Florida Gymnasts to Compete in NCAA Championships' Session I
Monday, April 6, 2009 | Gymnastics
The No. 5 seeded University of Florida gymnastics team appears in Session I of the NCAA Championships' team qualifying competition on Thursday, April 16 at 2 p.m. (ET). Session I contains three of the five Southeastern Conference teams that advanced to the NCAA Championship - four-time defending NCAA champion Georgia and LSU with Penn State, Stanford and Big 12 champion Oklahoma taking the other three team slots. Session II (which begins at 8 p.m. ET) consists of Alabama, Arkansas, UCLA, Illinois, Oregon State and Utah. The 2009 NCAA Championships are set for April 16-18 in the University of Nebraska's Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The National Qualifying Score (NQS) determined the pairings for day one of the NCAA Championships' team competition. The NQS ranks teams 1-12 by 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 I and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Session II. Florida advanced to the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 seed after winning the NCAA North Central Regional held Saturday, April 4 in the University of Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The top three teams in each of Thursday's sessions will advance to the NCAA Super Six on Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. (ET), where the national team champion is determined.
2009 NCAA Championships
Competition Rotations
Session I – Thursday, April 16 @ 2 p.m. (ET)
| Rot. | V | Bye | UB | BB | Bye | FX |
| I | Stanford | Penn State | Oklahoma | LSU | Georgia | Florida |
| II | Florida | Stanford | Penn State | Oklahoma | LSU | Georgia |
| III | Georgia | Florida | Stanford | Penn State | Oklahoma | LSU |
| IV | LSU | Georgia | Florida | Stanford | Penn State | Oklahoma |
| V | Oklahoma | LSU | Georgia | Florida | Stanford | Penn State |
| VI | Penn State | Oklahoma | LSU | Georgia | Florida | Stanford |
Session II – Thursday, April 16 @ 8 p.m. (ET)
| Rot. | V | Bye | UB | BB | Bye | FX |
| I | UCLA | Utah | Illinois | OSU | Arkansas | Alabama |
| II | Alabama | UCLA | Utah | Illinois | OSU | Arkansas |
| III | Arkansas | Alabama | UCLA | Utah | Illinois | OSU |
| IV | OSU | Arkansas | Alabama | UCLA | Utah | Illinois |
| V | Illinois | OSU | Arkansas | Alabama | UCLA | Utah |
| VI | Utah | Illinois | OSU | Arkansas | Alabama | UCLA |
The NCAA conducted a blind draw to set the start order for each of Thursday's sessions. This is the third time since 2005 that Florida starts NCAA Championships with the floor exercise. UF also drew the same rotation in 1983, 1992, 1996, 2005 and 2007. Florida received a Session I assignment for only the sixth time since the NCAA adopted the Super Six team qualifying format in 1993.
| 2009 NCAA Championship Field |
| Seed | School | Region Score | RQS | NQS | Region Result |
| 1 | Georgia | 197.70 | 197.255 | 394.955 | Southeast Region champion |
| 2 | Utah | 197.675 | 197.190 | 394.865 | West Region champion |
| 3 | Alabama | 197.00 | 196.925 | 393.925 | Northeast Region champion |
| 4 | LSU | 196.875 | 196.760 | 393.635 | Central Region champion |
| 5 | Florida | 196.775 | 196.715 | 393.49 | North Central Region champion |
| 6 | Oregon State | 196.80 | 196.520 | 393.32 | Central Region runner-up |
| 7 | UCLA | 196.625 | 196.580 | 393.205 | North Central Region runner-up |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 196.60 | 196.465 | 393.065 | Northeast Region runner-up |
| 9 | Stanford | 196.20 | 196.825 | 393.025 | South Central Region runner-up |
| 10 | Arkansas | 196.30 | 196.440 | 392.74 | South Central Region champion |
| 11 | Illinois | 196.70 | 196.015 | 392.715 | West Region runner-up |
| 12 | Penn State | 195.80 | 196.240 | 392.04 | Southeast Region runner-up |
| Shading denotes teams in Session II of April 16 NCAA Championship team qualifying | |||||
