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Winter sports championships previews -- Women's Gymnastics
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Regionals will be April 6 at Oregon State (West), Denver (North Central), Arizona State (South Central), LSU (Central), Penn State (Northeast) and West Virginia (Southeast). The finals will be at Alabama April 18-20.Field:
Six regional competitions consisting of six teams, five all-around competitors and one individual specialist per event are conducted to determine the 12 teams, 12 all-around competitors and event specialists to compete in the national championships. The top two teams and top two all-around competitors (who are not on the advancing team) will receive automatic berths. Event winners at the regional championship advance to the national championship (in that event only) if they are not part of a qualifying team or the all-around qualifiers.Selection date:
March 25.2001 team champion:
UCLA.Top team contenders:
Georgia, Utah, Alabama, Oklahoma and Nebraska.Top individual contenders:
Jamie Dantzscher, UCLA; Kinsey Rowe, Georgia; Veronique Leclerc, Utah; Mariana Goncalves, Oklahoma.The Utah gymnasts surrendered their home gym advantage for the entire month of February while the 2002 Olympic Winter Games took place in Salt Lake City. The Utes, who have won a record 167 consecutive home dual meets, worked their way through five consecutive road contests in February.
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