Florida Gymnasts to Compete in NCAA Championships Semifinal I

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The two-time defending national champion University of Florida gymnastics team is in the afternoon NCAA Championships' semifinal on Friday, April 17. Competition begins at 2 p.m. (ET). Semifinal I contains Florida, UCLA, Georgia, Michigan, Stanford and Utah.


2015 NCAA Championship Field
Seed	School	Region Score	Region Result
1	Oklahoma	197.625	Norman champion
2	Florida	197.475	Morgantown champion
3	Utah	196.575	Berkeley runner-up
4	LSU	197.175	Ames champion
5	Alabama	197.575	Auburn champion
6	Michigan	197.000	Columbus runner-up
7	UCLA	197.500	Columbus champion
8	Auburn	196.900	Auburn runner-up
9	Nebraska	196.950	Ames runner-up
10	Georgia	197.025	Berkeley champion
11	Stanford	197.000	Morgantown runner-up
12	Oregon State	196.750	Norman runner-up
Shading denotes teams in Florida's semifinal session (April 17 – Semifinal I)

Semifinal II (which begins at 8 p.m. ET) consists of Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Oregon State. The NCAA Championships are set for April 17-19 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Six teams have claimed the team title in the 34-year history of the NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Alabama, UCLA, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma and Utah. Four of the six programs to win a NCAA team title are in the first semifinal (UCLA, Florida, Georgia, Utah).

This is the second season that the seeding determined at the time of regional selections holds throughout the championships. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 15 will compete in Friday's Semifinal II and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 compete in Semifinal I.

Florida is the No. 2 seed for the fifth time in the program's history. The Gators advance to the national site after winning last Saturday's NCAA Morgantown Regional.

The top three teams in each of the April 17 semifinals advance to the NCAA Super Six on Saturday, April 18 at 7 p.m. (ET), where the national team champion is determined. ESPN3 will show the NCAA Super Six live and the meet airs tape-delayed on ESPNU April 29 at 7 p.m. ET.

Florida won its first NCAA team title at the 2013 NCAA Super Six team final and shared the 2014 title with Oklahoma after each team turned in a Super Six record total of 198.175.

2015 NCAA Championships

Competition Rotations

Semifinal I – Friday, April 17 @ 2 p.m. (ET)

Rot.	Vault	Bye	Bars	Beam	Bye	Floor
I	Georgia	Stanford	Michigan	Utah	Florida	UCLA
II	UCLA	Georgia	Stanford	Michigan	Utah	Florida
III	Florida	UCLA	Georgia	Stanford	Michigan	Utah
IV	Utah	Florida	UCLA	Georgia	Stanford	Michigan
V	Michigan	Utah	Florida	UCLA	Georgia	Stanford
VI	Stanford	Michigan	Utah	Florida	UCLA	Georgia

Semifinal II – Friday, April 17 @ 8 p.m. (ET)

Rot.	Vault	Bye	Bars	Beam	Bye	Floor
I	LSU	Oregon St.	Auburn	Nebraska	Oklahoma	Alabama
II	Alabama	LSU	Oregon St.	Auburn	Nebraska	Oklahoma
III	Oklahoma	Alabama	LSU	Oregon St.	Auburn	Nebraska
IV	Nebraska	Oklahoma	Alabama	LSU	Oregon St.	Auburn
V	Auburn	Nebraska	Oklahoma	Alabama	LSU	Oregon St.
VI	Oregon St.	Auburn	Nebraska	Oklahoma	Alabama	LSU

The NCAA conducted a blind draw to set the start order for each of the semifinal sessions. This is the eighth time in its 33 NCAA Championships' appearances Florida opens competition on floor, with the last coming in 2013.

2015 NCAA Championships
April 17-19 • Fort Worth Convention Center • Fort Worth, Texas

	Semifinal II	Super 6 Team Final		Semifinal I
	April 17	April 18		April 17

1	Oklahoma			Florida	2

4	LSU			Utah	3

5	Alabama			Michigan	6
			NCAA Champion
8	Auburn			UCLA	7

9	Nebraska			Georgia	10

12	Oregon State			Stanford	11

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