Southern Utah College’s Hannah Nipp does her flooring routine whereas competing in opposition to the College of Utah, Brigham Younger College and Utah State College within the Rio Tinto Better of Utah NCAA gymnastics meet on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. BYU, SUU, Utah and USU will all compete Thursday in NCAA regionals. Kristin Murphy, Deseret Information
The 2022 nationwide collegiate girls’s gymnastics championships bracket. Utah and BYU will compete within the Washington regional, Utah State within the Oklahoma regional and Southern Utah within the Alabama regional. NCAA
Utah’s Jaylene Gilstrap performs her flooring routine in the course of the Pac-12 girls’s gymnastics championship on the Maverik Middle in West Valley Metropolis on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
BYU senior Haley Pitou competes on steadiness beam throughout BYU’s meet in opposition to Utah State on the Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah. on Jan. 28, 2022. Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photograph
Utah State College competes in opposition to the College of Utah, Brigham Younger College and Southern Utah College within the Rio Tinto Better of Utah NCAA gymnastics meet on the Maverik Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Kristin Murphy, Deseret Information
Southern Utah senior Karley McClain competes on flooring train in Cedar Metropolis, Utah, throughout a meet in opposition to BYU. SUU Photograph
The state of Utah is well-represented with regards to school gymnastics.
No. 4 Utah, No. 21 BYU, No. 25 Utah State and Southern Utah will all compete in an NCAA girls’s gymnastics regional this week, making up over 10% of the 36-team postseason area.
The 2022 nationwide collegiate girls’s gymnastics championships bracket. Utah and BYU will compete within the Washington regional, Utah State within the Oklahoma regional and Southern Utah within the Alabama regional.
NCAA
Right here is the upcoming schedule for the Utes, Cougars, Aggies and Thunderbirds.
No. 4 Utah Utes
Utah’s Jaylene Gilstrap performs her flooring routine in the course of the Pac-12 girls’s gymnastics championship on the Maverik Middle in West Valley Metropolis on Saturday, March 19, 2022.
Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
Seattle Regional
- Spherical 2, Session 2
When: Thursday, 8 p.m. MDT
Venue: Alaska Airways Area (10,000 capability)
TV: ESPN+
Livestream: WatchESPN
The competitors
- No. 13 Oregon State
- No. 19 Illinois
- Stanford or San Jose State
The stakes
Solely the highest two groups from every regional session advance to the regional remaining. Utah is much and away the favourite to advance out of its regional semifinal — School Health club Information’ postseason simulator provides the Pink Rocks a 98.68% likelihood to advance — with expectations being that Oregon State and Illinois will battle for the second spot.
The Pink Rocks have already defeated Oregon State and Stanford twice this season, and whereas Illinois has confirmed itself succesful at instances, something lower than a runaway Utah victory can be a significant shock.
The gymnasts
- Grace McCallum (Utah)
- Jade Carey (Oregon State)
- Mia Takekawa (Illinois)
- Kyla Bryant (Stanford)
- Jada Mazury (San Jose State)
No. 21 BYU Cougars
BYU senior Haley Pitou competes on steadiness beam throughout BYU’s meet in opposition to Utah State on the Smith Fieldhouse in Provo, Utah. on Jan. 28, 2022.
Jaren Wilkey, BYU Photograph
Seattle Regional
- Spherical 2, Session 1
When: Thursday, 2 p.m. MDT
Venue: Alaska Airways Area (10,000 capability)
TV: ESPN+
Livestream: WatchESPN
The competitors
- No. 5 Alabama
- No. 12 Michigan State
- No. 25 Washington
The stakes
BYU will not be one of many favorites to make it out of its regional session with No. 5 Alabama and No. 12 Michigan State in the identical competitors.
The Cougars are, nonetheless, a classy upset decide, with a 22.49% likelihood to advance to the regional remaining, the fourth-best odds of any nonseeded workforce (the highest 16 ranked groups are seeded) behind solely Ohio State, Arkansas and Illinois.
BYU does need to be cautious of Washington. As hosts, the Huskies take pleasure in homecourt benefit — within the case of gymnastics, that principally means familiarity with the tools — and have a better season-high rating than the Cougars do.
The gymnasts
- Luisa Blanco (Alabama)
- Skyla Schulte (Michigan State)
- Sadie Miner-Van Tassell (BYU)
- Skylar Killough-Wilhelm (Washington)
No. 25 Utah State Aggies
Utah State College competes in opposition to the College of Utah, Brigham Younger College and Southern Utah College within the Rio Tinto Better of Utah NCAA gymnastics meet on the Maverik Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.
Kristin Murphy, Deseret Information
Norman Regional
- Spherical 2, Session 1
When: Thursday, midday MDT
Venue: Lloyd Noble Middle (11,528 capability)
TV: ESPN+
Livestream: WatchESPN
The competitors
- No. 8 Minnesota
- No. 9 California
- No. 24 Boise State
The stakes
Utah State is using excessive after successful its first ever Mountain Rim Gymnastics Convention (MRGC) championship, however the Aggies have a tall process forward of them in the event that they hope to delay their season.
Utah State has the bottom odds (8.06%) of the 4 groups in its regional semifinal to advance, with Minnesota (89.82%) and Cal (92.32%) standing because the prohibitive favorites to maneuver on.
The Aggies must match their excellence from the convention championships — USU scored a season-best 197.025 — and hope certainly one of Minnesota and Cal has an off meet.
Utah State may even need to fend off a Boise State workforce that has already defeated the Aggies as soon as this season.
The gymnasts
- Lexy Ramler (Minnesota)
- Andi Li (California)
- Emily Muhlenhaupt (Boise State)
- Brie Clark (Utah State)
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
Southern Utah senior Karley McClain competes on flooring train in Cedar Metropolis, Utah, throughout a meet in opposition to BYU.
SUU Photograph
Auburn Regional
- Spherical 2, Session 1
When: Thursday, 1 p.m MDT
Venue: Neville Area (9,121 capability)
TV: ESPN+
Livestream:WatchESPN
The competitors
- No. 7 Auburn
- No. 10 Kentucky
- No. 23 Georgia
The stakes
Historically one of many higher packages from a smaller faculty, Southern Utah had an up-and-down common season and completed in third place on the MRGC championships.
The Thunderbirds, or Flippin’ Birds as they're affectionally identified, will compete in one of many harder regional semifinals, in opposition to host Auburn, a nationals risk in Kentucky and one-time gymnastics powerhouse Georgia.
SUU has the bottom odds (8.72%) to advance of any workforce in its regional semifinal and won't solely have to have certainly one of its greatest performances of the season, however will want two of the opposite three groups to make vital errors.
The gymnasts
- Sunisa Lee (Auburn)
- Raena Worley (Kentucky)
- Rachel Baumann (Georgia)
- Shylen Murakami (Southern Utah)
Subsequent up
All advancing groups may have a time without work on Friday earlier than competing of their respective regional finals on Saturday.
The Auburn and Norman regional finals are slated for 4 p.m. MDT, whereas the Seattle regional remaining can be held at 6 p.m.
The highest two groups in every regional remaining will then advance to the NCAA gymnastics championships — often called nationals.
The nationwide championships will happen at Dickies Area in Fort Price, Texas, from April 14 by April 16.