NCAA Regional Championships 2013

Gainesville Regional: Cheat Sheet

Gainesville Regional: Cheat Sheet

Apr 5, 2013 by Jennifer Teitell
Gainesville Regional: Cheat Sheet


 

Teams around the country will fight to earn their spot to this year's NCAA Championships in Los Angeles. There in incredible pressure on all of the teams. The top two teams from each regional will advance to NCAA Championships as well as the top two all around competitors. Everything is on the line because an off day at regionals ends the entire season and a chance at the NCAA Title.



#1 FLORIDA
SEC Conference Championship: 1st SEC Championships
National Ranking: #1
RQS:197.84
Average:197.486
Season High:198.425
Best Event:  #1 Bars #1(tie) Beam #1(tie) Floor
Notes: Gators are coming off of their second consecutive SEC title win and are currently ranked No. 1 in the country. Coach Rhonda Faehn won her fourth consecutive SEC Coach of the year honor and Bridget Sloan is the SEC Freshman of the year. Florida has at least one gymnast ranked in the top 10 nationally on every event.  The Gators are the only team at the Gainesville regional that competed at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
  


#12 AUBURN
SEC Championships:
5th Place (196.550)
National Ranking:
12th (tie with Minnesota)
RQS:
196.615
Team Average:
196.085
Season High:
197.175
Best Event: #7 Vault
Notes:
Tigers are coming off an outstanding performance at SEC Championships where they scored a school record 196.550. Gainesville is the 11th straight regional appearance for Auburn and the 24th in program history

#12 MINNESOTA
BIG 10 Championships:
3rd
National Ranking: #12(tie)
RQS:196.615
Team Average: 196.11
Season High: 197.225
Best Event: #8 Floor
Notes:The Gainesville regional is the 18th consecutive regional appearance for the Gophers who have not qualified to the NCAA Championships since 2002

#24 MARYLAND

EAGL Championships: 2nd Place (195.100)
National Ranking:
24th-Tie
RQS:
195.81
Team Average:
195.446
Season High:
196.175
Best Event Ranking: Ranked
#15 Vault
Notes:
This marks the fifth consecutive regional championship appearance for the Terps.


#29 BRIDGEPORT
ECAC Division II Championships:
1st Place (5th consecutive win)
National Ranking: #29
RQS:195.485
Team Average:194.725
Season High: 196.2
Best Event Ranking: #18 (T) Vault
Notes: Bridgeport made history as  just the second non-Division I team to qualify for NCAA Regionals. The Purple Knights head into Gainesville with their fifth consecutive ECAC title.
   

#36 PITTSBURG
EAGL Championships: 3rd
National Ranking:    #36
RQS
:195.065
Team Average:194.75
Season High:196.175
Best Event Ranking: #30  Floor
This is the first NCAA regioonal appearance for Pitt since 2007.



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