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Ute Gymnasts Prepare for NCAA Championships
4/10/2018 2:18 PM | Gymnastics
NCAA semifinal action begins on Apr. 20
ST. LOUIS—By winning the regional title last Saturday, the Utah gymnastics program punched its ticket to a record 43rd-consecutive national championship. Utah—the only program to qualify for all 37 NCAA Championships—will compete in the evening semifinal on Friday, Apr. 20 in St. Louis, Mo.
On Utah's side of the NCAA semifinal bracket at 6 p.m. CT/5 p.m. MT on ESPNU are two-time defending NCAA champion and top-ranked Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky, Washington and California. Teams in the Apr. 20 afternoon semifinal, starting at noon CT/11 a.m. MT on ESPN2 are LSU, Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia, UCLA and Arkansas.
The top three teams from each of the two semifinals will advance to the Super Six on Saturday, Apr. 21 at 6 pm. CT/5 p.m. MT on ESPNU.
Highlighting Utah's semifinal are the country's top three-ranked all-arounders: Oklahoma's Maggie Nichols, Utah's MyKayla Skinner and Stanford's Elizabeth Price. Price, competing as an at-large all-arounder, will be rotating with the Utes. Skinner placed second in the all-around as a freshman last year's NCAA Championship and was the co-NCAA champion on floor.
Skinner and Ute junior MaKenna Merrell-Giles were named 2018 regular season All-Americans: Skinner made the first team in the all-around, vault, floor and bars and was second team on beam, while Merrell-Giles was first team in the all-around, vault and floor. Skinner enters the NCAA Championships as a 13-time All-American and Merrell-Giles has six career All-America awards.
Utah, which finished the regular season ranked No. 4, enters the championships with a No. 5 National Qualifying Score. The Utes are 20-4 overall.
Utah has qualified into the Super Six 20 times since the format began back in 1993, including a fifth-place finish last year.
The Utes will leave for St. Louis next Wednesday and attend the championships banquet that night. Utah will practice in Chaifetz Arena on Thursday, Apr. 19 from 3:30-5:20 p.m. Utah drew the Olympic rotation for competition: vault, bye, bars, beam, bye, floor.
On Utah's side of the NCAA semifinal bracket at 6 p.m. CT/5 p.m. MT on ESPNU are two-time defending NCAA champion and top-ranked Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky, Washington and California. Teams in the Apr. 20 afternoon semifinal, starting at noon CT/11 a.m. MT on ESPN2 are LSU, Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia, UCLA and Arkansas.
The top three teams from each of the two semifinals will advance to the Super Six on Saturday, Apr. 21 at 6 pm. CT/5 p.m. MT on ESPNU.
Highlighting Utah's semifinal are the country's top three-ranked all-arounders: Oklahoma's Maggie Nichols, Utah's MyKayla Skinner and Stanford's Elizabeth Price. Price, competing as an at-large all-arounder, will be rotating with the Utes. Skinner placed second in the all-around as a freshman last year's NCAA Championship and was the co-NCAA champion on floor.
Skinner and Ute junior MaKenna Merrell-Giles were named 2018 regular season All-Americans: Skinner made the first team in the all-around, vault, floor and bars and was second team on beam, while Merrell-Giles was first team in the all-around, vault and floor. Skinner enters the NCAA Championships as a 13-time All-American and Merrell-Giles has six career All-America awards.
Utah, which finished the regular season ranked No. 4, enters the championships with a No. 5 National Qualifying Score. The Utes are 20-4 overall.
Utah has qualified into the Super Six 20 times since the format began back in 1993, including a fifth-place finish last year.
The Utes will leave for St. Louis next Wednesday and attend the championships banquet that night. Utah will practice in Chaifetz Arena on Thursday, Apr. 19 from 3:30-5:20 p.m. Utah drew the Olympic rotation for competition: vault, bye, bars, beam, bye, floor.
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