April 3, 2007
Indianapolis, IN - The 2007 National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships selections were announced today by the NCAA Men's Gymnastics Committee and the Cardinal enter the competition as the fourth ranked team with a score of 216.00. The top three consist of Ohio State (217.22), Oklahoma (217.18), and Penn State (216.59). Oklahoma won the 2006 title with a sum of 221.400, while Illinois finished second at 220.975 and Stanford placed third with a score of 218.375.
The national qualifier, which consists of two pre-qualifying sessions, will be conducted April 12 at Recreation Hall on the campus of Pennsylvania State University.
Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals on each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor, will advance from each pre-qualifying session to the finals session.Final competitions will take place April 13-14, also at Penn State.The 2007 qualifying teams are listed below.
QUALIFYING SCORES:
Ohio State--217.220
Oklahoma--217.180
Penn State--216.590
Stanford--216.000
Michigan--215.820
Minnesota--213.860
California--212.780
Illinois--212.170
Iowa--208.510
Temple-- 205.180
Nebraska--204.140
Army--200.980
For more information regarding the National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships, log on to http://www.ncaasports.com.