From Deseret News archives:
Go west, U. gymnasts to Cal
In a difficult year filled with illnesses, injuries, chemistry issues, anxiety over hosting the national championships later this month and not one clean 2007 regular-season meet, the Utes got perhaps the best regional assignment they could have received on Monday.
With the NCAA announcing the six April 14 regional fields, seventh-ranked Utah will join No. 6 Nebraska and No. 18 Missouri at the West Regional at Cal-Berkeley along with unranked Washington, Sacramento State and California as the region's fourth through sixth seeds in vying to be one of the two teams advancing to the April 26-28 NCAA championships.
Utah is the only team to have qualified for every national championship since the Utes began gymnastics under the old AIAW in 1976. It has never competed at Cal Berkeley.
The NCAA seeds the top 18 teams, ranked by their Regional Qualifying Scores, and distributes them to the nation's six regionals, where they meet the highest-ranking teams from each home region who are not in the top 18. At Denver, the seeded teams are No. 2 Georgia, No. 11 Penn State and No. 14 Denver. BYU is the fourth seed in that region, Minnesota No. 5 and Utah State No. 6.
"Those are great teams to compete against," said BYU coach Brad Cattermole, who qualified a team to the postseason for the 18th time. "We have to relax and lay it all out there. Ultimately it is going to come down to who hits their routines."
Utah State coach Ray Corn is delighted. "We are excited about going to Denver because it is like a home state for us," said Corn, who recruits heavily in that area. "I think Georgia is a shoo-in, and we hope to be a dark-horse candidate. We are coming off of a .1 point loss at the WAC Championships (to Sac State Saturday at SUU). We seem to be peaking and doing our best gymnastics at this time."
Utah coach Greg Marsden said his team was talking prior to Monday's practice, and most were hoping to draw the California regional. "So we're pleased with that," he said. The other most likely option would have been for the NCAA to send Utah to the West Virginia Regional.
Comments
- BYU holds off UNM to go 8-2 3:14 p.m.
- MGM says it's looking for buyer 3:01 p.m.
- No. 7 Ga. Tech routs Duke, 49-10 2:54 p.m.
- Sunday TV news shows guests 2:52 p.m.
- Heroine names: Worthy women, icons 2:44 p.m.
- Open letter to son on 16th birthday 2:41 p.m.
- Bamboo not an instant nightmare 2:40 p.m.
- Yardsmart: Delectable winter greens 2:37 p.m.
- Flowers in a beautiful setting 2:35 p.m.
- Dealing with pet ear injuries 2:34 p.m.
- Apostle's wife felt comfort in attack
- Short-handed Jazz fly past Sixers
- Can BYU root for (ick) Utah Utes?
- D-Will home for daughter
- Bench proves fruitful for Y.
- Utes excited for 'dream' game
- Born of water and the spirit
- Man killed during 3rd I-15 crash
- Woods Cross refinery to shut down
- 5A: Bingham rolls to title game
- SLC council OKs gay rights policies
352 - Editorial: Mormons and gay rights
199 - Senators want food tax restored
164 - Will state consider gay rights law?
146 - Letters: Strange breed in Utah
129 - Utes remain silent about BCS
120 - Can BYU root for (ick) Utah Utes?
118 - S.L. vote pending on gay protections
113 - Pratt pleads not guilty to sex charges
105 - Celtics crush Jazz
104
only 5 points from beating the kitty cats LOL
When President Bush was the commander in chief, there was no moral problem at...
RE: Anonymous | 2:08 p.m. Nov. 14, 2009 Some cities have passed...
He kissed it goodbye
As I read this article, our president ask congress to hold off investigating...
By now, you probably know that the game is close (closer if the kicker...
A lot of words with little substance. Why was the Lord himself babptised by...
This is an ugly game. Stay in their Cougars, go score quick and defense hold...
That's it live on the wouldas, etc. ----like your win at Washington ..Huh...
Re Leo, you make a big assumption about the Bible. It never claims to be the...


You can be the first to comment on this story.