University of Minnesota Athletics
NCAA Championship Rotations Announced
4/10/2021 9:30:00 AM | Gymnastics
Rotations for Semifinals of the 2021 NCAA Gymnastics Championships held on Friday, April 16 in Fort Worth, Texas, have been announced.
The No. 8 University of Minnesota will compete in the first semifinal at 12:00 p.m. CT inside Dickies Arena. The meet will be televised live on ESPN2 with Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke on the call.
All rotations were predetermined by random draw prior to the season. After finishing the Athens Regional in second place, Minnesota will begin the meet on vault before competing on bars, beam and closing on floor.
Minnesota will compete against No. 4 Michigan, No. 1 Florida and No. 5 California in the first session. There will be four individual qualifiers rotating with the Gophers during the session including Raena Worley (Kentucky) on vault, Maggie O'Hara (Arkansas) on bars, Bailey Bunn (Kentucky) on beam and Abbey Miner-Alder (BYU) on floor. The second session of the day will take place at 5:00 pm CT and feature No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 3 LSU, No. 6 Utah and No. 7 Alabama.
The top two teams from each NCAA Semifinal will advance to the NCAA Championship Final held on Saturday, April 17. Individual event and all-around national champions will also be determined during the semifinal competition, using the highest overall score between the two semifinal sessions.