2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics - College Sports Live
MISSOURI INFORMATION
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Missouri @ No. 21 Iowa State
Location...................................................Columbia, Mo. Founded................................................................... 1839 Enrollment............................................................ 31,314 Nickname............................................................... Tigers Colors............................................... Old Gold and Black Chancellor....................................... Dr. Brady S. Deaton Athletic Director...................................... Michael Alden SWA....................................................... Sarah Reesman Conference............................................................ Big 12 Affiliation............................................NCAA Division I Home Arena............................................ Hearnes Center Capacity................................................................ 13,611
Series History vs. Iowa State
Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 7 p.m. Hilton Coliseum; Ames, Iowa
COACHING STAFF Head Coach..................................................... Rob Drass Alma Mater........................................... Penn State, 1990 Record at school..................................129-81 (11 years) Career record.......................................129-81 (11 years) Best Way to Contact............... Through Media Relations Office Phone........................................... (573) 882-0736 Associate Head Coach.............................. John Figueroa Office Phone........................................... (573) 882-3919 Assistant Coach.............................................Amy Smith Alma Mater................................................. UCLA, 2001 Office Phone........................................... (573) 882-9071 TEAM INFORMATION 2011 Overall Record...................................................1-1 2010 Overall record..................................................11-3 2010 Postseason............ NCAA Championship Qualifier NCAA Regional Champion Big 12 Record/Finish........................................1-2/Third 2010 Regional qualifying score.......................... 196.500 NCAA 2010 Final Ranking.................................. No. 12 Letterwinners returning/lost........................................ 7/4 All-Americans returning/lost...................................... 0/1 Newcomers.................................................................Six
MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Gymnastics Contact....................................Jenny Dewar Office Phone...........................................(573) 882-7826 Cell Phone...............................................(847) 567-2487 Office Fax...............................................(573) 882-4720 E-mail...........................................dewarj@missouri.edu Shipping Address.............................260 Hearnes Center 600 Stadium Blvd. Columbia, MO 65211
Last Time vs. Iowa State
Missouri hosted the Cyclones at last year’s Pink Out meet on January 22. Coming off of a win at the Lady Luck Invitational, the Tigers continued their winning streak scoring a 196.400 to top Iowa State’s 196.000. Sarah Shire and Mary Burke swept the awards ceremony, Shire taking home the vault, beam, floor and all-around titles and Burke clinching the bars title and a second place all-around finish. The all-around title marked Shire’s first of eleven all-around wins last season.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Roster Name
Cathryn Aliceaacosta Brittany Bendoff Mary Burke Alex Gold Allie Heizelman Tori Howard Mackenzie McGill Taylor Medrea Sandra Ostad Brittani Price Alex Skinner Lauren Swankoski Katelyn Trevino
Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr.
Ht.
4-11 5-0 5-6 5-3 5-2 5-2 5-4 5-2 5-1 5-2 5-2 5-1 5-2
Event
All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around
Hometown
Houston, Texas Long Grove, Ill. Inverness, Ill. Plano, Texas Cypress, Texas Chesterfield, Mo. Bartlesville, Okla. Britton, Mich. Oslo, Norway New Lenox, Ill. Plano, Texas Chadds Ford, Pa. Ovilla, Texas
Club Team
Cypress Academy of Gym. Libertyville Gym. Academy American Academy of Gym. Metroplex Cypress Academy St. Louis Gym Centre ConocoPhilips Gymnastics Michigan Elite Gymnastics Oslo Turnforening United Gymnastics Academy Kurt Thomas Gymnastics First State Gymnastics Trevinos Gymnastics School
Head Coach: Rob Drass Associate Head Coach: John Figueroa Assistant Coach and Choreographer: Amy Smith Student Coach: Tara Foster
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Schedule/Results
PROGRAM INFORMATION First Year of Gymnastics....................................1979-80 Overall Regular Season Record.......................348-268-1 Overall Postseason Record................................72-154-1 NCAA Appearance/Last......National Championships/2010 NCAA Individual/Last...................................Sarah Shire National Championships/2010
The Tigers and the Cyclones have gone head to head a total of 86 times in program history. After the last meeting in 2010, the regular season series record stands and 26-26-0. In post season meetings the Tigers lead 21-13.
Date
Friday, December 10 Friday, January 7 Saturday, January 15 Friday, January 21 Saturday, January 29 Friday, February 4 Friday, February 11 Friday, February 18 Friday, February 25 Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 12 Saturday, March 19 Saturday, April 2 Thurs., April 14
Opponent/Event
Black and Gold Cancun Classic vs. West Virginia SEMO (Beauty and the Beast) Iowa State* Metroplex Challenge vs. LSU, Alabama and Nebraska Nebraska* Illinois (Pink Out) Oklahoma* Southern Utah Centenary, Temple Ohio State Big 12 Championships NCAA Regional Championships NCAA National Championships
Home meets in bold * Big 12 Conference meets - All times listed are CST and subject to change
Location
Time/Result
Columbia, Mo. Cancun, Mx.
Black 151.750, Gold 151.225 L, 194.500-191.575
Columbia, Mo.
W, 194.925-192.825
Ames, Iowa Dallas, Texas
7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Columbia, Mo. Columbia, Mo.
6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m
Norman, Okla. Columbia, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Columbus, Ohio Columbia, Mo. TBA Cleveland, Ohio
7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA TBA
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Scouting Iowa State... The Iowa State Cyclones started the 2011 season off with a strong win over the Auburn Tigers. The No. 21 Cyclones posted a 193.475 at their season opener to top the Tigers’ 192.775. The team’s score was it’s highest season-opening score since 2007. Junior Michelle Browning won the all-around title with a 39.175. The team also earned two out of the three weekly awards given out by the Big 12 on Jan. 11. Michelle Browning was named Gymnast of the Week for her all-around title, and freshman Michelle Shealy earned the league’s first-ever Newcomer of the Week title. Shealy put up a 9.850 to win the beam title against Auburn. Last week the Cyclones opened their conference season with No. 9 Nebraska. The Cornhuskers edged past Iowa State 195.450-194.725. Michelle Browning took her second all-around title of the season with a 39.125, and Michelle Shealy tied with Browning for her second beam title of the season.
GymInfo National Top 25 Rankings as of Jan. 17...
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Mary Burke Earns Big 12 Weekly Award... Junior Mary Burke was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 18 by the Big 12 Conference. The award marks Burke’s 6. 7. second of her career as she previously earned the award in January of 2010. With a 39.225 all-around score, Burke led the Tigers to a 194.925-192.825 victory over SEMO. Burke took the all-around title at the event. “It’s an honor to be recognized 8. because there are so many good gymnasts in this conference,” Burke said. “The Big 12 is a tough conference and to be 9. recognized in the second week of the season is an awesome achievement.” 10. Tigers Take Beauty and the Beast... 11. Missouri rebounded from its season opener with a victory over SEMO at Beauty and the Beast. In their home arena the Tigers scored a 194.925 to top SEMO’s 192.825. Junior Mary Burke took the all-around title scoring a 39.225, just over Alex Gold’s 38.875. The Tigers took the lead in the meet after the first rotation, holding it the entire meet. Tori Howard and 13. Taylor Medrea earned career high scores on floor, and Gold set hers on bars. 14. 15. A Look at Beauty and the Beast... 16. The Tigers are 5-0 in Beauty and the Beast history. The event draws in an average of over 5, 000 people each year. Last 17. year’s Beauty and the Beast meet saw the Tigers hosting New Hampshire, while wrestling matched up against Oklahoma. The Tigers came out on top with a 195.125-192.975 victory. Shire earned her third all-around title of the season, the 16th 18. of her career, and Mary Burke took the bars title while finishing second in the all-around. Lauren Swankoski took the third place spot. 20. Date Opponent Score Attendance 21. 2/9/07 SEMO W: 194.775-192.700 6,197 22. 2/8/08 Centenary W: 195.800-192.325 6,308 23. 2/13/09 Illinois W: 196.625-195.000 4,147 2/6/10 New Hampshire W: 195.125-192.975 4,041 24. 1/15/11 SEMO W: 194.925-192.825 2,553 25.
Team Avg. Points Florida 196.850 Stanford 196.625 Oklahoma 195.825 Utah 195.800 Georgia 195.688 Oregon State 195.567 Michigan 195.300 UCLA 195.217 Nebraska 195.200 North Carolina State 195.150 Kent State 195.125 Alabama 195.125 Arkansas 194.913 Minnesota 194.625 Boise State 194.575 Ohio State 194.475 Iowa 194.325 Washington 194.250 West Virginia 194.250 Southern Utah 194.113 Iowa State 194.100 Illinois-Champaign 194.063 Denver 193.963 LSU 193.913 North Carolina 193.900
High 196.925 196.625 196.175 195.900 195.800 195.925 195.700 195.925 195.450 195.150 195.475 195.350 195.075 195.325 194.575 194.475 194.825 194.825 194.500 194.750 194.725 194.475 195.000 194.475 193.900
Individual Season Highs
Gymnast Cathryn Aliceaacosta Brittany Bendoff Mary Burke Alex Gold Allie Heizelman Tori Howard Mackenzie McGill Taylor Medrea Sandra Ostad Brittani Price Alex Skinner Lauren Swankoski Katelyn Trevino
Yr. FR SO JR SR JR SO FR FR SO FR FR SO FR
Vault --- 9.775 9.800 9.850 --- 9.725 --- --- 9.725 9.825 --- 9.775 ---
Bars Beam Floor --- --- --- --- --- --- 9.800 9.825 9.850 9.725 9.725 9.775 9.825 9.750 9.250 --- 9.750 9.850 9.675 (exh) --- --- 9.750 9.700 9.675 9.775 9.200 (exh) 9.600 (exh) 8.550 (exh) --- --- --- 9.700 --- 9.725 9.100 9.850 --- --- ---
All-Around ----37.900 38.150 --------------37.325 ---
The Tigers added six freshmen to their roster for 2011. The new additions have big shoes to fill as last year stands as one of the program’s most successful seasons.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics GymInfo Preseason Poll
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Team Points UCLA 1035 Alabama 950 Florida 948 Oklahoma 881 Utah 853 Stanford 818 Georgia 749 Oregon State 702 Michigan 696 Nebraska 691 Arkansas 648 LSU 647 Missouri 479 Penn State 456 Auburn 415 Denver 361 Illinois-Champaign 333 Boise State 311 Arizona 274 Southern Utah 195 Washington 191 Iowa State 114 Minnesota 109 Kentucky 102 Arizona State 100
Receiving Votes: West Virginia, Michigan State, Central Michigan, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Kent State, North Carolina, Maryland-College Park, Utah State, Western Michigan, Illinois State, New Hampshire, BYU, Pittsburgh, S.E. Missouri, UIC, San Jose State.
Tigers look to come back from Cancun Classic... The first meet of 2011 found Missouri across the border in Cancun, Mexico for the Cancun Classic. After taking an early lead after the first rotation, the Tigers struggled to keep up with the Mountaineers. Missouri held off West Virginia until the third rotation when the Mountaineers took the lead by one point. Alex Gold placed third in the all-around with a score of 38.150. Sophomore Sandra Ostad topped her career high on bars with a score of 9.775. The score earned her a first place spot in the meet. Black Outshines Gold... The Tigers’ annual Black and Gold Intrasquad meet was held on Dec. 10 to give Mizzou a chance to get out of the gym and compete in front of judges before the regular season begins. The Black Squad took the win with a 151.750-151.225 final score. Missouri’s only senior, Alex Gold, led the Black Squad with her 38.325 all-around total. Gold led the Black Squad in three out of the four rotations. She finished with a 9.875 on vault, 9.650 on bars and a 9.700 on beam. She closed out her fourth rotation with a 9.100 on floor. Sophomore Lauren Swankoski shone for the Gold Squad at the Black and Gold Meet. She came in just under Alex Gold on the vault with a 9.800. She recorded the same on beam, and she finished the evening with a 9.850 on her floor routine. Sophomore Lauren Swankoski shone for the Gold Squad at tonight’s meet. She came in just under Alex Gold on the vault with a 9.800. She recorded the same on beam, and she finished the evening with a 9.850 on her floor routine. Preseason Progress... The Tigers clocked in at No. 13 on GymInfo’s 2011 Women’s Preseason Coaches Poll released on Dec. 1. Missouri will face nine ranked opponents this season including No. 12 LSU, No. 10 Nebraska, No. 2 Alabama, and No. 4 Oklahoma, among others. Mizzou sits above Big 12 opponent Iowa State, who came in at No. 22 in the poll. Missouri finished the 2010 season at No. 12, their highest end-of-season ranking in program history. Looking Ahead... Mizzou will hit the road for the next two weeks, first heading to No. 21 Iowa State on Jan. 21 then to Dallas, Texas for the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 29. The Challenge will put the Tigers up against No. 9 Nebraska, No. 11 Alabama and No. 25 LSU. Mizzou will return to the Hearnes Center for another match-up against Nebraska as well as for the annual Pink Out meet. The Fighting Illini will travel to Columbia for the event. The Tigers can also look forward to the Big 12 Championships which will take place in the Hearnes Center this season. The meet is scheduled for March 19 at 2 p.m. Missouri is preparing for a tough schedule with nine nationally ranked opponents to look forward to this season. Banner Season... Mizzou Gymnastics had one of the most decorated seasons in program history in 2010. The Tigers finished third at the Big 12 Championship and advanced to NCAA Regionals where they snagged a first place finish. Missouri continued on to the NCAA National Championship for the first time in program history. Sarah Shire also finished the 2010 season with a lot of hardware. The four-time All-American stands as Missouri’s most decorated gymnast after taking home two straight Big 12 All-Around titles, a second place floor finish at Nationals and a fifth place finish on vault at Nationals as well. She was named NCAA South Central Region’s Gymnast of the Year and Co-Big 12 Gymnast of the year for the second consecutive year. Shire holds the school record of 11 All-Around titles in a single season and is also the only gymnast to earn a spot on all five all-conference teams. Throughout her career, Shire was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week 13 times, which is the most in conference history.
Season Outlook: After one of the most successful season in program history, Missouri Gymnastics is looking to repeat its record breaking season. “We are looking to do what we did last season,” Head Coach Rob Drass said. “We would like to qualify to the National Championships and definitely make a run at the Big 12 Championship.” After saying good-bye to four seniors, including Mizzou’s most decorated gymnast, Sarah Shire, the Tigers are left with one senior, two juniors, and four sophomores. A group of six freshmen help round out the 2011 Tiger Gymnastics Squad. Don’t let the youth of this team fool you, however. Drass is confident in the abilities of the newcomers. “We look for a lot of youth and excitement going into this season, which we will temper with experience and confidence. As we move forward we expect good things, but it is going to take a little bit of time this year with the team being so young.” After testing the waters at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad Meet, Mizzou gymnastics will hit the practice gym until early January to focus on healing injuries and preparing for the regular season. The season will open against West Virginia at the Cancun Classic in Cancun, Mexico on January 7. “If we can stay heathy and do well, our goals can be accomplished this season,” said Drass.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics 2011 Big 12 Conference Standings
Teams Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
Team Avg. 195.825 195.200 194.100 193.250
High
196.175 195.450 194.725 194.925
Big 12 Gymnast of the Week
January 11: Michelle Browning, Iowa State January 18: Mary Burke, Missouri
Big 12 Specialist of the Week
January 11: Sara Stone, Oklahoma January 18: Kayla Nowak, Oklahoma
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
January 11: Michelle Shealy, Iowa State January 18: Taylor Spears, Oklahoma
Senior Solo... Senior Alex Gold is holding down the fort as Mizzou Gymnastics’ only senior this season. She had a promising start to the year, leading the Black Squad to a win over the Gold at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad meet. She pulled in a 38.325 all-around score, which was the highest at the meet. The Tigers graduated four seniors after the 2010 season to leave the leadership position to Gold. The Plano, Texas native stands as one of Missouri’s top vaulters. At one point in the 2010 season Gold sat at No. 9 in the Big 12 and No. 43 in the nation on vault. She has a 9.925 career high on the event, which she tallied during her sophomore season. She earned a tie for a second place finish on vault at the Columbia Regional in 2010 where she also earned a season high 9.900 on the event. Continuing the Success... Junior Mary Burke is looking to continue her success this year. As one of two juniors on the team this season, Burke will prove a strong competitor. She was ranked at No. 27 in the nation in the All-Around last season and held the No. 2 spot in the conference behind Sarah Shire. At NCAA Regi onals Burke matched her career-high 9.850 score on vault and finished tied for third on beam. With a long list of achievements under her belt already, Burke hopes to continue her success in 2011. Tigers Welcome Three... Missouri Gymnastics welcomes three new additions for the 2012 season. Evansville, Ind. native, Laura Kappler, will join the Tigers as a walk-on next season. Kappler trained at Revolution Gymnastics under coach Carly Cresswell-Watson. Rachel Updkike and Colleen Mulcahy have signed National letters of Intent to join the Mizzou Gymnastics family. Updike is a native of Olathe, Kan. where she trained at Kansas Gymnastics, and Cheer. She competed as both a Level 10 and Elite gymnast. Mulcahy comes to Mizzou from Orland Park, Ill. where she trained at Arena Gymnastics under the direction of Dan and Beth Miller.
The Tigers perform their pre-meet ritual in the Hearnes Center.
Team Highs Vault................................................................................... 48.900 Bars..................................................................................... 48.875 Beam................................................................................... 48.575 Floor.................................................................................... 48.675 All-Around........................................................................ 194.925 Team Averages Vault................................................................................... 48.850 Bars..................................................................................... 48.675 Beam................................................................................... 47.875 Floor.................................................................................... 47.950 All-Around........................................................................ 193.250 Team Numbers 2011 Record..............................................................................1-1 At Home....................................................................................1-0 On the Road..............................................................................0-1 At Home Conference................................................................0-0 On Road Conference.................................................................0-0 Against Top-25 Teams.............................................................0-1 Against 2010 Regional Qualifiers............................................0-1 Against 2010 NCAA Finals Teams..........................................0-0 Scoring 195.00 or Higher.........................................................0-0 Scoring Under 195.000.............................................................1-1 In January..................................................................................1-1 In February................................................................................0-0 In March....................................................................................0-0 In April......................................................................................0-0
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Head Coach Rob Drass
In his 12th season as Mizzou’s Head Gymnastics Coach, Rob Drass is looking to build on the recent successes of his program. After an outstanding 2009 season, The Tigers continued their record-breaking performances in 2010. With a regular season finish of 11-3, Drass coached the Mizzou gymnastics team through the postseason, and helped the team advance to the NCAA National Championship for the first time in program history. With Drass’ assistance, both Mary Burke and Sarah Shire were added to the Mizzou record books. The two gymnasts tied for the program record on floor after they both scored a 9.975 on floor in Missouri’s meet against Illinois State. Shire also set a new career high and school record with an all-around score of 39.725. Drass’ coaching skills were on display during the 2010 Big 12 Championships, where Mizzou finished third (195.900) and Sarah Shire took the Big 12 title in the all-around. Shire finished her conference season with six Gymnast of the Week honors from the Big 12 conference bringing her career total to a program record 12 conference Gymnast of the Week honors. Drass and the Tigers did not stop there, the team hosted the Columbia Regional Tournament where Missouri took first place and set a new regional record with a team score of 196.500 to advance to Nationals. With Drass’ help, Mizzou placed sixth in the semifinal round (194.600) and Shire continued to the individual event finals. Drass coached Shire to a second place finish on floor and fifth place spot on vault. She became the first gymnast in program history to earn a national ranking. Shire also earned All-America First team honors on vault and floor and All-America Second team honors on Bars to become Mizzou’s first four-time All-American athlete. Drass’ Tigers finished the season ranked at No. 12 in the nation, the highest ranking ever in Missouri Gymnastics program history. With all the success of the 2009 season, Drass’ coaching skills helped to bring the team to a higher level in 2010. In 2009, Drass coached the team to a 20-6 record as the team stamped performances in all four events and the all-around into the Missouri record books. The end of the season came with the Tigers’ highest ever overall score at an NCAA Regional (196.000) and Drass’ squad finished the year ranked 13th in the country. The season was also marked by outstanding performances from senior Adrianne Perry and junior Sarah Shire. Drass helped Perry become the first Missouri gymnast to qualify for Nationals in each of her four seasons. Shire followed in Perry’s footsteps from 2008 and became Drass’ second gymnast to win the Big 12 all-around title. Both Perry and Shire became All-Americans at the 2009 NCAA National Championships, the second and third gymnasts to receive that honor in his career at Missouri. Another prime example of Drass’ success was 2009 senior Alicia Hatcher, who was not only one of Missouri’s most consistent gymnasts, but was also honored outside the sport as well. Hatcher was tapped into the Mystical Seven honors society, named the Student-Athlete of the Year by the Varsity M Association and named to the prestigious Mizzou ‘39 (the university’s recognition of the top 39 seniors). The 2008 Tigers saw a successful year across the board, as well as standout performances by individual gymnasts, all mentored by Drass. Perry led the Tigers and captured the programs’ first ever Big 12 all-around title and represented the squad at the National Championships. The Missouri squad spent much of the season in the top 20 in 2008 and ultimately finished 13-10. The Tigers placed third in the Big 12 and grabbed the fourth-place spot at the NCAA Central Regional. Before taking the reigns at Missouri, Drass was the top assistant for the University of Nebraska’s nationally ranked gymnastics team for eight years. He served as a graduate assistant coach from 1991-92, before being elevated as a full-time assistant in 1993. He was the Cornhuskers’ primary floor exercise coach and worked closely with Head Coach Dan Kendig in coaching uneven bars. He was named the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches 1996 Midwest Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. Nebraska Gymnastics enjoyed tremendous success under Drass, earning a berth at the NCAA Championships in four of five seasons, highlighted by NCAA Super Six Finals appearances in both 1997 and 1999. As an assistant, Drass helped NU claim an unprecedented six straight conference titles from 1994 to 1999. With Drass’ help, six different NU gymnasts earned All-America honors. Topping his career at NU, Drass coached Brink to a spot on the U. S. team that competed at the World University Games in Spain. Prior to his coaching days, Drass was a gymnast at Penn State from 1987 to 1990. As a Nittany Lion, Drass competed at the NCAA Championships all four years. A seasoned gymnast who began competing at age nine, Drass began his coaching career while in college, as the assistant boys’ gymnastics coach at the McCracken’s Gym School in Kansas City in 1987. He served as the head boys’ coach at the Nittany Gym School in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1988. Since 1989, Drass has worked at the Woodward Gymnastics Camp in Pennsylvania during the summer. Drass graduated from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1990. He completed his master’s degree in strategic management and long-range planning at Nebraska in May 1994. He is married to former Husker All-American gymnast Joy Taylor, who is now a pediatrician at the University of Missouri Medical Center. Rob and Joy are the proud parents of daughter Molly and son James.
Assistant Coach John Figueroa
Entering his fourth season with the Tigers, John Figueroa has clearly made an impact on the Missouri squad. The Tigers turned in impressive performances on the vault and uneven bars under his guidance, and averaged 49.008 and 48.817, respectively, on the events in 2009. His work with Sarah Shire on vault helped her to first team all-america honors on the event in 2009. “Fig” as he is notoriously known, serves as the recruiting coordinator for the Tigers as he brings in a wealth of experience from his time with the Pioneers of the University of Denver, and he specializes in the Tiger gymnast’s skills on the vault and uneven bars. He has helped to sign three talented recruiting classes to Missouri in 2007, 2008 and 2009, which are now poised to catapult the Tigers’ success. While at Denver, Figueroa had his hand in recruiting the 2004 class, the most successful class of gymnasts in school history. During his tenure, that class qualified for NCAA Regional competition during all four years and qualified for the NCAA National Championships for the first time in DU history. Figueroa specializes in the Tiger gymnast’s skills on the vault and uneven bars. During his eight seasons at DU, Figueroa had some of the most successful vault rotations in the nation. The 2005 Pioneer squad spent almost the entire season ranked in the top-10 in the event, ultimately finishing 11th in the country. His teaching and guidance on the vault has led to two national qualifiers, and one All-American, Ashley Shible, who finished seventh in 2001. Shible, a freshman at the time, is only the third All-American in DU history. Casey Dobyns is the most recent qualifier under Figueroa as she finished 27th on the vault in 2007.
Assistant Coach Amy Smith
Amy Smith enters her third year of coaching at Missouri after revolutionizing the Tigers’ floor and beam routines the past two seasons. Smith joined Mizzou in 2007 as the choreographer for the team and balance beam coach. Along with her came a trademark style that brought the Tigers to life on both floor and beam, where they averaged a 48.867 and 48.752, respectively, in 2008. Smith spent her first year of collegiate gymnastics at the University of Oklahoma, where she won the Big Eight vault championship, and the vault and floor championships at the 1994 National Invitational Tournament. Smith then took her skills to UCLA, and helped propel the Bruins to a National Championship in 1997. Proving her skill on both the vault and in the floor exercise, Smith earned first team All-American honors in both events in 1997. She also brought home a Pac-10 conference title in the floor exercise and an NCAA West Regional title on vault. Smith was named the UCLA team captain in 1996 and 1997. After her outstanding run with the Bruins, Smith went on to start her professional career in coaching and choreography. Smith developed a reputation as a choreographer while coaching camps. After acting as an undergraduate coach for UCLA from 1997-98, Smith finished her education at UCLA, earning a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English in 2001.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Senior Alex Gold // Plano, Texas 2010 Highlights: Continually counted on as one of Missouri’s top vaulters ... Competed as a member of the beam lineup for the first season of her career ... Earned a 9.775 on beam in just her second week in the lineup, which tied her for the third best score at the Lady Luck Invitational ... Notched the highest score for the Tigers on vault (9.850) at Lady Luck ... Contributed nicely against Iowa State with scores of 9.750 or higher on vault, beam and floor ... Tied her career high on floor (9.850) against New Hampshire to finish third on the event ... Won her first individual title of the season (second of career) on vault at Centenary by tying her season-high 9.850...Set a new season high on vault (9.875) at the Big 12 Championship while tying her career high on beam (9.775) ... Set a new season high on vault for the second meet in a row with a 9.900 at regionals to finish tied for second on the event ...Ranks ninth in the Big 12 on vault and ranked as high as 43rd nationally on the event at one point this season (GymInfo) ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. 2011 Season Highlights • Missouri’s only senior gymnast, looks to lead the team in 2011 • Set a career high on bars at Beauty and the Beast against SEMO • Set a career high 38.875 all-around score against SEMO at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet • Placed third in the All-Around at the Cancun Classic Career Highs: Vault-- 9.925 (Oklahoma 2009) Bars--9.725 (Beauty and the Beast) Beam--9.775 (three times in 2010) Floor--9.850 (twice in career) All-Around (38.875)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.850 Beauty and the Beast 9.775
UB 9.675 9.725
BB 9.725 9.600
FX 8.900 9.775
AA 38.150 38.875
Junior Mary Burke // Inverness, Ill. 2010 Highlights: Competes for the top of the podium at every meet as one of the top gymnasts in the country ... Posted strong scores against Ohio State to win her first all-around title (39.200), bars (9.825) and floor (9.875) titles ... Named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 12 after posting the highest all-around score in the conference that weekend ... Notched a new career high on bars (9.925) and in the all-around (39.225) at the Lady Luck Invitational ... Set a new career high in the all-around (39.375) against Iowa State ... Won the bars (9.800) title and tied for the beam (9.800) title against New Hampshire ... Set a new career high on beam at Centenary with a 9.875 and matched that two weeks later against Illinois State ... Notched a new season high and tied her career high on vault with a 9.850 against Oklahoma, which she matched against Illinois State and Centenary ... Scored a new career high on floor (9.975) against Illinois State that tied the Missouri program record on the event ... Tied or replaced her all-around career high for the first three weeks of the season and matched the 39.375 once again the last regular-season meet against Centenary ... Finished tied for third on beam (9.800) at regionals ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Earned All-Big 12 Conference honors in the all-around ... Ranked 27th in the country in the all-around, 58th on bars and 53rd on beam (GymInfo) ... Holds the No. 2 spot in the conference rankings in the all-around behind teammate Shire. 2011 Season Highlights • Matched her career high on beam at the Cancun Classic • Earned the second all-around title of her career at the Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO • Named Gymnast of the Week for the second time in her career by the Big 12 Conference on Jan. 18 after winning the all-around title against SEMO. Career Highs: Vault-- 9.850 (seven times in career) Bars--9.925 (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Beam--9.875 (twice in 2010) Floor--9.975 (Illinois State 2010) All-Around--39.375 (twice in 2010)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.750 Beauty and the Beast 9.800
UB 9.000 9.800
BB 9.825 9.775
FX 9.325 9.850
AA 37.900 39.225
Junior Allie Heizelman // Cypress, Texas 2010 Highlights: Started the 2010 season once again as a bars specialist for the Tigers ... Posted a strong 9.750 against Ohio State to tie for second on the event ... Held down the middle of the bars lineup with a 9.800 at the Lady Luck Invitational and a 9.775 against Iowa State ... Notched a new season and career-high 9.850 against Illinois State ... Matched her career high 9.850 on bars at SEMO and finished tied for second on the event ... Finished third on bars with a 9.800 against Centenary ... Led the team-off on bars at regionals with a 9.775 ... Ranks 15th in the Big 12 on bars (GymInfo) ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Received Wooden Cup Honorable Mention ... Named by the Big 12 Conference to the 2010 Chick-fil-A Winter Community of Champions. 2011 Season Highlights • Set new career highs on beam and floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet Career Highs: Bars-- 9.850 (twice in 2010) Beam--9.750 (Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.250 (9.250)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet Cancun Classic Beauty and the Beast
V --- ---
UB 9.750 9.825
BB 9.450 (exh.) 9.750
FX --- 9.250
AA -----
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Sophomore Brittany Bendoff // Long Grove, Ill. 2010 Highlights: Looked strong in her first outing as a Tiger against Ohio State with a 9.725 exhibition on vault ... Exhibitioned six times on floor receiving a 9.775 at the New Hampshire and Centenary meets ... Also exhibitioned for the first time on beam at Centenary ... Made her way into the floor lineup for the first time against Oklahoma and proved why she was there with a 9.825 ... Scored a 9.800 on floor against Illinois State and again in exhibition at SEMO. Career Highs: Vault-- 9.725 (exh. Ohio State 2010) Beam--9.250 (exh. Centenary 2010) Floor--9.825 (Oklahoma 2010)
Date 1/6
Meet Cancun Classic
V 9.775
UB ---
BB ---
FX ---
AA ---
Sophomore Tori Howard // Chesterfield, Mo. 2010 Highlights: Spent the first half of the season as the lead-off competitior for the Tigers on floor ... Only competed officially on floor against Ohio State, but exhibitioned on vault and beam where she looked confident with a 9.750 and 9.650, respectively ... Led Missouri off on floor against Ohio State with a strong 9.750 to place second on the event ... Posted a season and career-high 9.825 on vault at the Lady Luck Invitational, her first time in the lineup ... Started off the team’s 49.400 floor against Iowa State with a 9.825 ... Tied for second on floor at Centenary with a 9.775 ... Had a great meet competing officially and unofficially at Illinois with exhibitions on vault (9.775) and beam (9.725), while posting just below her career high on floor with a 9.800 ... Set a new career high on beam of 9.750 at the Big 12 Championship ... Matched her career-high 9.750 on beam at regionals. 2011 Season Highlights • Set a new career high on floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO Career Highs: Vault-- 9.850 (exh. Cancun Classic) Beam--9.750 last at Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.850 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.850 (exh.) Beauty and the Beast 9.725
UB --- ---
BB 9.675 9.750
FX 9.750 9.850
AA -----
Sophomore Sandra Ostad // Oslo, Norway 2010 Highlights: Earned a 9.700 on bars in a strong performance at the NCAA Championships ... Exhibitioned once on floor and the last nine meets on bars ... Recieved a 9.750 for her exhibition at Centenary, which would have tied her for second on the event ... Exhibitioned for the first time on beam against Oklahoma. 2011 Season Highlights • Set a new career high on bars at the Cancun Classic • Set new career highs on vault, beam and floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO. Also matched her career high on bars for the second time in 2011 Career Highs: Vault-- 9.725 (Beauty and the Beast) Bars-- 9.775 (Cancun Classic) Beam--9.200 (exh. Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.600 (exh. Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.400 Beauty and the Beast 9.725
UB 9.775 9.775
BB --- 9.200 (exh.)
FX 9.350 (exh.) 9.600 (exh.)
AA -----
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Sophomore Lauren Swankoski // Chadds Ford, Pa. 2010 Highlights: Brought into all the 2010 lineups immediately after a strong preseason ... Posted a 38.775 all-around score in just her first regular season meet to place second overall ... Received solid marks on all four events and tied for third on floor with a 9.725 in her first meet against Ohio State ... Matched or replaced all her scores from the first meet at the Lady Luck Invitational, including an impressive 9.800 on vault and a 38.950 in the all-around ... Set her current high on vault of 9.850 against Iowa State, which earned her second on the event ... Also set her all-around career-high 39.050 against Iowa State ... Notched new career highs on bars (9.825) and floor (9.900) against Illinois State ... Contributed nicely in the Tigers win at SEMO, including a 9.875 on floor that gave her a third place finish on the event ... Tied her all-around high of 39.050 at SEMO ... Won her first event title by earning a 9.900 on floor against Centenary in the final regular-season meet of the season ... Matched her career high on vault (9.850) at the Big 12 Championship ... Tied her career-high 9.825 on bars at regionals. Career Highs: Vault 9.850 (twice 2010) Bars-- 9.825 (twice in 2010) Beam--9.725 (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Floor--9.900 (twice in 2010) All-Around--39.050 (twice in 2010)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.700 Beauty and the Beast 9.775
UB 9.550 9.725
BB 8.225 9.100
FX 9.850 9.525
AA 37.325 38.125
Freshman Cathryn Aliceaacosta // Houston, Texas Prep: Trained at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics in Crypress, Texas under the direction of Marina Vernaya, Terry Walker and Tamara Walker...Attended Langham Creek High School...Level 10 J.O. National Qualifier in 2004...Placed third on vault at the 2008 Level 10 Regional...Qualified for the Level 10 N.I.T. in 2009 and earned third place recognition on floor...Earned third place honors on vault at the 2008 Level 10 Regional...Personal bests include 9.725 on vault, 9.325 on bars, 9.55 on beam and 9.625 on floor...Chose Missouri over North Carolina State, LSU, Washington, Maryland and Auburn. Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Theresa Aliceaacosta...Born July 16, 1992...Comes to Missouri from Houston, Texas...Plans to study Physical Therapy at Mizzou.
Freshman Mackenzie McGill // Bartlesville, Okla. 2011 Season Highlights • Made her first appearance as a Tiger at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO, setting her career high on bars in an exhibition routine Prep: Trained at ConocoPhillips Gymnastics in Bartlesville, Okla. under the direction of Sam and Susie Barto... Attended Bartlesville High School...Placed 3rd in All-Around at the 2010 Level 10 State Meet...Named 2009 State and Regional Champion...Placed second in All-Around, third, on bars, and second on floor at level 9 Westerns...Eleven-time Oklahoma All State Gymnastics Award winner... Personal bests include 9.275 on vault, 9.35 on bars, 9.375 on beam, 9.65 on floor and 37.65 All-Around...Chose Missouri over Arkansas, Utah State, OU, Rutgers, Central Michigan and Seattle Pacific. Personal: Daughter of David and Shellie McGill...Born June 13, 1992...Comes to Missouri from Bartlesville, Okla... plans to study physical therapy at Mizzou... earned the Johnson O’Malley Academic Achievement Award in 2010...graduated high school with honors in psychology and math. Career Highs: Bars 9.675 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/15
Meet Beauty and the Beast
V ---
UB 9.675 (exh.)
BB ---
FX ---
AA ---
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Freshman Taylor Medrea // Britton, Mich. 2011 Season Highlights • Competed in her first collegiate meet in Cancun, Mexico at the Cancun Classic • Set career high scores on bars, beam and floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO Prep: Trained at Michigan Elite Gymnastics in Novi, Michigan under Kim and Juha Tanskanen...attended Britton-Macon Area Schools...Earned the 2006 and 2009 Level 10 State floor titles...qualified for Level 10 Nationals in 2005, 2007 and 2008...Participated on the Region 5 All-Star Team in El Salvador in 2005...Earned Regional Bar titles in 2005 and 2007...personal bests include 9.45 on vault, 9.875 on bars, 9.45 on beam, 9.675 on floor and 37.675 All-Around...Chose Missouri over Michigan and Michigan State Universities. Career Highs: Bars-- 9.750 (Beauty and the Beast) Beam--9.700 (exh. Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.675 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet Cancun Classic Beauty and the Beast
V --- ---
UB 9.650 9.750
BB 9.150 9.700 (exh.)
FX 9.400 9.675
AA -----
Freshman Brittani Price // New Lenox, Ill. 2011 Season Highlights • Competed in her first collegiate meet in Cancun, Mexico at the Cancun Classic Prep: Trained at United Gymnastics Academy in Frankfort, Ill. Under the direction of Glen Willmeng...Attended Lincoln-Way Central High School...Five-time competitor at Nationals...Attended the All-Star team trip to Costa Rica in 2008...personal bests include 9.75 on vault, 9.65 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor and 37.9 All-Around...Chose Missouri over the University of Illinois. Career Highs: Vault-- 9.825 (Cancun Classic) Bars-- 8.550 (exh. Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.825 Beauty and the Beast 9.650
UB --- 8.550 (exh.)
BB --- ---
FX --- ---
AA -----
Freshman Alex Skinner // Plano, Texas 2011 Season Highlights • Competed in her first collegiate meet in Cancun, Mexico at the Cancun Classic • Set a new career high 9.700 on beam at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet Prep: Trained at Kurt Thomas Gymnastics in Frisco, Texas under the direction of Kurt Thomas... Earned the Level 9 Western National title in 2006...Regional Vault Champion in 2006...Named a Junior Olympic National Qualifier in 2009...Personal bests include 9.8 on vault, 9.4 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor, and 37.5 AllAround...Chose Missouri over Oklahoma University and Ball State. Personal: She comes to Missouri from Plano, Texas...Daughter of Tony and Vanessa Skinner...Born November 27, 1991...Graduated high school as an honor student...Plans to study Biology with aspirations to become an orthopedic surgeon or physical therapist... Brother, Landon, plays basketball at Judson University. Career Highs: Beam-- 9.700 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet Cancun Classic Beauty and the Beast
V --- ---
UB --- ---
BB 8.700 9.700
FX --- ---
AA -----
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Freshman Katelyn Trevino // Ovilla, Texas Prep: Trained under Rich and Marilyn Trevino at Trevinos Gymnastics School...Earned the Regional Vault title...was a silver-medalist on floor at the Regional meet...was a JO National Qualifier in 2009 where she earned the silver medal on floor and 9th-place recognition on vault...Personal bests include 9.675 on vault and floor and 9.4 on bars and beam...Chose Mizzou over Michigan State University and SEMO. Personal: Daughter of Rich and Marilyn Trevino...Born December 6, 1991...Native of Ovilla, Texas...Graduated high school with distinguished honors...Plans to study journalism at Mizzou.
2011 Team Results Date
Opponent
1/6 1/15 1/21 1/29 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 3/12 3/19
West Virginia SEMO Iowa State Metroplex Nebraska Illinois Oklahoma Southern Utah Centenary, Temple Ohio State
Team Statistics Meet Results Vault Bars Beam
Floor
Total
48.900 48.800
47.225 48.675
191.575 194.925
48.375 48.875
47.075 48.575
Big 12 Championship
Team Numbers 2011 Record...................................................................1-1 Regular Season .............................................................1-1 Post Season....................................................................0-0 At Home........................................................................1-0 On the Road .................................................................0-1 At Home Conference .................................................0-0 On Road Conference .................................................0-0 Against Top-25 Teams ................................................0-1 Against 2010 Regional Qualifiers ............................0-1 Against 2010 NCAA Finals Teams .........................0-0 Scoring 195.00 or Higher ..........................................0-0 Scoring Under 195.000 ..............................................1-1 In January ......................................................................1-1 In February....................................................................0-0 In March ........................................................................0-0 In April...........................................................................0-0
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Missouri @ No. 21 Iowa State
Location...................................................Columbia, Mo. Founded................................................................... 1839 Enrollment............................................................ 31,314 Nickname............................................................... Tigers Colors............................................... Old Gold and Black Chancellor....................................... Dr. Brady S. Deaton Athletic Director...................................... Michael Alden SWA....................................................... Sarah Reesman Conference............................................................ Big 12 Affiliation............................................NCAA Division I Home Arena............................................ Hearnes Center Capacity................................................................ 13,611
Series History vs. Iowa State
Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 7 p.m. Hilton Coliseum; Ames, Iowa
COACHING STAFF Head Coach..................................................... Rob Drass Alma Mater........................................... Penn State, 1990 Record at school..................................129-81 (11 years) Career record.......................................129-81 (11 years) Best Way to Contact............... Through Media Relations Office Phone........................................... (573) 882-0736 Associate Head Coach.............................. John Figueroa Office Phone........................................... (573) 882-3919 Assistant Coach.............................................Amy Smith Alma Mater................................................. UCLA, 2001 Office Phone........................................... (573) 882-9071 TEAM INFORMATION 2011 Overall Record...................................................1-1 2010 Overall record..................................................11-3 2010 Postseason............ NCAA Championship Qualifier NCAA Regional Champion Big 12 Record/Finish........................................1-2/Third 2010 Regional qualifying score.......................... 196.500 NCAA 2010 Final Ranking.................................. No. 12 Letterwinners returning/lost........................................ 7/4 All-Americans returning/lost...................................... 0/1 Newcomers.................................................................Six
MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Gymnastics Contact....................................Jenny Dewar Office Phone...........................................(573) 882-7826 Cell Phone...............................................(847) 567-2487 Office Fax...............................................(573) 882-4720 E-mail...........................................dewarj@missouri.edu Shipping Address.............................260 Hearnes Center 600 Stadium Blvd. Columbia, MO 65211
Last Time vs. Iowa State
Missouri hosted the Cyclones at last year’s Pink Out meet on January 22. Coming off of a win at the Lady Luck Invitational, the Tigers continued their winning streak scoring a 196.400 to top Iowa State’s 196.000. Sarah Shire and Mary Burke swept the awards ceremony, Shire taking home the vault, beam, floor and all-around titles and Burke clinching the bars title and a second place all-around finish. The all-around title marked Shire’s first of eleven all-around wins last season.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Roster Name
Cathryn Aliceaacosta Brittany Bendoff Mary Burke Alex Gold Allie Heizelman Tori Howard Mackenzie McGill Taylor Medrea Sandra Ostad Brittani Price Alex Skinner Lauren Swankoski Katelyn Trevino
Yr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr.
Ht.
4-11 5-0 5-6 5-3 5-2 5-2 5-4 5-2 5-1 5-2 5-2 5-1 5-2
Event
All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around All-Around
Hometown
Houston, Texas Long Grove, Ill. Inverness, Ill. Plano, Texas Cypress, Texas Chesterfield, Mo. Bartlesville, Okla. Britton, Mich. Oslo, Norway New Lenox, Ill. Plano, Texas Chadds Ford, Pa. Ovilla, Texas
Club Team
Cypress Academy of Gym. Libertyville Gym. Academy American Academy of Gym. Metroplex Cypress Academy St. Louis Gym Centre ConocoPhilips Gymnastics Michigan Elite Gymnastics Oslo Turnforening United Gymnastics Academy Kurt Thomas Gymnastics First State Gymnastics Trevinos Gymnastics School
Head Coach: Rob Drass Associate Head Coach: John Figueroa Assistant Coach and Choreographer: Amy Smith Student Coach: Tara Foster
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Schedule/Results
PROGRAM INFORMATION First Year of Gymnastics....................................1979-80 Overall Regular Season Record.......................348-268-1 Overall Postseason Record................................72-154-1 NCAA Appearance/Last......National Championships/2010 NCAA Individual/Last...................................Sarah Shire National Championships/2010
The Tigers and the Cyclones have gone head to head a total of 86 times in program history. After the last meeting in 2010, the regular season series record stands and 26-26-0. In post season meetings the Tigers lead 21-13.
Date
Friday, December 10 Friday, January 7 Saturday, January 15 Friday, January 21 Saturday, January 29 Friday, February 4 Friday, February 11 Friday, February 18 Friday, February 25 Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 12 Saturday, March 19 Saturday, April 2 Thurs., April 14
Opponent/Event
Black and Gold Cancun Classic vs. West Virginia SEMO (Beauty and the Beast) Iowa State* Metroplex Challenge vs. LSU, Alabama and Nebraska Nebraska* Illinois (Pink Out) Oklahoma* Southern Utah Centenary, Temple Ohio State Big 12 Championships NCAA Regional Championships NCAA National Championships
Home meets in bold * Big 12 Conference meets - All times listed are CST and subject to change
Location
Time/Result
Columbia, Mo. Cancun, Mx.
Black 151.750, Gold 151.225 L, 194.500-191.575
Columbia, Mo.
W, 194.925-192.825
Ames, Iowa Dallas, Texas
7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.
Columbia, Mo. Columbia, Mo.
6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m
Norman, Okla. Columbia, Mo. Columbia, Mo. Columbus, Ohio Columbia, Mo. TBA Cleveland, Ohio
7:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA TBA
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Scouting Iowa State... The Iowa State Cyclones started the 2011 season off with a strong win over the Auburn Tigers. The No. 21 Cyclones posted a 193.475 at their season opener to top the Tigers’ 192.775. The team’s score was it’s highest season-opening score since 2007. Junior Michelle Browning won the all-around title with a 39.175. The team also earned two out of the three weekly awards given out by the Big 12 on Jan. 11. Michelle Browning was named Gymnast of the Week for her all-around title, and freshman Michelle Shealy earned the league’s first-ever Newcomer of the Week title. Shealy put up a 9.850 to win the beam title against Auburn. Last week the Cyclones opened their conference season with No. 9 Nebraska. The Cornhuskers edged past Iowa State 195.450-194.725. Michelle Browning took her second all-around title of the season with a 39.125, and Michelle Shealy tied with Browning for her second beam title of the season.
GymInfo National Top 25 Rankings as of Jan. 17...
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Mary Burke Earns Big 12 Weekly Award... Junior Mary Burke was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 18 by the Big 12 Conference. The award marks Burke’s 6. 7. second of her career as she previously earned the award in January of 2010. With a 39.225 all-around score, Burke led the Tigers to a 194.925-192.825 victory over SEMO. Burke took the all-around title at the event. “It’s an honor to be recognized 8. because there are so many good gymnasts in this conference,” Burke said. “The Big 12 is a tough conference and to be 9. recognized in the second week of the season is an awesome achievement.” 10. Tigers Take Beauty and the Beast... 11. Missouri rebounded from its season opener with a victory over SEMO at Beauty and the Beast. In their home arena the Tigers scored a 194.925 to top SEMO’s 192.825. Junior Mary Burke took the all-around title scoring a 39.225, just over Alex Gold’s 38.875. The Tigers took the lead in the meet after the first rotation, holding it the entire meet. Tori Howard and 13. Taylor Medrea earned career high scores on floor, and Gold set hers on bars. 14. 15. A Look at Beauty and the Beast... 16. The Tigers are 5-0 in Beauty and the Beast history. The event draws in an average of over 5, 000 people each year. Last 17. year’s Beauty and the Beast meet saw the Tigers hosting New Hampshire, while wrestling matched up against Oklahoma. The Tigers came out on top with a 195.125-192.975 victory. Shire earned her third all-around title of the season, the 16th 18. of her career, and Mary Burke took the bars title while finishing second in the all-around. Lauren Swankoski took the third place spot. 20. Date Opponent Score Attendance 21. 2/9/07 SEMO W: 194.775-192.700 6,197 22. 2/8/08 Centenary W: 195.800-192.325 6,308 23. 2/13/09 Illinois W: 196.625-195.000 4,147 2/6/10 New Hampshire W: 195.125-192.975 4,041 24. 1/15/11 SEMO W: 194.925-192.825 2,553 25.
Team Avg. Points Florida 196.850 Stanford 196.625 Oklahoma 195.825 Utah 195.800 Georgia 195.688 Oregon State 195.567 Michigan 195.300 UCLA 195.217 Nebraska 195.200 North Carolina State 195.150 Kent State 195.125 Alabama 195.125 Arkansas 194.913 Minnesota 194.625 Boise State 194.575 Ohio State 194.475 Iowa 194.325 Washington 194.250 West Virginia 194.250 Southern Utah 194.113 Iowa State 194.100 Illinois-Champaign 194.063 Denver 193.963 LSU 193.913 North Carolina 193.900
High 196.925 196.625 196.175 195.900 195.800 195.925 195.700 195.925 195.450 195.150 195.475 195.350 195.075 195.325 194.575 194.475 194.825 194.825 194.500 194.750 194.725 194.475 195.000 194.475 193.900
Individual Season Highs
Gymnast Cathryn Aliceaacosta Brittany Bendoff Mary Burke Alex Gold Allie Heizelman Tori Howard Mackenzie McGill Taylor Medrea Sandra Ostad Brittani Price Alex Skinner Lauren Swankoski Katelyn Trevino
Yr. FR SO JR SR JR SO FR FR SO FR FR SO FR
Vault --- 9.775 9.800 9.850 --- 9.725 --- --- 9.725 9.825 --- 9.775 ---
Bars Beam Floor --- --- --- --- --- --- 9.800 9.825 9.850 9.725 9.725 9.775 9.825 9.750 9.250 --- 9.750 9.850 9.675 (exh) --- --- 9.750 9.700 9.675 9.775 9.200 (exh) 9.600 (exh) 8.550 (exh) --- --- --- 9.700 --- 9.725 9.100 9.850 --- --- ---
All-Around ----37.900 38.150 --------------37.325 ---
The Tigers added six freshmen to their roster for 2011. The new additions have big shoes to fill as last year stands as one of the program’s most successful seasons.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics GymInfo Preseason Poll
Rank 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Team Points UCLA 1035 Alabama 950 Florida 948 Oklahoma 881 Utah 853 Stanford 818 Georgia 749 Oregon State 702 Michigan 696 Nebraska 691 Arkansas 648 LSU 647 Missouri 479 Penn State 456 Auburn 415 Denver 361 Illinois-Champaign 333 Boise State 311 Arizona 274 Southern Utah 195 Washington 191 Iowa State 114 Minnesota 109 Kentucky 102 Arizona State 100
Receiving Votes: West Virginia, Michigan State, Central Michigan, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Kent State, North Carolina, Maryland-College Park, Utah State, Western Michigan, Illinois State, New Hampshire, BYU, Pittsburgh, S.E. Missouri, UIC, San Jose State.
Tigers look to come back from Cancun Classic... The first meet of 2011 found Missouri across the border in Cancun, Mexico for the Cancun Classic. After taking an early lead after the first rotation, the Tigers struggled to keep up with the Mountaineers. Missouri held off West Virginia until the third rotation when the Mountaineers took the lead by one point. Alex Gold placed third in the all-around with a score of 38.150. Sophomore Sandra Ostad topped her career high on bars with a score of 9.775. The score earned her a first place spot in the meet. Black Outshines Gold... The Tigers’ annual Black and Gold Intrasquad meet was held on Dec. 10 to give Mizzou a chance to get out of the gym and compete in front of judges before the regular season begins. The Black Squad took the win with a 151.750-151.225 final score. Missouri’s only senior, Alex Gold, led the Black Squad with her 38.325 all-around total. Gold led the Black Squad in three out of the four rotations. She finished with a 9.875 on vault, 9.650 on bars and a 9.700 on beam. She closed out her fourth rotation with a 9.100 on floor. Sophomore Lauren Swankoski shone for the Gold Squad at the Black and Gold Meet. She came in just under Alex Gold on the vault with a 9.800. She recorded the same on beam, and she finished the evening with a 9.850 on her floor routine. Sophomore Lauren Swankoski shone for the Gold Squad at tonight’s meet. She came in just under Alex Gold on the vault with a 9.800. She recorded the same on beam, and she finished the evening with a 9.850 on her floor routine. Preseason Progress... The Tigers clocked in at No. 13 on GymInfo’s 2011 Women’s Preseason Coaches Poll released on Dec. 1. Missouri will face nine ranked opponents this season including No. 12 LSU, No. 10 Nebraska, No. 2 Alabama, and No. 4 Oklahoma, among others. Mizzou sits above Big 12 opponent Iowa State, who came in at No. 22 in the poll. Missouri finished the 2010 season at No. 12, their highest end-of-season ranking in program history. Looking Ahead... Mizzou will hit the road for the next two weeks, first heading to No. 21 Iowa State on Jan. 21 then to Dallas, Texas for the Metroplex Challenge on Jan. 29. The Challenge will put the Tigers up against No. 9 Nebraska, No. 11 Alabama and No. 25 LSU. Mizzou will return to the Hearnes Center for another match-up against Nebraska as well as for the annual Pink Out meet. The Fighting Illini will travel to Columbia for the event. The Tigers can also look forward to the Big 12 Championships which will take place in the Hearnes Center this season. The meet is scheduled for March 19 at 2 p.m. Missouri is preparing for a tough schedule with nine nationally ranked opponents to look forward to this season. Banner Season... Mizzou Gymnastics had one of the most decorated seasons in program history in 2010. The Tigers finished third at the Big 12 Championship and advanced to NCAA Regionals where they snagged a first place finish. Missouri continued on to the NCAA National Championship for the first time in program history. Sarah Shire also finished the 2010 season with a lot of hardware. The four-time All-American stands as Missouri’s most decorated gymnast after taking home two straight Big 12 All-Around titles, a second place floor finish at Nationals and a fifth place finish on vault at Nationals as well. She was named NCAA South Central Region’s Gymnast of the Year and Co-Big 12 Gymnast of the year for the second consecutive year. Shire holds the school record of 11 All-Around titles in a single season and is also the only gymnast to earn a spot on all five all-conference teams. Throughout her career, Shire was named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week 13 times, which is the most in conference history.
Season Outlook: After one of the most successful season in program history, Missouri Gymnastics is looking to repeat its record breaking season. “We are looking to do what we did last season,” Head Coach Rob Drass said. “We would like to qualify to the National Championships and definitely make a run at the Big 12 Championship.” After saying good-bye to four seniors, including Mizzou’s most decorated gymnast, Sarah Shire, the Tigers are left with one senior, two juniors, and four sophomores. A group of six freshmen help round out the 2011 Tiger Gymnastics Squad. Don’t let the youth of this team fool you, however. Drass is confident in the abilities of the newcomers. “We look for a lot of youth and excitement going into this season, which we will temper with experience and confidence. As we move forward we expect good things, but it is going to take a little bit of time this year with the team being so young.” After testing the waters at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad Meet, Mizzou gymnastics will hit the practice gym until early January to focus on healing injuries and preparing for the regular season. The season will open against West Virginia at the Cancun Classic in Cancun, Mexico on January 7. “If we can stay heathy and do well, our goals can be accomplished this season,” said Drass.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics 2011 Big 12 Conference Standings
Teams Oklahoma Nebraska Iowa State Missouri
Team Avg. 195.825 195.200 194.100 193.250
High
196.175 195.450 194.725 194.925
Big 12 Gymnast of the Week
January 11: Michelle Browning, Iowa State January 18: Mary Burke, Missouri
Big 12 Specialist of the Week
January 11: Sara Stone, Oklahoma January 18: Kayla Nowak, Oklahoma
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
January 11: Michelle Shealy, Iowa State January 18: Taylor Spears, Oklahoma
Senior Solo... Senior Alex Gold is holding down the fort as Mizzou Gymnastics’ only senior this season. She had a promising start to the year, leading the Black Squad to a win over the Gold at the annual Black and Gold Intrasquad meet. She pulled in a 38.325 all-around score, which was the highest at the meet. The Tigers graduated four seniors after the 2010 season to leave the leadership position to Gold. The Plano, Texas native stands as one of Missouri’s top vaulters. At one point in the 2010 season Gold sat at No. 9 in the Big 12 and No. 43 in the nation on vault. She has a 9.925 career high on the event, which she tallied during her sophomore season. She earned a tie for a second place finish on vault at the Columbia Regional in 2010 where she also earned a season high 9.900 on the event. Continuing the Success... Junior Mary Burke is looking to continue her success this year. As one of two juniors on the team this season, Burke will prove a strong competitor. She was ranked at No. 27 in the nation in the All-Around last season and held the No. 2 spot in the conference behind Sarah Shire. At NCAA Regi onals Burke matched her career-high 9.850 score on vault and finished tied for third on beam. With a long list of achievements under her belt already, Burke hopes to continue her success in 2011. Tigers Welcome Three... Missouri Gymnastics welcomes three new additions for the 2012 season. Evansville, Ind. native, Laura Kappler, will join the Tigers as a walk-on next season. Kappler trained at Revolution Gymnastics under coach Carly Cresswell-Watson. Rachel Updkike and Colleen Mulcahy have signed National letters of Intent to join the Mizzou Gymnastics family. Updike is a native of Olathe, Kan. where she trained at Kansas Gymnastics, and Cheer. She competed as both a Level 10 and Elite gymnast. Mulcahy comes to Mizzou from Orland Park, Ill. where she trained at Arena Gymnastics under the direction of Dan and Beth Miller.
The Tigers perform their pre-meet ritual in the Hearnes Center.
Team Highs Vault................................................................................... 48.900 Bars..................................................................................... 48.875 Beam................................................................................... 48.575 Floor.................................................................................... 48.675 All-Around........................................................................ 194.925 Team Averages Vault................................................................................... 48.850 Bars..................................................................................... 48.675 Beam................................................................................... 47.875 Floor.................................................................................... 47.950 All-Around........................................................................ 193.250 Team Numbers 2011 Record..............................................................................1-1 At Home....................................................................................1-0 On the Road..............................................................................0-1 At Home Conference................................................................0-0 On Road Conference.................................................................0-0 Against Top-25 Teams.............................................................0-1 Against 2010 Regional Qualifiers............................................0-1 Against 2010 NCAA Finals Teams..........................................0-0 Scoring 195.00 or Higher.........................................................0-0 Scoring Under 195.000.............................................................1-1 In January..................................................................................1-1 In February................................................................................0-0 In March....................................................................................0-0 In April......................................................................................0-0
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Head Coach Rob Drass
In his 12th season as Mizzou’s Head Gymnastics Coach, Rob Drass is looking to build on the recent successes of his program. After an outstanding 2009 season, The Tigers continued their record-breaking performances in 2010. With a regular season finish of 11-3, Drass coached the Mizzou gymnastics team through the postseason, and helped the team advance to the NCAA National Championship for the first time in program history. With Drass’ assistance, both Mary Burke and Sarah Shire were added to the Mizzou record books. The two gymnasts tied for the program record on floor after they both scored a 9.975 on floor in Missouri’s meet against Illinois State. Shire also set a new career high and school record with an all-around score of 39.725. Drass’ coaching skills were on display during the 2010 Big 12 Championships, where Mizzou finished third (195.900) and Sarah Shire took the Big 12 title in the all-around. Shire finished her conference season with six Gymnast of the Week honors from the Big 12 conference bringing her career total to a program record 12 conference Gymnast of the Week honors. Drass and the Tigers did not stop there, the team hosted the Columbia Regional Tournament where Missouri took first place and set a new regional record with a team score of 196.500 to advance to Nationals. With Drass’ help, Mizzou placed sixth in the semifinal round (194.600) and Shire continued to the individual event finals. Drass coached Shire to a second place finish on floor and fifth place spot on vault. She became the first gymnast in program history to earn a national ranking. Shire also earned All-America First team honors on vault and floor and All-America Second team honors on Bars to become Mizzou’s first four-time All-American athlete. Drass’ Tigers finished the season ranked at No. 12 in the nation, the highest ranking ever in Missouri Gymnastics program history. With all the success of the 2009 season, Drass’ coaching skills helped to bring the team to a higher level in 2010. In 2009, Drass coached the team to a 20-6 record as the team stamped performances in all four events and the all-around into the Missouri record books. The end of the season came with the Tigers’ highest ever overall score at an NCAA Regional (196.000) and Drass’ squad finished the year ranked 13th in the country. The season was also marked by outstanding performances from senior Adrianne Perry and junior Sarah Shire. Drass helped Perry become the first Missouri gymnast to qualify for Nationals in each of her four seasons. Shire followed in Perry’s footsteps from 2008 and became Drass’ second gymnast to win the Big 12 all-around title. Both Perry and Shire became All-Americans at the 2009 NCAA National Championships, the second and third gymnasts to receive that honor in his career at Missouri. Another prime example of Drass’ success was 2009 senior Alicia Hatcher, who was not only one of Missouri’s most consistent gymnasts, but was also honored outside the sport as well. Hatcher was tapped into the Mystical Seven honors society, named the Student-Athlete of the Year by the Varsity M Association and named to the prestigious Mizzou ‘39 (the university’s recognition of the top 39 seniors). The 2008 Tigers saw a successful year across the board, as well as standout performances by individual gymnasts, all mentored by Drass. Perry led the Tigers and captured the programs’ first ever Big 12 all-around title and represented the squad at the National Championships. The Missouri squad spent much of the season in the top 20 in 2008 and ultimately finished 13-10. The Tigers placed third in the Big 12 and grabbed the fourth-place spot at the NCAA Central Regional. Before taking the reigns at Missouri, Drass was the top assistant for the University of Nebraska’s nationally ranked gymnastics team for eight years. He served as a graduate assistant coach from 1991-92, before being elevated as a full-time assistant in 1993. He was the Cornhuskers’ primary floor exercise coach and worked closely with Head Coach Dan Kendig in coaching uneven bars. He was named the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches 1996 Midwest Regional Assistant Coach of the Year. Nebraska Gymnastics enjoyed tremendous success under Drass, earning a berth at the NCAA Championships in four of five seasons, highlighted by NCAA Super Six Finals appearances in both 1997 and 1999. As an assistant, Drass helped NU claim an unprecedented six straight conference titles from 1994 to 1999. With Drass’ help, six different NU gymnasts earned All-America honors. Topping his career at NU, Drass coached Brink to a spot on the U. S. team that competed at the World University Games in Spain. Prior to his coaching days, Drass was a gymnast at Penn State from 1987 to 1990. As a Nittany Lion, Drass competed at the NCAA Championships all four years. A seasoned gymnast who began competing at age nine, Drass began his coaching career while in college, as the assistant boys’ gymnastics coach at the McCracken’s Gym School in Kansas City in 1987. He served as the head boys’ coach at the Nittany Gym School in Pennsylvania in the summer of 1988. Since 1989, Drass has worked at the Woodward Gymnastics Camp in Pennsylvania during the summer. Drass graduated from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1990. He completed his master’s degree in strategic management and long-range planning at Nebraska in May 1994. He is married to former Husker All-American gymnast Joy Taylor, who is now a pediatrician at the University of Missouri Medical Center. Rob and Joy are the proud parents of daughter Molly and son James.
Assistant Coach John Figueroa
Entering his fourth season with the Tigers, John Figueroa has clearly made an impact on the Missouri squad. The Tigers turned in impressive performances on the vault and uneven bars under his guidance, and averaged 49.008 and 48.817, respectively, on the events in 2009. His work with Sarah Shire on vault helped her to first team all-america honors on the event in 2009. “Fig” as he is notoriously known, serves as the recruiting coordinator for the Tigers as he brings in a wealth of experience from his time with the Pioneers of the University of Denver, and he specializes in the Tiger gymnast’s skills on the vault and uneven bars. He has helped to sign three talented recruiting classes to Missouri in 2007, 2008 and 2009, which are now poised to catapult the Tigers’ success. While at Denver, Figueroa had his hand in recruiting the 2004 class, the most successful class of gymnasts in school history. During his tenure, that class qualified for NCAA Regional competition during all four years and qualified for the NCAA National Championships for the first time in DU history. Figueroa specializes in the Tiger gymnast’s skills on the vault and uneven bars. During his eight seasons at DU, Figueroa had some of the most successful vault rotations in the nation. The 2005 Pioneer squad spent almost the entire season ranked in the top-10 in the event, ultimately finishing 11th in the country. His teaching and guidance on the vault has led to two national qualifiers, and one All-American, Ashley Shible, who finished seventh in 2001. Shible, a freshman at the time, is only the third All-American in DU history. Casey Dobyns is the most recent qualifier under Figueroa as she finished 27th on the vault in 2007.
Assistant Coach Amy Smith
Amy Smith enters her third year of coaching at Missouri after revolutionizing the Tigers’ floor and beam routines the past two seasons. Smith joined Mizzou in 2007 as the choreographer for the team and balance beam coach. Along with her came a trademark style that brought the Tigers to life on both floor and beam, where they averaged a 48.867 and 48.752, respectively, in 2008. Smith spent her first year of collegiate gymnastics at the University of Oklahoma, where she won the Big Eight vault championship, and the vault and floor championships at the 1994 National Invitational Tournament. Smith then took her skills to UCLA, and helped propel the Bruins to a National Championship in 1997. Proving her skill on both the vault and in the floor exercise, Smith earned first team All-American honors in both events in 1997. She also brought home a Pac-10 conference title in the floor exercise and an NCAA West Regional title on vault. Smith was named the UCLA team captain in 1996 and 1997. After her outstanding run with the Bruins, Smith went on to start her professional career in coaching and choreography. Smith developed a reputation as a choreographer while coaching camps. After acting as an undergraduate coach for UCLA from 1997-98, Smith finished her education at UCLA, earning a Bachelor of Arts with a major in English in 2001.
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Senior Alex Gold // Plano, Texas 2010 Highlights: Continually counted on as one of Missouri’s top vaulters ... Competed as a member of the beam lineup for the first season of her career ... Earned a 9.775 on beam in just her second week in the lineup, which tied her for the third best score at the Lady Luck Invitational ... Notched the highest score for the Tigers on vault (9.850) at Lady Luck ... Contributed nicely against Iowa State with scores of 9.750 or higher on vault, beam and floor ... Tied her career high on floor (9.850) against New Hampshire to finish third on the event ... Won her first individual title of the season (second of career) on vault at Centenary by tying her season-high 9.850...Set a new season high on vault (9.875) at the Big 12 Championship while tying her career high on beam (9.775) ... Set a new season high on vault for the second meet in a row with a 9.900 at regionals to finish tied for second on the event ...Ranks ninth in the Big 12 on vault and ranked as high as 43rd nationally on the event at one point this season (GymInfo) ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. 2011 Season Highlights • Missouri’s only senior gymnast, looks to lead the team in 2011 • Set a career high on bars at Beauty and the Beast against SEMO • Set a career high 38.875 all-around score against SEMO at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet • Placed third in the All-Around at the Cancun Classic Career Highs: Vault-- 9.925 (Oklahoma 2009) Bars--9.725 (Beauty and the Beast) Beam--9.775 (three times in 2010) Floor--9.850 (twice in career) All-Around (38.875)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.850 Beauty and the Beast 9.775
UB 9.675 9.725
BB 9.725 9.600
FX 8.900 9.775
AA 38.150 38.875
Junior Mary Burke // Inverness, Ill. 2010 Highlights: Competes for the top of the podium at every meet as one of the top gymnasts in the country ... Posted strong scores against Ohio State to win her first all-around title (39.200), bars (9.825) and floor (9.875) titles ... Named Big 12 Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 12 after posting the highest all-around score in the conference that weekend ... Notched a new career high on bars (9.925) and in the all-around (39.225) at the Lady Luck Invitational ... Set a new career high in the all-around (39.375) against Iowa State ... Won the bars (9.800) title and tied for the beam (9.800) title against New Hampshire ... Set a new career high on beam at Centenary with a 9.875 and matched that two weeks later against Illinois State ... Notched a new season high and tied her career high on vault with a 9.850 against Oklahoma, which she matched against Illinois State and Centenary ... Scored a new career high on floor (9.975) against Illinois State that tied the Missouri program record on the event ... Tied or replaced her all-around career high for the first three weeks of the season and matched the 39.375 once again the last regular-season meet against Centenary ... Finished tied for third on beam (9.800) at regionals ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Earned All-Big 12 Conference honors in the all-around ... Ranked 27th in the country in the all-around, 58th on bars and 53rd on beam (GymInfo) ... Holds the No. 2 spot in the conference rankings in the all-around behind teammate Shire. 2011 Season Highlights • Matched her career high on beam at the Cancun Classic • Earned the second all-around title of her career at the Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO • Named Gymnast of the Week for the second time in her career by the Big 12 Conference on Jan. 18 after winning the all-around title against SEMO. Career Highs: Vault-- 9.850 (seven times in career) Bars--9.925 (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Beam--9.875 (twice in 2010) Floor--9.975 (Illinois State 2010) All-Around--39.375 (twice in 2010)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.750 Beauty and the Beast 9.800
UB 9.000 9.800
BB 9.825 9.775
FX 9.325 9.850
AA 37.900 39.225
Junior Allie Heizelman // Cypress, Texas 2010 Highlights: Started the 2010 season once again as a bars specialist for the Tigers ... Posted a strong 9.750 against Ohio State to tie for second on the event ... Held down the middle of the bars lineup with a 9.800 at the Lady Luck Invitational and a 9.775 against Iowa State ... Notched a new season and career-high 9.850 against Illinois State ... Matched her career high 9.850 on bars at SEMO and finished tied for second on the event ... Finished third on bars with a 9.800 against Centenary ... Led the team-off on bars at regionals with a 9.775 ... Ranks 15th in the Big 12 on bars (GymInfo) ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Received Wooden Cup Honorable Mention ... Named by the Big 12 Conference to the 2010 Chick-fil-A Winter Community of Champions. 2011 Season Highlights • Set new career highs on beam and floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet Career Highs: Bars-- 9.850 (twice in 2010) Beam--9.750 (Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.250 (9.250)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet Cancun Classic Beauty and the Beast
V --- ---
UB 9.750 9.825
BB 9.450 (exh.) 9.750
FX --- 9.250
AA -----
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Sophomore Brittany Bendoff // Long Grove, Ill. 2010 Highlights: Looked strong in her first outing as a Tiger against Ohio State with a 9.725 exhibition on vault ... Exhibitioned six times on floor receiving a 9.775 at the New Hampshire and Centenary meets ... Also exhibitioned for the first time on beam at Centenary ... Made her way into the floor lineup for the first time against Oklahoma and proved why she was there with a 9.825 ... Scored a 9.800 on floor against Illinois State and again in exhibition at SEMO. Career Highs: Vault-- 9.725 (exh. Ohio State 2010) Beam--9.250 (exh. Centenary 2010) Floor--9.825 (Oklahoma 2010)
Date 1/6
Meet Cancun Classic
V 9.775
UB ---
BB ---
FX ---
AA ---
Sophomore Tori Howard // Chesterfield, Mo. 2010 Highlights: Spent the first half of the season as the lead-off competitior for the Tigers on floor ... Only competed officially on floor against Ohio State, but exhibitioned on vault and beam where she looked confident with a 9.750 and 9.650, respectively ... Led Missouri off on floor against Ohio State with a strong 9.750 to place second on the event ... Posted a season and career-high 9.825 on vault at the Lady Luck Invitational, her first time in the lineup ... Started off the team’s 49.400 floor against Iowa State with a 9.825 ... Tied for second on floor at Centenary with a 9.775 ... Had a great meet competing officially and unofficially at Illinois with exhibitions on vault (9.775) and beam (9.725), while posting just below her career high on floor with a 9.800 ... Set a new career high on beam of 9.750 at the Big 12 Championship ... Matched her career-high 9.750 on beam at regionals. 2011 Season Highlights • Set a new career high on floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO Career Highs: Vault-- 9.850 (exh. Cancun Classic) Beam--9.750 last at Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.850 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.850 (exh.) Beauty and the Beast 9.725
UB --- ---
BB 9.675 9.750
FX 9.750 9.850
AA -----
Sophomore Sandra Ostad // Oslo, Norway 2010 Highlights: Earned a 9.700 on bars in a strong performance at the NCAA Championships ... Exhibitioned once on floor and the last nine meets on bars ... Recieved a 9.750 for her exhibition at Centenary, which would have tied her for second on the event ... Exhibitioned for the first time on beam against Oklahoma. 2011 Season Highlights • Set a new career high on bars at the Cancun Classic • Set new career highs on vault, beam and floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO. Also matched her career high on bars for the second time in 2011 Career Highs: Vault-- 9.725 (Beauty and the Beast) Bars-- 9.775 (Cancun Classic) Beam--9.200 (exh. Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.600 (exh. Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.400 Beauty and the Beast 9.725
UB 9.775 9.775
BB --- 9.200 (exh.)
FX 9.350 (exh.) 9.600 (exh.)
AA -----
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Sophomore Lauren Swankoski // Chadds Ford, Pa. 2010 Highlights: Brought into all the 2010 lineups immediately after a strong preseason ... Posted a 38.775 all-around score in just her first regular season meet to place second overall ... Received solid marks on all four events and tied for third on floor with a 9.725 in her first meet against Ohio State ... Matched or replaced all her scores from the first meet at the Lady Luck Invitational, including an impressive 9.800 on vault and a 38.950 in the all-around ... Set her current high on vault of 9.850 against Iowa State, which earned her second on the event ... Also set her all-around career-high 39.050 against Iowa State ... Notched new career highs on bars (9.825) and floor (9.900) against Illinois State ... Contributed nicely in the Tigers win at SEMO, including a 9.875 on floor that gave her a third place finish on the event ... Tied her all-around high of 39.050 at SEMO ... Won her first event title by earning a 9.900 on floor against Centenary in the final regular-season meet of the season ... Matched her career high on vault (9.850) at the Big 12 Championship ... Tied her career-high 9.825 on bars at regionals. Career Highs: Vault 9.850 (twice 2010) Bars-- 9.825 (twice in 2010) Beam--9.725 (Lady Luck Invitational 2010) Floor--9.900 (twice in 2010) All-Around--39.050 (twice in 2010)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.700 Beauty and the Beast 9.775
UB 9.550 9.725
BB 8.225 9.100
FX 9.850 9.525
AA 37.325 38.125
Freshman Cathryn Aliceaacosta // Houston, Texas Prep: Trained at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics in Crypress, Texas under the direction of Marina Vernaya, Terry Walker and Tamara Walker...Attended Langham Creek High School...Level 10 J.O. National Qualifier in 2004...Placed third on vault at the 2008 Level 10 Regional...Qualified for the Level 10 N.I.T. in 2009 and earned third place recognition on floor...Earned third place honors on vault at the 2008 Level 10 Regional...Personal bests include 9.725 on vault, 9.325 on bars, 9.55 on beam and 9.625 on floor...Chose Missouri over North Carolina State, LSU, Washington, Maryland and Auburn. Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Theresa Aliceaacosta...Born July 16, 1992...Comes to Missouri from Houston, Texas...Plans to study Physical Therapy at Mizzou.
Freshman Mackenzie McGill // Bartlesville, Okla. 2011 Season Highlights • Made her first appearance as a Tiger at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO, setting her career high on bars in an exhibition routine Prep: Trained at ConocoPhillips Gymnastics in Bartlesville, Okla. under the direction of Sam and Susie Barto... Attended Bartlesville High School...Placed 3rd in All-Around at the 2010 Level 10 State Meet...Named 2009 State and Regional Champion...Placed second in All-Around, third, on bars, and second on floor at level 9 Westerns...Eleven-time Oklahoma All State Gymnastics Award winner... Personal bests include 9.275 on vault, 9.35 on bars, 9.375 on beam, 9.65 on floor and 37.65 All-Around...Chose Missouri over Arkansas, Utah State, OU, Rutgers, Central Michigan and Seattle Pacific. Personal: Daughter of David and Shellie McGill...Born June 13, 1992...Comes to Missouri from Bartlesville, Okla... plans to study physical therapy at Mizzou... earned the Johnson O’Malley Academic Achievement Award in 2010...graduated high school with honors in psychology and math. Career Highs: Bars 9.675 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/15
Meet Beauty and the Beast
V ---
UB 9.675 (exh.)
BB ---
FX ---
AA ---
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Freshman Taylor Medrea // Britton, Mich. 2011 Season Highlights • Competed in her first collegiate meet in Cancun, Mexico at the Cancun Classic • Set career high scores on bars, beam and floor at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet against SEMO Prep: Trained at Michigan Elite Gymnastics in Novi, Michigan under Kim and Juha Tanskanen...attended Britton-Macon Area Schools...Earned the 2006 and 2009 Level 10 State floor titles...qualified for Level 10 Nationals in 2005, 2007 and 2008...Participated on the Region 5 All-Star Team in El Salvador in 2005...Earned Regional Bar titles in 2005 and 2007...personal bests include 9.45 on vault, 9.875 on bars, 9.45 on beam, 9.675 on floor and 37.675 All-Around...Chose Missouri over Michigan and Michigan State Universities. Career Highs: Bars-- 9.750 (Beauty and the Beast) Beam--9.700 (exh. Beauty and the Beast) Floor--9.675 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet Cancun Classic Beauty and the Beast
V --- ---
UB 9.650 9.750
BB 9.150 9.700 (exh.)
FX 9.400 9.675
AA -----
Freshman Brittani Price // New Lenox, Ill. 2011 Season Highlights • Competed in her first collegiate meet in Cancun, Mexico at the Cancun Classic Prep: Trained at United Gymnastics Academy in Frankfort, Ill. Under the direction of Glen Willmeng...Attended Lincoln-Way Central High School...Five-time competitor at Nationals...Attended the All-Star team trip to Costa Rica in 2008...personal bests include 9.75 on vault, 9.65 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor and 37.9 All-Around...Chose Missouri over the University of Illinois. Career Highs: Vault-- 9.825 (Cancun Classic) Bars-- 8.550 (exh. Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet V Cancun Classic 9.825 Beauty and the Beast 9.650
UB --- 8.550 (exh.)
BB --- ---
FX --- ---
AA -----
Freshman Alex Skinner // Plano, Texas 2011 Season Highlights • Competed in her first collegiate meet in Cancun, Mexico at the Cancun Classic • Set a new career high 9.700 on beam at the fifth annual Beauty and the Beast meet Prep: Trained at Kurt Thomas Gymnastics in Frisco, Texas under the direction of Kurt Thomas... Earned the Level 9 Western National title in 2006...Regional Vault Champion in 2006...Named a Junior Olympic National Qualifier in 2009...Personal bests include 9.8 on vault, 9.4 on bars, 9.5 on beam, 9.6 on floor, and 37.5 AllAround...Chose Missouri over Oklahoma University and Ball State. Personal: She comes to Missouri from Plano, Texas...Daughter of Tony and Vanessa Skinner...Born November 27, 1991...Graduated high school as an honor student...Plans to study Biology with aspirations to become an orthopedic surgeon or physical therapist... Brother, Landon, plays basketball at Judson University. Career Highs: Beam-- 9.700 (Beauty and the Beast)
Date 1/6 1/15
Meet Cancun Classic Beauty and the Beast
V --- ---
UB --- ---
BB 8.700 9.700
FX --- ---
AA -----
2010-2011 Missouri Gymnastics Freshman Katelyn Trevino // Ovilla, Texas Prep: Trained under Rich and Marilyn Trevino at Trevinos Gymnastics School...Earned the Regional Vault title...was a silver-medalist on floor at the Regional meet...was a JO National Qualifier in 2009 where she earned the silver medal on floor and 9th-place recognition on vault...Personal bests include 9.675 on vault and floor and 9.4 on bars and beam...Chose Mizzou over Michigan State University and SEMO. Personal: Daughter of Rich and Marilyn Trevino...Born December 6, 1991...Native of Ovilla, Texas...Graduated high school with distinguished honors...Plans to study journalism at Mizzou.
2011 Team Results Date
Opponent
1/6 1/15 1/21 1/29 2/4 2/11 2/18 2/25 3/4 3/12 3/19
West Virginia SEMO Iowa State Metroplex Nebraska Illinois Oklahoma Southern Utah Centenary, Temple Ohio State
Team Statistics Meet Results Vault Bars Beam
Floor
Total
48.900 48.800
47.225 48.675
191.575 194.925
48.375 48.875
47.075 48.575
Big 12 Championship
Team Numbers 2011 Record...................................................................1-1 Regular Season .............................................................1-1 Post Season....................................................................0-0 At Home........................................................................1-0 On the Road .................................................................0-1 At Home Conference .................................................0-0 On Road Conference .................................................0-0 Against Top-25 Teams ................................................0-1 Against 2010 Regional Qualifiers ............................0-1 Against 2010 NCAA Finals Teams .........................0-0 Scoring 195.00 or Higher ..........................................0-0 Scoring Under 195.000 ..............................................1-1 In January ......................................................................1-1 In February....................................................................0-0 In March ........................................................................0-0 In April...........................................................................0-0
