Washington Places Sixth at Pac-10 Gymnastics Championship
March 20, 1999
Corvallis, OR - Bruins Use School-Record Score to Claim Team Title UCLA used a strong finish on floor exercise to win the Pac-10 womens gymnastics championship with a school record score of 197.775. The win was the Bruins eighth Pac-10 title in the 13-year history of the event. Oregon State also posted a school record score of 197.400 to place second at the meet.
Washingtons score of 194.425 was its second best point total of the season, but the Huskies could only muster a sixth-place finish at the meet. The Huskies were led by sophomore Lanna Apisukh, who scored 39.325 to place fifth in the all-around competition. Apisukh tied her career high on floor exercise with a score of 9.950 and equaled her career best on vault with a score of 9.900. Her vault score allowed her to tie for third place in that competition. The Huskies team vault score of 49.075 was a season high.
UCLA looked like it would run away with the team title when the Bruins got off to an early lead in the meet thanks to scores of 49.425 on vault and 49.325 on bars. The Bruins had to count a fall on beam and that gave Oregon State a shot at the team title. The Beavers were led by a pair of perfect scores recorded by Lara Degenhardt on floor and Danae Phillips on uneven bars. UCLAs Heidi Moneymaker led the Bruins to the championship by winning the all-around competition with a score of 39.675.
Oregon State head coach Tanya Service was named the Pac-10 coach of the year and UCLAs Kiralee Hayashi was named the gymnast of the year.
Washington will conclude its regular season Thursday when the Huskies compete at Seattle Pacific.
Women's Collegiate Gymastics
Pac-10 Championship
Team Scores: 1. UCLA 197.775; 2. Oregon State 197.400; 3. Arizona State 196.025; 4.(tie) Stanford & Arizona 195.150; 6. Washington 194.425; 7. California 192.475
All-Around: 1.Heidi Moneymaker (UCLA) 39.675; 2. Megan Murphy-Barcroft (OSU) 39.625; 3. Lena Degteva (UCLA) 39.575; 4. Amy Murakami (SU) 39.450; 5. Lanna Apisukh (UW) 39.325.
Vault: 1. (tie) Barcroft (OSU) & Moneymaker (UCLA) 9.925, 3. (tie) Apisukh (UW), Heidi Hornbeek (UA) & Luisa Portocarrero (UCLA) 9.900.
Bars: 1. Danae Phillips (OSU) 10.000; 2. Amy Murakami (SU) 9.950; 3. Stephanie Bychowski (OSU) 9.925
Beam: 1. Barcroft (OSU) 9.950, 2. (tie) Mohini Bhardwaj (UCLA) & Moneymaker (UCLA) 9.925.
Floor: 1. Lara Degenhardt (OSU) 10.000; 2. (tie) Barcroft (OSU) , Bhardwaj (UCLA), Kiralee Hayashi (UCLA), Elizabeth McNabb (ASU) & Murakami (SU) 9.950.
Attendance: 3,104
Pac-10 Championships
Event-by-Event Scoring
Vault Bars Beam Floor Total UCLA 49.425 49.325 49.425 49.600 197.775 Oregon State 49.250 49.475 49.200 49.475 197.400 Arizona State 49.000 49.000 48.625 49.400 196.025 Arizona 49.025 49.025 48.225 48.875 195.150 Stanford 48.725 49.325 48.100 49.000 195.150 Washington 49.075 48.400 48.600 48.300 194.425 California 48.350 47.925 48.000 48.200 192.475
Washington Individual Scores
Floor
Leah Waarmaki, 8.850
Allison Bruce, 9.700
Sidney Field, 9.750
Amber Erdos, 9.025
Lanna Apisukh, 9.900
Lauren Riesenman, 9.925
Team Score: 48.300
Vault
Sidney Field, 9.750
Leah Waaramaki, 9.850
Mandi Klug, 9.750
Lanna Apisukh, 9.900
Amber Erdos, 9.750
Lauren Riesenman, 9.825
Team Score: 49.075
Bars
Lauren Riesenman, 9.675
Crystal Collins, 8.900
Stacy Wong, 9.825
Amber Erdos, 9.300
Lanna Apisukh, 9.725
Sidney Field, 9.875
Team Score: 48.400
Beam
Allison Bruce, 9.625
Celeste Montalvo, 9.675
Lauren Riesenman, 9.700
Lanna Apisukh, 9.800
Mandi Klug, 9.725
Amber Erdos, 9.750
Team Score: 48.600
Team Total: 194.425
