INDIANAPOLIS—The Utah gymnastics team, which moved up one place in the national rankings to No. 4 after winning the Pac-12 Championship on Saturday, is the top seed in the Fayetteville Regional. The Fayetteville Regional is slated for Saturday, Apr. 1 at 4 p.m. CDT/3 p.m. MDT at Barnhill Arena in Fayetteville, Ark. Joining Utah in the field are No. 9 Denver, No. 16 California, No. 21 Auburn, Arkansas and Central Michigan.
Utah features two of the top five all-arounders in the country in freshman
MyKayla Skinner at No. 2 and senior
Baely Rowe at No. 5. Skinner, the Pac-12 all-around, vault and floor champion, is ranked No. 1 on floor, No. 7 on vault, No. 15 on bars and No. 23 on beam. Rowe is No. 13 on beam and No. 18 on floor.
All six NCAA regional meets will be held on Saturday, Apr. 1 with the top two teams from each regional advancing to the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Apr. 14-15. The Utes are bidding to extend their record streak of national championship appearances to 42 years.
Utah will start regional competition on bars and finish on a bye. This is the fifth-straight year that Utah has drawn bars as its first competition event at regionals. Utah also opened the Pac-12 Championship on bars last week.
2017 NCAA Regional Fields
Seattle Regional (West)
1 Oklahoma 198.010
12 Kentucky 196.845
13 Washington 196.735
24 Utah State 195.915
Stanford 195.695
BYU 195.460
Champaign Regional (Central)
5 UCLA 197.500
8 Oregon State 197.115
17 Iowa 196.510
19 Illinois 196.365
22 Eastern Michigan 195.970
Ohio State 195.825
Fayetteville Regional (South Central)
4 Utah 197.550
9 Denver 197.040
16 California 196.515
21 Auburn 196.265
Arkansas 195.775
Central Michigan 195.765
Lincoln Regional (North Central)
2 LSU 197.865
11 Boise State 196.910
14 Nebraska 196.725
25 Arizona 195.880
Iowa State 195.750
Minnesota 195.420
Morgantown Regional (Northeast)
6 Alabama 197.355
7 Michigan 197.135
18 Southern Utah 196.380
20 George Washington 196.340
23 West Virginia 195.920
Kent State 195.720
Gainesville Regional (Southeast)
3 Florida 197.635
10 Georgia 197.005
15 Missouri 196.540
New Hampshire 195.745
Penn State 195.590
North Carolina 195.430