Nebraska powered to the Big 10 title, posting a 197.1 to outdistance 2nd place Ohio State (196.225). NU soph Emily Wong won the AA with a career high 39.6. In a solid meet for all the teams, the field from 2 to 7 was separated by just 0.8 points.
Wong also tied for the beam title with Illinois' Kelsey Joannides and for the floor title with teammates Jessie DeZiel and Lora Evenstad. Evenstad won the bars. For Michigan, frosh Sachi Sugiyama won the vault title, performing out of session 1.
Team Standings:
1. NU 197.1
2. Ohio State 196.225
3. Minnesota 195.95
4. Michigan 195.875
5. Illinois 195.85
6. PSU 195.7
7. Iowa 195.425
8 MSU 194.675
Link: NU Release
Florida was victorious at the SEC Championships, posting the only score over 197 to win the meet. UF posted a 197.15, with Bama 2nd at 196.775. Georgia was 3rd at 196.575, and LSU 4th at 196.425. UK posted a 194.35 to defeat Arkansas (194.175) and AU (194.1).
Super frosh Kytra Hunter won the AA with a 39.625, including a 9.975 vault win. Teammate Alaina Johnson won the bars. Another frosh, Lloimincia Hall, won the floor for LSU. Arkansas' Jaime Pisani won the beam.
Jaime Pisani of Arkansas was named Gymnast o fthe Year. Kytra Hunter of Florida was named Frosh of the year. Jeff Graba of AU and Rhonda Faehn of Florida were named Coaches of the Year.
Link: LSU Release
Here are unofficial Regional qualifiers based on scores entered into Troester GymInfo. They may be subject to change, as scores are not final until they are submitted to the NCAA.
It was a mixed weekend, with several team hitting season highs while some others struggled with falls. The conference meets jumbled up the standings within the Top 18 quite a bit, and so some expected Regional pairings were upended.
The Regional hosts are bolded in the list below.
1-12-13 trio: Florida, Ohio State, PSU
2-11-14 trio: OU, Stanford, DU
3-10-15 trio: UCLA, Arkansas, Boise State
4-11-16 trio: Bama, LSU, Arizona
5-8-17 trio: NU, Utah, Minnesota
6-7-18 trio: UGA, Oregon State, Auburn
If the scores below hold, then it would appear that the 1-12-13 trio would be sent to NC State, the 4-11-16 trio possibly to Illinois, and the 2-11-14 trio to Washington. The first criteria is geographic proximity of the highest rated team, but it is possible that these three sites could be shuffled by the assignment committee in any combination. For example, OU could be sent to Illinois instead, and Bama to Washington.
None of the proposed sites appear to create a high concentration of teams from the same conference or region. Breaking up the "trios" containing a host team, however, would not normally be justified as there is only one host per seeded "trio". For an explanation of the seeding criteria, the RQS system and the Regional qualifying race, please see our Race to the Regionals article.
| Rank | Team |
RQS | Region |
| 1 | Florida | 197.445 | SE |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 197.360 | SC |
| 3 | UCLA | 197.270 | W |
| 4 | Alabama | 197.245 | C |
| 5 | Nebraska | 197.030 | SC |
| 6 | Georgia | 196.995 | SE |
| 7 | Oregon State | 196.760 | W |
| 8 | Utah | 196.705 | NC |
| 9 | L.S.U. | 196.570 | C |
| 10 | Arkansas | 196.545 | SC |
| 11 | Stanford | 196.410 | W |
| 12 | Ohio State | 196.245 | C |
| 13 | Penn State | 196.230 | NE |
| 14 | Denver | 196.090 | NC |
| 15 | Boise State | 196.055 | W |
| 16 | Arizona | 196.020 | SC |
| 17 | Minnesota | 195.985 | NC |
| 18 | Auburn | 195.965 | C |
| 19 | Missouri | 195.925 | SC |
| 20 | North Carolina State | 195.870 | SE |
| 21 | Michigan | 195.825 | NE |
| 22 | Illinois-Champaign | 195.695 | SC |
| 23 | Washington | 195.595 | W |
| 24 | Kentucky | 195.490 | C |
| - | Iowa State | 195.490 | NC |
| 26 | Kent State | 195.400 | C |
| 27 | West Virginia | 195.265 | SE |
| 28 | Arizona State | 195.145 | SC |
| 29 | New Hampshire | 195.120 | NE |
| 30 | Iowa | 195.065 | NC |
| 31 | North Carolina | 195.010 | SE |
| 32 | UIC | 194.940 | SC |
| - | Michigan State | 194.940 | C |
| 34 | Maryland-College Park | 194.905 | SE |
| 35 | San Jose State | 194.790 | W |
| 36 | Central Michigan | 194.770 | C |
Note: Regional hosts in bold above.
Bridgeport won the ECAC Division II Championship, posting a 195.475 to defeate SCSU's school record 191.175, and West Chester's 188.775.
Monica Mesalles led Bridgeport, winning the AA with a 39.25. She also won the vault and tied for the floor title with teammates Caitin Perry and Emily Repko, and SCSU's Rebecca Brady. Teammate Emily Turik won the bars, while another teammate, Sacha Tsikhanovich, won beam.
Link: SCSU Release
Oklahoma posted a 197.475 to score their 10th conference championships. Iowa State and Missouri tied for 2nd at 196.025. The score should be enough to lift Missouri into the Top 18 for seeding.
OU's Megan Ferguson won the bars and the beam to lead the Sooners. Teammate Brie Olson was the AA champion, posting a 39.5. ISU's Celine Paulus won the vault while Mizzou's Katelyn Trevino won the floor.
Link: Sooner Release
WVU won the EAG title with a season-high 196.475. NC State was 2nd with a 196.
WVU's Hope Sloanhoffer won the AA, posting a 39.5 to lead the Mountaineers to the big win. She also tied for the vault title (with four others) and won the bars outright. Teammate Beth Deal won beam. For Maryland, Ally Krikorian won the floor. She also earned a share of the vault title, along with teammates Kyra Phillips and Katy Dodds, and UNC's Zoya Johnson.
| 1 | West Virginia University | 196.475 |
| 2 | North Carolina State | 196.000 |
| 3 | University of Maryland | 195.950 |
| 4 | University of North Carolina | 195.550 |
| 5 | University of Pittsburgh | 195.375 |
| 6 | University of New Hampshire | 195.225 |
| 7 | George Washington University | 194.050 |
| 8 | Rutgers | 193.850 |
Link: NC State Release
Penn won the ECAC Championships, defeating Towson by just .025 for the title. Temple's Katie Canning won the AA title with a 39.2, just ahead of Penn's Dana Bonincontri. Canning tied for the floor title with Penn's Kirsten Strausbaugh. She also tied for the beam title with Penn's Amber Woo, Cornell's Melanie Standridge, and W&M's Brandy Stover. Strausbaugh tied for the bars title with Towson's Kacy Catanzaro. Catanzaro posted a meet record 9.975 to win the vault.
| 1 | Penn | 194.400 |
| 2 | Towson | 194.375 |
| 3 | Temple | 192.450 |
| 4 | Cornell | 192.350 |
| 5 | Brown | 192.250 |
| 6 | William & Mary | 191.925 |
| 7 | Yale | 191.450 |
Link: Towson Release
Boise State celebrated Senior Night with a 196.2, which was good enough to raise their RQS to a 196.055. BYU, however, failed to raise their RQS. Thus, as they stand in 34th place currently, they will anxiously await to see if three teams can pass them on Saturday.
The Broncos were led by Brittany Potvin-Green, who won the vault, floor and AA. She tallied a 39.6 AA. Redshirt senior teammate Amy Glass won the bars. BYU's Krysten Koval won the beam with a 9.9.
Link: Boise State Release
Brockport and Wisconsin-Whitewater tied for the NCGA Championships Team title on Friday. The two squads posted 188.05 points. Wisconsin-La Crosse, who had won the last four team titles, placed 3rd at 187.2.
Brockport was led by AA champ Elizabeth Levy. Whitewater's Katie Thompson was 2nd, and Cortland's Courtney Mangini was 3rd.
Final Team Results
| 1 | The College at Brockport | 188.050 |
| 1 | UW-Whitewater | 188.050 |
| 3 | UW-La Crosse | 187.200 |
| 4 | Cortland | 185.550 |
| 5 | UW-Eau Claire | 183.700 |
| 6 | Ithaca College | 182.650 |
Link: Cortland Release
OU holds the top spot in the Men's Troester.com GymInfo National Rankings for the week of March 19th. PSU is in 2nd and Stanford is third.
The Men's rankings from Troester GymInfo switch this week to the "Four Meet Average". To get this average, the four highest scoring meets are taken, of which no more than two are home meets, the high score dropped, and the remaining three are averaged.
Individually, Jake Dalton of OU holds the top spot in the AA. He is also the leader on floor and PB. With the new average methodology, Stanford's Gabe Alvarado and John Martin hold the top spot on PH. Teammate Eddie Penev ranks first on vault. PSU's Scott Rosenthal remains the top Ring man. On the pipe, Illini Paul Ruggeri retains his lead.
| Rank | Team Name | Four Meet Average |
| 1 | Oklahoma | 356.267 |
| 2 | Penn State | 355.600 |
| 3 | Stanford | 354.233 |
| 4 | Illinois | 353.683 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 347.450 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 347.267 |
Link: Troester GymInfo
SUU defeated BYU in a rare Monday afternoon contest. Alyssa Click led SUU, winning the beam and tying for the bars title with BYU's Kaycee Gassaway and Natalie Eyre-Pickard. Eyre-Pickard also tied for the vault title with teammate Krysten Koval. SUU's Brittney Jensen and BYU's Mickell Merrell tied for the floor title.
With those scores, BYU does not improve their 34th place in the standings. SUU retains a shot at Regionals.
Link: BYU Release
The Race for the Regionals is heading into its final week! Check back on Tuesday for a full recap of the potential shifts during the last weekend of competition. The Top 18 rankings have tightened up, with several teams contending for a seeded position at Regionals. The race for the top 36 Regional qualifiers is also intense; several teams still have a shot at post-season competition.
Florida continues to hold the top space in the rankings, just ahead of OU. Bama is now #3.
Washington defeated host Cal on their Senior Night, posting a solid 196.25 to raise their RQS to 195.595 (22nd). Washington's Ruby Engreitz, McKenzie Fechter and Lauren Rogers eached picked up a share of two individual titles. Engreitz won bars and tied for the floor title with Rogers. Rogers tied for the vault title with Fechter, who also won the AA with a 39.225. Teammate Paige Bixler completed the sweep with a win on beam.
Link: Cal Release
Kent State posted a 196.025 on Senior Night, helping to raise their RQS to a 195.085 (27th). The effort was led by Marie Case, who won the AA with a 39.275. She also won the beam with a 9.925 and the floor with a 9.95, including a 10 from one judge. Teammate Rachel Goldenberg won the vault while Erin Rothrock and Rachel Guida tied for the bars title.
Link: Kent State Release