Field Set for 2008 NCAA Championships

Lincoln - The NCAA sent out its invitations for the 2008 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships on Monday afternoon, setting the 12-team field at the NCAA Championships hosted by the University of Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum, April 24-26, in Athens, Ga.

 

Seniors Emily Parsons and Desire’ Sniatynski and junior Tricia Woo will compete individually, with Parsons and Sniatynski as all-arounders and Woo as a beam and floor specialist. Parsons will rotate with Oregon State in the afternoon preliminary session, facing Oklahoma, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama and LSU at Noon (CST).

 

Sniatynski, who will rotate with Stanford, and Woo, who will compete alongside Utah, will see Denver, UCLA, Georgia and Michigan in the evening preliminary session at 6 p.m. (CST).

 

As an all-arounder, Parsons will compete in Olympic order, beginning on vault, followed by a bye, then bars, beam, a second bye and floor. Sniatynski opens the meet on floor, followed by vault, a bye, bars, beam and a final bye. Woo will compete exclusively on beam and floor in the third and fifth rotations, respectively.

 

With a top-four finish on any event in preliminary action, the trio could qualify for NCAA individual event finals on Saturday, April 26, at 6 p.m. (CST).

  

NCAA Championships
April 2-26

Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Ga.
Host: University of Georgia

Championship Selections

Team qualifiers and individual qualifiers for the 2008 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships are as follows:

 

TEAM COMPETITION

Team (Region)                     Regional Score

Georgia (Northeast)            197.775

Florida (Southeast)             197.525

LSU (Central)                      197.625

Stanford (Central)                197.525

Utah (North Central)            196.95

Alabama (South Central)     197.30

Oregon State (West)            197.10

Michigan (West)                   196.375

UCLA (Southeast)                196.625

Oklahoma (South Central)    195.875

Arkansas (North Central)      196.125

Denver (Northeast)               195.775

 

ALL-AROUND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

Gymnast, School (Region)                                Score
EmilyParsons, Nebraska (Southeast)           39.45

Julie Dwyer, Auburn (Northeast)                      39.45

Brandi Personett, PennState (Northeast)      39.40

Adrianne Perry, Missouri (Central)                   39.30

Carmelina Carabajal, Minnesota (N. Central)               39.275

Desire’ Sniatynski, Nebraska (Southeast)     39.225

Elise Wheeler, Southern Utah (N. Central)    39.225

Kaylan Clevinger, Ohio State (Central)           39.15

Allison Buckley, Illinois (South Central)          39.10

Nicole Cowart, Illinois (South Central)            39.10

Haley Bogart, Washington (West)                    39.05

Rochelle Robinson, MichiganState (West)   39.025

INDIVIDUAL EVENT QUALIFIERS

Beam Individual, School (Region)                   Score

Tricia Woo, Nebraska (Southeast)                  9.875

Leigha Hancock, NC State (Southeast)          9.875

Floor Individual, School (Region)                    Score
Tricia Woo, Nebraska (Southeast)                  9.90