Friday, April 5
Berkeley, CA
1:00 PM
University of Washington
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NCAA Regionals Second Round
GymDawgs In Berkeley Friday For NCAA Regionals
April 02, 2024 | Gymnastics
2024 NCAA Regional Championships: Tournament Central
SEATTLE – The Washington gymnastics team has been selected to compete in the Berkeley Regional of the 2024 NCAA Regional Championship this weekend at Haas Pavilion on the campus of the University of California.
2024 marks the third consecutive year all eight Pac-12 women's gymnastics teams were selected to compete in the NCAA Regionals.
The GymDawgs will compete in the first session of the second round on Friday, April 5 alongside No. 6 seed Denver, No. 11 seed UCLA and Arizona State.
The first session will begin at 1 p.m. PT. All sessions of the NCAA Regionals will be available on ESPN+. Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke will be on the call.
Live scores for the first quad featuring Denver, UCLA, Arizona State and Washington will be available at this link.
UW will begin the afternoon on uneven bars and then move to beam and floor before finishing the quad on vault. Denver will compete in Olympic order and begin on vault, with Arizona State starting on beam and UCLA on floor.
Tickets for the Berkeley Regional are on sale at this link. More information on parking at Haas Pavilion can be found here.
The first round of the regional will be a dual between San Jose State and Southern Utah on Thursday, April 4 at 2 p.m. The winner of the dual will fill in the fourth spot of the quad in the second session of the second round with No. 3 seed California, No. 14 seed Auburn and Stanford. The second session will begin at 7 p.m. on April 5.
The top two scorers of both the first and second sessions will advance to the Regional Final, which will take place on Sunday, April 7 at 5 p.m. in Haas Pavilion.
Individual all-around competitors and event specialists competing at the Berkeley Regional include:
All-Around: Maggie Slife (Air Force), Karina Monoz (Iowa), Lauren Macpherson (San Jose State) and Niya Randolph (Southern Utah)
Vault: Kayla Pardue (Southern Utah), Keanna Abraham (UC Davis) and Megan Ray (UC Davis)
Uneven Bars: Kara Houghton (Sacramento State), Jada Mazury (San Jose State), Isabella Neff (Southern Utah) and Brianna Brooks (Utah State)
Balance Beam: Ilka Juk (Iowa), Katherine Weyhmiller (San Jose State), Ellie Cacciola (Southern Utah) and Kennedi McClain (Southern Utah)
Floor Exercise: Emily Erb (Iowa), Bailey Libby (Iowa), Jada Mazury (San Jose State) and Keanna Abraham (UC Davis)
HUSKIES HISTORICALLY AT NCAA REGIONALS
2024 marks the third consecutive season the GymDawgs have earned a spot as a team in the NCAA Regionals. In 2023, the Huskies advanced to their first Regional Final in Los Angeles after upsetting No. 12 Auburn and Southern Utah with a 196.775.
Washington hosted the 2022 Regionals in Seattle when they posted the highest Regional score in program history with a 197.175. 2021 saw individuals for Washington compete at the Regional level, and the 2020 Regionals were cancelled due to COVID-19.
THAT'S A WRAP ON THE REGULAR SEASON
The Huskies finished the 2024 regular season at No. 28 in the Road to Nationals rankings with a team NQS of 196.735. Washington earned two 197+ scores this season, including a season-high 197.200 at the Boise State quad and a 197.175 at the Washington quad.
At the final Pac-12 Championships, the Huskies finished eighth after hitting a 196.325.
Skylar Killough-Wilhelm earned postseason conference honors after a stellar senior year campaign – notching a spot on the All-Pac-12 First Team All-Around. Killough-Wilhelm earned Pac-12 Coaches Choice of the Week twice this season and was a nominee for the 2024 AAI Award.
Killough-Wilhelm and junior Lana Navarro were both selected for the 2024 Pac-12 Gymnastics Preseason Watch List at the start of the regular season.
Navarro earned her first career Pac-12 Coaches Choice award on March 12. The La Verne, Calif. native has earned 9.9 career-highs on all three of her events this season -- vault, beam and floor.
THE COMPETITION – NO. 6 SEED DENVER
Denver is ranked No. 6 in the country with a team NQS of 197.825. Denver finished second at the Big 12 Championship where they posted a new program road and postseason record with a 197.975 – the fourth highest in DU program history. DU finished behind Oklahoma and in front of BYU, Iowa State and West Virginia.
Freshman Madison Ulrich was named 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and senior Rylie Mundell was named 2024 Big 12 Specialist of the Year.
THE COMPETITION – NO. 11 SEED UCLA
The UCLA Bruins are ranked No. 9 in the country with a team NQS of 197.675. The Bruins are led by sophomore Selena Harris, who earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year. UCLA finished second behind Utah at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships.
THE COMPETITION – ARIZONA STATE
The Arizona State Sun Devils are ranked 22nd in the country and hold a team NQS of 196.920. 2024 marks ASU's sixth-straight NCAA Regionals appearance. Senior Anaya Smith was named to the All-Pac-12 Vault First Team.
HOW WE GOT HERE – REGIONALS FORMAT
There are four regional sites each consisting of nine teams and approximately three all-around competitors that are not on a qualifying team. Each regional will also include four individual specialists per event, who will also be individuals not on a qualifying team.
This year, the four regional sites are:
Host teams will remain home to compete, even if they are not in the top-16. The NCAA selection committee will identify the top 12 all-around competitors and top 16 event specialists (four per event) based on national qualifying scores and those individuals will be placed geographically. Individuals from the same team will remain together.
Regionals will span from Wednesday, April 3 through Sunday, April 7. The first day of competition is a dual meet that will serve as a play-in meet to enter the next round.
The second round will consist of eight teams, and the regional final just four. Regional competition will consist of nine teams, three all-around individual competitors, and four individual specialists for each event.
For more information on Washington gymnastics, follow @UWgymnastics on Instagram and X.
SEATTLE – The Washington gymnastics team has been selected to compete in the Berkeley Regional of the 2024 NCAA Regional Championship this weekend at Haas Pavilion on the campus of the University of California.
2024 marks the third consecutive year all eight Pac-12 women's gymnastics teams were selected to compete in the NCAA Regionals.
The GymDawgs will compete in the first session of the second round on Friday, April 5 alongside No. 6 seed Denver, No. 11 seed UCLA and Arizona State.
The first session will begin at 1 p.m. PT. All sessions of the NCAA Regionals will be available on ESPN+. Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson Clarke will be on the call.
Live scores for the first quad featuring Denver, UCLA, Arizona State and Washington will be available at this link.
WOMEN OF WASHINGTON
— Washington Athletics (@UWAthletics) April 2, 2024
Last week, @UWGymnastics was selected to their third-consecutive NCAA Regionals! Can't wait to cheer on the GymDawgs this Friday ?? #GoHuskies x #WinWithin pic.twitter.com/D6NnQjnr29
UW will begin the afternoon on uneven bars and then move to beam and floor before finishing the quad on vault. Denver will compete in Olympic order and begin on vault, with Arizona State starting on beam and UCLA on floor.
Tickets for the Berkeley Regional are on sale at this link. More information on parking at Haas Pavilion can be found here.
The first round of the regional will be a dual between San Jose State and Southern Utah on Thursday, April 4 at 2 p.m. The winner of the dual will fill in the fourth spot of the quad in the second session of the second round with No. 3 seed California, No. 14 seed Auburn and Stanford. The second session will begin at 7 p.m. on April 5.
The top two scorers of both the first and second sessions will advance to the Regional Final, which will take place on Sunday, April 7 at 5 p.m. in Haas Pavilion.
Individual all-around competitors and event specialists competing at the Berkeley Regional include:
All-Around: Maggie Slife (Air Force), Karina Monoz (Iowa), Lauren Macpherson (San Jose State) and Niya Randolph (Southern Utah)
Vault: Kayla Pardue (Southern Utah), Keanna Abraham (UC Davis) and Megan Ray (UC Davis)
Uneven Bars: Kara Houghton (Sacramento State), Jada Mazury (San Jose State), Isabella Neff (Southern Utah) and Brianna Brooks (Utah State)
Balance Beam: Ilka Juk (Iowa), Katherine Weyhmiller (San Jose State), Ellie Cacciola (Southern Utah) and Kennedi McClain (Southern Utah)
Floor Exercise: Emily Erb (Iowa), Bailey Libby (Iowa), Jada Mazury (San Jose State) and Keanna Abraham (UC Davis)
HUSKIES HISTORICALLY AT NCAA REGIONALS
2024 marks the third consecutive season the GymDawgs have earned a spot as a team in the NCAA Regionals. In 2023, the Huskies advanced to their first Regional Final in Los Angeles after upsetting No. 12 Auburn and Southern Utah with a 196.775.
Washington hosted the 2022 Regionals in Seattle when they posted the highest Regional score in program history with a 197.175. 2021 saw individuals for Washington compete at the Regional level, and the 2020 Regionals were cancelled due to COVID-19.
The GymDawgs are REGIONALS BOUND!
— Washington Gymnastics (@UWGymnastics) March 25, 2024
Washington will compete in the California Regional in Berkeley, along with Denver, UCLA and Arizona State ??#GoHuskies x #WinWithin pic.twitter.com/b8ODDRILf7
THAT'S A WRAP ON THE REGULAR SEASON
The Huskies finished the 2024 regular season at No. 28 in the Road to Nationals rankings with a team NQS of 196.735. Washington earned two 197+ scores this season, including a season-high 197.200 at the Boise State quad and a 197.175 at the Washington quad.
At the final Pac-12 Championships, the Huskies finished eighth after hitting a 196.325.
Skylar Killough-Wilhelm earned postseason conference honors after a stellar senior year campaign – notching a spot on the All-Pac-12 First Team All-Around. Killough-Wilhelm earned Pac-12 Coaches Choice of the Week twice this season and was a nominee for the 2024 AAI Award.
Killough-Wilhelm and junior Lana Navarro were both selected for the 2024 Pac-12 Gymnastics Preseason Watch List at the start of the regular season.
Navarro earned her first career Pac-12 Coaches Choice award on March 12. The La Verne, Calif. native has earned 9.9 career-highs on all three of her events this season -- vault, beam and floor.
THE COMPETITION – NO. 6 SEED DENVER
Denver is ranked No. 6 in the country with a team NQS of 197.825. Denver finished second at the Big 12 Championship where they posted a new program road and postseason record with a 197.975 – the fourth highest in DU program history. DU finished behind Oklahoma and in front of BYU, Iowa State and West Virginia.
Freshman Madison Ulrich was named 2024 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and senior Rylie Mundell was named 2024 Big 12 Specialist of the Year.
THE COMPETITION – NO. 11 SEED UCLA
The UCLA Bruins are ranked No. 9 in the country with a team NQS of 197.675. The Bruins are led by sophomore Selena Harris, who earned Pac-12 Gymnast of the Year. UCLA finished second behind Utah at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships.
THE COMPETITION – ARIZONA STATE
The Arizona State Sun Devils are ranked 22nd in the country and hold a team NQS of 196.920. 2024 marks ASU's sixth-straight NCAA Regionals appearance. Senior Anaya Smith was named to the All-Pac-12 Vault First Team.
HOW WE GOT HERE – REGIONALS FORMAT
There are four regional sites each consisting of nine teams and approximately three all-around competitors that are not on a qualifying team. Each regional will also include four individual specialists per event, who will also be individuals not on a qualifying team.
This year, the four regional sites are:
- Bud Walton Arena (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
- Cirsler Center (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Haas Pavilion (Berkeley, California)
- Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center (Gainesville, Florida)
Host teams will remain home to compete, even if they are not in the top-16. The NCAA selection committee will identify the top 12 all-around competitors and top 16 event specialists (four per event) based on national qualifying scores and those individuals will be placed geographically. Individuals from the same team will remain together.
Regionals will span from Wednesday, April 3 through Sunday, April 7. The first day of competition is a dual meet that will serve as a play-in meet to enter the next round.
The second round will consist of eight teams, and the regional final just four. Regional competition will consist of nine teams, three all-around individual competitors, and four individual specialists for each event.
For more information on Washington gymnastics, follow @UWgymnastics on Instagram and X.
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