Utah Utes gymnastics: Lackluster regional hurts U.'s national seed

Baskett added, "I think it will give us another opportunity to come out trying to be strong on bars."

She said the Utes have now experienced starting a meet on a bye and know they must be better focused in the first event than they were Saturday. "I think we will be more prepared after a bye and know that we need to get into the zone.

"It's good that we've done it once before so the freshmen know how it works, and we know how it works, how long and when we'll do each event."

Marsden said he also likes the rotation, and he added that the bars on the podium at Georgia will be anchored to the floor more tightly, like at home, than the ones at Minnesota, which are held down by bottles.

NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships

April 24-26 at Georgia

Seed, team ... region ... regional score ... RQS ... NQS

1. Georgia ... NE ... 197.775 ... 197.400 ... 395.175

2. Florida ... SE ... 197.525 ... 197.225 ... 394.750

3. LSU ... C ... 197.625 ... 196.730 ... 394.355

4. Stanford ... C ... 197.525 ... 196.770 ... 394.295

5. Utah ... NC ... 196.950 ... 197.295 ... 394.205

6. Alabama ... SC ... 197.300 ... 196.870 ... 394.170

7. Oregon St. ... W ... 197.100 ... 196.650 ... 393.750

8. Michigan ... W ... 196.375 ... 196.625 ... 393.200

9. UCLA ... SE ... 196.625 ... 196.510 ... 393.135

10. Oklahoma ... SC ... 195.875 ... 196.450 ... 393.325

11. Arkansas ... NC ... 196.125 ... 196.165 ... 392.290

12. Denver ... NE ... 195.775 ... 195.955 ... 391.730

RQS — Regional Qualifying Score, average of six best scores, top thrown out, at least three from road meets.

NQS — Adds score from regional competition to RQS to determine seed for national championships.

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