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Show READY FOR ASST. SPORTS EDITOR BY GRIFFIN ADAMSle.utain.edu / g.a d am s@chronic • PHOTO BY COS AYERS 4 T he N' 5 Red Rocks will be looking to extend their season when they compete at the NCAA regional meet on Saturday afternoon. Utah, the No. 1 seed in the Fayatteville, Ark. region, will be competing against UCLA, Arkansas, Arizona State, Utah State, and UC Davis. After traveling west to Berkeley, Calif. two weekends ago for the Pac-12 Championships and putting on a show, the Red Rocks are hoping to carry that momentum forward as they travel east. "I think it's important that we continue to handle 4 dversit .4,3,n ( ,‘,....211.__ t[ )ad and be able to compete really well in spite of being in otherpeo ' rena," says co-head coach Megan Marsden. Though Utah will be away from the Huntsman Center, Marsden and company are expecting a good crowd at the meet, as the Arkansas Razorbacks boast a solid following. The Red Rocks tend to compete best in front of big groups, regardless of whether or not there is a large contingent of Utah fans. Joining the Red Rocks on the competition floor will be a couple of Pac-12 foes in the Bruins and Sun Devils. Utah is 2-1 on the season against UCLA, the regional's 10 magazine No. 2 seed. fi for a spot up there:' "At this point, we've proven two out of our three times Utip has qualified for nationals every single year in this year that we can beat [UCLA]," Marsden says. "I feel program history, but Marsden claims that the regional good about being able to move out of this region if we hit meet is a place her team has struggled the past few seaour stuff." sons. This year the Red Rocks' region boasts four ranked One gymnast who will have to be at full strength if the teams, meaning that if Utah is not on top of its game, Red Rocks are to be one of the two teams to advance one of those three other teams is capable of stealing a to nationals out of the Arkansas regional is junior star spot from the Red Rocks. Georgia Dabritz. She pulled a muscle a few weeks ago "I'm confident that our athletes are peaking at the and is still feeling some discomfort. Despite not being right time and they're doing well and are a very good 100 percent, Dabritz has learned to manage the pain team, but I can't guarantee that they will handle evand push through it when need be. erything perfectly," Marsden says. "If we [hit our stuff], She anticipates that she'll be good to go on bars, we will move on. I mean, we're just a talented team till working toward competand we will move on if we hit our stuff ... but could we vault, an lo—Or but s ing as an all-arounder. Having cracked the beam lineup possibly have issues? Any team can at this point. You s rd on't know." a few times this season, Dabritz is looking to do it once .."•••■•••--, again even though the current lineup has been successWhen the meet starts, Utah will not be competinri ht ful the last few contests. away. As the top seed, its day will start with a bye before "I'm still pushing towards it," she says. "Our beam moving onto bars. Beam will come next, followed by lineup has been doing really good in the past couple of another bye. The Red Rocks will close things out on floor meets, so I wouldn't be offended if I didn't make it in and vault. because they've been so strong, but I'm still trying to ._The meet is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. MDT. m |
