took over the UF program for the 2003 season, Florida has turned in the following finishes: 3rd (2007), 4th (2006, 2008), 5th (2004), 7th (2003, 2005).
GEORGIA
Georgia’s 2008 NCAA title was its fourth in a row and ninth in program history, now tied for the most with Utah. Georgia is also the only team to win four straight since Utah won five from 1982-86.
This is the fourth time NCAAs have been held in Athens and Georgia’s second time winning at home. They won in 1989 and 2008, finished second in 2001 and fifth in 1995.
This is the 10th time in NCAA women’s gymnastics a team has won the national title at home.
Georgia now has won 23 of its last 32 NCAA meets. In the four championships years from 2005-08, they finished first at all eight sessions -- prelims and finals.
Georgia concludes the year with a 31-2 record, winning all three postseason titles SECs, Regionals and NCAAs.
This is the eighth time the SEC Champion has gone on to win NCAAs and the seventh time it has been Georgia.
Head coach Suzanne Yoculan entered tonight’s contest with a 799-166-7 career record and posted her 800th victory in the Super Six. Her record now stands at 804-166-7 with nine NCAA titles, 16 SEC titles and 20 NCAA Regional titles. Her teams have placed in the nation’s top 3 in 20 of the last 22 years.
Georgia opened tonight’s competition on floor, the same rotation it used to win the SEC Championship. The 49.475 in the Super Six was the highest of the four postseason meets.
Freshman Cassidy McComb scored a 9.900 on all three of her events in the Super Six. It was her first 9.900 on vault this postseason. The freshman also had a 9.900 on floor in last night’s prelims to make her a First-Team All-American on the event.
Katie Heenan’s fall on bars in the Super Six was her only fall this year. She had hit all 48 of her previous routines and finishes her career hitting a total of 220 of her 231 competitive routines, better than 95 percent. The final event of her career was a 9.950 on beam.
LSU
LSU’s fifth place NCAA finish in its first Super Six is the highest the Tigers have finished since their fourth place performance in 1988. The Super Six format started in 1993.
LSU’s season will officially come to a close Saturday when junior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, sophomores Susan Jackson and Summer Hubbard compete in the Individual Championships. Jackson, who placed second in the all-around of the first preliminary session on Thursday, will compete on beam and floor. Clare-Kearney will compete on floor and bars, while Hubbard will compete on bars.
The Super Six marked LSU’s lone senior Kristi Esposito’s final competition as a Tiger. The Slidell, La., native joined the Tigers in 2006 after transferring from the University of Nebraska. Esposito earned All-American honors four times during her career three times on beam (2004, 2005, 2007) and once in the all-around (2004).
UTAH
Utah did not count a fall the entire season, which is believed to be a school record.
Tonight, Ashley Postell finished first in the all-around (39.75), vault (9.95), bars (9.95) and floor (9.95). She was second on beam (9.90).
Postell won the Super Six all-around title for the second straight year.
Postell tied the Utah record for all-around wins in a season with her victory tonight. She had 11 all-around wins this season, tying the record set by Suzanne Metz in 1995.
Postell finishes her career with every Utah victory record:
Career Wins: 120
Single Season Wins: 47
Career All-Around Wins: 30
Single Season All-Around Wins: 11
Postell has won more All-America awards than any gymnast in NCAA history. Her 20 All-America citations the most possible breaks the old mark of 18 held by Alabama’s Jeana Rice (2001-04). Postell’s 17 first-team All-America awards ties her for first with Alabama’s Dee Foster (1990-93).
Utah’s team finish in the last four years has mirrored Postell’s all-around finish. Postell was third as a freshman in 2005 and placed second the last three years.
Utah has taken second place four times since 2000 (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007).
Florida started the Super Six competition on the uneven bars. It was the second time in UF’s seven Super Six appearances the team has started on bars. The first was at the 1997 NCAA Championships in Gainesville, Fla.
Florida came off of bye to start on bars at the 2004 NCAA Super Six in Los Angeles, Calif.
Senior Ashley Reed, in her final vault performance of her Gator career, matched her collegiate-best of 9.95. She has earned that mark in four of her last six vault performances, including using that score to win a
share of the 2008 Southeastern Conference vault title and take the NCAA Southeast Region crown.
Amanda Castillo led the UF floor set tonight with her second consecutive 9.925. She has earned a floor mark of 9.90 in nine of her 13 performances this season, which includes winning a share of the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Southeast Region titles.
Florida equals its finish of 2006 by taking fourth place. Since Rhonda Faehn took over the UF program for the 2003 season, Florida has turned in the following finishes: 3rd (2007), 4th (2006, 2008), 5th (2004), 7th (2003, 2005).
GEORGIA
Georgia’s 2008 NCAA title was its fourth in a row and ninth in program history, now tied for the most with Utah. Georgia is also the only team to win four straight since Utah won five from 1982-86.
This is the fourth time NCAAs have been held in Athens and Georgia’s second time winning at home. They won in 1989 and 2008, finished second in 2001 and fifth in 1995.
This is the 10th time in NCAA women’s gymnastics a team has won the national title at home.
Georgia now has won 23 of its last 32 NCAA meets. In the four championships years from 2005-08, they finished first at all eight sessions -- prelims and finals.
Georgia concludes the year with a 31-2 record, winning all three postseason titles SECs, Regionals and NCAAs.
This is the eighth time the SEC Champion has gone on to win NCAAs and the seventh time it has been Georgia.
Head coach Suzanne Yoculan entered tonight’s contest with a 799-166-7 career record and posted her 800th victory in the Super Six. Her record now stands at 804-166-7 with nine NCAA titles, 16 SEC titles and 20 NCAA Regional titles. Her teams have placed in the nation’s top 3 in 20 of the last 22 years.
Georgia opened tonight’s competition on floor, the same rotation it used to win the SEC Championship. The 49.475 in the Super Six was the highest of the four postseason meets.
Freshman Cassidy McComb scored a 9.900 on all three of her events in the Super Six. It was her first 9.900 on vault this postseason. The freshman also had a 9.900 on floor in last night’s prelims to make her a First-Team All-American on the event.
Katie Heenan’s fall on bars in the Super Six was her only fall this year. She had hit all 48 of her previous routines and finishes her career hitting a total of 220 of her 231 competitive routines, better than 95 percent. The final event of her career was a 9.950 on beam.
LSU
LSU’s fifth place NCAA finish in its first Super Six is the highest the Tigers have finished since their fourth place performance in 1988. The Super Six format started in 1993.
LSU’s season will officially come to a close Saturday when junior Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, sophomores Susan Jackson and Summer Hubbard compete in the Individual Championships. Jackson, who placed second in the all-around of the first preliminary session on Thursday, will compete on beam and floor. Clare-Kearney will compete on floor and bars, while Hubbard will compete on bars.
The Super Six marked LSU’s lone senior Kristi Esposito’s final competition as a Tiger. The Slidell, La., native joined the Tigers in 2006 after transferring from the University of Nebraska. Esposito earned All-American honors four times during her career three times on beam (2004, 2005, 2007) and once in the all-around (2004).
UTAH
Utah did not count a fall the entire season, which is believed to be a school record.
Tonight, Ashley Postell finished first in the all-around (39.75), vault (9.95), bars (9.95) and floor (9.95). She was second on beam (9.90).
Postell won the Super Six all-around title for the second straight year.
Postell tied the Utah record for all-around wins in a season with her victory tonight. She had 11 all-around wins this season, tying the record set by Suzanne Metz in 1995.
Postell finishes her career with every Utah victory record:
Career Wins: 120
Single Season Wins: 47
Career All-Around Wins: 30
Single Season All-Around Wins: 11
Postell has won more All-America awards than any gymnast in NCAA history. Her 20 All-America citations the most possible breaks the old mark of 18 held by Alabama’s Jeana Rice (2001-04). Postell’s 17 first-team All-America awards ties her for first with Alabama’s Dee Foster (1990-93).
Utah’s team finish in the last four years has mirrored Postell’s all-around finish. Postell was third as a freshman in 2005 and placed second the last three years.
Utah has taken second place four times since 2000 (2000, 2005, 2006, 2007).
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Tuesday, April 14
Georgia Gymnastics Pre NCAAs Presser - Nyla Aquino and Ady Wahl
Tuesday, April 14
GymDogs Punch Ticket to Nationals
Sunday, April 05
Gym NCAA Regional - Nyla Aquino - Floor
Thursday, April 02