No. 1 Florida Plays Host to NCAA Gymnastics Regional on April 6 - Field Announced Monday
Monday, March 25, 2013 | Gymnastics
The field for the Gainesville Gymnastics Regional includes No. 1 Florida, No. T12 Auburn, No. T12 Minnesota, No. 24 Maryland, Bridgeport and Pittsburgh, the NCAA announced Monday afternoon. The Gators play host to NCAA Regional action on Saturday, April 6 at 6 p.m. in the Stephen C. O'Connell Center. The NCAA Gymnastics Committee unveiled the fields for each of the six 2013 NCAA Region Championships sites Monday.
| 2013 NCAA Gymnastics Regional Info – Gainesville site | |
| Date: | April 6 at 6 p.m. ET |
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| Reserved Level 1 (all ages): | $10 |
| Adult General Admission: | $7 |
| Senior/Child General Admission: | $5 |
The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each region site advances to the NCAA Championships, set for April 19-21 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif.
Last year, UF won the program's 12th NCAA Regional title in Raleigh, N.C. to advance to its 30th NCAA Championships. The Gators equaled their highest finish ever in NCAA Championships competition by taking second in NCAA Super Six action.
Each of the six regions have three teams ranked among the nation's top 18 and the two coming to Gainesville - Auburn and Minnesota - are making return trips to the O'Connell Center. Florida defeated Auburn 197.65-196.025 on Jan. 25 and Minnesota 198.425-197.175 on March 1. Each region site contains one team each from the nation's No. 1-6, No. 7-12, and No. 13-18 ranking positions. The final three spots in each regional were filled from teams ranked 19-36 by RQS. The committee tried to keep those teams within their own region as much as possible.
Florida will open regional competition on the vault.
In addition, five all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and one individual specialist per event advance to each of the six regions. The all-around competitors and event specialists came from within the region. Stephanie Stoicovy of George Washington will be paired with the Gators for regional competition.
The National Qualifying Score (NQS) determines the pairings for day one of the team competition at the NCAA Championships. The NQS is calculated by adding a team's RQS and score from the regional meet. Teams will be ranked 1 to 12 based on the NQS. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 will be placed in Group A; and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Group B. If UCLA advances to the NCAA Championships, the teams in the group that includes the Bruins will compete in Friday's evening semifinal session.
| 2013 NCAA Southeast Region Competition Order | ||||||
| Vault | Bye | Bars | Beam | Bye | Floor | |
| Florida | Minnesota | Bridgeport | Pittsburgh | Auburn | Maryland | |
| II | Maryland | Florida | Minnesota | Bridgeport | Pittsburgh | Auburn |
| III | Auburn | Maryland | Florida | Minnesota | Bridgeport | Pittsburgh |
| IV | Pittsburgh | Auburn | Maryland | Florida | Minnesota | Bridgeport |
| V | Bridgeport | Pittsburgh | Auburn | Maryland | Florida | Minnesota |
| VI | Minnesota | Bridgeport | Pittsburgh | Auburn | Maryland | Florida |
| 2013 NCAA Gymnastics Regional Fields (with national rank) | |
| Gainesville Regional (Gainesville, Fla.) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. ET | |
| Florida | |
| T12. | Auburn |
| T12 | Minnesota |
| 24 | Maryland |
| 29. | Bridgeport |
| 36. | Pittsburgh |
| Norman Regional (Norman, Okla.) – April 6 @ 4 p.m. CT | |
| 2. | Oklahoma |
| 11. | Stanford |
| 14. | Penn State |
| 22.. | Washington |
| 27. | Iowa |
| 34. | Southern Utah |
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| Tuscaloosa Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. CT | |
| 3. | Alabama |
| 9. | Utah |
| 15.. | Denver |
| 23. | Kent State |
| 30. | BYU |
| 35. | Iowa State |
| Corvallis Regional (Corvallis, Ore.) – April 6 @ 4 p.m. PT | |
| 4. | Georgia |
| 10. | Oregon State |
| 16. | Arkansas |
| 21. | Boise State |
| 28. | Arizona State |
| 32. | California |
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| Morgantown Regional (Morgantown, W.Va.) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. ET | |
| 5. | Michigan |
| 8. | Nebraska |
| 17. | Illinois-Champaign |
| 19. | Kentucky |
| 26. | West Virginia |
| 33. | North Carolina |
| Columbus Regional (Columbus, Ohio) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. ET | |
| 6. | UCLA |
| 7. | LSU |
| 18 | Arizona |
| 20. | Ohio State |
| T24 | Central Michigan |
| 31. | NC State |
