Feb. 7, 1998

LOS ANGELES - The 12th-ranked Stanford women's gymnastics team turned in a season-high 194.300 to place second at the UCLA Invitational. The Cardinal, which led by .05 going into the final rotation, lost to defending national champion UCLA, who scored a season-high 195.400 for the victory, while defeating No. 8 Michigan and Cornell. The season-high score mark the third consecutive week that the Cardinal improved upon its score. The Bruins, which trailed Stanford by .05 going into the final rotation, scored a school record 49.525 on the floor exercise to overtake the Cardinal.

Stanford was again led by junior co-captain Amy Murakami (Wayland, Mass./Wayland HS). Murakami turned in personal and team season-high 38.875 all-around score, good for fourth in the meet. She also scored a personal and team season-high in the floor exercise with a 9.900. Senior co-captain Keri Monahan (Laurel Springs, NJ/Paul VI HS) placed first on the vault with a season-high 9.825.

1998 UCLA GYMNASTICS INVITATIONAL
at Pauley Pavilion
Attendance: 1,896

TEAM RESULTS
1. UCLA 195.400
2. Stanford 194.300
3. Michigan 192.600
4. Cornell 178.125

ALL-AROUND RESULTS
1. Stella Umeh, UCLA 39.400
2. Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA 39.375
3. Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA 38.900
4. Amy Murakami, Stan. 38.875
5. Heather Kabnick, Mich. 38.850
 
INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS

Vault 
1. Keri Monahan, Stan. 9.825
2. Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA 9.800
3t. Stella Umeh, UCLA 9.775
3t. Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA 9.775
3t. Christine Michaud, Mich. 9.775
3t. Nikki Peters, Mich. 9.775

Bars
1t. Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA 9.900
1t. Nikki Peters, Mich. 9.900
3. Stella Umeh, UCLA 9.875

Beam
1. Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA 9.825
2t. Stella Umeh, UCLA 9.800
2t. Larissa Fontaine, Stan. 9.800

Floor
1. Stella Umeh, UCLA 9.950
2t. Kiralee Hayashi, UCLA 9.925
2t. Lena Degteva, UCLA 9.925
2t. Heidi Moneymaker, UCLA 9.925