Mizzou Gymnastics Selected to Norman Regional
3/23/2015 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Mizzou gymnastics team will travel to Norman, Oklahoma, to compete in the 2015 NCAA Norman Regional on Saturday, April 4 at 4 p.m. CT, the NCAA announced Monday afternoon. The bid marks the Tigers' first trip back to NCAA Regionals since 2012 and the 25th overall appearance for the program.
Missouri will compete against No. 1 seed and host Oklahoma, No. 2 seed Oregon State, No. 3 seed Penn State, No. 4 seed Southern Utah and No. 6 seed North Carolina State at the Regional. As the No. 5 seed, Mizzou received a favorable rotation and will start the meet on vault. From there, the Tigers have a bye in the second rotation, move to bars and beam in the third and fourth rotations, have another bye, then end the meet on floor.
Six teams, five all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and one individual event specialist per event [who has a minimum Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) of 9.4] were named to each of the six regions.
The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each regional will receive an automatic berth to the national championships in Fort Worth, Texas, April 17-19, hosted by Texas Woman's and the Knight Eady Sports Group. The top two teams from the Norman, Auburn and Ames Regionals will compete in one of the semifinals, and the top two teams from the Morgantown, Columbus and Berkeley regionals will compete in the other semifinal. Event winners at the regional championships will also advance to the national championships (in that event only) if they are not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.
Ticket information for the Norman Regional came be found here.
Norman Regional (April 4 in Norman, Oklahoma, 4 p.m. CT)
Teams
1. Oklahoma
2. Oregon State
3. Penn State
4. Southern Utah
5. Missouri
6. North Carolina State
All-Around Competitors
1. Gabrielle May, Illinois-Chicago
2. Taylor Allex, Arizona State
3. Valeri Ingui, Lindenwood
4. Ashley Thomas, SEMO
5. Kierstin Sokolowski, Lindenwood
Alt. Allie Salas, Arizona State
Individual Event Specialists
Vault
Amanda Stepp, Northern Illinois
Alternate: Natasha Sundby, Arizona State
Uneven Bars
Courtney Heise, Lindenwood
Alternate: Courtney Cochefski, Texas Woman's
Balance Beam
Sami King, Illinois State
Alternate: Amanda Mohler, Illinois State
Floor Exercise
Natasha Sundby, Arizona State
Alternate: Spencer Jones, Texas Woman's
