#22 ILLINOIS STATE OF ILLINOIS CLASSIC
2016 The No. 22 Fighting Illini (5-4, 3-3) host UIC, Illinois State and Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon for the State of Illinois Classic. The meet is scheduled for 4 p.m. inside Huff Hall. Illinois looks to garner its ninth straight Illinois Classic victory. SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS Behind Illinois, NIU enters the weekend with the best RQS (194.415), ranking 42nd in the nation. Illinois State currently ranks 54th (192.380) and UIC ranks 55th (192.075). Individually, Meredith LaRoche of Illinois state ranks 79th in the all-around with a 37.930.
#22 ILLINOIS hosts
STATE OF ILLINOIS CLASSIC Saturday, March 5, 2016 Huff Hall | Champaign, Ill. 4 p.m. CT
Date
2016 ILLINOIS SCHEDULE
Event
Time/Result
J 8 @ Missouri% L, 195.350-195.075 J 16 @ Rutgers W, 195.500-191.600 J 22 MICHIGAN ^ L, 196.900 - 195.150 J 29 @ Penn State W, 195.725 - 195.025 F 6 @ Minnesota L, 195.000-195.775 F 13 IOWA L, 195.125-196.275 F 19 @ Michigan State W, 196.300-195.575 F 26 IOWA STATE W, 196.525-195.625 F 28 @ Lindenwood W, 195.875-193.550 M 5 ILLINOIS CLASSIC 4 pm M 12 @ Big Five Meet^ (Columbus, Ohio) 3 pm M 19 @ B1G Championships^ (Lincoln, Neb.) TBA A 2 @ NCAA Regionals TBA A 15 @ NCAA Championships (Fort Worth, Texas) TBA
* All Times Central ^ Big Ten Network % SEC Network+ (WatchESPN) Home meets are in BOLD and held at Huff Hall
ILLINI NOTES • Illinois ranks in the top-15 in the nation in two events: 8th on beam (49.160 regional qualifying score) and 15th on floor (49.115 RQS). • Giana O’Connor ranks 15th in the nation and fifth in the Big Ten in the all-around with an RQS of 39.315. • O’Connor ranks 21st in the nation on floor (9.890 RQS). • Sunny Kato ranks 4th in the nation and first in the Big Ten on beam (9.900 RQS). • Kato has garnered a 9.925 or higher in the last three meets and tied her own school-record on beam with a 9.950 at Michigan State. • Illinois broke the school-record beam total at Michigan State with a 49.425. In the last three meets, the Illini have posted three beam scores that rank in the top-10 in program history. • The Illini have garnered four Big Ten weekly honors in the last two weeks. • O’Connor achieved her season-best all-around total of 39.525 last weekend vs. Iowa State and is averaging above a 9.800 on vault, beam and floor. • Lizzy LeDuc achieved a season-best 39.300 at Michigan State and is averaging above a 9.800 on beam and floor. • Erin Buchanan has achieved her season-best all-around total of 39.200 twice this season and is averaging above a 9.700 on vault and floor. • Heather Foley is averaging above a 9.700 on vault and floor. • O’Connor has garnered a team-high 18 event titles on the season. • UI sports a deep lineup with 13 of 14 gymnasts seeing competitive action this season. LAST WEEK The Illini earned two dual-meet victories. UI produced a season-best total to defeat Iowa State, 196.525195.625, Friday night inside Huff Hall and garnered a road win at Lindenwood, 195.875-193.550, Sunday. Against Iowa State, Illinois claimed four event titles (including all-around). Against Lindenwood, the Illini took home titles (including all-around) on every event except floor. O’CONNOR’S STRONG START Giana O’Connor has garnered a total of 18 event titles in the first nine meets of the season. O’Connor has claimed three or more titles (including all-around) in a meet three times this season, including earning four crowns at Rutgers. Her performance this season moved her into fifth on the Illinois career event title list with a total of 40 titles.
ILLINI EARN BIG TEN HONORS For two consecutive weeks Illinois has garnered two individual Big Ten honors. The conference announced Giana O’Connor as Co-Gymnast of the Week and Sunny Kato as Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week on Monday, Feb. 29. A week earlier, on Monday, Feb. 22, the Big Ten announced senior Sunny Kato as the Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week and Lizzy LeDuc as the Freshman Gymnast of the Week. The awards marked the second and third ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS Event Specialist award of Kato’s career and the first Gymnast of the Week honor for O’Connor. LeDuc garnered Location�����������������������������������������������Urbana-Champaign, Ill. her first Freshman of the Week honor. Founded���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1867 Enrollment���������������������������������������������������������������������� 44,942 Nickname ������������������������������������������������������������ Fighting Illini Colors �������������������������������������������������������������Orange and Blue Conference��������������������������������������������������������������������Big Ten President������������������������������������������������������Timonthy L. Killeen Chancellor (Interim)��������������������������������������Barbara J. Wilson Athletic Director (Interim)������������������������������� Paul Kowalczyk Home Gym������������������������������������������������������������������� Huff Hall Seating Capacity�������������������������������������������������������������� 3,800 2016 Preseason Ranking�������������������������������������������������� 15th 2015 Regular Season Record��������������������������������������������14-3 2015 Big Ten Finish �������������������������������������������2nd (197.350) 2015 Morgantown Regional ��������������������������������3rd (196.675) 2015 Final Rank ���������������������������������������������������������������� 13th Letterwinners Returning / Lost�������������������������������������������� 7/3 Routines Returning / Lost�������������������������������������������������� 20/4 All-Americans Returning / Lost ������������������������������������������ 3/0 Newcomers����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 First Year of Women’s Gymnastics ��������������������������������� 1974
ALL-AROUNDERS UI has had four different gymnasts compete in the all-around this season. Giana O’Connor has competed in the all-around in every meet. O’Connor has garnered three all-around titles, while Mary Jane Horth earned her first all-around title of the season at Penn State and has finished in the top-3 in every meet she has competed in. Erin Buchanan and Lizzy LeDuc have also competed in the all-around in multiple meets. ILLINI DEBUTS Six Illini have made their competitive debuts for the Orange and Blue this season. Four debuted in the season opener, including freshman Lizzy LeDuc, who competed in the all-around. Fellow freshmen Rachael Donovan and Haylee Roe competed on bars and floor, respectively, while sophomore Bridget Hodan led off on beam in her first competitive routine. Freshman Brielle Nguyen made her competitive debut on beam at Rutgers and freshman Julia Hutcherson made her competitive debut on vault against Michigan.
Women’s Gymnastics Contact: Dan Longo // 217-300-1449 (office) // 847-361-8735 (cell) // [email protected] // www.FIGHTINGILLINI.com
ILLINI IN THE RANKINGS
2016 INDIVIDUAL TITLES
TEAM EVENT Vault Bars Beam Floor Team Total
RQS NAT’L RK REG. RK 48.895 26 6 48.755 36 7 49.160 8 (t) 2 (t) 49.115 15 4 195.710 22 6
INDIVIDUAL (TOP 50 NATIONAL) GYMNAST EVENT Lizzy LeDuc AA BB Sunny Kato BB Giana O’Connor AA Floor BB *Rankings as of Feb. 29
RQS 39.075 9.855 9.900 39.315 9.890 9.855
NAT’L RK REG. RK 30 (t) 6 30 (t) 8 (t) 4 (t) 2 (t) 15 4 21 (t) 4 (t) 30 (t) 8 (t)
B1G 5 8 2 3 5
B1G 9 7 (t) 1 5 3 (t) 7 (t)
GIANA O’CONNOR (2016: 18 - CAREER: 40) Vault (4) 9.900 at Michigan State 9.875 at Lindenwood 9.825 at Rutgers 9.800 at Minnesota Bars (1) 9.825 at Rutgers Beam (2) 9.925 vs. Iowa State 9.850 at Missouri Floor (6) 9.900 vs. Iowa State 9.925 vs. Michigan 9.900 at Michigan State 9.900 at Missouri 9.875 vs. Iowa 9.875 at Rutgers All-Around (5) 39.525 vs. Iowa State 39.375 at Lindenwood 39.325 at Michigan State 39.325 at Rutgers 39.275 at Missouri MARY JANE HORTH (2016: 5 - CAREER: 11) Bars (3) 9.900 at Penn State vs. Michigan at Missouri Beam (1) 9.850 at Rutgers All-Around (1) 39.400 at Penn State ERIN BUCHANAN (2016: 4 - CAREER: 8) Vault (2) 9.875 at Lindenwood 9.825 at Rutgers Floor (2) 9.900 vs. Iowa State 9.875 vs. Iowa LIZZY LEDUC (2016: 2 - CAREER: 2) Beam (2) 9.925 at Lindenwood 9.900 at Penn State SUNNY KATO Bars (2) Beam (4)
(2016: 6 - CAREER: 29) 9.900 vs. Iowa State 9.825 at Lindenwood 9.950 at Michigan State 9.925 vs. Iowa State 9.925 at Lindenwood 9.900 at Penn State
TEAM TOTAL = 28 VAULT = 4 BARS = 6 BEAM = 6 FLOOR = 6 ALL-AROUND = 6
MEET-BY-MEET SCORING BREAKDOWN MEET RESULT TEAM VAULT BARS at Missouri L 195.075 48.325 48.825 at Rutgers W 195.500 49.000 48.625 vs. Michigan L 195.150 48.850 48.275 at Penn State W 195.725 48.675 48.625 at Minnesota L 195.000 48.425 48.750 vs. Iowa L 195.125 48.625 48.800 at Michigan State W 196.300 49.000 48.775 vs. Iowa State W 196.525 48.950 49.000 at Lindenwood W 195.875 49.050 48.525 Season Average -- 195.586 48.767 48.689 Season High Scores -- 196.525 49.050 49.000 Regional Qualifying Score -- 195.710 48.895 48.755
BEAM 48.950 48.950 48.825 49.200 48.950 48.625 49.425 49.300 49.400
FLOOR 48.975 48.925 49.200 49.225 48.875 49.075 49.100 49.275 48.900
49.069 49.425 49.160
49.061 49.275 49.115
ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS NATIONAL TOP 25 (As of Feb. 29)
Rank Team 1 Oklahoma 2 Florida 3 Alabama 4 LSU 5 Michigan 6 Utah 7 UCLA 8 Auburn 9 Arkansas 10 Georgia 11 Boise State 12 California 13 Denver 14 Missouri 15 Nebraska 16 Stanford 17 Iowa 18 Arizona 19 Minnesota 20 Oregon State 21 George Washington 22 ILLINOIS 23 Kentucky 24 Eastern Michigan 25 West Virginia
RQS 197.705 197.440 197.325 197.150 197.065 197.020 196.825 196.720 196.460 196.380 196.330 196.235 196.210 196.185 196.070 196.045 195.980 195.895 195.850 195.840 195.765 195.710 195.670 195.635 195.540
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UI WEEK-TO-WEEK NATIONAL RANK Date Preseason Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 29
Rank 15 19 17 19 19 20 25 24 22
Ranked By Coaches Poll Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. RQS RQS
2016 ILLINOIS ROSTER NAME
Erin Buchanan Becca Cuppy Rachael Donovan Heather Foley Jordyn Givens Bridget Hodan Mary Jane Horth Julia Hutcherson Sunny Kato Lizzy LeDuc Sarah Lyons Brielle Nguyen Giana O’Connor Haylee Roe
YR
Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Fr. R-Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr.
HT
5-2 5-5 5-3 5-7 5-3 5-3 5-7 5-4 5-1 5-0 5-4 5-0 5-2 4-10
EVENT(S)
Head Coach: Kim Landrus (5th season, 14th overall) Assistant Coach: Jacob Lee (2nd season) Assistant Coach: Chad Wiest (3rd season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Maci Sump (1st season) Student Assistant Coach: Jordan Naleway
All-Around All-Around All-Around VT, BB, FX All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around UB, BB All-Around VT, UB All-Around All-Around All-Around
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
Haymarket, Va./Battlefield High Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial Bethlehem, Pa./Notre Dame Greenpond Pewaukee, Wisconsin/Waukesha North Keller, Texas/Keller Central Brookfield, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Canton, Ga./The King’s Academy Chino Hills, Calif./Newport Harbor Dallas, Texas/Homeschooled New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon Orange County, Calif./Foothill Streamwood, Ill./Streamwood Mesquite, Texas/John Horn
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luh-DUKE Bridget Hodan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ho-DEN Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATE-oh Sarah Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lions
Brielle Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WIN
TOP SCORES OF 2016 TEAM
INDIVIDUAL
TOTAL 196.525. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 196.300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 195.875. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) 195.725. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 195.500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) 195.150. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16)
ALL-AROUND 39.525 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16( 39.400 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 39.325 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . 2x, last at MSU (2/19/16) 39.300 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) 39.275 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa State (2/26/16) Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . 2x, last at Minnesota (2/06/16) 39.200 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . 2x, last at MSU (2/19/16)
VAULT 49.050. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) 49.000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 49.000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) 48.950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs/ Iowa State (2/26/16) 48.850. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) 48.675. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) UNEVEN BARS 49.000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 48.825. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16) 48.800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa (2/1316) 48.775. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 48.750. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Minnesota (2/06/16) 48.625. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) BALANCE BEAM 49.425. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 49.400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) 49.300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 49.200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 48.950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Minnesota (2/06/18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) 48.950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16) FLOOR EXERCISE 49.275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 49.225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 49.200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) 49.100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 49.075. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa (2/1316) 48.975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16)
CLUB TEAM
Capital Gymnastics Triad Gymnastics Parkettes Salto Gymnastics/M&M Gymnastics Top Flight Gymnastics Salto Gymnastics Gym World Academy of Atlanta OC Gymnastics Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim Ariel Athletics Gymax Gymnastics Gymkhana/Gymnasti Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim
VAULT 9.900 9.875 9.850 9.825
Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa State (2/26/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . 2x, last at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 2x, last at Penn State (1/29/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16)
UNEVEN BARS 9.900 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Mary Jane Horth . . 3x, last at Penn State (1/29/16) 9.850 Sarah Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa State (2/26/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 9.825 Sunny Kato . . . . . 2x, last at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . 3x, last vs. Iowa (2/1316) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa (2/1316) BALANCE BEAM 9.950 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) 9.925 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . 2x, last at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 9.900 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 9.875 Bridget Hodan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . 2x, last Minnesota (2/06/16) FLOOR EXERCISE 9.925 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) 9.900 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 3x, last vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 9.875 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa (2/1316) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . 2x, last at Penn State (1/29/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa (2/1316) 9.850 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Mary Jane Horth . . 2x, last at Penn State (1/29/16)
ILLINOIS RECORDS TEAM Total Vault Bars Beam Floor
197.350 49.425 49.475 49.425 49.500
INDIVIDUAL
AA 39.625 39.625 Vault 10.0 10.0 Bars 10.0 Beam 9.950 Floor 9.975
at B1G Championships at State of Illinois Classic at NCAA South Central Regional at Michigan State Big Ten Championships
Giana O’Connor Alina Weinstein Amber See Alina Weinstein Cara Pomeroy Sunny Kato Allison Buckley Stacy Redmond Alina Weinstein
3/21/15 2/21/14 4/3/04 2/19/16 3/21/09
2015 2013 2014 2013 2004 2015 & 2016 2009 & 2011 1995 2013
TEAM RECORDS TOTAL SCORE 1. 197.350 2 . 197.100 3. 196.975 5. 196.875 6. 196.775 7. 196.750 8. 196.700 10. 196.675 VAULT 1. 49.425 2. 49.400 3. 49.375 4. 49.350 5. 49.250 6. 49.225 7. 49.200 8. 49.175 BARS 1. 49.475 2. 49.450 3. 49.425 4. 49.400 5. 49.375 7. 49.325 9. 49.300 10. 49.250
Big Ten Championships vs. Lindenwood at Iowa at State of Illinois Classic at Big Ten Quad vs. Ohio State/Central Mich. Big Ten Championships at NCAA West Regional vs. Ohio State at NCAA Morgantown Regional at State of Illinois Classic Big Ten Championships Big Ten Championships at Big Ten Quad vs. Lindenwood vs. Ohio State at State of Illinois Classic at Iowa at NCAA Championships at Big Ten Championships at State of Illinois Classic at NCAA West Regional at Missouri
3/21/15 3/8/14 2/14/15 3/12/11 3/15/14 2/23/14 3/21/09 4/4/09 2/15/09 4/4/15 2/21/14 3/21/15 3/21/09 3/15/14 3/8/14 2/15/09 3/16/13 2/14/15 4/15/11 3/19/11 3/12/11 4/4/09 2/13/09
at NCAA Regionals 4/3/04 at State of Illinois Classic 3/20/10 Big Ten Championships 3/21/15 at NCAA Minneapolis Regional 4/5/14 vs. Minnesota 2/7/15 vs. Lindenwood 3/8/14 at Big Five Meet 3/14/15 at Iowa 2/14/15 at Big Ten Championships 3/31/07 at Nebraska 3/1/15 vs. Rutgers 1/7/15 vs. Iowa 1/31/14 vs. Iowa 2/16/13 vs. Ohio State 2/15/09 at State of Illinois Classic 3/25/07
BEAM 1. 49.425 2. 49.400 49.375 4. 49.325 5. 49.300 49.300 7. 49.275 9. 49.250
at Michigan State at Lindenwood at State of Illinois Classic at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Iowa vs. Ohio State/Central Mich. Big Ten Championships at Michigan State at NCAA Morgantown Regional vs. Michigan State at Michigan
2/19/16 2/28/16 3/12/11 2/25/11 2/26/16 2/14/15 2/23/14 3/21/15 1/10/14 4/4/15 2/20/15 1/19/13
FLOOR 1. 49.500 2. 49.450 4. 49.425 7. 49.325
Big Ten Championships at State of Illinois Classic at State of Illinois Classic vs. Ball State & UIC vs. Western Michigan vs. Iowa at Big Ten Championships at Big Ten Championships vs. UIC at State of Illinois Classic
3/21/09 3/20/10 3/16/01 3/10/13 3/6/11 3/8/03 3/22/14 3/23/13 2/19/11 3/14/09
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
ILLINOIS EVENT TITLE LEADERS
ALL-AROUND 1. 39.625 3. 39.600 5. 39.575 6. 39.550 9. 39.525 VAULT 1. 10.0 3. 9.950 5. 9.925 BARS 1. 10.0 2. 9.975 5. 9.950 8. 9.925 BEAM 1. 9.950 5. 9.925 FLOOR 1. 9.975 3. 9.950
CAREER EVENT TITLES (includes All-Around) 1. 62 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-11 2. 58 Nancy Thies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976-77 3. 43 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-13 4. 41 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07 5. 40 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . 2013-present 38 Denise Lamborn . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-90 7. 34 Heather Singalewitch . . . . . . . 1987-90 8. 33 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . 2009-12 9. 32 Kim Berres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99 10. 29 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-present Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-10
Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/1/15 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/26/16 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Marijka Botterman . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/4/15 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Marijka Botterman . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Jessica Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Nicole Viernes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/7/15 Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/4/15 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/1/15 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/17/15 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Melissa Fernandez . . . . . 2010 (twice) Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . 2007 (twice) Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Ashley Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . 2004 (twice) Kelli Farrar . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 (twice) Natalie Forsthoefel . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/19/16 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/27/15 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Stacy Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 (twice) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/26/16 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/28/16 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Melissa Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . 2009 (twice) Melissa Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Kara Kapernekas . . . . . . . 2003 (twice) Jana Gallagher . . . . 2001 (four times) Kim Berres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . 2013 (twice) Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Kapernekas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Kapernekas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Kaufman . . . . . . . . . . . . Phaedra Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2014 2013 2013 2013 2010 2009 2004 2003 2003 2000
SINGLE SEASON EVENT TITLES (includes All-Around) 1. 34 Nancy Thies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 26 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 24 Nancy Thies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 20 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 19 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 18 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. 17 Heather Singalewitch . . . . . . . . . 8. 16 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Lamborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 15 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1976 2013 1977 2011 2012 2008 2016 1989 2015 1987 2010
FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
HEATHER FOLEY
SUNNY KATO
5-7 // Senior // Vault, Beam, Floor
5-1 // Senior // Uneven Bars, Balance Beam
Pewaukee, Wis. // Waukesha North
Chino Hills, Calif. // Newport Harbor
Club: Salto Gymnastics / M&M Gymnastics
Club: Team OC Gymnastics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault 9.700 (3) 9.775 9.750 9.725 9.700 9.725 9.725 9.725 9.750
Bars -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Beam -- -- -- -- -- 9.725 9.800 9.250 9.175
Floor 9.550 9.750 9.750 9.775 9.725 9.725 9.700 9.750 9.650
AA ----------
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Bars 9.850 9.800 (2) 9.675 9.825 9.500 9.525 9.300 9.900 9.825 (1)
Beam 9.700 9.725 9.875 (3) 9.900 (1) 9.875 9.825 9.950 9.925 9.925 (1)
Floor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AA ----------
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.731 9.775 9.850
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9.488 9.800 9.850
9.708 9.775 9.850
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Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
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9.689 9.900 9.950
9.856 9.950 9.950
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GIANA O’CONNOR
ERIN BUCHANAN
5-2 // Senior // All-Around
5-2 // Junior // All-Around
Streamwood, Ill. // Streamwood
Haymarket, Va. // Battlefield
Club: Gymkhana / Gymnasti
Club: Capital Gymnastics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault 9.700 9.825 (1) 9.850 9.825 (2) 9.800 9.750 9.900 9.850 9.875
Bars 9.825 9.825 (1) 9.775 9.275 9.850 9.825 (3) 9.650 9.850 9.750
Beam 9.850 (1) 9.800 (2) 9.575 9.800 9.850 9.750 9.875 9.925 9.900
Floor 9.900 (1) 9.875 (1) 9.925 (1) 9.825 9.775 9.875 (1) 9.900 9.900 9.850
AA 39.275 (1) 39.325 (1) 39.125 38.725 39.275 39.200 (2) 39.325 39.525 39.375
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault 9.625 9.825 (1) 9.775 9.725 9.725 9.775 9.775 9.850 9.875 (1)
Bars 9.100 9.575 -- 9.850 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.600 9.725 (3)
Beam 9.675 -- -- 9.750 9.675 9.175 9.850 9.750 9.800
Floor 9.725 9.825 (2) 9.100 9.875 (2) 9.825 9.875 (1) 9.825 9.900 (1) 9.800
AA 38.125 --39.200 (3) 38.975 38.625 39.200 39.100 39.200 (2)
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.819 9.900 9.950
9.736 9.850 9.925
9.814 9.925 9.925
9.869 9.925 9.925
39.239 39.525 39.625
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.772 9.875 9.925
9.644 9.850 9.875
9.668 9.850 9.850
9.750 9.900 9.925
38.918 39.200 39.375
FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
MARY JANE HORTH
SARAH LYONS
5-7 // Junior // All-Around
5-4 // Junior // Vault, Uneven Bars
Akron, Ohio // Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
New Braunfels, Texas // Canyon
Club: Gym World
Club: Aerial Athletics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 9.675 (3) 9.900 (1) 9.800 (3) 9.800 (3) 39.175 (2) 9.800 (3) 9.700 9.850 (1) 9.750 39.100 (2) 9.775 9.900 (1) 9.750 9.850 39.275 (3) 9.800 9.900 (1) 9.850 (3) 9.850 39.400 (1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.775 9.725 9.725
Bars -- -- 9.800 9.775 9.725 9.800 9.800 9.850 9.725
Beam -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Floor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.763 9.800 9.900
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.742 9.775 9.850
9.782 9.850 9.875
-- -- --
-- -- --
-- ---
9.850 9.900 9.975
9.813 9.850 9.900
9.813 9.850 9.875
39.238 39.400 39.575
BECCA CUPPY
JORDYN GIVENS
5-5 // Sophomore // All-Around
5-3 // Sophomore // All-Around
Ankeny, Iowa // Ankeny Centennial
Keller, Texas // Keller Central
Club: Triad Gymnastics
Club: Top Flight Gymnastics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnestoa vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- -- -- -- -9.550 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -9.525 -- -- -- -9.525 -- -- -- -9.575 -- -- -- --- 9.800 -- -- -- -- 9.400 -- -- --- 9.500 -- -- --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.544 9.575 9.850
-- -- --
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9.567 9.800 9.800
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FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
BRIDGET HODAN
RACHAEL DONOVAN
5-3 // Sophomore // All-Around
5-3 // Freshman // All-Around
Brookfield, Wis. // Divine Savior Holy Angels
Bethlehem, Pa. // Notre Dame Geenpond
Club: Salto Gymnastics
Club: Parkettes
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Bars -- -- -- -- 9.700 9.550 -- -- --
Beam 9.800 (3) 9.800 (2) 9.800 9.725 9.700 9.550 9.875 9.875 9.850
Floor -- -- 9.800 9.800 9.750 9.750 -- 9.800 9.000
AA ----------
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
9.625 9.700 9.700
9.775 9.875 9.875
9.650 9.800 9.800
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2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- 9.625 -- -- --- 9.575 -- -- --- 9.075 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
9.425 9.625 9.625
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JULIA HUTCHERSON
LIZZY LEDUC
5-4 // Freshman // All-Around
5-0 // Freshman // All-Around
Canton, Ga. // The King’s Academy
Dallas, Texas. // Homeschooled
Club: Academy of Atlanta
Club: Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault -- -- 9.600 9.600 9.400 9.625 9.625 9.625 9.650
Bars -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Beam -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Floor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AA -------- ---
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.589 9.650 9.650
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2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault 9.625 9.775 9.700 -- 9.675 9.750 9.825 9.800 9.825
Bars 9.625 9.725 9.125 9.075 9.725 9.825 (3) 9.775 9.800 9.125
Beam 9.800 (3) 9.775 9.825 9.900 (1) 9.850 9.775 9.875 9.825 9.925
Floor 9.800 (3) 9.725 9.875 (3) 9.875 (2) 9.800 9.850 9.825 9.850 9.825
AA 38.850 39.000 (3) 38.525 -39.050 39.200 (2) 39.300 39.275 38.700
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.747 9.825 9.825
9.533 9.825 9.825
9.839 9.925 9.925
9.825 9.875 9.875
38.988 39.300 39.300
FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
BRIELLE NGUYEN
HAYLEE ROE
5-0 // Freshman // All-Around
4-10 // Freshman // All-Around
Orange County, Calif. // Foothill
Mesquite, Texas // Jorn Horn
Club: Gymax Gymnastics
Club: Parkettes
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- -- -- -- --- -- 9.550 -- --- -- 9.100 -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- 9.700 --- -- -- 9.775 --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
-- -- --
9.325 9.550 9.650
9.738 9.775 9.775
Numbers in parentheses denote top-3 finishes
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2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 9.175 -- -- 9.750 --- -- -- 9.600 --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- 9.600 9.725 --- -- -- -- --- -- -- 9.775 --- -- -- 9.825 --- -- -- 9.775 --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.175 9.175 9.175
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9.600 9.600 9.600
9.742 9.825 9.825
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THE 2016 FIGHTING ILLINI TV ROSTER
Erin Buchanan - Jr.
Becca Cuppy- So.
Rachael Donovan - Fr.
Heather Foley - Sr.
Jordyn Givens - So.
Bridget Hodan - So.
Mary Jane Horth - Jr.
Julia Hutcherson - Fr.
Sunny Kato - R-Sr.
Lizzy LeDuc - Fr.
Sarah Lyons - Jr.
Brielle Nguyen - Fr.
Kim Landrus Head Coach
Jacob Lee Assistant Coach
Giana O’Connor - Sr.
Chad Wiest Assistant Coach
Haylee Roe - Fr.
Maci Sump Volunteer Assistant Coach
Jordan Naleway Student Assistant Coach
#22 ILLINOIS hosts
STATE OF ILLINOIS CLASSIC Saturday, March 5, 2016 Huff Hall | Champaign, Ill. 4 p.m. CT
Date
2016 ILLINOIS SCHEDULE
Event
Time/Result
J 8 @ Missouri% L, 195.350-195.075 J 16 @ Rutgers W, 195.500-191.600 J 22 MICHIGAN ^ L, 196.900 - 195.150 J 29 @ Penn State W, 195.725 - 195.025 F 6 @ Minnesota L, 195.000-195.775 F 13 IOWA L, 195.125-196.275 F 19 @ Michigan State W, 196.300-195.575 F 26 IOWA STATE W, 196.525-195.625 F 28 @ Lindenwood W, 195.875-193.550 M 5 ILLINOIS CLASSIC 4 pm M 12 @ Big Five Meet^ (Columbus, Ohio) 3 pm M 19 @ B1G Championships^ (Lincoln, Neb.) TBA A 2 @ NCAA Regionals TBA A 15 @ NCAA Championships (Fort Worth, Texas) TBA
* All Times Central ^ Big Ten Network % SEC Network+ (WatchESPN) Home meets are in BOLD and held at Huff Hall
ILLINI NOTES • Illinois ranks in the top-15 in the nation in two events: 8th on beam (49.160 regional qualifying score) and 15th on floor (49.115 RQS). • Giana O’Connor ranks 15th in the nation and fifth in the Big Ten in the all-around with an RQS of 39.315. • O’Connor ranks 21st in the nation on floor (9.890 RQS). • Sunny Kato ranks 4th in the nation and first in the Big Ten on beam (9.900 RQS). • Kato has garnered a 9.925 or higher in the last three meets and tied her own school-record on beam with a 9.950 at Michigan State. • Illinois broke the school-record beam total at Michigan State with a 49.425. In the last three meets, the Illini have posted three beam scores that rank in the top-10 in program history. • The Illini have garnered four Big Ten weekly honors in the last two weeks. • O’Connor achieved her season-best all-around total of 39.525 last weekend vs. Iowa State and is averaging above a 9.800 on vault, beam and floor. • Lizzy LeDuc achieved a season-best 39.300 at Michigan State and is averaging above a 9.800 on beam and floor. • Erin Buchanan has achieved her season-best all-around total of 39.200 twice this season and is averaging above a 9.700 on vault and floor. • Heather Foley is averaging above a 9.700 on vault and floor. • O’Connor has garnered a team-high 18 event titles on the season. • UI sports a deep lineup with 13 of 14 gymnasts seeing competitive action this season. LAST WEEK The Illini earned two dual-meet victories. UI produced a season-best total to defeat Iowa State, 196.525195.625, Friday night inside Huff Hall and garnered a road win at Lindenwood, 195.875-193.550, Sunday. Against Iowa State, Illinois claimed four event titles (including all-around). Against Lindenwood, the Illini took home titles (including all-around) on every event except floor. O’CONNOR’S STRONG START Giana O’Connor has garnered a total of 18 event titles in the first nine meets of the season. O’Connor has claimed three or more titles (including all-around) in a meet three times this season, including earning four crowns at Rutgers. Her performance this season moved her into fifth on the Illinois career event title list with a total of 40 titles.
ILLINI EARN BIG TEN HONORS For two consecutive weeks Illinois has garnered two individual Big Ten honors. The conference announced Giana O’Connor as Co-Gymnast of the Week and Sunny Kato as Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week on Monday, Feb. 29. A week earlier, on Monday, Feb. 22, the Big Ten announced senior Sunny Kato as the Big Ten Event Specialist of the Week and Lizzy LeDuc as the Freshman Gymnast of the Week. The awards marked the second and third ILLINOIS QUICK FACTS Event Specialist award of Kato’s career and the first Gymnast of the Week honor for O’Connor. LeDuc garnered Location�����������������������������������������������Urbana-Champaign, Ill. her first Freshman of the Week honor. Founded���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1867 Enrollment���������������������������������������������������������������������� 44,942 Nickname ������������������������������������������������������������ Fighting Illini Colors �������������������������������������������������������������Orange and Blue Conference��������������������������������������������������������������������Big Ten President������������������������������������������������������Timonthy L. Killeen Chancellor (Interim)��������������������������������������Barbara J. Wilson Athletic Director (Interim)������������������������������� Paul Kowalczyk Home Gym������������������������������������������������������������������� Huff Hall Seating Capacity�������������������������������������������������������������� 3,800 2016 Preseason Ranking�������������������������������������������������� 15th 2015 Regular Season Record��������������������������������������������14-3 2015 Big Ten Finish �������������������������������������������2nd (197.350) 2015 Morgantown Regional ��������������������������������3rd (196.675) 2015 Final Rank ���������������������������������������������������������������� 13th Letterwinners Returning / Lost�������������������������������������������� 7/3 Routines Returning / Lost�������������������������������������������������� 20/4 All-Americans Returning / Lost ������������������������������������������ 3/0 Newcomers����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5 First Year of Women’s Gymnastics ��������������������������������� 1974
ALL-AROUNDERS UI has had four different gymnasts compete in the all-around this season. Giana O’Connor has competed in the all-around in every meet. O’Connor has garnered three all-around titles, while Mary Jane Horth earned her first all-around title of the season at Penn State and has finished in the top-3 in every meet she has competed in. Erin Buchanan and Lizzy LeDuc have also competed in the all-around in multiple meets. ILLINI DEBUTS Six Illini have made their competitive debuts for the Orange and Blue this season. Four debuted in the season opener, including freshman Lizzy LeDuc, who competed in the all-around. Fellow freshmen Rachael Donovan and Haylee Roe competed on bars and floor, respectively, while sophomore Bridget Hodan led off on beam in her first competitive routine. Freshman Brielle Nguyen made her competitive debut on beam at Rutgers and freshman Julia Hutcherson made her competitive debut on vault against Michigan.
Women’s Gymnastics Contact: Dan Longo // 217-300-1449 (office) // 847-361-8735 (cell) // [email protected] // www.FIGHTINGILLINI.com
ILLINI IN THE RANKINGS
2016 INDIVIDUAL TITLES
TEAM EVENT Vault Bars Beam Floor Team Total
RQS NAT’L RK REG. RK 48.895 26 6 48.755 36 7 49.160 8 (t) 2 (t) 49.115 15 4 195.710 22 6
INDIVIDUAL (TOP 50 NATIONAL) GYMNAST EVENT Lizzy LeDuc AA BB Sunny Kato BB Giana O’Connor AA Floor BB *Rankings as of Feb. 29
RQS 39.075 9.855 9.900 39.315 9.890 9.855
NAT’L RK REG. RK 30 (t) 6 30 (t) 8 (t) 4 (t) 2 (t) 15 4 21 (t) 4 (t) 30 (t) 8 (t)
B1G 5 8 2 3 5
B1G 9 7 (t) 1 5 3 (t) 7 (t)
GIANA O’CONNOR (2016: 18 - CAREER: 40) Vault (4) 9.900 at Michigan State 9.875 at Lindenwood 9.825 at Rutgers 9.800 at Minnesota Bars (1) 9.825 at Rutgers Beam (2) 9.925 vs. Iowa State 9.850 at Missouri Floor (6) 9.900 vs. Iowa State 9.925 vs. Michigan 9.900 at Michigan State 9.900 at Missouri 9.875 vs. Iowa 9.875 at Rutgers All-Around (5) 39.525 vs. Iowa State 39.375 at Lindenwood 39.325 at Michigan State 39.325 at Rutgers 39.275 at Missouri MARY JANE HORTH (2016: 5 - CAREER: 11) Bars (3) 9.900 at Penn State vs. Michigan at Missouri Beam (1) 9.850 at Rutgers All-Around (1) 39.400 at Penn State ERIN BUCHANAN (2016: 4 - CAREER: 8) Vault (2) 9.875 at Lindenwood 9.825 at Rutgers Floor (2) 9.900 vs. Iowa State 9.875 vs. Iowa LIZZY LEDUC (2016: 2 - CAREER: 2) Beam (2) 9.925 at Lindenwood 9.900 at Penn State SUNNY KATO Bars (2) Beam (4)
(2016: 6 - CAREER: 29) 9.900 vs. Iowa State 9.825 at Lindenwood 9.950 at Michigan State 9.925 vs. Iowa State 9.925 at Lindenwood 9.900 at Penn State
TEAM TOTAL = 28 VAULT = 4 BARS = 6 BEAM = 6 FLOOR = 6 ALL-AROUND = 6
MEET-BY-MEET SCORING BREAKDOWN MEET RESULT TEAM VAULT BARS at Missouri L 195.075 48.325 48.825 at Rutgers W 195.500 49.000 48.625 vs. Michigan L 195.150 48.850 48.275 at Penn State W 195.725 48.675 48.625 at Minnesota L 195.000 48.425 48.750 vs. Iowa L 195.125 48.625 48.800 at Michigan State W 196.300 49.000 48.775 vs. Iowa State W 196.525 48.950 49.000 at Lindenwood W 195.875 49.050 48.525 Season Average -- 195.586 48.767 48.689 Season High Scores -- 196.525 49.050 49.000 Regional Qualifying Score -- 195.710 48.895 48.755
BEAM 48.950 48.950 48.825 49.200 48.950 48.625 49.425 49.300 49.400
FLOOR 48.975 48.925 49.200 49.225 48.875 49.075 49.100 49.275 48.900
49.069 49.425 49.160
49.061 49.275 49.115
ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS NATIONAL TOP 25 (As of Feb. 29)
Rank Team 1 Oklahoma 2 Florida 3 Alabama 4 LSU 5 Michigan 6 Utah 7 UCLA 8 Auburn 9 Arkansas 10 Georgia 11 Boise State 12 California 13 Denver 14 Missouri 15 Nebraska 16 Stanford 17 Iowa 18 Arizona 19 Minnesota 20 Oregon State 21 George Washington 22 ILLINOIS 23 Kentucky 24 Eastern Michigan 25 West Virginia
RQS 197.705 197.440 197.325 197.150 197.065 197.020 196.825 196.720 196.460 196.380 196.330 196.235 196.210 196.185 196.070 196.045 195.980 195.895 195.850 195.840 195.765 195.710 195.670 195.635 195.540
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UI WEEK-TO-WEEK NATIONAL RANK Date Preseason Jan. 11 Jan. 18 Jan. 25 Feb. 1 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 29
Rank 15 19 17 19 19 20 25 24 22
Ranked By Coaches Poll Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. Season Avg. RQS RQS
2016 ILLINOIS ROSTER NAME
Erin Buchanan Becca Cuppy Rachael Donovan Heather Foley Jordyn Givens Bridget Hodan Mary Jane Horth Julia Hutcherson Sunny Kato Lizzy LeDuc Sarah Lyons Brielle Nguyen Giana O’Connor Haylee Roe
YR
Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. So. Jr. Fr. R-Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr.
HT
5-2 5-5 5-3 5-7 5-3 5-3 5-7 5-4 5-1 5-0 5-4 5-0 5-2 4-10
EVENT(S)
Head Coach: Kim Landrus (5th season, 14th overall) Assistant Coach: Jacob Lee (2nd season) Assistant Coach: Chad Wiest (3rd season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Maci Sump (1st season) Student Assistant Coach: Jordan Naleway
All-Around All-Around All-Around VT, BB, FX All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around UB, BB All-Around VT, UB All-Around All-Around All-Around
HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL
Haymarket, Va./Battlefield High Ankeny, Iowa/Ankeny Centennial Bethlehem, Pa./Notre Dame Greenpond Pewaukee, Wisconsin/Waukesha North Keller, Texas/Keller Central Brookfield, Wis./Divine Savior Holy Angels Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy Canton, Ga./The King’s Academy Chino Hills, Calif./Newport Harbor Dallas, Texas/Homeschooled New Braunfels, Texas/Canyon Orange County, Calif./Foothill Streamwood, Ill./Streamwood Mesquite, Texas/John Horn
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luh-DUKE Bridget Hodan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ho-DEN Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATE-oh Sarah Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lions
Brielle Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WIN
TOP SCORES OF 2016 TEAM
INDIVIDUAL
TOTAL 196.525. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 196.300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 195.875. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) 195.725. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 195.500. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) 195.150. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16)
ALL-AROUND 39.525 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16( 39.400 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 39.325 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . 2x, last at MSU (2/19/16) 39.300 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) 39.275 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa State (2/26/16) Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . 2x, last at Minnesota (2/06/16) 39.200 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . 2x, last at MSU (2/19/16)
VAULT 49.050. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) 49.000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 49.000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) 48.950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs/ Iowa State (2/26/16) 48.850. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) 48.675. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) UNEVEN BARS 49.000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 48.825. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16) 48.800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa (2/1316) 48.775. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 48.750. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Minnesota (2/06/16) 48.625. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) BALANCE BEAM 49.425. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 49.400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) 49.300. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 49.200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 48.950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Minnesota (2/06/18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16) 48.950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16) FLOOR EXERCISE 49.275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 49.225. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 49.200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) 49.100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Michigan State (2/19/16) 49.075. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa (2/1316) 48.975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16)
CLUB TEAM
Capital Gymnastics Triad Gymnastics Parkettes Salto Gymnastics/M&M Gymnastics Top Flight Gymnastics Salto Gymnastics Gym World Academy of Atlanta OC Gymnastics Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim Ariel Athletics Gymax Gymnastics Gymkhana/Gymnasti Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim
VAULT 9.900 9.875 9.850 9.825
Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa State (2/26/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . 2x, last at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 2x, last at Penn State (1/29/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . at Rutgers (1/16/16)
UNEVEN BARS 9.900 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Mary Jane Horth . . 3x, last at Penn State (1/29/16) 9.850 Sarah Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . at Iowa State (2/26/16) Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Missouri (1/08/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 9.825 Sunny Kato . . . . . 2x, last at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . 3x, last vs. Iowa (2/1316) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa (2/1316) BALANCE BEAM 9.950 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) 9.925 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . 2x, last at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 9.900 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Penn State (1/29/16) 9.875 Bridget Hodan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at MSU (2/19/16) Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . 2x, last Minnesota (2/06/16) FLOOR EXERCISE 9.925 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . vs. Michigan (1/22/16) 9.900 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Giana O’Connor . . . 3x, last vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) 9.875 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa (2/1316) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . 2x, last at Penn State (1/29/16) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . 2x, last vs. Iowa (2/1316) 9.850 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . at Lindenwood (2/28/16) Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Iowa State (2/26/16) Mary Jane Horth . . 2x, last at Penn State (1/29/16)
ILLINOIS RECORDS TEAM Total Vault Bars Beam Floor
197.350 49.425 49.475 49.425 49.500
INDIVIDUAL
AA 39.625 39.625 Vault 10.0 10.0 Bars 10.0 Beam 9.950 Floor 9.975
at B1G Championships at State of Illinois Classic at NCAA South Central Regional at Michigan State Big Ten Championships
Giana O’Connor Alina Weinstein Amber See Alina Weinstein Cara Pomeroy Sunny Kato Allison Buckley Stacy Redmond Alina Weinstein
3/21/15 2/21/14 4/3/04 2/19/16 3/21/09
2015 2013 2014 2013 2004 2015 & 2016 2009 & 2011 1995 2013
TEAM RECORDS TOTAL SCORE 1. 197.350 2 . 197.100 3. 196.975 5. 196.875 6. 196.775 7. 196.750 8. 196.700 10. 196.675 VAULT 1. 49.425 2. 49.400 3. 49.375 4. 49.350 5. 49.250 6. 49.225 7. 49.200 8. 49.175 BARS 1. 49.475 2. 49.450 3. 49.425 4. 49.400 5. 49.375 7. 49.325 9. 49.300 10. 49.250
Big Ten Championships vs. Lindenwood at Iowa at State of Illinois Classic at Big Ten Quad vs. Ohio State/Central Mich. Big Ten Championships at NCAA West Regional vs. Ohio State at NCAA Morgantown Regional at State of Illinois Classic Big Ten Championships Big Ten Championships at Big Ten Quad vs. Lindenwood vs. Ohio State at State of Illinois Classic at Iowa at NCAA Championships at Big Ten Championships at State of Illinois Classic at NCAA West Regional at Missouri
3/21/15 3/8/14 2/14/15 3/12/11 3/15/14 2/23/14 3/21/09 4/4/09 2/15/09 4/4/15 2/21/14 3/21/15 3/21/09 3/15/14 3/8/14 2/15/09 3/16/13 2/14/15 4/15/11 3/19/11 3/12/11 4/4/09 2/13/09
at NCAA Regionals 4/3/04 at State of Illinois Classic 3/20/10 Big Ten Championships 3/21/15 at NCAA Minneapolis Regional 4/5/14 vs. Minnesota 2/7/15 vs. Lindenwood 3/8/14 at Big Five Meet 3/14/15 at Iowa 2/14/15 at Big Ten Championships 3/31/07 at Nebraska 3/1/15 vs. Rutgers 1/7/15 vs. Iowa 1/31/14 vs. Iowa 2/16/13 vs. Ohio State 2/15/09 at State of Illinois Classic 3/25/07
BEAM 1. 49.425 2. 49.400 49.375 4. 49.325 5. 49.300 49.300 7. 49.275 9. 49.250
at Michigan State at Lindenwood at State of Illinois Classic at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Iowa vs. Ohio State/Central Mich. Big Ten Championships at Michigan State at NCAA Morgantown Regional vs. Michigan State at Michigan
2/19/16 2/28/16 3/12/11 2/25/11 2/26/16 2/14/15 2/23/14 3/21/15 1/10/14 4/4/15 2/20/15 1/19/13
FLOOR 1. 49.500 2. 49.450 4. 49.425 7. 49.325
Big Ten Championships at State of Illinois Classic at State of Illinois Classic vs. Ball State & UIC vs. Western Michigan vs. Iowa at Big Ten Championships at Big Ten Championships vs. UIC at State of Illinois Classic
3/21/09 3/20/10 3/16/01 3/10/13 3/6/11 3/8/03 3/22/14 3/23/13 2/19/11 3/14/09
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
ILLINOIS EVENT TITLE LEADERS
ALL-AROUND 1. 39.625 3. 39.600 5. 39.575 6. 39.550 9. 39.525 VAULT 1. 10.0 3. 9.950 5. 9.925 BARS 1. 10.0 2. 9.975 5. 9.950 8. 9.925 BEAM 1. 9.950 5. 9.925 FLOOR 1. 9.975 3. 9.950
CAREER EVENT TITLES (includes All-Around) 1. 62 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008-11 2. 58 Nancy Thies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976-77 3. 43 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . 2010-13 4. 41 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-07 5. 40 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . 2013-present 38 Denise Lamborn . . . . . . . . . . . 1987-90 7. 34 Heather Singalewitch . . . . . . . 1987-90 8. 33 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . 2009-12 9. 32 Kim Berres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996-99 10. 29 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . 2012-present Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007-10
Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/1/15 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/26/16 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Marijka Botterman . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/4/15 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Erin Buchanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Marijka Botterman . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Jessica Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Nicole Viernes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/7/15 Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/4/15 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Mary Jane Horth . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/21/15 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/1/15 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/14/15 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/17/15 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Melissa Fernandez . . . . . 2010 (twice) Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . 2007 (twice) Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Ashley Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Cara Pomeroy . . . . . . . . . 2004 (twice) Kelli Farrar . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 (twice) Natalie Forsthoefel . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/19/16 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/27/15 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Stacy Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 (twice) Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/26/16 Lizzy LeDuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/28/16 Sunny Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Melissa Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . 2009 (twice) Melissa Fernandez . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Kara Kapernekas . . . . . . . 2003 (twice) Jana Gallagher . . . . 2001 (four times) Kim Berres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . 2013 (twice) Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aber See . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Kapernekas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kara Kapernekas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Kaufman . . . . . . . . . . . . Phaedra Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2014 2013 2013 2013 2010 2009 2004 2003 2003 2000
SINGLE SEASON EVENT TITLES (includes All-Around) 1. 34 Nancy Thies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 26 Alina Weinstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 24 Nancy Thies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. 20 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. 19 Kelsey Joannides . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. 18 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. 17 Heather Singalewitch . . . . . . . . . 8. 16 Giana O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Denise Lamborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. 15 Allison Buckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1976 2013 1977 2011 2012 2008 2016 1989 2015 1987 2010
FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
HEATHER FOLEY
SUNNY KATO
5-7 // Senior // Vault, Beam, Floor
5-1 // Senior // Uneven Bars, Balance Beam
Pewaukee, Wis. // Waukesha North
Chino Hills, Calif. // Newport Harbor
Club: Salto Gymnastics / M&M Gymnastics
Club: Team OC Gymnastics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault 9.700 (3) 9.775 9.750 9.725 9.700 9.725 9.725 9.725 9.750
Bars -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Beam -- -- -- -- -- 9.725 9.800 9.250 9.175
Floor 9.550 9.750 9.750 9.775 9.725 9.725 9.700 9.750 9.650
AA ----------
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Bars 9.850 9.800 (2) 9.675 9.825 9.500 9.525 9.300 9.900 9.825 (1)
Beam 9.700 9.725 9.875 (3) 9.900 (1) 9.875 9.825 9.950 9.925 9.925 (1)
Floor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AA ----------
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.731 9.775 9.850
-- -- --
9.488 9.800 9.850
9.708 9.775 9.850
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Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
9.689 9.900 9.950
9.856 9.950 9.950
-- -- --
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GIANA O’CONNOR
ERIN BUCHANAN
5-2 // Senior // All-Around
5-2 // Junior // All-Around
Streamwood, Ill. // Streamwood
Haymarket, Va. // Battlefield
Club: Gymkhana / Gymnasti
Club: Capital Gymnastics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault 9.700 9.825 (1) 9.850 9.825 (2) 9.800 9.750 9.900 9.850 9.875
Bars 9.825 9.825 (1) 9.775 9.275 9.850 9.825 (3) 9.650 9.850 9.750
Beam 9.850 (1) 9.800 (2) 9.575 9.800 9.850 9.750 9.875 9.925 9.900
Floor 9.900 (1) 9.875 (1) 9.925 (1) 9.825 9.775 9.875 (1) 9.900 9.900 9.850
AA 39.275 (1) 39.325 (1) 39.125 38.725 39.275 39.200 (2) 39.325 39.525 39.375
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault 9.625 9.825 (1) 9.775 9.725 9.725 9.775 9.775 9.850 9.875 (1)
Bars 9.100 9.575 -- 9.850 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.600 9.725 (3)
Beam 9.675 -- -- 9.750 9.675 9.175 9.850 9.750 9.800
Floor 9.725 9.825 (2) 9.100 9.875 (2) 9.825 9.875 (1) 9.825 9.900 (1) 9.800
AA 38.125 --39.200 (3) 38.975 38.625 39.200 39.100 39.200 (2)
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.819 9.900 9.950
9.736 9.850 9.925
9.814 9.925 9.925
9.869 9.925 9.925
39.239 39.525 39.625
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.772 9.875 9.925
9.644 9.850 9.875
9.668 9.850 9.850
9.750 9.900 9.925
38.918 39.200 39.375
FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
MARY JANE HORTH
SARAH LYONS
5-7 // Junior // All-Around
5-4 // Junior // Vault, Uneven Bars
Akron, Ohio // Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
New Braunfels, Texas // Canyon
Club: Gym World
Club: Aerial Athletics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 9.675 (3) 9.900 (1) 9.800 (3) 9.800 (3) 39.175 (2) 9.800 (3) 9.700 9.850 (1) 9.750 39.100 (2) 9.775 9.900 (1) 9.750 9.850 39.275 (3) 9.800 9.900 (1) 9.850 (3) 9.850 39.400 (1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault -- -- -- -- -- -- 9.775 9.725 9.725
Bars -- -- 9.800 9.775 9.725 9.800 9.800 9.850 9.725
Beam -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Floor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.763 9.800 9.900
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.742 9.775 9.850
9.782 9.850 9.875
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-- -- --
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9.850 9.900 9.975
9.813 9.850 9.900
9.813 9.850 9.875
39.238 39.400 39.575
BECCA CUPPY
JORDYN GIVENS
5-5 // Sophomore // All-Around
5-3 // Sophomore // All-Around
Ankeny, Iowa // Ankeny Centennial
Keller, Texas // Keller Central
Club: Triad Gymnastics
Club: Top Flight Gymnastics
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnestoa vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- -- -- -- -9.550 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -9.525 -- -- -- -9.525 -- -- -- -9.575 -- -- -- --- 9.800 -- -- -- -- 9.400 -- -- --- 9.500 -- -- --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.544 9.575 9.850
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9.567 9.800 9.800
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FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
BRIDGET HODAN
RACHAEL DONOVAN
5-3 // Sophomore // All-Around
5-3 // Freshman // All-Around
Brookfield, Wis. // Divine Savior Holy Angels
Bethlehem, Pa. // Notre Dame Geenpond
Club: Salto Gymnastics
Club: Parkettes
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Bars -- -- -- -- 9.700 9.550 -- -- --
Beam 9.800 (3) 9.800 (2) 9.800 9.725 9.700 9.550 9.875 9.875 9.850
Floor -- -- 9.800 9.800 9.750 9.750 -- 9.800 9.000
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Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
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9.625 9.700 9.700
9.775 9.875 9.875
9.650 9.800 9.800
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2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- 9.625 -- -- --- 9.575 -- -- --- 9.075 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
-- -- --
9.425 9.625 9.625
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JULIA HUTCHERSON
LIZZY LEDUC
5-4 // Freshman // All-Around
5-0 // Freshman // All-Around
Canton, Ga. // The King’s Academy
Dallas, Texas. // Homeschooled
Club: Academy of Atlanta
Club: Metroplex Gymnastics and Swim
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State vs. Lindenwood
Vault -- -- 9.600 9.600 9.400 9.625 9.625 9.625 9.650
Bars -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Beam -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Floor -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
AA -------- ---
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.589 9.650 9.650
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2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS
Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State at Lindenwood
Vault 9.625 9.775 9.700 -- 9.675 9.750 9.825 9.800 9.825
Bars 9.625 9.725 9.125 9.075 9.725 9.825 (3) 9.775 9.800 9.125
Beam 9.800 (3) 9.775 9.825 9.900 (1) 9.850 9.775 9.875 9.825 9.925
Floor 9.800 (3) 9.725 9.875 (3) 9.875 (2) 9.800 9.850 9.825 9.850 9.825
AA 38.850 39.000 (3) 38.525 -39.050 39.200 (2) 39.300 39.275 38.700
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.747 9.825 9.825
9.533 9.825 9.825
9.839 9.925 9.925
9.825 9.875 9.875
38.988 39.300 39.300
FIGHTING ILLINI BIO UPDATES
BRIELLE NGUYEN
HAYLEE ROE
5-0 // Freshman // All-Around
4-10 // Freshman // All-Around
Orange County, Calif. // Foothill
Mesquite, Texas // Jorn Horn
Club: Gymax Gymnastics
Club: Parkettes
2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA -- -- -- -- --- -- 9.550 -- --- -- 9.100 -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- -- 9.700 --- -- -- 9.775 --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
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9.325 9.550 9.650
9.738 9.775 9.775
Numbers in parentheses denote top-3 finishes
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2016 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Opponent/Meet at Missouri at Rutgers vs. Michigan at Penn State at Minnesota vs. Iowa at Michigan State vs. Iowa State Lindenwood
Vault Bars Beam Floor AA 9.175 -- -- 9.750 --- -- -- 9.600 --- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- -- 9.600 9.725 --- -- -- -- --- -- -- 9.775 --- -- -- 9.825 --- -- -- 9.775 --
Season Average Scores Season High Scores Career High Scores
9.175 9.175 9.175
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9.600 9.600 9.600
9.742 9.825 9.825
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THE 2016 FIGHTING ILLINI TV ROSTER
Erin Buchanan - Jr.
Becca Cuppy- So.
Rachael Donovan - Fr.
Heather Foley - Sr.
Jordyn Givens - So.
Bridget Hodan - So.
Mary Jane Horth - Jr.
Julia Hutcherson - Fr.
Sunny Kato - R-Sr.
Lizzy LeDuc - Fr.
Sarah Lyons - Jr.
Brielle Nguyen - Fr.
Kim Landrus Head Coach
Jacob Lee Assistant Coach
Giana O’Connor - Sr.
Chad Wiest Assistant Coach
Haylee Roe - Fr.
Maci Sump Volunteer Assistant Coach
Jordan Naleway Student Assistant Coach
