Florida Gymnasts to Compete in NCAA Championships' Session I
Monday, April 14, 2008 | Gymnastics
The No. 2 seeded University of Florida gymnastics team appears in Session I of the NCAA Championships' team qualifying competition on Thursday, April 24 at 1 p.m. (ET). Session I contains four of the five Southeastern Conference teams that advanced to the NCAA Championship - Alabama, Arkansas and LSU with Oregon State and Big 12 champion Oklahoma taking the other two team slots. Session II (which begins at 7 p.m. ET) consists of UCLA, Denver, Georgia, Michigan, Stanford and Utah. The 2008 NCAA Championships are set for April 24-26 in the University of Georgia's Stegeman Coliseum.
| The 2008 NCAA Gymnastics Championships air tape-delayed on CBS on May 10 @ 3-5 p.m. (ET). |
New this season is the National Qualifying Score (NQS), which determined the pairings for day one of the NCAA Championships' team competition. The NQS ranks teams 1-12 based on adding a team's regional qualifying score (RQS) and score from the regional meet. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 were placed in Thursday's Session II and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Session I. Florida advanced to the NCAA Championships as the No. 2 seed after winning the NCAA Southeast Regional held Saturday, April 12 in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
The top three teams in each of Thursday's sessions will advance to the NCAA Super Six on Friday, April 25 at 6 p.m. (EDT), where the national team champion is determined.
2008 NCAA Championships
Competition Rotations
Session I – Thursday, April 24 @ 1 p.m. (ET)
| Rot. | V | Bye | UB | BB | Bye | FX |
| I | Oklahoma | Florida | Arkansas | Alabama | LSU | Oregon St. |
| II | Oregon St. | Oklahoma | Florida | Arkansas | Alabama | LSU |
| III | LSU | Oregon St. | Oklahoma | Florida | Arkansas | Alabama |
| IV | Alabama | LSU | Oregon St. | Oklahoma | Florida | Arkansas |
| V | Arkansas | Alabama | LSU | Oregon St. | Oklahoma | Florida |
| VI | Florida | Arkansas | Alabama | LSU | Oregon St. | Oklahoma |
Session II – Thursday, April 24 @ 7 p.m. (ET)
| Rot. | V | Bye | UB | BB | Bye | FX |
| I | Denver | Utah | UCLA | Georgia | Michigan | Stanford |
| II | Stanford | Denver | Utah | UCLA | Georgia | Michigan |
| III | Michigan | Stanford | Denver | Utah | UCLA | Georgia |
| IV | Georgia | Michigan | Stanford | Denver | Utah | UCLA |
| V | UCLA | Georgia | Michigan | Stanford | Denver | Utah |
| VI | Utah | UCLA | Georgia | Michigan | Stanford | Denver |
The NCAA conducted a blind draw to set the start order for each of Thursday's sessions. This is the fifth time since 2001 that Florida starts NCAA Championships with bye before uneven bars. UF also drew the same rotation in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Florida received a Session I assignment for only the fifth time since the NCAA adopted the Super Six team qualifying format in 1993.
| 2008 NCAA Championships Field | |||||
| Seed | School | Region Score | RQS | NQS | Region Result |
| 1. | Georgia | 197.775 | 197.400 | 395.175 | Northeast Champion |
| 2. | Florida | 197.525 | 197.225 | 394.75 | Southeast Champion |
| 3. | LSU | 197.625 | 196.730 | 394.355 | Central Champion |
| 4. | Stanford | 197.525 | 196.770 | 394.295 | Central Runner-up |
| 5. | Utah | 196.960 | 197.255 | 394.215 | North Central Champion |
| 6. | Alabama | 197.300 | 196.870 | 394.17 | South Central Champion |
| 7. | Oregon State | 197.100 | 196.650 | 393.75 | West Champion |
| 8. | Michigan | 196.375 | 196.825 | 393.20 | West Runner-up |
| 9. | UCLA | 196.625 | 196.510 | 393.135 | Southeast Runner-up |
| 10. | Oklahoma | 195.875 | 196.450 | 392.325 | South Central Runner-up |
| 11. | Arkansas | 196.125 | 196.165 | 392.29 | North Central Runner-up |
| 12. | Denver | 195.775 | 195.955 | 391.73 | Northeast Runner-up |
| Shading denotes teams in Session I of April 24 NCAA Championship team qualifying | |||||
