University of Minnesota Athletics
GOPHER WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS EARNS NCAA REGIONAL BID
3/26/2001 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The invitation marks the sixth consecutive year Minnesota has qualified for regional competition. The top two team finishers advance to the NCAA Championships, to be held April 19-21 in Athens, Ga.
Last year, Alabama placed fifth at the NCAA Championships in Boise, Idaho. Alabama is the only team in this year's NCAA Central Region field to compete at the national meet last year. Minnesota's Megan Beuckens competed as an individual, placing 25th in the nation in the all around.
Minnesota is one of five Big Ten schools to qualify for regional competition. No. 7 Michigan will host the Northeast Region Championship in Ann Arbor, Mich.; No. 14 Iowa will compete in the Southeast Region in Gainesville, Fla.; and No. 10 Penn State will compete at the South Region Championship in Lincoln, Neb.
