By Elizabeth Grimsley It was an intense day of competition at all six regionals. While 12 teams solidified their place at nationals, the remaining ones fought for a good placement to end their season. This week's rankings are determined by adding a team's regional score to its RQS for its National Qualifying Score (NQS). For full rankings, visit Road to Nationals.
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By Elizabeth Grimsley, Christina Marmet and Caroline Medley
We’ve been waiting all season for this weekend! While the top 12 teams are looking to advance unscathed, the rest of the field are hoping to play the spoiler roll and book a ticket to St. Louis for the NCAA National Championships. Over the past two weeks we have previewed and analyzed each of the six regionals. You can find those features below, as well as our predictions for the meets. And don’t forget to enter your own predictions in the 2017 NCAA Gym Bracket Challenge! The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m. ET.
By Ashley Wijangco Coming into the final rotation of the Champaign Regional on Saturday, No. 2 seed Oregon State and Illinois were tied at 147.125. No. 1 seed UCLA had already completed the meet with a 196.800—which would be enough to earn a nationals berth—as did Ohio State at 195.700. But both Oregon State and Illinois had a good chance at overtaking Ohio State’s score to give itself a spot at NCAA Championships; it was just a matter of which team it would be.
Oregon State headed to floor at Champaign’s State Farm Center—an event it averaged 49.475 coming into the meet. Meanwhile, host school Illinois headed to vault—its worst event statistically—giving the Beavers a better chance at besting the Illini. But Oregon State knew it wasn’t going to be easy to grab the second qualifying spot. “We kind of came in knowing it was going to be a fight,” Oregon State Madeline Gardiner said. |
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