University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Men's Gymnasts Selected To NCAA Championships
4/8/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Gymnastics
The University of Minnesota men’s gymnastics team has been selected as one of 12 teams to compete at the 2007 National Collegiate Men’s Gymnastics Championships as announced by the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Committee.
The national qualifier, which consists of two pre-qualifying sessions, will begin April 12 at Recreation Hall on the campus of Pennsylvania State University.
The Gophers, who finished third at the 2007 Big Ten Championships, had the sixth-highest qualifying score of the 12 teams to earn an invite with a mark of 213.860. Minnesota will compete in the second session, which begins at 7 p.m. this Thursday. The Gophers will join Oklahoma, Penn State, Cal, Temple and Nebraska in the second session.
The first session will open the NCAA Championships on Thursday at 1 p.m. and will consist of Ohio State, Stanford, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Army.
Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session. Final competitions will take place April 13-14, also at Penn State.
Oklahoma won the 2006 title with a sum of 221.400. Illinois finished second at 220.975 with Stanford placing third at 218.375.
The 2007 qualifying teams are listed below:
TEAM QUALIFYING SCORE
Ohio State 217.220
Oklahoma 217.180
Penn State 216.590
Stanford 216.000
Michigan 215.820
Minnesota 213.860
California 212.780
Illinois 212.170
Iowa 208.510
Temple 205.180
Nebraska 204.140
Army 200.980
The national qualifier, which consists of two pre-qualifying sessions, will begin April 12 at Recreation Hall on the campus of Pennsylvania State University.
The Gophers, who finished third at the 2007 Big Ten Championships, had the sixth-highest qualifying score of the 12 teams to earn an invite with a mark of 213.860. Minnesota will compete in the second session, which begins at 7 p.m. this Thursday. The Gophers will join Oklahoma, Penn State, Cal, Temple and Nebraska in the second session.
The first session will open the NCAA Championships on Thursday at 1 p.m. and will consist of Ohio State, Stanford, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Army.
Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session. Final competitions will take place April 13-14, also at Penn State.
Oklahoma won the 2006 title with a sum of 221.400. Illinois finished second at 220.975 with Stanford placing third at 218.375.
The 2007 qualifying teams are listed below:
TEAM QUALIFYING SCORE
Ohio State 217.220
Oklahoma 217.180
Penn State 216.590
Stanford 216.000
Michigan 215.820
Minnesota 213.860
California 212.780
Illinois 212.170
Iowa 208.510
Temple 205.180
Nebraska 204.140
Army 200.980
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