Field Set for NCAA Gymnastics Championships

Lincoln- The NCAA sent out its invitations for the women's gymnastics national championships on Monday morning, setting the 12-team field at the NCAA Championships hosted by AuburnUniversity at Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum from April 21-23.

The Big 12 Champion and South Central Regional runner-up Huskers will take on Michigan, LSU, Oklahoma, Utah and Penn State in the first session of the preliminary round on Thursday, April 21.  The event is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., and NU will begin on vault, followed by a bye, uneven bars, balance beam, bye and floor exercise.

Second-round action, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, will include defending national champion UCLA, as well as Alabama, Georgia, IowaState, BYU and Florida.

Freshman Emily Parsons, the South Central Regional all-around, vault and floor exercise champion, will lead the sixth-ranked Huskers into their seventh straight NCAA Championships appearance.

The status of senior Richelle Simpson, who suffered a knee injury on floor at Saturday’s regional competition at the DevaneyCenter, is unknown at this time. Simpson, the 2005 South Central Regional Co-Gymnast of the Year, earned the balance beam championship on Saturday night and was the 2003 NCAA all-around and floor exercise champion.

Tickets for the NCAA Championships are available through the AuburnUniversity ticket office at 1-800-282-1957 or at www.auburntigers.com.

NCAA Championships
April 21-23
Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum, Auburn, Ala.
Host: AuburnUniversity

Championship Selections

 

Team qualifiers and individual qualifiers for the 2005 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships are as follows:

 

Team Competition
School - Region - Regional Score
LSU - Northeast - 197.125
UCLA - West - 197.025
Utah - North Central - 196.80
Alabama - Central - 196.675
Michigan - Northeast - 196.60
Nebraska - South Central - 196.30
BYU - North Central - 195.975
IowaState - Central - 195.625
Florida - Southeast - 195.575
Oklahoma - Northeast - 195.55
PennState - West - 195.375
Georgia - Southeast - 195.15

 

All-Around Individual Qualifiers
Name, School - Region - Regional Score
Tabitha Yim, Stanford - West - 39.25
Lindsay Ward, BoiseState - West - 39.225
Laura Johnson, Minnesota - North Central - 39.15
Janae Cox, West Virginia - Southeast - 39.15
Julie Dwyer, Auburn - Central 39.10
Heather Huffaker, Denver - Southeast - 39.10
Alisha Robinson, Missouri - South Central - 39.05
Courtney Puckett, Auburn - Central - 39.00
April Boone, ArizonaState - South Central - 38.975
Leah Sakhitab, Southern Utah - North Central - 38.95
Dana McQuillin, Arkansas - Northeast - 38.75
Carrie Santore, SUNY Brockport - Northeast - 38.425

 

Individual Event Qualifiers

Uneven Bars
Name, School - Region - Regional Score
Aimee Goheen, Auburn - Central - 9.85

 

Balance Beam
Name, School - Region - Regional Score
Rachael Tarantino, Auburn - Central - 9.90
Vanessa Berrios, New Hampshire - Northeast - 9.85
Leila Tait, Pittsburgh - Northeast - 9.850

 

Floor Exercise
Name, School - Region - Regional Score
Courtney Bumpers, North Carolina - Southeast - 9.95