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The NCAA News -- March 1, 1999

National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics

Field: Two regionals will be conducted with 12 teams each. Three teams and the top three all-around competitors not on one of the qualifying teams, plus the top three individuals in each event not already qualified on a team or as an all-around competitor will advance to the championships.

Dates and sites: The regionals are April 10 and will be held at Illinois (East) and Brigham Young (West). The championships will be conducted at Nebraska April 22-24.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 5112 for qualifiers, 5113 for first-day results, 5114 for second-day results and 5115 for third-day results. Championships results will appear in the May 10 issue of The NCAA News.

Championships notes: Illinois and Penn State have won the most team titles with nine each. The two schools are tied with 42 individual champions ... California has won the team championship for the past two years and placed third in 1996.