Alabama Gymnastics Still Ranked No. 1 on the Vault
2/25/2004 12:00:00 AM | Gymnastics
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The Alabama Gymnastics team is third in the latest national rankings, which are figured by regional qualifying score as of this week.
The Crimson Tide, which faces No. 17 Arkansas at home this Friday at 7:30 p.m., is still ranked No. 1 on the vault, with an RQS of 49.460. Alabama is second on the uneven bars with a 49.315 RQS and fourth on both the balance beam and floor exercise with an RQS of 49.145 and 49.385 respectively.
The regional qualifying score is a formula, which takes a team’s three highest road scores, adds in the next three highest scores, subtracts the high score, and divides the remainder by five. This formula will dictate the rankings through the conference championships and will be used to seed teams into the NCAA Regional Championships. Alabama’s RQS is 197.285.
UCLA jumped from third a week ago to No. 1 this week on the strength of a 197.745 RQS. Georgia is second, sporting a 197.395, Utah is fourth and Florida is fifth. Iowa State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Stanford and LSU round out the top-10. The Tide has faced four of the nine remaining members of the top-10 already this season and will see No. 13 Michigan in Ann Arbor to close out the regular season Friday, March 20.
Individually, senior Jeana Rice is ranked sixth on the uneven bars and 10th on the vault. Sophomore Ashley Miles is second on the vault while junior Alexis Brion is seventh.
