While the team title is at the forefront of everyone’s minds, there are also individual titles up for grabs at the national championships. By the end of semifinals night, we will have individual champions on all four events and in the all-around. As in previous years, this year’s group of competitors is made up of Olympians, award winners, All-Americans, and standout stars that will make this year’s championships must-watch entertainment.
In addition to the eight teams, four all-arounders and 16 individual event specialists also qualified to compete in Fort Worth, Texas. They will be split into the two semifinal sessions, with national champions determined at the night’s end.
If you’re looking for the team breakdown, we already have that covered! Check out yesterday’s preview for an in-depth look at the top contenders vying for the national title.
Want to learn more about the postseason format? Our NCAA postseason guide has all the details.
All-Around
The Contenders
Kailin Chio, LSU
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Starting Event: Vault
Relevant Stats: 39.795 NQS | 39.667 average | 39.875 season high
Why She’ll Win: The number one ranked all-arounder in the country, Chio has been one of the most consistent athletes this season, scoring 39.700 or higher eight times this season. With perfect 10.0s on vault, beam, and floor and vying for the gym slam, Chio has proven week in and week out that she is certainly one to beat for this title.
Why She Won’t Win: While she’s been remarkably consistent all season, the one event that she’s had issues on is the one event she hasn’t scored a perfect 10.0 on: bars. If she is off that day on the event, it could cost her the title.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: In just her sophomore season, Chio has really come into her own. If she won this title, it would be the perfect way to cap off an outstanding season for her as she heads into the back half of her NCAA career.
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Starting Event: Bars
Relevant Stats: 39.785 NQS | 39.715 average | 39.875 season high
Why She’ll Win: Chiles has not gone under a 39.575 all season, and has already earned eight 10.0s this year to date. She has been one of the most consistent performers this season, and with a season high identical to Chio’s, this all-around title could be hers if she’s at her best.
Why She Won’t Win: Beam is the final event Chiles needs a 10.0 on to complete her gym slam, and she could potentially go too hard to try and achieve that. If she performs her normal beam, she has shown she can score big, but if she focuses too critically on this number, it could be what takes this title from her.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Chiles has had one of the most phenomenal seasons in her final year and could be UCLA’s first all-around champion in 11 years after Samantha Peszek last won in 2015.
Avery Neff, Utah
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Starting Event: Bars
Rotating With: UCLA
Relevant Stats: 39.670 NQS | 39.467 average | 39.700 season high
Why She’ll Win: Neff certainly has the potential to come into nationals as an individual and take home this title. She has scored a 10.0 on both vault and bars this season, and has gone over a 9.925 on the others. With three scores matching her season high of a 39.700, Neff’s passion to bring this title home for her team after Utah was eliminated in the regional final could drive her to beat out the nation’s top-two all-arounders.
Why She Won’t Win: Neff’s scoring ceiling is not as high as Chiles’ or Chio’s. The lowest-scoring event of the season has been beam for Neff, where she had some trouble early on. However, with a 9.900 and 9.925 in the regional rounds, if she can have her best day on that event, she will be able to stay competitive.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Neff could cap off her sophomore season by bringing a national title back to Salt Lake City, the first since now-assistant coach Maile O’Keefe’s win in 2023.
The Underdogs
Selena Harris-Miranda, Florida
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Starting Event: Beam
Relevant Stats: 39.605 NQS | 39.532 average | 39.850 season high
Why She’ll Win: Harris-Miranda has a season high to match that of the top all-arounders in the nation, and could certainly be in contention for this title. She has already recorded three perfect 10.0s this season, twice on beam and once on bars to win the SEC bars title and has shown how big she can score all season. If she can capitalize on her strongest events and have a repeat of that 39.850 performance, she could win this title.
Why She Won’t Win: Harris-Miranda’s lowest scores have come on vault, and although she has shown she can stick this vault and score big, nailing this vault is going to be crucial for her to get a high all-around total.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: The last Gator to win the all-around title was Trinity Thomas in 2022, so Harris-Miranda could be the next national champion to bring it home to Gainesville.
Addison Fatta, Oklahoma
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Starting Event: Vault
Relevant Stats: 39.665 NQS | 39.538 average | 39.750 season high
Why She’ll Win: Fatta has high scoring potential across the board, with season highs of 9.950+ on all four events, including a perfect 10.0 on vault. Fatta has become a lineup staple and has grown in her consistency and confidence during her stellar sophomore season. She can absolutely compete with the other top all-arounders and take home this title.
Why She Won’t Win: Fatta’s scoring ceiling has been limited due to some errors on floor. She does a unique opening pass that has given her some trouble this season, but when she nails it, it’s a big score. If she can do her normal on the other three and limit the mistakes on floor, she’s right there in the mix.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Fatta could bring home back-to-back all-around titles to Norman after Jordan Bowers won last year.
Anna Roberts, Stanford
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Starting Event: Floor
Relevant Stats: 39.630 NQS | 39.543 average | 39.875 season high
Why She’ll Win: Roberts’ season high is tied with two of the top all-arounders in the nation with a massive 39.875. She’s also earned perfect 10.0s on both vault and floor this season and gone as high as a 9.975 on bars and a 9.950 on beam. With a repeat performance of those numbers, she could be the underdog in this category to watch out for.
Why She Won’t Win: Although not a weak event for Roberts, beam has given her the most trouble this season with a couple scores below the 9.800 mark. Roberts needs to have a great day on this event to be in competition with the rest in this field.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the second national title for Roberts, closing the chapter on an outstanding NCAA career.
Other contenders: Arianna Ostrum (Minnesota), Maggie Slife (Air Force), Nikki Smith (MSU)
Vault
The Contenders
Kailin Chio, LSU
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.980 NQS | 9.954 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Chio has become automatic with her vault sticks this season and has recorded four 10.0s with back-to-back perfect performances over the regional weekend. If Chio does her normal, the title is hers.
Why She Won’t Win: Chio comes to Fort Worth with 11 straight sticks on vault. Such an impressive streak has the potential to be broken under the bright lights. Being in the afternoon session could also limit her scores if judges don’t want to climb too high too early.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Chio would join LSU great Rheagan Courville as the second Tiger to win back-to-back national titles on vault.
Addison Fatta, Oklahoma
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.955 NQS | 9.929 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Fatta has scored a perfect 10.0 on vault this season, the first of her career, and if she can duplicate that performance, she could be another name in contention.
Why She Won’t Win: With only two scores under a 9.900 this season, Fatta needs to not go too hard for the stick and focus on her form in the air and distance from the table in order to be competitive, especially against Chio.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Fatta would take home her first individual event title to conclude her breakout sophomore season.
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.950 NQS | 9.927 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Chiles does the hardest vault in the NCAA with a Yurchenko double full, and doing this extra difficulty could certainly pay off in a national title if she nails the landing there. Having just scored back-to-back 9.950s at regionals, a repeat of those performances could win it for her.
Why She Won’t Win: Doing this harder vault comes with both risk and reward. She has been known to take a step at times due to having too much power off the table.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Chiles would win her fourth individual national title—her first on vault—and UCLA’s first vault title since Kyla Ross’ in 2019.
The Underdogs
Mackenzie Estep, Oklahoma
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.940 NQS | 9.910 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Estep was the first freshman this season to score a perfect 10.0 on any event and she has not slowed down here since. With 11 scores of 9.9+, Estep has the scoring potential to get her first title of her NCAA career.
Why She Won’t Win: Estep is less consistent in her landings than the others in contention for the title and has scored in the 9.800s a few times this season. Especially on podium, Estep needs to be able to spot the landing and control her power to be competitive with the others.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first national title for Estep in her young NCAA career and the first event title for a Sooner freshman since Maggie Nichols’ bars title in 2017.
Sage Kellerman, Michigan State
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Rotating With: Georgia
Relevant Stats: 9.935 NQS | 9.839 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: Ranking in the top five nationally, Kellerman brings variety with her vault, competing a front handspring front pike half. She has scored a 10.0 on this event twice in 2024 and has gone as high as a 9.975 two times this season. Being able to replicate that could give her a good shot at this title.
Why She Won’t Win: Consistency has been Kellerman’s game, but she hasn’t been as spot-on as in previous seasons. She had a major mistake in her first meet of the season and has four scores below a 9.900. In a field this tight, anything less than a 9.900 will not win her this title.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Kellerman would be the first Michigan State gymnast to earn an individual national title.
Keira Wells, Oklahoma
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.935 NQS | 9.898 average | 9.950 season high
Why She’ll Win: Wells is a consistent top scorer in the Oklahoma lineup and has had her fair share of 9.900+ scores this season. She has excellent form in her vault and is a powerful athlete, and if she can have another season high or surpass it, she could also be one to win this title.
Why She Won’t Win: Wells comes in with the lowest season high of the top six, and has had some trouble in the past going too hard for the stick, underrotating her Yurchenko one and a half. Going up against athletes who have almost all scored a perfect 10.0 on the event, Wells is not necessarily at a disadvantage, but needs to maximize her scoring potential on mainly her landing to be competitive.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first individual title for Wells and the first vault title for the Sooners since Olivia Trautman in 2023.
Other contenders: Selena Harris-Miranda (Florida), Avery Neff (Utah), Morgan Price (Arkansas)
Bars
The Contenders
Skye Blakely, Florida
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.955 NQS | 9.902 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Blakely performs a difficult routine ending with a double front half-out dismount that has become more and more consistent each week. She most recently scored her first perfect 10.0 on the event in the first round of regionals, giving her a confidence boost heading to nationals.
Why She Won’t Win: On the bars, Blakely is impeccable. When her scores do not surpass her now-regular 9.900 or higher, judges have taken a dismount deduction. Another risk-versus-reward decision that has paid off in past meets, it could be the key difference again this time.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be Blakely’s first individual title in just her sophomore season and would be Florida’s third individual bars title this decade behind Thomas and Leanne Wong.
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.950 NQS | 9.927 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Chiles has earned a 10.0 on bars this season as well as 12 scores over a 9.900. She has been proven to thrive under pressure and can hit this routine week in and week out. With her consistency, this could be another title for her.
Why She Won’t Win: Chiles ends her routine with a massive double layout that she takes far away from the bar. Sometimes she finds the perfect stick, but other times she takes a step in the wrong direction.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Chiles has won two of the four national titles on this event since her freshman season and adding another would give her her third in five years.
Riley McCusker, Florida
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.945 NQS | 9.875 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: McCusker has some of the most perfect lines on this event and her control is unmatched. She has a perfect 10.0 in her career and topped out at a 9.975 this season, putting her firmly in the mix.
Why She Won’t Win: While McCusker has been perfect on the bars, her stalder to double tuck dismount has given her trouble in recent weeks. That dismount was the difference maker in Florida missing out on the national final last season, something that head coach Jenny Rowland won’t want McCusker to dwell on.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first individual title for McCusker in her fifth and final season with the Gators.
The Underdogs
Selena Harris-Miranda, Florida
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.945 NQS | 9.850 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: After two huge performances in the regional weekend and nearly reaching perfection on day one with a 9.975, Harris-Miranda emerges as a sneaky pick for the title. Her perfect 10.0 this season to secure Florida’s SEC title was arguably one of the best performances of her career. A repeat performance could add to her accolades in her senior season.
Why She Won’t Win: Harris-Miranda has only had one major mistake this season on the event, coming on her major release. The key here will be to not catch the bar too closely to avoid another mishap.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first national title for Harris-Miranda in her NCAA career.
Avery Neff, Utah
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Rotating With: UCLA
Relevant Stats: 9.935 NQS | 9.890 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Neff competes a difficult routine ending with a huge laid out full-in dismount, which she usually nails. Having already scored a 10.0 on this event, the potential is there to do it again and win this event title.
Why She Won’t Win: Neff moves very quickly on bars, doing a geinger to immediate shoot-over, which is usually very controlled but has given her a few issues in the past. Adding on that difficult dismount, which she sticks more times than not, this extra difficulty could either help her win or result in a landing deduction that will cost her the title.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first national title for Neff and Utah’s first title on bars since Maile O’Keefe’s in 2021.
Maggie Slife, Air Force
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Rotating With: Oklahoma
Relevant Stats: 9.940 NQS | 9.913 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: The first Falcon to ever qualify to the national championships, Slife has been incredibly consistent on bars all season long. She’s only gone below a 9.900 three times all season and has two nearly-perfect 9.975s in her back pocket heading to Fort Worth. With consistency being her strongest attribute, she could continue Air Force’s record-breaking season.
Why She Won’t Win: Being the first Air Force gymnast to compete at nationals comes with a lot of pressure. If Slife lets that pressure get to her, she could slip up. Routine wise, her biggest deduction comes from the dismount when she takes steps backwards.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Slife would be the first individual event qualifier to win a bars title since Elizabeth Price shared the crown with Nichols in 2018.
Other contenders: Konnor McClain (LSU), Autumn Reingold (Georgia), Aurélie Tran (Iowa)
Beam
The Contenders
Kailin Chio, LSU
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.995 NQS | 9.975 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: She’s the number one ranked beamer for a reason. Chio doesn’t stray from difficulty, mounting with a round-off back handspring and keeping up this high level of difficulty the whole way through. She’s also gotten three perfect 10s on this event in her career, all of them coming this season.
Why She Won’t Win: Chio has performed this routine flawlessly many times, but when there is a deduction, it is because of a step on her dismount. Steps can make all the difference here.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Chio would be the first LSU gymnast in 16 years to win a beam title after Susan Jackson last did it in 2010.
Faith Torrez, Oklahoma
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.960 NQS | 9.867 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Torrez is a natural beamer and has proven to be able to hit when it counts. Coming off a fall in round one of regionals and rebounding with a 10.0 a day later, Torrez is sharp, poised, and confident on the beam, all characteristics that are a necessity to winning a beam title.
Why She Won’t Win: Torrez has had two extremely uncharacteristic mistakes this season on her aerial to layout step-out series, something that cannot happen on the nationals stage.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the second national beam title of her career, the last one coming in 2024 alongside former teammate Audrey Davis.
Selena Harris-Miranda, Florida
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.970 NQS | 9.955 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Harris-Miranda has earned a 10.0 on this event twice this season with only one score under a 9.900 this year. She competes a difficult BHS LOSO BHS series and is a performer on this event. Another big routine here could mean her first individual national title to end her career.
Why She Won’t Win: Harris-Miranda has not had any major mistakes this season, so it would be difficult to say where a major deduction would come from for her. If the gravity of the situation gets to her and she is timid on the event, this could be where she loses it.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: A Florida beam title would be the first for the Gators since Bridget Sloan in 2016.
The Underdogs
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.955 NQS | 9.908 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: This is the only event Chiles needs a 10.0 on to complete her gym slam, and this could be the competition it happens for her. With a 9.975 season high and seven scores of 9.9+, if she can do her best, most confident routine here, she could walk away with a gym slam and a national title.
Why She Won’t Win: There have been several routines for Chiles this season that have almost been perfect, but little adjustments and wobbles have added up, resulting in a few 9.800 scores for her. Thinking too hard about making this routine perfect will be her biggest obstacle.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: The last beam title for the Bruins was in 2018 from Peng Peng Lee, the same season they last won a team championship.
Ciena Alipio, UCLA
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.950 NQS | 9.865 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: Alipio has such elegance and joy when she performs beam, truly encapsulating the UCLA beam presence of the Miss Val era. She also incorporates difficulty in her skills as well as beautiful artistry in her dance that really sets her apart.
Why She Won’t Win: Alipio has reached perfection before in her career, but has yet to hit that mark this season, putting her at a slightly lower—but still doable—scoring ceiling than some of her competitors.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: A win here would be UCLA’s eighth national champion on beam since 2000.
Kayla DiCello, Florida
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.950 NQS | 9.884 average | 9.950 season high
Why She’ll Win: DiCello is solid on beam and has gone 9.9+ 10 times this season. She performs well in pressure situations, and if it comes down to it she could perform a big routine that gives her a national title.
Why She Won’t Win: DiCello had some issues in the beginning of the season with minor adjustments that turned into larger wobbles, resulting in some lower scores. Cleaning up those errors will be key for her title chances.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first individual title for DiCello in her NCAA career after not competing for 1,001 days prior to this season.
Other Contenders: Joscelyn Roberson (Arkansas), Ella Murphy (Oklahoma), Kelise Woolford (Georgia)
Floor
The Contenders
Jordan Chiles, UCLA
Semifinal Two: April 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.995 NQS | 9.952 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Coming off a 10.0 at the regional final and her sixth on the event this season, Chiles has the performance factor with ANY of her floor routines that could push her to the top of the podium.
Why She Won’t Win: The only time Chiles has issues on floor is if she goes too hard for the stick and underrotates a landing. If she continues to perform and enjoy the moment like she did in the regional final, this title is going to be hers to lose.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be Chiles’ second individual title on floor, the last coming in 2023, and would bring back-to-back floor titles to Westwood after Brooklyn Moors ended her career with a title last year.
CaMarah Williams, Georgia
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.960 NQS | 9.921 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: After arriving just days before the GymDog Debut, Williams comes in ranked second nationally just behind Chiles, having matched her season high of a 9.975 three times so far this year. As just a freshman, Williams combines huge tumbling with an even bigger performance that makes her one to watch on this event.
Why She Won’t Win: She should be preparing for her high school graduation instead of competing at nationals, so being on the big stage for the first time could lead to some unexpected nerves.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: A national title would not only be an excellent end to her first year as a Bulldog, but she could be Georgia’s first national champion since 2016.
Kaliya Lincoln, LSU
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.960 NQS | 9.942 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Lincoln just earned her first perfect 10.0 of her career on the event at the regional final and does not look to be slowing down. She has performed excellent floor routines since the beginning of her NCAA career, giving her a chance to add to an already impressive sophomore season.
Why She Won’t Win: Lincoln has the advantage of extreme power, but really needs to hone in on that power in order to keep all her passes in bounds and minimize landing deductions while on podium.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first individual title for Lincoln and the first floor title for a Tiger since Aleah Finnegan‘s win in 2024.
The Underdogs
Kailin Chio, LSU
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Relevant Stats: 9.955 NQS | 9.923 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Chio performs one of the more difficult routines in NCAA gymnastics with an open full-in pass to start off and a two-and-a-half twist to a usually stuck front tuck to close. Having already scored a perfect 10.0 on the event three times this season, Chio absolutely has the scoring potential to win another individual title.
Why She Won’t Win: Another athlete with enormous power, Chio needs to especially focus on controlling her landings heading into a competition on podium. She sometimes lands her first pass out of control and leans to keep the landing in check.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: Chio would be the fifth Tiger to win a national championship on floor, joining LSU greats such as Finnegan and Ashleigh Gnat.
Nikki Smith, Michigan State
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Rotating With: LSU
Relevant Stats: 9.950 NQS | 9.930 average | 10.0 season high
Why She’ll Win: Smith was one of the most consistent floor workers for the Spartans this season, posting over a 9.950 seven times. Within that, Smith has earned a 10.0 on the event and is another athlete with big tumbling and excellent performance quality that could separate her when it comes down to small details.
Why She Won’t Win: For Smith, it’s going to come down to standing out from the other athletes in contention for this title by really controlling her power and nailing landings, which she has proven she can do this season.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first title for Smith to round out an excellent NCAA career for her in her final season.
Brie Clark, Clemson
Semifinal One: April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Rotating With: Stanford
Relevant Stats: 9.945 NQS | 9.933 average | 9.975 season high
Why She’ll Win: Clark has been close to perfection several times in her career. She has been known to not stray away from difficulty as the first gymnast to compete a Biles I in NCAA gymnastics. Individuals at times have pulled out bigger skills at nationals to add to their difficulty and set themselves apart from the teams competing; if Clark was to do this and bring back the Biles I, it could result in a national title for her.
Why She Won’t Win: Competing as an individual on one event is certainly difficult, but Clark has the means to do it well. Letting the gravity of the situation get to her and going too hard for her skills with already so much power could lead to some uncharacteristic mistakes.
Why It Would Be Cool If She Won: This would be the first national title in Clemson’s short program history.
Other Contenders: Anna Roberts (Stanford), Avery Neff (Utah), Ella Zirbes (Utah)
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