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NCAA Announces Gymnastics Draw

NCAA Announces Gymnastics Team and Individual Competition

INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA announced today the teams and individuals that qualified to compete for the 2008 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships.

The championships, hosted by the University of Georgia, will be held in Athens, Georgia, at Stegeman Coliseum, April 24-26.

The women’s gymnastics championships consist of 12 teams and 12 all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and individual event specialists. The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each regional received automatic berths to the national championships.
In addition, the event winners at the regional championships advance to the national championships (in their specific event) if they were not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.

Beginning with the 2008 championships, the process for determining rotation pairings for day one of the team competition at the site of the finals is based on a National Qualifying Score (NQS) calculated by adding the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) to the score achieved at regional competition.

Once the NQS is calculated, teams are ranked based on the NQS from 1 to 12. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 were placed in Group A; and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Group B. The host team and its corresponding group will compete in the second session.

Team qualifiers and individual qualifiers for the 2008 women’s gymnastics championships are as follows:

TEAM COMPETITION
Team	Region	Regional Score	National Qualifying Score
Georgia	Northeast	197.775	395.175
Florida	Southeast	197.525	394.750
LSU	Central	197.625	394.355
Stanford	Central	197.525	394.295
Utah	North Central	196.950	394.205
Alabama	South Central	197.300	394.170
Oregon State	West	197.100	393.750
Michigan	West	196.375	393.200
UCLA	Southeast	196.625	393.135
Oklahoma	South Central	195.875	392.325
Arkansas	North Central	196.125	392.290
Denver	Northeast	195.775	391.730

ALL-AROUND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS
Qualifiers	Region	Regional Score
Julie Dwyer, Auburn	Northeast	39.450
Emily Parsons, Nebraska	Southeast	39.450
Brandi Personett, Penn State	Northeast	39.400
Adrianne Perry, Missouri	Central	39.300
Carmelina Carabajal, Minnesota	North Central	39.275
Elise Wheeler, Southern Utah	North Central	39.225
Desir Sniatynski, Nebraska	Southeast	39.225
Kaylan Clevinger, Ohio State	Central	39.150
Allison Buckley, Illinois	South Central	39.100
Nicole Cowart, Illinois	South Central	39.100
Haley Bogart, Washington	West	39.050
Rochelle Robinson, Michigan State	West	39.025

INDIVIDUAL EVENT QUALIFIERS
Beam	Region	Regional Score
Tricia Woo, Nebraska	Southeast	9.875
Leigha Hancock, North Carolina State	Southeast	9.875

Floor
Tricia Woo, Nebraska	Southeast	9.900

In the 2007 championships, the Georgia Bulldogs captured their third consecutive championship title with a final overall score of 197.850. The Bulldogs have won the title eight times in 24 championship appearances. Utah followed the Bulldogs with an outstanding performance of its own, scoring a 197.250. Rounding out the scoring was Florida in third (197.225), UCLA in fourth (196.925), Stanford in fifth (196.825) and Nebraska in sixth (195.975).

Preliminary team and all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions Thursday, April 24 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six competition Friday, April 25 at 6 p.m. The top four individuals from each session in each event (plus ties) from the preliminary team and all-around competition will compete in the individual-event competition Saturday, April 26 at 6 p.m.

For more information about the women’s gymnastics championships, log on to www.NCAA.com.

University of Georgia Athletics

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