April 17, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The NCAA announced on Monday the teams and individual competitors that qualified to compete for the 2007 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships, hosted by the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, April 26-28. Spartan freshman Rochelle Robinson is one of 12 all-around competitors, not on an automatically qualifying team, to advance to Championship competition. She will rotate with No. 1 Florida during the opening session, April 26 at 3 p.m. EST.

The University of Michigan was the only team to advance past regional competition from the Big Ten Conference, however, Robinson, Penn State standout Brandi Personett (all-around) and Ohio State's Kaylan Clevinger (bars) all advanced as individual competitors.

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 regional received automatic berths to the National Championships. In addition, the event winners at the Regional Championships advance to the National Championships (in their specific event) if they were not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.

Preliminary team and all-around competition will be conducted in two sessions Thursday, April 26 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. The top three teams from each session will advance to the Super Six Competition Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. The top four individuals from each session in each event (plus ties) from the preliminary team and all-around competition will compete in the individual-event competition Saturday, April 28 at 7 p.m.

Team qualifiers and individual qualifiers for the 2007 women's gymnastics championships are as follows:

TEAM COMPETITION:
Team (Region) Regional Score
Utah (West) 197.325
Florida, (Northeast) 197.325
Georgia, (North Central) 197.275
Alabama, (Central) 196.700
Nebraska, (West) 196.675
Stanford, (South Central) 196.600
Oregon State, (South Central) 196.075
Michigan, (Northeast) 196.050
UCLA, (Southeast) 195.975
LSU, (Southeast) 195.950
Oklahoma, (Central) 195.925
Denver, (North Central) 195.825

ALL-AROUND INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:
Qualifiers (Region) Regional Score
Brandi Personett, Penn State (North Central) 39.425
Janet Anson, Iowa State (Central) 39.425
Karin Wurm, Arizona (South Central) 39.425
Adrianne Perry, Missouri (West) 39.300
Julie Dwyer, Auburn (Southeast) 39.275
Brittney Morgan, Arizona (South Central) 39.275
Rochelle Robinson, Michigan State (Central) 39.225
Janae Cox, West Virginia (Southeast) 39.100
Andrea Arlotta, Pittsburgh (Northeast) 39.050
Chelsea Bakken, Washington (West) 39.025
Katie Burke, Iowa (North Central) 38.925
Casey Jo Magee, Arkansas (Northeast) 38.800

INDIVIDUAL EVENT QUALIFIERS:
Beam (Region) Regional Score
Jamie Holton, Arizona (South Central) 9.925

Floor (Region) Regional Score
Alicia Sacramone, Brown (Northeast) 9.900

Uneven Bars (Region) Regional Score
Kaylan Clevinger, Ohio State (Central) 9.900