Cougars Falter At Regionals, Take Third

LOS ANGELES, Calif., (April 7, 2001) -- In a regional meet that came down to the last event to decide the second team to qualify for Nationals, Oregon State scored a 48.750 On vault to pass the Cougars for the final qualifying spot and second place in the West Region at UCLA with a 194.075 To BYU's 193.050. The No. 1 UCLA Bruins scored a 197.775 to easily take first place.

The Cougars started off the meet with a rough outing on the bars, scoring a 47.175, their lowest score of the season, and only sub-48 bars score this year. BYU had two falls in the rotation, not counting an 8.900 by Brooke Craig, but counting a 9125 by Lindsay Lines. Kelly Parkinson scored the team-high with a 9.700. UCLA scored a 49.500 on the floor to lead the first rotation, California scored a 48.200 on the vault and Cal State Fullerton scored a 46.500 on the beam.

BYU moved to beam in the second rotation, with Kim Little scoring a team-high 9.875. Without counting a fall, the Cougars fared better on beam, scoring a 48.525. After two rotations, BYU had a 95.700, behind UCLA's 98.975.

After a bye in the third rotation, the Cougars were in fourth place with a 95.700 after two events, behind UCLA, Oregon State and Boise State. BYU moved to the floor in the fourth rotation, where they scored a 48.850. Despite a music glitch to begin her floor routine, Little scored a 9.800 and Parkinson scored a 9.900 to lead all BYU floor scores.

In the fifth rotation, the final event for the Cougars, BYU moved to vault. Parkinson again led all BYU scores with a 9.875, while Angie Hickman scored a 9.850 and Little scored a 9.775.

But, with a bye in the sixth rotation, BYU could only watch as Oregon State hit every vault to score the 48.750 and move into second place.

In the all-around, Parkinson scored a 39.225 and Little scored a 38.825. UCLA's Mohini Bhardwaj won the all-around with a 39.775, and fellow Bruins Yvonne Tousek and Onnie Willis scored a 39.600 and a 39.500 respectively.

With the top two finishes, both UCLA and Oregon State advance to Nationals to be held at the University of Georgia on Saturday, April 21. Other schools qualifying from all six regions include Stanford and Michigan from the Northeast Region, Alabama and Arizona State from the Central Region, Utah and Denver from the North Central Region and Nebraska and Oklahoma from the South Central Region.

TEAM RESULTS
                Vault    Bars    Beam     Floor        TOTAL
BYU:            48.500   47.175  48.535   48.850       193.050	                    
UCLA:           49.475   49.400  49.400   49.500       197.775
Oregon State:   48.750   48.650  49.000   47.675       194.075 
California:     48.200   47.175  48.150   48.650	  192.175	
Boise State:    48.550   46.625  47.225   48.200 	  190.600
CS Fullerton:   48.575   47.250  46.500   47.475	  189.800
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
BYU
Vault:         48.500
Jeni Lopez      9.050
Kari Dye        9.275
Brogan Jacobsen 9.725
Kim Little      9.775
Angie Hickman   9.850
Kelly Parkinson 9.875
Bars:          47.175
Jeni Lopez      9.550
Brooke Craig    8.800
Brogan Jacobsen 9.475
Lindsay Lines   8.950
Kim Little      9.500
Kelly Parkinson 9.700
Beam:          48.535
Brooke Craig    9.600
Karen Froerer   9.600
Kim Little      9.875
Lindsay Lines   9.200
Kari Dye        9.675
Kelly Parkinson 9.775
Floor:         48.850
C. Cosgrave     9.775
Angie Hickman   9.150
Kari Dye        9.550
Jeni Lopez      9.825
Kim Little      9.800
Kelly Parkinson 9.900
All-around
Kelly Parkinson 39.225
Kim Little      38.825