No. 5 Alabama Gymnastics is Seattle Bound for 2022 NCAA Regional Championships
3/22/2022 12:34:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide is the No. 2 Seed in the NCAA Seattle Regional with Utah as the No. 1 Seed
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The No. 5-ranked Alabama gymnastics team is headed to Seattle, Wa., for the 2022 NCAA Regional Championships it was revealed Tuesday during the NCAA Gymnastics Selection Show.
Alabama is the No. 2 seed in Seattle regional, which will be held March 30-April 2, with No. 4-ranked Utah sitting as the No. 1 seed.
There are three rounds at each of this year's four regionals, with two teams competing on Wednesday for the right to compete in the second of two semifinal sessions on Thursday. In a new feature in regional competition, there will be a day between the regional semifinals and the finals, which will be held on Saturday, April 2.
Stanford and San Jose State will compete Wednesday, March 30 for the opportunity to be in the second of two four-team sessions on Thursday, March 31.
The first semifinal session on Thursday will feature Alabama, which will start on the floor exercise, along with Michigan State, BYU and host Washington and gets underway at 3 p.m. CT.
The second session on Thursday will feature Utah, Oregon State, Illinois and the winner of Wednesday's Stanford and San Jose State match up.
The top-two teams from each of Thursday's sessions will compete in the regional final on Saturday, April 2 starting at 7 p.m. CT, with the top-two teams advancing to the national championships.
Alabama Head Coach Dana Duckworth Said
"Seattle here we come. We've enjoyed great success at the regional championships in Seattle and we're looking forward to being back at Alaska Arena for what will be a great competition. This marks the first year that we'll have a day between our first round of competition and the regional final and we had great success earlier this season when we followed that format during the last weekend of the regular season. Our coaching staff is very proud of this team and excited to continue this amazing season."
Alabama and the NCAA Championships Regional Round
- Alabama has competed in the regional round of the NCAA Championships every year since its inception in 1982, outside of the 2020 COVID-19 induced hiatus
- The Crimson Tide also holds the NCAA record when it comes to regional team titles with 32
- This year marks the third time that Alabama has traveled to Seattle for a regional, following trips in 2012 and 2014
- With the cancellation of the 2020 postseason due to COVID-19, this will be just the fourth time the four-session format has been used and just the third time that only eight teams, instead of the traditional 12, will advance to the final site, which will be held in Ft. Worth, Texas, April 14-16
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