No. 1 Florida Plays Host to NCAA Gymnastics Regional on April 6 - Field Announced Monday

The field for the Gainesville Gymnastics Regional includes No. 1 Florida, No. T12 Auburn, No. T12 Minnesota, No. 24 Maryland, Bridgeport and Pittsburgh, the NCAA announced Monday afternoon. The Gators play host to NCAA Regional action on Saturday, April 6 at 6 p.m. in the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.  The NCAA Gymnastics Committee unveiled the fields for each of the six 2013 NCAA Region Championships sites Monday.

2013 NCAA Gymnastics Regional Info – Gainesville site
Date:	April 6 at 6 p.m. ET
Site:	Stephen C. O’Connell Center
Tickets:
Reserved Level 1 (all ages):	$10
Adult General Admission:	$7
Senior/Child General Admission:	$5
For more information, visit the Gainesville Regional site

The top two teams and the top two all-around competitors (who are not on an advancing team) from each region site advances to the NCAA Championships, set for April 19-21 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif.

Last year, UF won the program’s 12^th NCAA Regional title in Raleigh, N.C. to advance to its 30^th NCAA Championships. The Gators equaled their highest finish ever in NCAA Championships competition by taking second in NCAA Super Six action.

Each of the six regions have three teams ranked among the nation’s top 18 and the two coming to Gainesville - Auburn and Minnesota - are making return trips to the O’Connell Center. Florida defeated Auburn 197.65-196.025 on Jan. 25 and Minnesota 198.425-197.175 on March 1. Each region site contains one team each from the nation’s No. 1-6, No. 7-12, and No. 13-18 ranking positions. The final three spots in each regional were filled from teams ranked 19-36 by RQS. The committee tried to keep those teams within their own region as much as possible.

Florida will open regional competition on the vault.

In addition, five all-around competitors (who are not on a qualifying team) and one individual specialist per event advance to each of the six regions. The all-around competitors and event specialists came from within the region. Stephanie Stoicovy of George Washington will be paired with the Gators for regional competition.

The National Qualifying Score (NQS) determines the pairings for day one of the team competition at the NCAA Championships. The NQS is calculated by adding a team's RQS and score from the regional meet. Teams will be ranked 1 to 12 based on the NQS. Teams 1, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 12 will be placed in Group A; and teams 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 and 11 placed in Group B. If UCLA advances to the NCAA Championships, the teams in the group that includes the Bruins will compete in Friday’s evening semifinal session.

2013 NCAA Southeast Region Competition Order
	Vault	Bye	Bars	Beam	Bye	Floor
I	Florida	Minnesota	Bridgeport	Pittsburgh	Auburn	Maryland
II	Maryland	Florida	Minnesota	Bridgeport	Pittsburgh	Auburn
III	Auburn	Maryland	Florida	Minnesota	Bridgeport	Pittsburgh
IV	Pittsburgh	Auburn	Maryland	Florida	Minnesota	Bridgeport
V	Bridgeport	Pittsburgh	Auburn	Maryland	Florida	Minnesota
VI	Minnesota	Bridgeport	Pittsburgh	Auburn	Maryland	Florida

2013 NCAA Gymnastics Regional Fields (with national rank)
Gainesville Regional (Gainesville, Fla.) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. ET
1.	Florida
T12.	Auburn
T12	Minnesota
24	Maryland
29.	Bridgeport
36.	Pittsburgh
Norman Regional (Norman, Okla.) – April 6 @ 4 p.m. CT
2.	Oklahoma
11.	Stanford
14.	Penn State
22..	Washington
27.	Iowa
34.	Southern Utah
Tuscaloosa Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. CT
3.	Alabama
9.	Utah
15..	Denver
23.	Kent State
30.	BYU
35.	Iowa State
Corvallis Regional (Corvallis, Ore.) – April 6 @ 4 p.m. PT
4.	Georgia
10.	Oregon State
16.	Arkansas
21.	Boise State
28.	Arizona State
32.	California
Morgantown Regional (Morgantown, W.Va.) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. ET
5.	Michigan
8.	Nebraska
17.	Illinois-Champaign
19.	Kentucky
26.	West Virginia
33.	North Carolina
Columbus Regional (Columbus, Ohio) – April 6 @ 6 p.m. ET
6.	UCLA
7.	LSU
18	Arizona
20.	Ohio State
T24	Central Michigan
31.	NC State