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Gymnastics

Ute Gymnasts Draw Fayetteville Regional

Utes receive No. 1 seed for NCAA regional meet on Apr. 1

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
 
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Players Mentioned

Baely Rowe

Baely Rowe

5' 3"
Senior
MyKayla Skinner

MyKayla Skinner

5' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Baely Rowe

Baely Rowe

5' 3"
Senior
MyKayla Skinner

MyKayla Skinner

5' 0"
Freshman