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No. 5 Alabama Gymnastics Set for NCAA Seattle Regional Championships
3/30/2022 10:49:00 PM | Gymnastics
The Crimson Tide is the No. 2 Seed in the NCAA Seattle Regional and the No. 5 seed overall
SEATTLE – The No. 5-ranked Alabama gymnastics team opens the 2022 NCAA Seattle Regional Championships Thursday at 3 p.m. CT in Alaska Airlines Arena on the University of Washington campus.
Alabama is the No. 2 seed in Seattle regional, and will open competition in the first regional semifinal session.
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 downed San Jose State on Wednesday and advanced to the second of two four-team sessions on Thursday. In addition to Alabama, which will start on the floor exercise, the first semifinal session will feature Michigan State, BYU and host Washington. Thursday's second session will feature Utah, Oregon State, Illinois and Stanford.
The top-two teams from each of Thursday's sessions will compete in the regional final on Saturday starting at 7 p.m. CT, with the top-two teams advancing to the national championships.
Alabama Head Coach Dana Duckworth Said
"Literally every single step along the way this season has prepared us for what we're about to encounter here in Seattle on Thursday and Saturday. This is a great meet and we're ready to put it all out there and earn the opportunity to enjoy the final chapter of our season at the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas.
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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