While the NCAA Championships semifinal sessions on Friday will determine the top six teams that will advance to Saturday's Super Six, they will also crown this year's individual champions. The all-around and event title winners will be determined after Friday's second semifinal session in St. Louis. Follow live updates here.

There will be six judges on each event, with the high and the low scores being dropped and the four middle scores averaged.

Check out these gymnasts to watch on each event:

Vault: The Double Yurchenko Showdown

Skinner, Gnat, McMurtry

The vault competition this year will pit three of the top gymnasts on the event against each other for the first time this season: MyKayla Skinner (Utah), Ashleigh Gnat (LSU), and Alex McMurtry (Florida). All three gymnasts compete a Yurchenko double full.

Of this group, Skinner is the only one who has yet to receive a perfect 10 for her double-twisting Yurchenko. Gnat has garnered three 10.0s, including one against Florida, and McMurtry grabbed her first 10.0 of the season on vault in Florida's showdown against LSU.

McMurtry has the cleanest double full of the group and gets great amplitude on her vault. But her vault is the most questionable of the three -- she has alternated between a full and a double all season. With the team title also on the line, expect McMurtry to bring a huge vault and a great landing.

Gnat has not scored lower than a 9.900 on her vault all season. One of her 10.0s came at the Southeastern Championships where her stuck double-twisting Yurchenko earned a perfect 10 from all four judges. The LSU senior does lose a little bit on her form, but where she doesn't give a lot away is on her landings.

Skinner has done well on vault this year -- her season-best 9.975 came on Jan. 20. She has scored a 9.900 or better 10 times this season. Like Gnat, she loses a little bit on her form in the air. While Skinner is a quick twister, she lacks some control on her landings and tends to bounce out of them just a little bit. If she can stick, though, it'll put some pressure on both Gnat and McMurtry in the second session.

Others in contention: Maddie Karr (Denver), Emma McLean (Michigan)
Both gymnasts compete a Yurchenko 1 1/2. Karr has had some great landings this year for Denver, including a 10.0 midway through the season. McLean's vault has also looked very clean. She had a stuck-cold Yurchenko 1 1/2 at the Big Ten Championships that garnered a 9.975 for the Wolverines. Stuck landings for either gymnast could land her in contention for the vault title, especially if the top gymnasts have some landing deductions.

Uneven Bars: A Clash Of Perfect 10s

Lee, Nichols, Ross

Peng Peng Lee (UCLA), Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma), and Kyla Ross (UCLA) are the top three gymnasts on the event, and any one of them could land the event title on the uneven bars. The three account for five of the 10 perfect scores on bars this season.

Lee has the wow factor of a huge release skill and a full-twisting Pak salto in her routine. She's had a couple of missteps this season but has scored a 9.900 or better nine times this season including both postseason meets. The Bruins will need a high score from her to secure a place in the Super Six as well.

Nichols has kept some of her elite-level difficulty and has an uncanny ability for both hitting the perfect handstands and finding her landing. She has not scored below a 9.900 this season and has notched a 9.975 twice and a 10.0 once this year. The Sooners freshman has been on top for much of the season and finished the regular season ranked second in the country on the event.

Ross doesn't have the big single bar release, which is something some people have knocked her for in the past. What she does have though are gorgeous lines and beautiful handstands. She's tried to go a little too perfect on her handstands at times but has scored a 9.900 or better on nine occasions this season, including a pair of 9.975s. She doesn't have many built-in deductions within her routine and tends to stick her dismount on most occasions.

Others in Contention: Elizabeth Price (Stanford), Erika Aufiero (Oregon State)
Of this group, only Price will compete in the later session of competition. She hit a 9.975 routine at regionals, though for a moment it appeared that she'd grab a 10.0. The Stanford junior has had some excellent routines this season and is incredibly consistent. She's the fourth-ranked gymnast in the country on the event. Aufiero has competed on bars in all 12 meets this season for the Beavers. She posted a season-high 9.975 on March 5 against Washington. Aufiero has beautiful lines and extension through all of her skills.

Balance Beam: Beam Queen Battle

Ohashi, Capps, Gardiner

The competition on balance beam will, as it always does, come down to who hits when the stakes are the highest. Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA) and Chayse Capps (Oklahoma) have battled for the top spot this season, but Madeline Gardiner (Oregon State) has been a steady and consistent presence for the Beavers this season.

Like Lee on bars, Ohashi brings the wow factor on beam. She has a huge triple flight series that she's sometimes competed a layout full as the third skill. It seems unlikely that she'll pull it back out for nationals -- she's been hitting the layout to 2 feet in the last several meets. She has posted two 10.0s on beam this season in back-to-back competitions. She did have a miss on her dismount at regionals but will definitely be in contention.

Capps has been solid and consistent for Oklahoma all season. She has one 10.0 this season on the road against Michigan. She has a steadiness about her on balance beam and anchors the Sooners lineup. She has scored below a 9.900 just twice in 13 meets this season. She finished the regular season ranked second on beam.

Gardiner is tied for eighth in the country on balance beam and has been a steady and consistent force in the Beavers' beam lineup. The senior has competed in all 12 meets on beam and scored a 9.900 or better in six of her past eight routines this season.

Others in Contention: Sarah Finnegan (LSU), Alex Hyland (Kentucky)
Both Finnegan and Hyland are beautiful to watch on balance beam, and both will compete in the second session. Finnegan had a string of three 9.950 routines in a row in the middle of the season and has scored better than a 9.900 on beam nine times this season. Hyland has been remarkably consistent -- she has just one routine all season below a 9.875. Nine of her last 10 routines have been a 9.9 or better.

Floor Exercise: Flying High & Hitting The Landings

Nichols, Skinner, Gnat

Floor exercise will be one of the most intriguing events to keep tabs on Friday. Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma), MyKayla Skinner (Utah), and Ashleigh Gnat​ (LSU) are three of the top floor workers in the country. All three have huge tumbling skills, and all three have been putting up equally huge scores all season.

Skinner has done a remarkable job of keeping so much of her elite-level floor difficulty with a double-double to open her routine and a full-twisting double tuck as her final pass. She has not scored below a 9.900 on floor and has a pair of perfect 10s, including one in the postseason. Her landings have been solid and clean -- she gives away very little there.

Nichols also has yet to score below a 9.900 on floor, though she was rested on floor for four weeks in the latter half of the season. She has scored a 9.975 three times and a 10.0 once. She also doesn't give up much on her landings and has gorgeous lines on her leaps and jumps.

Gnat has the complete package on floor -- the powerful tumbling, great landings, and good positions on her leaps and jumps. She opens with a huge double layout, which is definitely going to be one of the highlights here. She has competed on floor in 12 of 13 meets this season and has scored at least a 9.900 all 12 times.

Others in contention: AJ Jackson (Oklahoma), Kennedy Baker (Florida)
Both Jackson and Baker are gymnasts expected to be at the top of the leaderboard on floor exercise. They both have powerful tumbling -- Jackson with her opening full-twisting double tuck and Baker with her piked double Arabian. Jackson's routine -- and the chalk blowing from the sidelines -- is a more dramatic routine, while Baker's sassy routine has been a crowd favorite in Gainesville, FL. Both are capable of earning a huge score for her team. Jackson has scored a 9.9 or better in all but two routines this season and has scored three 9.975s. Baker, who missed time do to an ankle injury, has scored a 9.900 or better in all seven floor routines including one perfect 10.


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