Arizona's Abigayle Martin competes on the balance beam at the 2026 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Tempe Regional

Projected Individual Qualifiers for the 2026 National Championships

The way individuals qualify to nationals is difficult to understand, so we did the hard part for you and figured out which gymnasts are projected to advance based on Thursday’s and Friday’s scores and Saturday’s and Sunday’s team results.

Individual tie-breakers look first at the average of all four judges’ scores, then at the head judges’ score on the event, and then at NQS if things are still tied.

All information presented below is unofficial until confirmed by the NCAA and/or the teams and regional organizers.

Baton Rouge Regional

  • Teams: LSU, Stanford
  • AA: Maggie Slife (Air Force)
  • VT: Gwen Fink (North Carolina)
  • UB: Sophia Diaz (Michigan)
  • BB: Carly Bauman (Michigan)
  • FX: Brie Clark (Clemson)

Tempe Regional

  • Teams: Florida, Georgia
  • AA: Nikki Smith (Michigan State)
  • VT: Sage Kellerman (Michigan State)
  • UB: Sage Kellerman (Michigan State)
  • BB: Abigayle Martin (Arizona)
  • FX: Gabi Ortiz (Michigan State)

Lexington Regional

  • Teams: Oklahoma, Arkansas
  • AA: Tory Vetter (Ohio State)
  • VT: Cameron Smith (Ohio State)
  • UB: Hannah Horton (Missouri)
  • BB: Delaynee Rodriguez (Kentucky)
  • FX: Creslyn Brose (Kentucky)

Corvallis Regional

  • Teams: UCLA, Minnesota
  • AA: Avery Neff (Utah)
  • VT: Shyla Bhatia (Denver)
  • UB: Aurélie Tran (Iowa)
  • BB: Ana Padurariu (Utah)
  • FX: Ella Zirbes (Utah)

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Article by Jenna King and Claire Harmon