Utah Utes gymnastics: Senior has earned her role as anchor

Published: Friday, Jan. 22 2010 12:12 a.m. MST

Now she's uncorked a dramatic ending, too. "Better than I could have asked her to. That brought the house down," Marsden said. "It's the whole package. It's the presentation, the music, the choreography and the tumbling, all put into one." DiLuzio has also become a consistent beam-worker, a major goal. "I'm not just good on vault and floor, like everyone thinks already," she said.

"I really wanted to prove to everyone, especially myself, that I can stay in the beam lineup."

She scored 9.85 last week, tying her career high, having learned to use "key words, little corrections or things to think about so I'm not focusing on, 'Oh, what if I fall?' And I have my mind focused on what I need to do at that moment."

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