Wolverines to Compete in Toledo's Elevate the Stage Meet

THIS WEEK
Friday, Feb. 23 -- at Elevate the Stage Meet (Toledo, Ohio), 7 p.m.
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The No. 6 University of Michigan women's gymnastics team will be in Toledo this Friday (Feb. 23) for one of five Elevate the Stage meets in 2018. The Wolverines will join No. 12 Denver, No. 37 Utah State and No. 38 Bowling Green at the Sea Gate Centre for a 7 p.m. start.

MEET INFO
• Elevate the Stage is a new event that allows collegiate gymnastics programs a chance to compete on podium before the postseason. In 2018, there are four locations. The Toledo, Ohio, meet at the Sea Gate Centre will be the second of four that feature collegiate meets.
• Michigan and Denver have met eight times, with the last two coming in the 2007 and 2008 NCAA Semifinals. U-M leads the series, 6-2, with a 5-0 regular-season record under head coach Bev Plocki.
• The Wolverines are 2-2 against Utah State all-time. The last meeting came on March 15, 1997, a Michigan home victory.
• U-M also leads the series with Bowling Green, 7-3. The Wolverines have won seven straight since 1983. The two last faced each other in 2010. Former U-M gymnast India McPeak is a senior for the Falcons who competes on beam and floor.
• After seven weekends of action, Michigan is 8-1 and ranked No. 6 in the country. The Wolverines have been ranked as high as No. 3.
• U-M has been at its best on beam; the Wolverines are tied for fourth nationally in the event, averaging 49.207. U-M is No. 7 on both vault and bars and 20th on floor.
• Junior captain Emma McLean is ranked in the top 10 on floor. She is averaging a 9.925 on the event this year to rank tied for fifth in the country. She also ranks T-33rd on vault and T-13th on beam.
• Senior Brianna Brown is having a great season. She ranks 24th in the all-around and is tied for 17th on bars.
• Senior captain Paige Zaziski climbed into the rankings on both vault (47) and beam (T-44) this week.
• Michigan also has Polina Shchennikova (T-39 on bars and T-42 on beam) and Syd Townsend (T-39 on bars) in the rankings.

LAST TIME OUT
• Michigan competed in a quad meet at NC State, coming from down .300 heading into the final rotation to win with a score of 196.775.
• U-M racked up a 49.475 on beam to match the third-best score in school history on the event. McLean made her collegiate debut with a 9.875 to clinch the win, while also competing in the all-around for the first time in her career.
• Six of Michigan's seven gymnasts who competed scored at least one 9.900 or better while the team tallied eight total with three each on vault and beam.
• Brown won bars with a 9.950, her second consecutive win.
• Zaziski and McLean each had a 9.900 on two events. Zaziski went 9.900 on vault and beam, while McLean had a 9.900 on both vault and floor.