On Saturday, teams and individuals advanced to compete for the 2012 National Collegiate Women’s Gymnastics Championships.

 

The championships, hosted by the Gwinnett Center and Georgia Institute of Technology, will be held at the Arena Gwinnett Center, April 20-22.

 

The women’s gymnastics championships consist of 12 teams and 12 all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and individual event specialists. The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors from each of the six regionals have advanced to the national championships.

 

In addition, the event winners at each regional also advance to the national championships (in their specific event) if they were not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.

To watch a recap video of the Regional Championships, click here. 

National Championships Seeding

The process for determining rotation pairings for Day 1 of the team competition at the site of the finals is based on a National Qualifying Score (NQS) calculated by adding the Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) to the score achieved at regional competition. 

 

Once the NQS is calculated, teams are ranked based on the NQS from 1 to 12. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 were placed in Group A; and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Group B. 

The Preliminary Groups for the 2012 Championships are:

 

12pm ET -  No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 6 Nebraska, No. 7 Utah, No. 10 Stanford and No. 11 LSU

 

6pm ET - No. 1 Florida, No. 4 Alabama, No. 5 Georgia, No. 8 Arkansas, No. 9 Oregon State and No. 12 Ohio State

Click here to view the rotation draw


Here's the full breakdown of NQS Rankings:

Rank	Team Name	NCAA	NQS	Regional	Team RQS	Region	Conference	Division	Ave	High
1	Florida		394.770	197.325	197.445	SE	SEC	1	197.093	197.900
2	UCLA		394.495	197.225	197.270	W	PAC 12	1	196.889	198.050
3	Oklahoma		394.385	197.025	197.360	SC	Big 12	1	196.890	197.475
4	Alabama		394.270	197.025	197.245	C	SEC	1	196.918	197.725
5	Georgia		394.095	197.100	196.995	SE	SEC	1	196.844	197.700
6	Nebraska		393.555	196.525	197.030	SC	Big 10	1	196.596	197.600
7	Utah		393.530	196.825	196.705	NC	PAC 12	1	196.773	197.550
8	Arkansas		393.370	196.825	196.545	SC	SEC	1	196.106	197.225
9	Oregon State		393.210	196.450	196.760	W	PAC 12	1	196.441	197.400
10	Stanford		393.085	196.675	196.410	W	PAC 12	1	196.033	196.825
11	L.S.U.		392.645	196.075	196.570	C	SEC	1	195.977	196.850
12	Ohio State		392.470	196.225	196.245	C	Big 10	1	196.037	197.625