University of Utah Athletics

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