Aggie Gymnastics Hosts San Jose State Friday on 'Think Pink' Night
San Jose State at Utah State
Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270)
Logan, Utah
Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 - 7 p.m. (MT)
THINK PINK NIGHT
THINK PINK NIGHT ON TAP — In its third leg of the current four-meet home stand, Utah State [University] gymnastics (2-5, 0-1 WAC) will return to Western Athletic Conference action, hosting San Jose State (4-3, 1-0 WAC) in a dual meet on Friday, Feb. 10. Action for the duel between the Aggies and Spartans will start at 7 p.m. (MT) at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270). Friday is USU's "Think Pink" Night, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Live video and live results will be available through UtahStateAggies.com.
PINK POM-POMS PRESENTED TO PINK ATTIRE — All fans who wear pink will receive free admission and the first 500 fans in attendance will receive pink and Aggie blue pom-poms. There will be donation sheets available at the USU marketing and promotions table located on the west concourse behind section S. All funds collected will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
AWESOME ALL-AROUNDERS — Friday's meet features two of the top all-arounders in not just the WAC, but their respective regions and the country as well, in SJSU's Thomasina Wallace and USU's Sarah Landes. Wallace, a senior, is tops in the WAC, fifth in the West region and tied for 20th in the nation with a 39.205 average, including breaking SJSU's record in the all-around with a 39.400 in the Spartans' meet on Sunday [Feb. 5]. Landes, a freshman, is third in the WAC, tied for fifth in the North Central region and tied for 41st in the country with a 38.994 average
THIRD IN A ROW — Friday is the Aggies' third-straight meet at home, the third of a four-meet home stand, USU's longest stretch of home events since 2004 when USU also had a stretch of four-straight home meets.
IN THE RANKINGS — San Jose State is ranked No. 26 in this week's Troester/GymInfo Women's Gymnastics Coaches Rankings while USU is up to No. 38 after being ranked 40th last week.
Rank | Team | Average | High | Team RQS |
30 | San Jose State | 193.810 | 194.875 | - |
40 | Utah State | 192.719 | 194.050 | - |
TICKET INFO — USU Gymnastics tickets are available through the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, by phone by calling 1-888-USTATE-1 or (435) 797-0305, or online 24 hours a day at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on the "buy/renew tickets" under the "tickets" drop down menu.
LIVE RESULTS — Live results for Friday's meet are available by clicking on the "Live Results" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official website of USU athletics. *Note: the link will only work after the meet starts.
LIVE VIDEO — Fans can watch the meet on Friday live online by clicking on the "Watch Live" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official website of USU athletics. Fans will need to pay a small fee to watch the meet.
TWITTER / FACEBOOK — Fans can also get live updates from the meets as well as other team information through the USU Twitter and Facebook pages.
UP NEXT — USU wraps up its stretch of four meets by hosting another WAC opponent, Sacramento State, Friday, Feb. 17, also at 7 p.m. (MT).
Read much more about Aggie gymnastics in the full summary on the Athletics website.
Additional Aggie sports news is available at the Athletics website.
Senior Rebecca Holliday and the Aggie gymnastics team will be wearing pink leotards Friday night when they host San Jose State in a duel starting at 7 p.m. (photo from Athletics website)
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