Ute Gymnasts Compete for NCAA Championship Tonight

April 23, 2010

GAINESVILLE, Fla.

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The Utah gymnastics team joins UCLA, Alabama, Florida, Stanford and Oklahoma tonight in the NCAA Super Six team finals. The meet starts at 6 p.m. Eastern time in the O'Connell Center on the University of Florida campus.

It will be the last year for the Super Six. Starting next year, four teams will qualify into team finals. Had that been the case this year, Utah would still be competing tonight, having placed second to No. 1 seed UClA in the afternoon semifinal yesterday.

The Utes, who are competing in their 16th (of 18 possible) Super Six finals, drew the bye before bars to start the meet. Their first competition rotation will be the uneven bars, followed by beam, bye, floor and vault.

Leading the way for Utah will be freshly minted 2010 All-Americans Daria Bijak (first-team all-around and bars), Jamie Deetscreek (first-team beam, second-team all-around and bars), Kyndal Robarts (first-team beam), Annie DiLuzio (first-team floor) and Stephanie McAllister (second-team bars).

Bijak, Deetscreek, Robarts and DiLuzio will all compete tomorrow in the individual event finals. The all-around competition was decided yesterday during the team qualifying round. Bijak, who tied for third in the afternoon semi, finished in a tie for seventh overall in the combined standings. The only championship awarded tonight will be the team trophy.

Here's the rotation order for tonight's meet:

UCLA         Vault, bye, bars, beam, bye, floorUtah         Bye, bars, beam, bye, floor, vaultFlorida      Bars, beam, bye, floor, vault, byeStanford     Beam, bye, floor, vault, bye, barsAlabama      Bye, floor, vault, bye, bars, beamOklahoma     Floor, vault, bye, bars, beam, bye

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