Dayna Smart ties Second-Best Floor Mark in School History

PROVO -- BYU saved the best for last to defeat No. 14 Arizona and No. 34 Southern Utah in a tri meet in the Marriott Center Friday night. Scoring a season-high 49.450 on floor in the final rotation, the 26th-rated Cougars came from behind for the win.

"I was very pleased with the team tonight," BYU coach Brad Cattermole said. "I told the girls to go out and have fun and not to worry about the score. They did a good job of that. We fought all the way to the end."

BYU finished the meet with a 195.675 score, followed by Arizona at 195.300 and Southern Utah at 194.875. The highlight of the night was delivered by BYU's Dayna Smart, who tied the second-best floor score in the history of BYU gymnastics with a 9.975 performance.

"I knew it was a good routine but I didn't know how good it was," Smart said. "I was happy (when I saw the score posted)."

BYU scored 48.675 on vault to open the meet with Smart equaling her career high with a 9.900 effort to lead the Cougars. Hayley Jensen also posted her best vault of the year with a 9.775 to help BYU as it competed in the event without the nation's 25th-ranked vaulter Alethea Boon, who was held out of vault due to an injury. Arizona started on beam with a 48.525 score while Southern Utah claimed the early lead after one rotation with a 49.100 on floor, led by Leah Sakhitab's 9.900.

The Cougars recorded their best score of the year on bars (49.000) in the second rotation thanks to five solid performances. Kylee Draper tied her career high and Boon set her person best as both scored 9.875 to lead the way. Kacie Capra-Callens followed at 9.825 while Lisa Willis tied her season-high score of 9.725 and Aimee Walker-Pond counted towards the tally at 9.700.

BYU's two-event score of 97.675 followed Southern Utah as the Thunderbirds scored 48.700 on vault for a 97.800 running score. Arizona followed at 97.350 after improving with a 48.825 on floor in their second event.

Southern Utah kept up the pressure in the third rotation with Elise Wheeler and Kellie Dangerfield both tying the school record of 9.900 to finish off SUU's bars lineup for a season-high 49.150 team tally and event-best running score of 147.075. Arizona (146.350) slid past BYU (146.225) in the overall scoring thanks to a 49.000 on vault while BYU totaled 48.550 on beam. The best beam performance for the Cougars was a 9.800 delivered by Smart, who ranks 17th nationally on the event.

BYU saved the best for last as it started strong on floor with freshmen gymnasts Heidi Poulson and Kiki Berrett both achieving personal bests of 9.850. Willis followed with a season-high 9.925 and Draper earned the team's third 9.850, a career best for the junior co-captain, before Smart stepped up and delivered a floor routine that has only been topped once (Brogan Jacobsen's perfect 10 in 2003) in the history of BYU gymnastics. The floor score pushed BYU to the win as Arizona totaled 48.950 on bars and SUU tallied a 47.925 on beam.

Arizona's Karin Wurm won the all-around (39.425) followed by SUU's Sakhitab (39.250). BYU did not compete a gymnast in all four events, but Smart won both the vault (9.900) and floor (9.975) events while Wurm earned the top score on bars (9,925) and Wildcat teammate Danielle Hicks was the top performer on beam (9.900).

The Cougars will return to the Marriott Center again next weekend when they take on perennial-power Utah Friday night. The meet will be the final meet of the season before NCAA Regionals the second week in April.

Women's Gymnastics Meet Results
Host:	BYU Cougars	
Meet:	Arizona Wildcats, SUU T-Birds @ BYU Cougars _70323	March 23, 2007
Location:	Marriot Ctr BYU Provo UT 84602	Home Meet
 
Contents:	Event Results	Team Results
Vault	Team Standing
Uneven Parallel Bars	BYU Cougars
Balance Beam	Arizona Wildcats
Floor Exercise	SUU ThunderBirds
All Around	Judge List
 
Team Standing	Top
Place	 Team	Score 
1	 BYU Cougars	195.675 
2	 Arizona Wildcats	195.300 
3	 SUU ThunderBirds	194.875 
 
BYU Cougars	Home
Head Coach:  Brad CATTERMOLE	Top
 Gymnast	Vault 	Bars 	Beam 	Floor 	AllArr 
 BERRETT, Kiki	9.650 	 	 	9.850 	 
 BOON, Alethea	 	9.875 	9.775 	 	 
 CAPRA-CALLENS, Kacie	 	9.825 	9.675 	9.575 	 
 DONEHUE, Megan	9.600 	 	 	 	 
 DRAPER, Kylee	 	9.875 	 	9.850 	 
 GALLUP, Kaylee	 	 	9.700 	 	 
 GOLDMAN, Danielle	9.100 	 	 	 	 
 JENSEN, Hayley	9.775 	 	9.600 	 	 
 KERBIS, Jenna	9.750 	 	 	 	 
 POULSON, Heidi	 	 	 	9.850 	 
 POULSON, Mckell	 	9.250 	 	 	 
 SMART, Dayna	9.900 	 	9.800 	9.975 	 
 WALKER-POND, Aimee	 	9.700 	 	 	 
 WILLIS, Lisa	 	9.725 	9.575 	9.925 	 
 Team Totals	48.675 	49.000 	48.550 	49.450 	195.675 
 
Arizona Wildcats
Head Coach:  Bill RYDEN	Top
 Gymnast	Vault 	Bars 	Beam 	Floor 	AllArr 
 SILBERG, Rachelle	9.825 	 	 	 	 
 MORGAN, Brittney	9.800 	9.775 	8.525 	9.825 	37.925 
 SPECHT, Sarah	9.775 	9.825 	 	9.450 	 
 BERGESON, Briana	 	9.575 	9.650 	 	 
 RUSSELL, Miranda	9.775 	9.800 	9.800 	9.225 	38.600 
 WURM, Karin	9.825 	9.925 	9.800 	9.875 	39.425 
 ALVEY, Suzanne	 	9.625 	 	 	 
 HICKS, Danielle	9.775 	 	9.900 	9.825 	 
 HOLTON, Jamie	 	 	9.375 	9.850 	 
 Team Totals	49.000 	48.950 	48.525 	48.825 	195.300 
 
SUU ThunderBirds
Head Coach:  Scott BAUMAN	Top
 Gymnast	Vault 	Bars 	Beam 	Floor 	AllArr 
 DANGERFIELD, Kellie	 	9.900 	9.875 	9.800 	 
 HICKS, Katie	9.675 	 	9.300 	9.800 	 
 KEENO-DOUGLAS, Tehani	 	9.725 	 	9.750 	 
 MORGAN, Erin	9.075 	9.825 	9.225 	 	 
 SAKHITAB, Leah	9.750 	9.800 	9.800 	9.900 	39.250 
 JOHNSON, Melissa	9.675 	 	 	 	 
 WHEELER, Elise	9.800 	9.900 	9.200 	9.850 	38.750 
 GARCIA, Shayla	9.800 	9.700 	9.725 	9.725 	38.950 
 Team Totals	48.700 	49.150 	47.925 	49.100 	194.875 
 
Vault Results	Top
Place	 Gymnast	 Team	Score 
1	 SMART, Dayna	 BYU Cougars	9.900 
2	 SILBERG, Rachelle	 Arizona Wildcats	9.825 
2	 WURM, Karin	 Arizona Wildcats	9.825 
4	 GARCIA, Shayla	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.800 
4	 WHEELER, Elise	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.800 
4	 MORGAN, Brittney	 Arizona Wildcats	9.800 
7	 JENSEN, Hayley	 BYU Cougars	9.775 
7	 HICKS, Danielle	 Arizona Wildcats	9.775 
7	 RUSSELL, Miranda	 Arizona Wildcats	9.775 
7	 SPECHT, Sarah	 Arizona Wildcats	9.775 
11	 KERBIS, Jenna	 BYU Cougars	9.750 
11	 SAKHITAB, Leah	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.750 
13	 HICKS, Katie	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.675 
13	 JOHNSON, Melissa	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.675 
15	 BERRETT, Kiki	 BYU Cougars	9.650 
16	 DONEHUE, Megan	 BYU Cougars	9.600 
17	 GOLDMAN, Danielle	 BYU Cougars	9.100 
18	 MORGAN, Erin	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.075 
 
Uneven Parallel Bars Results	Top
Place	 Gymnast	 Team	Score 
1	 WURM, Karin	 Arizona Wildcats	9.925 
2	 WHEELER, Elise	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.900 
2	 DANGERFIELD, Kellie	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.900 
4	 BOON, Alethea	 BYU Cougars	9.875 
4	 DRAPER, Kylee	 BYU Cougars	9.875 
6	 CAPRA-CALLENS, Kacie	 BYU Cougars	9.825 
6	 MORGAN, Erin	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.825 
6	 SPECHT, Sarah	 Arizona Wildcats	9.825 
9	 SAKHITAB, Leah	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.800 
9	 RUSSELL, Miranda	 Arizona Wildcats	9.800 
11	 MORGAN, Brittney	 Arizona Wildcats	9.775 
12	 WILLIS, Lisa	 BYU Cougars	9.725 
12	 KEENO-DOUGLAS, Tehani	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.725 
14	 WALKER-POND, Aimee	 BYU Cougars	9.700 
14	 GARCIA, Shayla	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.700 
16	 ALVEY, Suzanne	 Arizona Wildcats	9.625 
17	 BERGESON, Briana	 Arizona Wildcats	9.575 
18	 POULSON, Mckell	 BYU Cougars	9.250 
 
Balance Beam Results	Top
Place	 Gymnast	 Team	Score 
1	 HICKS, Danielle	 Arizona Wildcats	9.900 
2	 DANGERFIELD, Kellie	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.875 
3	 SMART, Dayna	 BYU Cougars	9.800 
3	 SAKHITAB, Leah	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.800 
3	 RUSSELL, Miranda	 Arizona Wildcats	9.800 
3	 WURM, Karin	 Arizona Wildcats	9.800 
7	 BOON, Alethea	 BYU Cougars	9.775 
8	 GARCIA, Shayla	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.725 
9	 GALLUP, Kaylee	 BYU Cougars	9.700 
10	 CAPRA-CALLENS, Kacie	 BYU Cougars	9.675 
11	 BERGESON, Briana	 Arizona Wildcats	9.650 
12	 JENSEN, Hayley	 BYU Cougars	9.600 
13	 WILLIS, Lisa	 BYU Cougars	9.575 
14	 HOLTON, Jamie	 Arizona Wildcats	9.375 
15	 HICKS, Katie	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.300 
16	 MORGAN, Erin	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.225 
17	 WHEELER, Elise	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.200 
18	 MORGAN, Brittney	 Arizona Wildcats	8.525 
 
Floor Exercise Results	Top
Place	 Gymnast	 Team	Score 
1	 SMART, Dayna	 BYU Cougars	9.975 
2	 WILLIS, Lisa	 BYU Cougars	9.925 
3	 SAKHITAB, Leah	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.900 
4	 WURM, Karin	 Arizona Wildcats	9.875 
5	 POULSON, Heidi	 BYU Cougars	9.850 
5	 BERRETT, Kiki	 BYU Cougars	9.850 
5	 DRAPER, Kylee	 BYU Cougars	9.850 
5	 WHEELER, Elise	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.850 
5	 HOLTON, Jamie	 Arizona Wildcats	9.850 
10	 MORGAN, Brittney	 Arizona Wildcats	9.825 
10	 HICKS, Danielle	 Arizona Wildcats	9.825 
12	 HICKS, Katie	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.800 
12	 DANGERFIELD, Kellie	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.800 
14	 KEENO-DOUGLAS, Tehani	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.750 
15	 GARCIA, Shayla	 SUU ThunderBirds	9.725 
16	 CAPRA-CALLENS, Kacie	 BYU Cougars	9.575 
17	 SPECHT, Sarah	 Arizona Wildcats	9.450 
18	 RUSSELL, Miranda	 Arizona Wildcats	9.225 
 
All Around Results	Top
Place	 Gymnast	 Team	Score 
1	 WURM, Karin	 Arizona Wildcats	39.425 
2	 SAKHITAB, Leah	 SUU ThunderBirds	39.250 
3	 GARCIA, Shayla	 SUU ThunderBirds	38.950 
4	 WHEELER, Elise	 SUU ThunderBirds	38.750 
5	 RUSSELL, Miranda	 Arizona Wildcats	38.600 
6	 MORGAN, Brittney	 Arizona Wildcats	37.925 
 
Meet Judges	Top
 Vault
 Judge 1	Marian DEWANE	National
 Judge 2	Teresa BOUDREAUX	Level 10
 Uneven Parallel Bars
 Judge 1	Janet McNALL	National
 Judge 2	Tracey SMITH	National
 Balance Beam
 Judge 1	Kim BIRD	National
 Judge 2	Jill ROUNDY	Level 10
 Floor Exercise
 Judge 1	Charity GREENE	National
 Judge 2	Kandra GRAHAM	Level 10
 
 PLEASE NOTE:	All scores are unofficial until verified at end of meet. For

Cougars Looking to Improve Regional Seeding

PROVO -- If back-to-back triangular meets weren't enough, the BYU gymnastics team will have one more when it plays host to No. 14 Arizona and in-state foe Southern Utah Friday in the Marriott Center.

With just two meets left, both of which are at home, BYU is looking to score high to improve its seeding when the NCAA Regional brackets are announced on April 2. The Cougars currently sit in the fifth spot in the North Central Region with the top six moving on to Regionals on April 14.

"We are getting some people back from injury," BYU coach Brad Cattermole said. "That will give us a better chance to get the scores we are looking for. We have to hit and be consistent like we are capable of. If we can get mid 195 to low 196, we'll have a chance to move up higher."

BYU holds a Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 194.440 and is ranked No. 26 in the latest polls released by Troester Consulting Monday morning. The Cougars are ranked No. 17 on balance beam with Dayna Smart ranked No. 13 on the event. Alethea Boon is ranked No. 25 on vault.

Last week in Denver, Boon picked up the first all-around title of her career while helping BYU to its second-highest floor score of the season at 48.925. Smart had strong routines on both vault and floor, while Hayley Jensen recorded a career best on beam. Freshmen Heidi Poulson and Danielle Goldman also recorded career highs on floor.

Arizona comes into Friday's meet riding the momentum of a season-high 196.650 in a quad meet last week. The Wildcats boast an RQS of 195.855 and are led by Karin Wurm, Brittney Morgan, Miranda Russell and Danielle Hicks.

No. 34 SUU enters the meet also coming off a season-best performance last weekend. The Thunderbirds recorded a 195.175 in a victory against Boise State and are competing with Iowa and Utah State for the last spot in the North Central Regional. SUU has an RQS of 193.775 and is led by Leah Sakhitab, Elise Wheeeler, Shayla Garcia and Jess Langley.

Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m. The meet will be shown live on BYUTV, and live stats will be available on the women's gymnastics homepage at www.byucougars.com.