BATON ROUGE — The LSU gymnastics team will be one of five Southeastern Conference teams advancing to the 12-team NCAA Championships starting Thursday, April 20, in Corvallis, Ore., as regional competitions completed on Saturday.
Session and rotation assignments for the 2006 NCAA Gymnastics Championships were announced Monday by the NCAA.
LSU will compete in the first of two preliminary sessions that begins at 3 p.m. (CT) on Thursday, April 20. LSU will be joined by Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Utah in the afternoon session.
Arkansas, Arizona State, Florida, Georgia, Iowa State and host-Oregon State will compete in the meet’s evening session that will begin at 9 p.m.
The top-three teams from each preliminary round session will advance to the Super Six Finals on Friday, April 21, where the meet’s team champion will be crowned. In addition, the top-four individuals on each event, in each prelim session, will advance to the individual events finals scheduled for Sat., April 22.
“I think this meet is going to be a dog fight,” said LSU head coach D-D Breaux. “According to the rankings we match up very well with all of these teams. Many of them we have already seen in the regular season and I think that familiarity with these teams will only benefit us.”
Rotation assignments were also announced and LSU will begin competition with a bye. The Tigers will move to the floor exercise and vault in the second and third rotations, respectively. LSU will sit out with one final bye in the fourth rotation before wrapping up competition on the bars and beam.
“I like the fact that we are starting with a bye,” said Breaux. “That first rotation everyone tends to be a little nervous, the athletes and the judges. I think it will be good to get into the competition once things have settled down a bit.”
Action from the NCAA Championships gets underway, April 20, at Oregon State’s Gill Coliseum.
Afternoon Session Order of Rotation
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2
3
4
5
6
Evening Session Order of Rotation
1
2
3
4
5
6
NCAA Championship Field
Corvallis, Ore.
April 20 (Preliminary Rounds)
(Top 2 Team scores from each regional advanced to championships)
1. Georgia (Southeast), 197.425
2. Arizona St. (North Central), 196.675
3. Alabama * (West), 196.475
4. Oklahoma * (Central), 196.375
4. Florida (South Central), 196.375
6. Nebraska * (Southeast), 196.350
7. Michigan * (Northeast), 196.000
8. LSU * (Central), 195.825
9. Oregon St. (West), 195.800
10. Iowa St. (North Central), 195.725
11. Utah * (Northeast), 195.700
12. Arkansas (South Central), 195.400
* indicates Afternoon Session (3 p.m. CT)
Individual All-Around Competitors
(Top 2 All-Around scores from non-advancing teams at each regional advanced to championships)
1. Tabitha Yum, Stanford, 39.525
2. Kate Richardson, UCLA, 39.475
3. Karin Wurm, Arizona, 39.300
4. Laura Johnson, Minnesota, 39.250
4. Amanda Hall, New Hampshire, 39.250
6. Natalie Foley, Stanford, 39.225
6. Adrianna Perry, Missouri, 39.225
8. Kristina Comforte, UCLA, 39.200
9. Christine Robella, North Carolina, 39.150
10. Kristen Coleman, Michigan St., 39.125
11. Jennifer Orlando, Penn St., 39.100
12. Julie Dwyer, Auburn, 38.400
Individual-Event Competitors
(Event winners from regional competition who did not qualify as all-arounders from non-advancing teams advanced to championships)
Vault
1. Tasha Schwikert, UCLA, 9.900
1. Lindsey Puckett, Auburn, 9.900
1. Casey Dobyns, Denver, 9.900
1. Krystle Cook, Kentucky, 9.900
Bars
1. Aubrey Taylor, Arizona, 9.900
Floor Exercise
1. Leigha Hancock, North Carolina St., 9.900
NCAA Gymnastics Regional Results (Top 2)
Central
1. Oklahoma, 196.375
2. LSU, 195.825
North Central
1. Arizona St., 196.675
2. Iowa St., 195.725
Northeast
1. Michigan, 196.000
2. Utah, 195.700
South Central
1. Florida, 196.375
2. Arkansas, 195.400
Southeast
1. Georgia, 197.425
2. Nebraska, 196.350
West
1. Alabama, 196.475
2. Oregon St., 195.800