Gymnastics Heads to Norman Regional
3/21/2011 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
March 21, 2011
Columbia, Mo. - The Missouri Gymnastics team will head to Norman, Okla., to compete in the 2011 NCAA Regional Championship on April 2. The event will take place in the Lloyd Noble Center at 5 p.m. The bid marks the Tigers' 10th consecutive regional appearance, and the 23rd appearance in program history. This will also be the second time this season that the Tigers have competed in the Lloyd Noble Center.
Joining Mizzou at the 2011 Norman Regional will be No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 7 Utah, No. 17 Washington, New Hampshire and North Carolina. Last time the Tigers competed in the Lloyd Noble Center, they hit their second highest team score of the season (195.225), and also posted strong scores on each event.
Missouri hosted one of last year's regionals in the Hearnes Center, where the team finished in first place and advanced to the National Championship. All-American Sarah Shire took first in the all-around competition and set a new record for most all-around wins in a season (11).
In addition to the six competing teams, there will be five all-around competitors from non-qualifying schools as well as individual event qualifiers participating in the each regional competition.
The top two finishing teams and top two all-around competitors will advance to the 2011 NCAA National Championship in Cleveland, Ohio. The top two event finalists from a non-qualifying team will also advance to the national championship (in that event only).
The NCAA National Championship will take place on April 15-17 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. There will be a practice day on April 14, and the semifinal rounds will begin at 12 p.m. on Friday, April 15. Super Six Team Finals will take place on April 16 and Individual Event Finals will take place on April 17.
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