USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships head to University of Bridgeport

The 2019 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships is heading to University of Bridgeport (Conn.).  Held at the Wheeler Recreation Center from April 12-14, the three-day championships features gymnasts from 13 colleges and universities and will determine the national team, all-around and individual event champions and medalists.

The 13 schools and universities represented are:  the U.S. Air Force Academy; Brown University; Centenary College; Cornell University; Lindenwood University; Seattle Pacific University; Southeast Missouri State University; Southern Connecticut State University; Texas Woman’s University; University of Bridgeport; University of Illinois – Chicago; Wester Chester University; and Yale University.  The eight schools participating in the team competition are Air Force, Bridgeport, Cornell, Lindenwood, TWU, UIC, West Chester, and Yale.

The competition schedule is: April 12, all-around finals, and team and individual event qualifications, 2 p.m. ET and 7 p.m. ET; April 13, team finals, 7 p.m. ET; and April 14, individual event finals, 1 p.m. ET. The team and athlete rotation has been finalized, with Air Force, Lindenwood, West Chester and Yale competing at 2 p.m., and Bridgeport, Cornell, TWU and UIC taking the floor at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online and prices for each of the four sessions are:  April 14, general public, $15, and senior citizen and youth (5-18), $10.  For more information, go to Bridgeport.universitytickets.com/w. 

The top eight teams, based on the NCAA national qualifying score, qualify to the USA Gymnastics Collegiate National Championships, with the highest-scoring Division II or Division III institution nationally, according to the NCAA NQS, receiving an automatic berth. The top 16 individual qualifiers on each event who are not on a qualifying team earn berths to the championships. The top two teams from each of the two qualification sessions advance to the team finals.  For the individual event finals, the top five gymnasts plus ties from each session, with a maximum of three per school, qualify to the event finals.

The USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships is for Division I, II and III schools with less than seven-and-a-half full scholarships.

Based in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. The organization is committed to creating a culture that encourages and supports its athletes and focuses on its highest priority, the safety and well-being of the athletes. USA Gymnastics has taken specific, concrete steps to strengthen its safe sport policies and procedures. Former gymnast and business executive Li Li Leung is the new president and chief executive officer of USA Gymnastics.  The organization’s disciplines include men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, acrobatic gymnastics and gymnastics for all (formerly known as group gymnastics).  For more complete information, visit usagym.org.

2019 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate National Championships

Gymnasts, who competing in individual events

All-around

• Darian Burns, Seattle Pacific University
• Anna Kaziska, Southeast Missouri State University
• Kendall Sanders, Centenary College
• Tavia Smith, Centenary College
• Hannah Stahlbrodt, Southern Connecticut State University
• McKenna Zimmerman, Seattle Pacific University

Vault

• Gabrielle Adams, Southeast Missouri State University
• Cami Bea, Centenary College
• Tiffany Coleman, Southern Connecticut State University
• Mei Lee Costa, Brown University
• Jadacie Durst, Seattle Pacific University
• Alyssa Gardner, Brown University
• Julia Green, Brown University
• Gabrielle Henchman, Brown University
• Mackenenzie Slee, Southeast Missouri State University
• Lena Worth, Seattle Pacific University

Uneven bars

• Xian Baumgartner, Centenary College
• Mei Lee Costa, Brown University
• Alana Fischer, Southeast Missouri State University
• Jacqueline Kutcher, Southern Connecticut State University
• Noely Macias, Southern Connecticut State University
• Emma Hansen, Brown University
• Kate Nelson, Brown University
• Sophia Petrillo, Brown University
• Itzia San Roman, Seattle Pacific University
• Caroline Warren, Brown University

Balance beam

• Cami Bea, Centenary College
• Rose Domonoske, Brown University
• Morgan Gatewood, Southern Connecticut State University
• Julia Green, Brown University
• Emma Hensen, Brown University
• Navia Jordan, Centenary College
• Cassidy Jung, Brown University
• Keara Loughlin, Southern Connecticut State University
• Miyuki Matsune, Seattle Pacific University
• Jordan Peloquin, Southern Connecticut State University

Floor exercise

• Cami Bea, Centenary College
• Keylea Brothers, Southern Connecticut State University
• Kyla Chan, Seattle Pacific University
• Jadacie Durst, Seattle Pacific University
• Julia Green, Brown University
• Navia Jordan, Centenary College
• Mackenzie Slee, Southeast Missouri State University
• Jordan Peloquin, Southern Connecticut State University
• Sophia Petrillo, Brown University
• Kylie Reese, Seattle Pacific University