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Women's Gymnastics
NCAA Championship Competition Draw Unveiled
April 6, 2009
Full NCAA Championship Rotation Schedule (PDF) INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA announced Monday the teams and individuals that qualified to compete for the 2009 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships, as well as the session and rotation draw. Illinois will be competing in the second of two preliminary sessions on Thursday, April 16, and will be begin the competition on the uneven bars. The championships, hosted by the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, will be held at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, April 16-18. The Illini will be making their first ever trip to the national championships after a second place finish at the West Regional Championship on April 4 in Seattle. The Orange and Blue posted a score of 196.700, the second-best in school history, to best No. 11 Auburn (195.250) and No. 19 Boise State (195.300) for the second qualifying spot out of the regional behind No. 2 Utah (197.675). Sophomore Allison Buckley led the way, becoming just the third Illini to claim an individual regional title, tying for first on beam with a school-record 9.950. Buckley also finished fifth in the all-around with a season-high score of 39.425. The women's gymnastics championships consist of 12 teams and 12 all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team), as well as individual event specialists. The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each of six regionals received automatic berths to the national championships. In addition, the event winners at the regional championships advanced to the national championships (in their specific event) if they were not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers. The process for determining rotation pairings for day one of the team competition at the site of the finals is based on a National Qualifying Score (NQS) calculated by adding the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) to the score achieved at regional competition. Once the NQS is calculated, teams are ranked based on the NQS from 1 to 12. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 were placed in Group A; and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Group B. A random draw was used to determine competition sessions. Team qualifiers for the 2009 women's gymnastics championships are as follows: Session 1 // Thursday, April 16 at 1 p.m. Rank Team Region Regional Score NQS Starting Event 1 Georgia Southeast 197.700 394.955 Bye before Floor 4 LSU Central 196.875 393.635 Beam 5 Florida North Central 196.775 393.490 Floor 8 Oklahoma Northeast 196.600 393.065 Bars 9 Stanford South Central 196.200 393.025 Vault 12 Penn State Southeast 195.800 392.040 Bye before barsPreliminary team and all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions Thursday, April 16 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six competition Friday, April 17 at 6 p.m. The top four individuals from each session in each event (plus ties) from the preliminary competition will compete in the individual-event finals on Saturday, April 18 at 6 p.m. For more information about the women's gymnastics championships, log on to www.NCAA.com
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