STANDINGS | SCHEDULE | RECORD BOOK

SAN FRANCISCO - With only two weeks left of competition, the Pac-12 women’s gymnastics regular season title is still up for grabs. Oregon State is the lone unbeaten team in Pac-12 competition after making history last week with its first team score of 198-plus in OSU history. Four teams - No. 3 Utah, No. 5 UCLA, No. 7 California and No. 11 Oregon State - remain in contention with six teams wrapping up their Pac-12 schedules this weekend and the top two teams in the standings - the Utes and Beavers - scheduled to meet on the final weekend. Overall, the Pac-12 remained strong in the Road to Nationals NQS rankings with seven teams in the top 23 in the country and all eight in the top 28. No. 15 Arizona State made the biggest jump after its big upset win over top-five ranked Utah and its dual win over Washington to end the week. Week nine is highlighted by a pair of top-25 duals on Pac-12 Networks as the Beavers visit the Sun Devils on Saturday, March 4 and UCLA hosts No. 21 Stanford in a must-win meet for the Bruins to keep their conference title hopes alive.

THIS WEEK

• The weekend action kicks off with No. 7 California and No. 23 Washington traveling to Baton Rouge to compete in No. 6 LSU’s Podium Challenge quad meet along with George Washington on Friday starting at 4 p.m. PT. The event will serve as the dual meet between the Bears and the Huskies and will be the final Pac-12 competition for both squads. Cal will need a win over the Huskies to stay in the running for the regular season title, while the Huskies will try to play spoiler. UW will hope to nab its first Pac-12 win this season and while not a true dual meet, its first win over Cal since 2020.
• Coming off the big win over California, No. 3 Utah will close out its home schedule hosting No. 28 Arizona on Senior Night at the Jon. M. Huntsman Center on Friday, March 3 at 6 p.m. PT/7 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Insider. The Wildcats will hope for a repeat of last year, when they picked up their first-ever win over Utah, but it will be a tough task as the Utes have a 23-0 record over Arizona in Salt Lake City.
• The weekend’s first head-to-head top-25 matchup between No. 11 Oregon State and No. 15 Arizona State will take place in Tempe on Saturday, March 4 at 2 p.m. PT/3 p.m. MT live on Pac-12 Arizona and Pac-12 Oregon. The Beavers are the only conference squad still unbeaten in league action and a win against the Sun Devils would give them the opportunity to claim the regular season outright in the finale against Utah next week. First, OSU will have to out-duel the Gym Devils, who are carrying a load of momentum after wins over Utah and Washington. The two teams have split the last two years, with Oregon State winning a year ago in Corvallis and the Sun Devils winning last time the two teams met in Tempe.
• Week nine wraps up with a second top-25 dual matchup, this one on Sunday, March 5 between No. 21 Stanford and No. 5 UCLA at Pauley Pavilion at noon on Pac-12 Bay Area and Pac-12 Los Angeles. Stanford’s win over the Bruins last year was its first regular season dual meet in the series since 2011 and the Cardinal will hope for the same outcome in the 2023 edition. 

WEEK EIGHT ROUNDUP

• Utah handed Cal its first loss of the season in Salt Lake City on Friday night, giving the Utes the upper hand in the path to the title. The Bears battled, but Utah delivered with a 198.550, its third-best score in program history and the second highest in the nation this season. Jaedyn Rucker posted her first career 10.0, winning the vault title, en route to a Pac-12 Specialist of the Week honors. 
• The Beavers’ win at Stanford last weekend proved to be historic as Oregon State’ topped the 198 mark for the first time in program history with a 198.075 to Stanford’s 197.575. OSU, who hasn’t lost since finishing second at the Wasatch Classic on Jan. 14, saw another superb performance from standout sophomore and Olympian Jade Carey, who posted a pair of 10s for the third time this season and matched program-record score of 39.875. Despite the loss, the Cardinal’s score was the fifth-best in program history and the best in Maples Pavilion dating back to 1999. Stanford freshman Anna Roberts earned Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week honors after earning a career-best total in the all-around (39.575), which was good for second behind Carey.
• UCLA took care of business against the Wildcats, extending a regular-season dual winning streak over Arizona that dates back to 2006. Sophomore Jordan Chiles used a career-high of 39.850 to win the all-around, with the score tied for second-best in the country this year. 
• The Sun Devils completed a 2-0 week in Seattle last weekend, besting the Huskies 198.075-197.575 for their third straight conference dual wins in the series against UW. ASU’s Hannah Scharf won her second all-around title of the week for ASU. 

BY THE NUMBERS

• Sophomore Jade Carey earned her sixth Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week honor after scoring a 39.875 in the all-around for the second consecutive week, which broke her own mark in the Oregon State record books and is the highest all-around score in the country in 2023. Carey added a pair of Perfect 10s (bars, floor) and won three individual event titles in the win over Stanford on Feb. 24. Carey’s six weekly awards this year ties her own conference record for most honors in a single season, which she set as a freshman last year.
• Cal freshman eMjae Frazier tied the Bears’ program record of 39.700 to win the first all-around title of her career in a win over Arizona on Feb. 18, earning her first Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week award on Feb. 21.
• The Sun Devils’ upset over No. 4 Utah by just .050 of a point on Feb. 20 was ASU’s first win over the Utes since 2003 and first in Tempe since 2000 behind the 11th-best score in program history. The Gym Devils used their second-best score all-time on bars to grab the lead and didn’t look back as senior Hannah Scharf anchored the floor lineup with a career-high 9.925 to secure the victory. Scharf had a big week, leading the Gym Devils to the Utah victory and a win at Utah to end the week. The senior All-American won the all-around in both meets and finished in the top-two of seven of eight events, which included four individual event titles. Scharf earned her first Pac-12 Coaches Choice award and fourth career weekly award overall.
• Stanford’s back-to-back wins over Stanford on Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 ended a Husky winning streak in the dual series that dated back to 2017. In the league-counting matchup in Seattle on Feb. 20, the Cardinal won 197.075-196.625, recording its best team bar score  since 2016 (49.525).
• After the conference had not seen a tie in a regular season league dual since Feb. 23, 2020, there were ties in three consecutive weeks. The first came between Oregon State and UCLA on January 29 in LA, the second came a week later as Oregon State hosted California at Gill Coliseum on Feb. 10 and the third was between UCLA and California in Berkeley on Feb. 18. 
• On Feb. 10, Arizona came out on top over Washington in Tucson, ending a streak of six straight dual wins in the series by UW. The Wildcats came from behind to narrowly edge out the Huskies 196.800-196.750.
• Utah’s 198.550 in the top-10 win over Cal on Feb. 24 marks the second 198+ score of the season for the Utes, while Utah is one of just seven teams in the country to score 198 or better this year. Oregon State joined the 198+ club after posting a 198.075 in the win over Stanford, also on Feb. 24.
• Utah matched its school record on beam against UCLA on Feb. 3, scoring a 49.775. It is the best mark on beam in the country this season and highest score on any event overall in 2023.
• Cal’s score of 197.600 in the win over Arizona State on Feb. 4 was the sixth-highest score in program history, while its 9-0 mark to start the year was one win shy of matching the record of 10, which was set back in 2015. 
• The Conference has seen 11 Perfect 10s during the 2023 season. Reigning Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week Jade Carey leads the way with six. On Friday, Feb. 24, Carey scored her third 10.0 of the season on floor and her first of the season on bars in a win over Stanford. The previous week, Carey posted 10s on the floor and vault in the win over Arizona on Feb. 18 and the other two came on the same events at the Wasatch Classic on Jan. 14. Carey is the first OSU gymnast to record a pair of perfect scores in a meet since former Beaver Chari Knight accomplished the feat in 1993. Utah senior and two-time Pac-12 Specialist of the Week Maile O’Keefe, after posting her first 10.0 of the season on beam Feb. 3, followed that up with a second straight 10.0 on beam and sixth of her career to win the event at the Metroplex Challenge on Feb. 10. On Friday, Feb. 24, fellow Utah senior Jaedyn Rucker picked up the first 10.0 of her career on vault in a big win over California. UCLA’s Jordan Chiles notched her first 10.0 of the season on floor in a win over Arizona State on Feb. 10. Utah’s Kara Eaker posted a 10.0 on beam (second of her career) on Jan. 13.
• Oregon State’s 197.275 in the tie at UCLA on Jan. 29 was their highest score at UCLA in program history. 
• In the Oregon State and UCLA tie on Jan. 29, 2020 Olympic Team teammates Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles placed first on every event with Chiles winning bars, the pair tying for first on the floor and Carey taking the vault and beam titles and the all-around title just ahead of Chiles in second.
• OSU’s Carey is the only Pac-12 gymnast to win all four event titles and the all-around in a meet this season and has accomplished the feat three times (Beaver Quad Meet on Jan. 21, vs. No. 7 California on Feb 10, vs. Arizona on Feb. 18). 
• With its win over Stanford on Feb. 4, Cal continued its recent dominance in the series having won the regular season rivalry meet every year since 2014.
• Arizona State made it seven straight dual wins over in-state rival Arizona on Feb. 4 as the GymDevils edged the GymCats 196.800-196.475 in Tempe. 
• UCLA freshman Selena Harris, the No. 1 ranked recruit in the nation last year, has lived up to her billing. Harris earned five straight Freshman/Newcomer of the Week awards to start the season, winning the all-around twice (at Wasatch Classic, at Washington) and eight individual events titles. Her five consecutive awards tied the Pac-12 record for most consecutive weekly awards, held by Toni-Ann Williams from California in 2015. The all-time record for most honors in a season since the award was introduced in 2013 is six, held by Williams, Utah’s MyKayla Skinner (2017) and Oregon State’s Jade Carey (2022).
• Through eight weeks, team and individual titles are as follows:
  • TEAM: Stanford, 6 (Session 2 Super 16; vs. San Jose State, at Arizona State; vs. Arizona; vs. Washington (x2)); Utah, 6 (vs. LSU; Rio Tinto Best of Utah; vs. Washington, vs. UCLA; Metroplex Challenge; vs. California); California, 5 (Session 3 Super 16; Session 2, Wasatch Classic, at Arizona; vs. Stanford; vs. Arizona State); Oregon State 5 (Beaver Quad Meet; vs. Rutgers; at Washington; vs. Arizona); UCLA 4 (Session 1, Wasatch Classic; at Washington; vs. Arizona State; vs. Arizona); 3 Arizona State (vs. Arizona; vs. Utah; vs. Washington); 2 Arizona (Arizona Quad Meet, vs. Washington).
  • INDIVIDUAL: Jessica Castles, ARIZ - BB; Alysen Fears, ARIZ - UB; Malia Hargrove, ARIZ - VA (x4), FL, AA; Sirena Linton, ARIZ - BB; Emily Mueller, ARIZ - FL; Sarah Clark, ASU - UB (x4); Jordan Jaslow, ASU - FL; Jada Mangahas, ASU - FL (x2); Hannah Scharf, ASU - FL (x3), UB (x2), AA (x3); Cienna Samiley, ASU - UB; Anaya Smith, ASU - VA (x3); Emily White, ASU - VA, FL, UB, BB (x2), AA; Ella Cesario, CAL - UB; eMjae Frazier, CAL - FL (x3), BB, VA, AA; Nevaeh DeSouza, CAL - AA, VA (x2); Mya Lauzon, CAL - AA, FL (x3), VA (x3), BB (x2); Andi Li, CAL - FL, AA (x2), UB (x5), BB; Maddie Williams, CAL - UB (x4); Jade Carey, OSU - AA (x6), FL (x6), VA (x7); UB (x6), BB (x7); Madi Dagen, OSU - VA; Ira Alexeeva, STAN - BB (x2); Madison Brunette, STAN - FL; Clair Dean, STAN - FL (x2); Brenna Neault, STAN - AA (x2), BB; Isabela Onyshko, STAN - BB; Anna Roberts, STAN - AA (x2), FL (x4), VA (x4), UB; Chloe Widner, STAN - AA, UB (x2), BB (x4), FL; Amara Cunningham, WASH - VA, FL (x3); Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, WASH - VA, BB, UB; Chae Campbell, UCLA - FL (x2); Jordan Chiles, UCLA - UB (x6), VA (x4), BB (x3), FL (x4), AA (x4); Selena Harris, UCLA - UB (x2), BB (x4), VA, AA (x2); Ana Padurariu, UCLA - BB; Abby Brenner, UTAH - UB; Kara Eaker, UTAH - BB (x2); Jillian Hoffman, UTAH - VA (x2); Cristal Isa, UTAH - UB (x2); Grace McCallum, UTAH - AA, UB (x3), FL (x2); Maile O’Keefe, UTAH - BB (x6), UB (x2), FL, AA; Abby Paulson, UTAH - BB, FL; Jaedyn Rucker, UTAH - VA (x4); Mckenna Smith, UTAH - VA, AA.
• On week three (Jan 17-19), the Conference saw two gymnasts reach milestones - UCLA’s Margzetta Frazier and Washington’s Amara Cunningham each completed 100 consecutive career routines without a single fall during competition.
• UCLA nabbed the first career win for first-time head coach Janelle McDonald on Jan. 14 as the Bruins impressed in the night session over Washington (196.550), Minnesota (196.325) and Boise State (195.050) at the Wasatch Classic in Salt Lake City. Winning all four events, UCLA’s 197.850 was its highest score on the road since 2019.
• Utah opened the season taking down the then-No.6 LSU Tigers (197.275-196.775) in front of a packed house of over 11,000 fans at the Huntsman Center in an event that aired live on ESPN2. It was Utah’s highest season-opening score since 2005 and the third-best in program history. The Utes improved to 62-6 all-time in season openers.
• California kicked off its season with a historical performance, posting its best overall score in a season-opening meet in program history. The Bears’ 197.457 was the 11th-best team score all-time and secured them the first-place finish in their session at the Super 16 event in Vegas. Cal’s No. 3 Road to Nationals ranking after week one was its highest in the ranking system in program history.
• The Huskies and the Bruins also recorded their highest opening scores in more than a decade as Washington posted its best since 2004 and UCLA its best since 2005 as they competed at different sessions of the Super 16 event in Las Vegas. 

ROAD TO NATIONALS RANKINGS

• The Road to Nationals rankings serve as the official rankings for NCAA gymnastics as it tracks team and individual scores overall and by event. After week seven competition the rankings switched to the National Qualifying Score (NQS) rather than a straight average. The NQS, which is calculated by taking the highest six scores of the season, three of which must be road scores, then dropping the high score and averaging the remaining five, is ultimately used to determine which programs qualify for NCAA Regionals. Through eight weeks of competition, seven of eight Pac-12 programs are currently in the top 25 in the country and all eight sit in the top 28, including five in the top 15.
• Oregon State has made the biggest jump of any team in the country in 2023, moving up 13 spots - No. 26 to currently No. 11 - from week one to week eight with a 197.285 NQS average. Arizona State made the biggest week-to-week jump of any team since the switch to NQS, moving from No. 22 to No. 15 (196.870) after its wins over Utah and Washington last week. Stanford sits at No. 22 at 196.585, while Washington climbed three spots to No. 23 (196.530) and Arizona is at No. 28 (196.105). 
• On team events scores - Utah holds the nation’s best NQS (49.670) and best overall score (49.775) on the beam this year with Oregon State tied for third (49.500), California in fifth (49.445) and UCLA in sixth (49.420); On vault, Utah (49.295) is tied for fifth (49.330) and UCLA is eighth (49.295); On bars, California is third (49.515), Utah is in fourth (49.485) and UCLA is in sixth (49.450); UCLA has the nation's top floor average of 49.585 while Oregon State is tied for sixth at 49.470 and Utah is ninth (49.435).
• Several individual gymnasts rank among the top-10 performers in the country on individual events: 
  • In the all-around, Pac-12 gymnasts own the top two NQS averages in the country, with reigning Pac-12 Gymnast of the Week, OSU’s Jade Carey and her 2020 Olympic teammate, UCLA’s Jordan Chiles, first and second, respectively, at 39.815 and 39.740. Bruin freshman Selena Harris is the third Pac-12 gymnast in the top-10 at seventh (39.650).
  • In vault, Carey is tied for first in the country with a 9.960 NQS average with Chiles in third at 9.930.
  • On bars, UCLA’s Chiles is tied for first at 9.965, followed by Cal’s Andi Li in sixth at 9.955, OSU’s Carey in seventh at 9.950 and Cal’s Madelyn Williams in a tie for eighth at 9.945.
  • On the floor, OSU’s Carey leads the nation at 9.985, followed by UCLA’s Chiles in fifth at 9.950 and fellow Bruin Chae Campbell in a tie for seventh at 9.940.
  • On the balance beam, Utah’s Maile O’Keefe is alone in first with a 9.980 NQS average with OSU’s Carey and fellow Ute Kara Eaker in a tie for second at 9.955. UCLA’s Harris is tied for eighth at 9.930.

PRESEASON RANKINGS

• All 8 Pac-12 women's gymnastics teams were ranked in the top 25 of the 2023 Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Preseason Poll. The annual preseason poll, which is voted on by Division I women's gymnastics coaches, featured every Pac-12 program in the top 25 for the first time since 2014. The eight teams in the top 25 were tied for the most with the SEC.
• Utah, which finished third at the national championships and won its second consecutive Pac-12 title in 2022, was the Conference's top-ranked team coming in at No. 3 with a pair of first-place votes. It was the Utes' highest preseason ranking since they were picked second overall in the national poll in 2010.
• Joining Utah in the top 10 was California at No. 8 and UCLA at No. 10. Oregon State checks in at No. 14, followed by Stanford at No. 17, Washington at No. 21, Arizona State at No. 24 and Arizona at No. 25. 

OLYMPIC STRENGTH 

• Pac-12 lineups this season feature four Olympic medalists from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Reigning Pac-12 Gymnast and Freshman of the Year, Oregon State's Jade Carey (USA) won an individual gold medal in the floor exercise, All-American, UCLA's Jordan Chiles, and Utah's Grace McCallum were silver medalists in the team competition with the United States, and Utah's Amelie Morgan helped Great Britain to team bronze, which was its first gymnastics medal since 1928.
• Rounding out the Pac-12 with Olympic ties are UCLA's Brooklyn Moors, who competed for Canada in Tokyo, and Utah's Kara Eaker and UCLA's Emma Malabuyo, who were alternates for the United States.
• Carey and Chiles recently also won individual medals at the recent 2022 World Championships and a silver medal team championship. Bruin freshman Ciena Alipio also competed at the World Championships, winning a silver medal on the balance beam.

ALL-AMERICAN PARTY 

• The Pac-12 has 17 All-Americans returning that have won over 50 career All-American honors, including reigning USA Gymnastics Athlete of the Year Jade Carey, who was an eight-time All-American during her freshman campaign at Oregon State last year.
• Other returning All-Americans include: Abby Brenner, UTAH; Chae Campbell (4-time), UCLA; Jordan Chiles, UCLA; Kara Eaker, UTAH; Margzetta Frazier (3-time), UCLA; Madi Dagen, OSU; Nevaeh DeSouza (3-time), CAL; Cristal Isa (5-time), UTAH; Andi Li (3-time), CAL; Sirena Linton, ARIZ; Grace McCallum (5-time), UTAH; Maile O'Keefe (11-time), UTAH; Abby Paulson (4-time), UTAH; Jaedyn Rucker, UTAH; Hannah Scharf (3-time) ASU; Sage Thompson, UTAH.

PAC-12 PRESEASON POLL & WATCH LISTS

• In the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll defending Pac-12 champion Utah was selected as the preseason favorite to claim a third straight Conference title in 2023. UCLA checked in at second place in the poll. The two teams have taken turns capturing Conference titles since 2014, with UCLA winning in 2016, 2018 and 2019, and Utah in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2022. California finished third in the poll followed by Oregon State in fourth, Stanford in fifth, Washington in sixth, Arizona State in seventh and Arizona in eighth.
• In December, the Pac-12 introduced the inaugural preseason watch lists for the 2023 season, which were nominated by the eight Pac-12 coaches. The 12-member Preseason Watch List included: Brenna Brooks, WASH; Jade Carey, OSU; Jordan Chiles, UCLA; Madi Dagen, OSU; Malia Hargrove, ARIZ; Caroline Herry, ARIZ; Skylar Killough-Wilhelm, WASH; Andi Li, CAL; Grace McCallum, UTAH; Hannah Scharf, ASU; Emily White, ASU; and Chloe Widner, STAN. The 4-member Newcomer Watch List included: eMjae Frazier, CAL; Selena Harris, UCLA; Anna Roberts, STAN; and Makenna Smith, UTAH.

BEST IN THE WEST

• For the first time in Pac-12 history, every Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics program was selected to compete at the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Regionals last season. (All eight current programs were selected).
• Utah advanced to its 46th-consecutive national championship after winning the Seattle Regional and is the only program in the nation to qualify to every national championship, including all 40 NCAA Championships (began in 1982). Several individuals from the conference also advanced to compete at nationals.
• Utah advanced to the NCAA Finals and finished third overall for the second consecutive year.
• All eight teams finished in the Top 26 in the final rankings - #3 Utah, #11 California, #12 UCLA, #14 Stanford, #17 Oregon State, #21 Washington, #22 Arizona State, #26 Arizona.

ON TV 

• Pac-12 Networks will broadcast 22 women’s gymnastics meets this season as well as the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships, presented by Sprouts, on Saturday, March 18. Utah’s battle with LSU on Friday, Jan. 6 aired live on ESPN2 and ESPN also carried Utah’s non-conference meet at No. 1 Oklahoma on Sunday, Jan. 22. The league matchup between Utah and UCLA on Friday, Feb. 3 was the final Pac-12 regular season meet airing on ESPN.

2023 PAC-12 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP

• Tickets for the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships, presented by Sprouts, are on sale now at Pac-12.com/tickets. The one-day, two-session event returns to the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah on Saturday, March 18.

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