Kelly Hagenson Gophersports.com
The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s gymnastics team is in the NCAA Championship semifinals for just the fifth time in program history as they look to make history by advancing to their first NCAA Finals and see if one of a trio of individual Gophers can bring home just the second individual NCAA Championship in program history. The quest for all of it begins Friday afternoon.
The Gophers will compete in the first session of the eight team NCAA semifinals. 8th seeded Minnesota will join #1 Florida, #4 Michigan and #5 California with the top two teams advancing to the team finals Saturday afternoon. The evening session will feature #2 Oklahoma, #3 LSU, #6 Utah and #7 Alabama.
Florida gymnastics seeks Four on the Floor berth at NCAA Championships
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The last four years have been a roller-coaster ride for Florida Gators gymnastics in postseason competition.
In 2018, Florida headed to the NCAA Championships as the No. 5 team and finished third behind UCLA and Oklahoma.
In 2019, the Gators went into NCAA Regionals ranked No. 4 in the country, but fell to Oregon State at the Corvallis Regional, missing a chance to make nationals after having to count a fall on beam.
In 2020, Florida showed consistency and earned high scores all season long, looking like the strongest contender to upset No. 1 Oklahoma for the NCAA title when the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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What’s it like being gymnasts of color at the University of Utah?
A third of the 2020-21 Utah team are racial minorities Cammy Hall, Cristal Isa, Jaedyn Rucker and Alani Sabado
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Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
When the 2020-21 NCAA women’s gymnastics championships kick off Friday morning in Fort Worth, Texas, more than a few noteworthy competitors will be people of color.
When healthy, Florida’s Trinity Thomas is inarguably the best gymnast competing at the collegiate level. Denver’s Lynnzee Brown triggered the rise of the Pioneers’ program and will be competing for the all-around title. Michigan’s Sierra Brooks, LSU’s Haleigh Bryant, Minnesota’s Mya Hooten, Alabama’s Luisa Blanco, Utah’s Cristal Isa and Cal’s Kyana George each are vital contributors on title-contending teams. And who can forget UCLA’s Chae Campbell and Nia Dennis, both of whom have had performances on floor go viral on social media this year.
Kelly Hagenson
The Minnesota Golden Gophers came down to needing a great performance on their best event to leapfrog Denver to earn a berth into the NCAA Championship meet last Saturday. They got it and finished in second place in the Athens Regional and clinched one of eight spots in the NCAA Championship meet in Fort Worth, Texas in two weeks. It will be only Minnesota’s second ever berth into the NCAA Championship meet with the other time coming in 2016.
Minnesota finished first in their regional prelims group on Friday recording a score of 197.625 tied for the third highest in program history. They and Denver advanced to the region final on Saturday along with #1 Florida and North Carolina State.