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DENVER, Colo.

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Seventh-ranked Georgia opened the 2011 season by winning a quad-meet against No. 16 Denver, Air Force and BYU Saturday at Magness Arena. The Gym Dogs scored a 195.575 to finish comfortably ahead of second-place BYU (193.225). Denver was third with a 192.925 while Air Force scored a 186.6.

Georgia gymnasts won individual titles on vault, bars, beam and floor, including two by junior Gina Nuccio on bars and floor. Senior Cassidy McComb won the all-around with a 39.150. Freshman Lindsey Cheek won the vault title, and sophomore Shayla Worley won the title on the balance beam.

"It was a good, solid start for us," head coach Jay Clark said. "We had some first meet jitters at the beginning, but we were able to settle down after that and get into a groove. I was proud of the way they handled themselves. It's a place we can grow from, and more importantly it's a road win and gets the monkey off our back."

Jan. 11, 2011

ATHENS, Ga. --- The No. 6 Georgia gymnastics team opens the 2011 home schedule Sat., Jan. 15 at 4 p.m. ET against third-ranked Utah. Both teams are coming off season-opening wins last weekend, as Georgia scored a 195.575 to win a quad meet against BYU, Denver and Air Force in Denver, Colo., while Utah downed defending national champion UCLA 195.700-195.300 in Salt Lake City.

The Gym Dogs are 32-6 all-time in home openers, including a perfect 6-0 in the last six seasons, and will put their current 34-meet regular season home winning streak on the line this weekend.

The Georgia-Utah meet will be televised on a tape-delay basis by CSS. It will be shown first on Jan. 23 at noon ET, and again on Jan. 25 at 10 p.m.

This will be the first of three home meets in seven days for Georgia. On Monday, West Virginia will visit the newly-renovated Stegeman Coliseum followed by a visit from Auburn on Jan. 21.

Jan. 17, 2011

ATHENS, Ga. --- The fifth-ranked Georgia gymnastics team posted a season-high 196.725 - the second-best score in the country to date - in Monday afternoon's win over EAGL rival West Virginia inside Stegeman Coliseum.

The Gym Dogs had a quick turnaround this week, coming off Saturday's home opener vs. Utah, but improved their team score almost a full point today to defeat the No. 18 Mountaineers 196.725-192.125. Georgia improves to 4-1 on the season as WVU falls to 2-1. Georgia remains perfect all-time vs. West Virginia, now owning a 25-0 series record.

ATHENS, Ga. --- Freshman Lindsey Cheek competed in the all-around for the first time in her career and tied the highest score in the country to date, logging a 39.550 through four events to help the No. 5 Georgia gymnastics team to a 196.650-194.975 win over SEC rival Auburn Friday night in Stegeman Coliseum. It was the second straight score of 196 or above for Georgia, which now owns the Nos. 2 and 3 scores in the country in 2011.


Cheek tonight became the fourth gymnast in the country to score a 39.550 on the all-around this season. She posted career-highs on all four routines include 9.9s or above on vault and bars, and claimed three event titles in addition to all-around.


The Gym Dogs saw seven 9.9s on the night.

Jan. 24, 2011

ATHENS

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On the heels of a 196.725 and a 196.650 last week, the Georgia gymnastics team moved up two spots to No. 3 in this week's edition of the GymInfo Top 25. Rankings are based on a team's average score, and the Gym Dogs raised their average to a 196.188.

Florida remained No. 1 with a 196.708 followed by Stanford (196.413), Georgia, Utah (195.933), Oklahoma (195.781), Alabama (195.525), Oregon State (195.338), Michigan (195.167), UCLA (195.119) and Nebraska (195.050) to round out the top 10.

In the team event rankings, Georgia is ranked in the top five of all four events. The Gym Dogs are third on beam with a 49.006 average, fourth on floor with a 40.050 average, and fifth on vault (49.075) and bars (49.056). Georgia is one of only two teams to be ranked in the top five on all four events.

Jan. 28, 2011

LEXINGTON, Ky.

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Third-ranked Georgia won its SEC road opener Friday night, beating Kentucky 195.550-195.000 at Memorial Coliseum.

Georgia (6-1, 2-0 SEC) is now 67-0 all-time against the Wildcats (2-3, 0-3 SEC), which is the most wins over an opponent without a loss for the Gym Dogs.

"I'm glad we got out of here with a win, but our team understands that they left eight or nine tenths out there just on landings," head coach Jay Clark said. "We didn't land well tonight and we backpedaled all over the place. We had a nice performance on bars and beam. We just have to improve.