The NCAA held its annual selection show Monday afternoon as it announced where the 36 regionals qualifiers would be headed in two weeks, as well as the individual competitors. In the final year of this format, teams are places at six regional host sites according to the following formula: Nos. 1/12/13, Nos. 2/11/14, Nos. 3/10/15, Nos. 4/9/16, Nos. 5/8/17, Nos. 6/7/18. The six regional sites are Columbus (Ohio State), Minneapolis (Minnesota), Raleigh (N.C. State), Salt Lake City (Utah), Tuscaloosa (Alabama) and University Park (Penn State).
Semifinal one at the NCAA championship will include qualifiers from the Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and University Park regionals while semifinal two will have qualifiers from the Columbus, Raleigh and Tuscaloosa regionals.
Columbus Regional
No. 1 Seed: UCLA (No. 3)
No. 2 Seed: Arkansas (No. 10)
No. 3 Seed: Boise State (No. 15)
No. 4 Seed: Ohio State (No. 25) – host
No. 5 Seed: Pittsburgh (No. 33)
No. 6 Seed: Kent State (No. 34)
Individuals
Vault: Rachael Underwood (Western Michigan), Lauren Demeno (Bowling Green), Alternate-Bri Slonim (Ball State)
Bars: Hailee Westney (Michigan State), Kendall Valentin (Eastern Michigan), Alternate-Lacy Rubin (Eastern Michigan)
Beam: Laura Mitchell (Bowling Green), India McPeak (Bowling Green), Alternate-Kendall Valentin (Eastern Michigan)
Floor: Rachael Underwood (Western Michigan), Tia Kiaku (Ball State), Alternate-Kayla Rose (Bowling Green)
All Around: Jovannah East (Bowling Green), Emili Dobronics (Eastern Michigan), Lea Mitchell (Michigan State), Morgan Spence (Western Michigan), Alternate-Rachael Underwood (Western Michigan)
Minneapolis
No. 1 Seed: Oklahoma (No. 1)
No. 2 Seed: Kentucky (No. 12)
No. 3 Seed: Denver (No. 13)
No. 4 Seed: Minnesota (No. 24) – host
No. 5 Seed: Iowa State (No. 28)
No. 6 Seed: Iowa (No. 35)
Individuals
Vault: Mikaela Meyer (Utah State), Madison Ward (Utah State), Alternate-Faith Leary (Utah State)
Bars: Anna Salamone (Air Force), Brittany Jeppesen (Utah State), Alternate-Jazmyn Estrella (Utah State)
Beam: Autumn DeHarde (Utah State), Emily Briones (Utah State), Alternate-Taylor Dittmar (Utah State)
Floor: Madison Ward (Utah State), Autumn DeHarde (Utah State), Alternate-Faith Leary (Utah State)
All Around: Lisa O’Donnell (UW-W), Tori Erickson (UW-Eau Claire), Brooke Terry (UW-Stout), Samantha Wiekamp (UW-la Crosse), Alternate-Sierra Beaver (UW-Stout)
Raleigh Regional
No. 1 Seed: LSU (No. 2)
No. 2 Seed: Nebraska (No. 11)
No. 3 Seed: Oregon State (No. 14)
No. 4 Seed: George Washington (No. 19)
No. 5 Seed: N.C. State (No. 20) – host
No. 6 Seed: Maryland (No. 31)
Individuals
Vault: Khazia Hislop (North Carolina), Madison Nettles (North Carolina), Alternate-Cortni Baker
Bars: Tyra McKellar (Towson), Kaitlyn Hedelund (North Carolina), Alternate-Tess Zientek (Towson)
Beam: Khazia Hislop (North Carolina), Gabriella Yarussi (Towson), Alternate-Alexis Allen (North Carolina)
Floor: Khazia Hislop (North Carolina), Mikayla Robinson (North Carolina), Alternate-Madison Nettles (North Carolina)
All Around: Morgan Lane (North Carolina), Mary Elle Arduino (Towson), Katie Waldman (William & Mary), Taylor White (William & Mary), Alternate-Caroline Caponi (William & Mary)
Salt Lake City Regional
No. 1 Seed: Utah (No. 4) – host
No. 2 Seed: California (No. 9)
No. 3 Seed: Auburn (No. 16)
No. 4 Seed: BYU (No. 21)
No. 5 Seed: Stanford (No. 26)
No. 6 Seed: Southern Utah (No. 32)
Individuals
Vault: Ellie Pascoe-Long (San Jose State), Taylor Chan (San Jose State), Alternate-Kaprece Nadonza (San Jose State)
Bars: Kaitlin Won (San Jose State), Gabby Landess (UC Davis), Alternate-Courtney Soliwoda (Sacramento State)
Beam: Courtney Soliwoda (Sacramento State), Stephanie Relova (San Jose State), Alternate-Chelsey Andrada (San Jose State)
Floor: Taylor Chan (San Jose State), Ellie Pascoe-Long (San Jose State), Alternate-Jennifer Brenner (Sacramento State)
All Around: Kelley Hebert (UC Davis), Alexis Brown (UC Davis), Annie Juarez (Sacramento State), Caitlin Soliwoda (Sacramento State), Alternate-Kaitlin Won (San Jose State)
Tuscaloosa Regional
No. 1 Seed: Alabama (No. 6) – host
No. 2 Seed: Michigan (No. 7)
No. 3 Seed: Georgia (No. 18)
No. 4 Seed: Missouri (No. 22)
No. 5 Seed: Illinois (No. 23)
No. 6 Seed: Central Michigan (No. 36)
Individuals
Vault: Kierstin Sokolowski (Lindenwood), Schyler Jones (Texas Woman’s), Alternate-Alexis Brawner (SEMO)
Bars: Christina Berg (Arizona), Serena baker (UIC), Alternate-Ryan Henry (Lindenwood)
Beam: Kiersten Sokolowski (Lindenwood), Mallory Moredock (Texas Woman’s), Alternate-Schyler Jones (Texas Woman’s)
Floor: Anna Martucci (Northern Illinois), Alexis Brawner (SEMO), Alternate-Gabrielle Cooke (Illinois State)
All Around: Ashley Potts (Northern Illinois), Madison Cindric (Arizona), Katherine Prentice (Northern Illinois), Mikailla Northern (UIC), Alternate-Schyler Jones (Texas Woman’s)
University Park Regional
No. 1 Seed: Florida (No. 5)
No. 2 Seed: Washington (No. 8)
No. 3 Seed: Arizona State (No. 17)
No. 4 Seed: West Virginia (No. 27)
No. 5 Seed: Penn State (No. 29) – host
No. 6 Seed: New Hampshire (No. 30)
Individuals
Vault: Sahara Gipson (Temple), Jaylene Everett (Temple), Alternate-Toni Williams (Rutgers)
Bars: Jessica Wang (Yale), Kelli Tereshko (Bridgeport), Alternate-Kyra Levi (Penn)
Beam: Makenzey Shank (Rutgers), Mathryn Doran (Bridgeport), Alternate-Belle Huang (Rutgers)
Floor: Maya Reimers (Bridgeport), Alex Martke (Penn), Alternate-Tori Edwards (Temple)
All Around: Jacey Baldovino (Yale), Jade Buford (Yale), Kelsey Campbell (Bridgeport), Libby Groden (Rutgers), Alternate-Belle Huang (Rutgers)
Article by the editors of NCAA Gym News
Can you explain what the format will look like next year?
Each regional will occur across a whole weekend next season and will look like the following.
Friday: Play-In
Teams ranked 29-36 will compete in dual meets, one meet at each of the four regional host sites, the Friday before the regional with the winning team advancing to the regional.
Saturday: Afternoon and Evening Regional Sessions
Eight teams, including the winner of the Friday play-in meet, compete to advance to the super regional on Sunday. Teams compete in two sessions, four teams each, with the top two from each session advancing to the super regional.
Sunday: Super Regional
Four teams compete and the top two advance on to national semifinals.
Individual all arounders and event specialists will advance through each round as well, unlike now where only all arounders are guaranteed to advance and event specialists only go on to nationals if they win an event at regionals.