© Ashley Connell
ATHENS, Ga., April 27, 2008 – Tasha Schwikert, a senior at the University of California – Los Angeles who was a member of the 2003 world champion team, added an individual event title to her all-around crown by winning the uneven bars at the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships, held at Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum. 2004 Olympic team silver-medalist Courtney McCool, a sophomore at the University of Georgia, won the floor exercise.
Schwikert scored a 9.9375 to place first, followed by Georgia’s Katie Heenan and UCLA’s Kristina Comforte, who tied for second with scores of 9.9000. On floor exercise, McCool’s 9.9625 edged Schwikert’s 9.9500 and the 9.9125 of the University of Florida’s Nicola Willis.
Louisiana State University’s Susan Jackson posted a 9.8563 to win vault, just ahead of the University of Utah’s Kristina Baskett and Auburn University’s Julie Dwyer, who both posted scores of 9.8438 to tie for second.
Georgia’s Grace Taylor earned the balance beam crown with a score of 9.9500. Tying for second with scores of 9.9000 were Utah’s Ashley Postell and the University of Nebraska’s Emily Parsons. Postell was the 2002 balance beam world champion.
2008 NCAA Women’s Championships
Athens, Ga.
April 26, 2008
Individual event finals
Vault
1. Susan Jackson, Louisiana State University, 9.8563
2. Kristina Baskett, University of Utah, 9.8438
2. Julie Dwyer, Auburn University, 9.8438
4. Michelle Stout, University of Arkansas, 9.8000
5. Kayla Hoffman, University of Alabama, 9.7625
6. Marcia Newby, University of Georgia, 9.7563
7. Yuki Lamb, Oregon State University, 9.7375
8. Tasha Schwikert, University of California – Los Angeles, 9.5625
9. Kristina Comforte, University of California – Los Angeles, 9.4500
10. Kyndal Robarts, University of Utah, 8.5375
Uneven bars
1. Tasha Schwikert, University of California – Los Angeles, 9.9375
2. Katie Heenan, University of Georgia, 9.9000
2. Kristina Comforte, University of California – Los Angeles, 9.9000
4. Nikki Childs, University of Georgia, 9.8875
4. Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, Louisiana State University, 9.8875
6. Kristina Baskett, University of Utah, 9.8750
7. Elizabeth Tricase, Stanford University, 9.8625
8. Grace Taylor, University of Georgia, 9.8500
8. Melanie Sinclair, University of Florida, 9.8500
8. Kassi Price, University of Alabama, 9.8500
8. Kylee Botterman, University of Michigan, 9.8500
12. Becky Bernard, University of Michigan, 9.8375
12. Desire’ Sniatynski, University of Nebraska, 9.8375
14. Tiffany Tolnay, University of Georgia, 9.8250
15. Anna Li, University of California – Los Angeles, 9.8125
16. Ashley Postell, University of Utah, 9.8000
17. Summer Hubbard, Louisiana State University, 9.7625
17. Tabitha Yim, Stanford University, 9.7625
Balance beam
1. Grace Taylor, University of Georgia, 9.9500
2. Ashley Postell, University of Utah, 9.9000
2. Emily Parsons, University of Nebraska, 9.9000
4. Ashley Reed, University of Florida, 9.8875
5. Tabitha Yim, Stanford University, 9.8750
5. Brandi Personett, Pennsylvania State University, 9.8750
7. Tiffany Tolnay, University of Georgia, 9.8500
7. Susan Jackson, Louisiana State University, 9.8500
9. Melanie Sinclair, University of Florida, 9.8250
10. Nicole Ourada, Stanford University, 9.8000
11. Katie Heenan, University of Georgia, 9.7875
Floor exercise
1. Courtney McCool, University of Georgia, 9.9625
2. Tasha Schwikert, University of California – Los Angeles, 9.9500
3. Nicola Willis, University of Florida, 9.9125
4. Tiffany Tolnay, University of Georgia, 9.9000
4. Morgan Dennis, University of Alabama, 9.9000
4. Ashley Postell, University of Utah, 9.9000
7. Cassidy McComb, University of Georgia, 9.8875
8. Ashley Reed, University of Florida, 9.8750
8. Amanda Castillo, University of Florida, 9.8750
10. Susan Jackson, Louisiana State University, 9.8625
11. Corey Hartung, University of Florida, 9.8250
12. Kiara Sturms, University of Oklahoma, 9.7625
12. Ashleigh Clare-Kearney, Louisiana State University, 9.7625
14. Kristina Baskett, University of Utah, 2.5500