CORVALLIS, Ore. - UCLA and Oregon State won every event as the two teams finished first and second at the 1999 Pacific-10 Gymnastics Championships in Corvallis on Saturday.
The Bruins claimed top honors with a school record and Pac-10 Championship record 197.775, while Oregon State scored a 197.400. Arizona State placed third with a 196.025. Arizona and Stanford tied for fourth at 195.150, while Washington was sixth with a 194.425. Cal placed seventh with a 192.475.
UCLA senior Kiralee Hayashi was named Pac-10 Gymnast of the Year (UCLA's third consecutive honor), and OSU's Tanya Chaplin was Coach of the Year. Bruin junior Heidi Moneymaker won the all-around with a career-high 39.675, and she tied for first on vault with a 9.925.
OSU's Danae Phillips and Lara Degenhardt both scored perfect 10.0's to win bars and floor respectively. Megan Murphy-Barcroft tied Moneymaker for the top spot on vault, and the OSU senior also won beam with a score of 9.95.
The Bruins started the meet with a season-high 49.425 (UCLA's fourth-best vault score ever) on vault. Three Bruins set or tied career-highs, with Lindsey Dong leading things off with a career-high 9.85, followed by late substitute Valerie Velasco's career-high tying 9.75. Luisa Portocarrero also recorded a career- best 9.9 to tie for third place. Sophomore Mohini Bhardwaj returned to the vault lineup for the first time since January and scored a 9.875.
More career-highs were set on bars, where the Bruins scored a 49.325. Susie Erickson smashed her previous career-high score with a 9.9 to place fourth along with Moneymaker. Velasco and Portocarrero improved on theirs as well, recording a 9.775 and 9.875, respectively.
Going into their third event, beam, the Bruins led Oregon State by a slim 98.75-98.675 margin. UCLA stepped it up a notch on beam, recording the third-highest beam total in school history, a 49.425. Three Bruins scored career-highs - Bhardwaj and Moneymaker with 9.925s and Hayashi with a 9.9.
But it was on floor where the Bruins really took over the meet. Needing a 49.25 to overtake Oregon State, who was on a bye in the last rotation, UCLA recorded a school-record 49.6. Velasco started things off with a career-best 9.85. Alison Stoner scored a 9.8 which had to be thrown out as the lowest score of the set. Bhardwaj scored a career-high 9.95, followed by Moneymaker's career-high 9.925, Lena Degteva's 9.925 and Hayashi's career-high 9.95.