Stacey Harris

Scanning the Cal State Fullerton gymnastics room is like looking through the window of a medical supply store. Two girls are wearing bulky knee braces. One wears an elbow brace. Several knees are heavily taped, and almost every ankle is taped. In the center of it all, working out on the beam, is Titan junior Stacey Harris, who wears no braces, no tape, nothing that would give her body a little extra support during practice. Not that she couldn't use it.

Scanning the Cal State Fullerton gymnastics room is like looking through the window of a medical supply store. Two girls are wearing bulky knee braces. One wears an elbow brace. Several knees are heavily taped, and almost every ankle is taped. In the center of it all, working out on the beam, is Titan junior Stacey Harris, who wears no braces, no tape, nothing that would give her body a little extra support during practice. Not that she couldn't use it.

At 21, Heather Thomas is the old lady of Cal State Fullerton gymnastics. When the Titans begin competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. championships at Athens, Ga., today, Thomas will be the only gymnast who was on the last Titan team to compete for the national championship. That was in 1986, when Thomas was a freshman who spent a lot of time looking up to Tami Elliott, one of the best gymnasts in Fullerton history. That was back when Fullerton's making it to the nationals was as sure a as spring making it to April.

At 21, Heather Thomas is the old lady of Cal State Fullerton gymnastics. When the Titans begin competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. championships at Athens, Ga., today, Thomas will be the only gymnast who was on the last Titan team to compete for the national championship. That was in 1986, when Thomas was a freshman who spent a lot of time looking up to Tami Elliott, one of the best gymnasts in Fullerton history. That was back when Fullerton's making it to the nationals was as sure a as spring making it to April.

Stacey Harris and Kim Black of Occidental recorded first-round victories in singles and doubles competition Friday in a college women's tennis tournament in Las Vegas.

Lisa Dolan set a school record in the balance beam Monday in leading Cal State Fullerton to a third-place finish at a nonconference women's gymnastics meet at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City. Dolan, a freshman, received a score of 9.8, which broke the record of 9.7 set in 1983 by Julie Goewey, now an assistant coach with the Titans. Dolan also placed third overall with 37.3 in the four-way meet, and teammate Stacey Harris placed fifth with 37.15 points. Utah's Jessica Smith won with 38.

Three of the best women's gymnastics teams in the country will compete in the A'Sante Women's Gymnastics Invitational tonight at Cal State Fullerton. Five-time National Collegiate Athletic Assn. champion Utah, ranked fifth in the country, 12th-ranked Washington and 13th-ranked Fullerton make up a field that will feature some of the country's top individual performers. Utah's score of 190.75 against Arizona State earlier this season is the highest mark in the nation this year.

Cal State Fullerton gymnast Eli Rodriguez was ruled eligible Friday, just before the Titans' season opener against San Jose State. With Rodriguez, the Titans pulled off a come-from-behind, 261-258.20 victory at Titan Gym. Rodriguez was suspended after his involvement in the stabbing of a former teammate in September. He was allowed to return to practice in November but whether he would be allowed to compete was unknown until Friday. The Titans trailed entering the final event, the high bar.

Behind outstanding all-around performances by freshmen Lisa Dolan and Stacey Harris, Cal State Fullerton's 14th-ranked women's gymnastics team upset 4th-ranked Utah and 13th-ranked Washington in the A'Sante Women's Gymnastics Invitational Friday night in Titan Gym. Fullerton scored 185.40 to Utah's 184.85 and Washington's 179.65 in a battle that came down to the final event of the evening. The Titans led Utah, 139.55 to 138.45, going into the fourth rotation. Fullerton scored 45.

Vanessa Dunn of Kennedy High, Tashean Thomas of North Hollywood, Monie Simmons of Poly and Jessica Cosby of Granada Hills were among 23 players named to All-City Section girls' basketball teams by a panel of coaches. Dunn, a 5-foot-8 senior forward who averaged 16.8 points, and Thomas, a 5-4 guard who averaged 15 points and 6.5 steals, were named to the 4-A Division team. Crenshaw's Naila Mosley was named the division's player of the year.

Cal State Fullerton signed seven women gymnasts to letters of intent Wednesday. Margot Gumerlock of Bound Brook, N.J., has consistently placed in the top five in all national invitational meets. Lisa Dolan of Waterloo, Iowa, is a three-time member of the U.S. Elite National Team and finished second in the all-around at the 1986 Amateur Athletic Union National Championships.

The Cal State Fullerton women's gymnastics team set a school meet record for total score in a 192.25-186.45 victory over Auburn Friday in a nonconference meet at Fullerton. Gina Satterly and Stacey Harris of Fullerton tied for the overall title with a school-record 38.65. Satterly won the balance beam with a 9.75, and Harris won the uneven bars with a 9.75. Margot Gumerlock of Fullerton won the vault with a 9.70, and teammate Lisa Dolan won the floor exercise with a 9.70.