North Carolina State University Athletics
Gymnastics Heads to NCAA Regionals This Weekend
4/6/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
April 6, 2006
Raleigh, N.C. -
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For the 14th time in the past 15 years, the NC State gymnastics team will compete at the NCAA Regional Championships. Next weekend, the Pack travels to Athens, Ga., to take part in the 2006 NCAA Southeast Regionals on Saturday, April 8, at 6:00 p.m. The Wolfpack, seeded sixth, will face the top team in the country, No. 1 Georgia, No. 12 and second-seeded Nebraska, as well as No. 13 and third-seeded Missouri. Other teams competing in Georgia will be EAGL conference foes, No. 4 seed West Virginia and No. 5 seed North Carolina.
NC State will be making its fourth trip to Athens for the NCAA Regionals. Its highest finish was third in 1993, and most recently finished sixth with a 193.575 in 2003.
Recent NCAA Regional Championships Last season, the Pack took part at the NCAA Regionals at Florida, and posted a team score of 193.575 and placed sixth. Kylah Bachman posted the Pack's top finish, as she was fourth with a 9.85 on beam and scored a 39.050 in the all-around for sixth place.
The 2004 season marked a first for NC State, the first time NC State hosted the NCAA Regional Championships. The Pack faced a tough task that day as three teams were ranked 12th or higher, including No. 1 UCLA. NC State came away with a team score of 194.375 and finished in sixth place.
NC State traveled to Athens, Ga., to take part in the 2003 NCAA Regionals. The Wolfpack finished sixth with a team score of 193.575. NC State did not qualify for the NCAA Regionals in 2002, the first time since 1991. In 2001, NC State went to Florida and finished sixth that day with a team score of 193.500.
In 2000, NC State received the No. 3 seed, after finishing the regular season ranked No. 13 in the country, and traveled to Athens, Ga. NC State finished fifth with a team score of 193.475. That meet ended the Pack's most successful year in school history.
The Pack rallied from sixth place after two rotations to finish third in 1999, but fell just three-tenths short of earning a second consecutive bid to the NCAA Championships. Amy Langendorf qualified for the NCAA Championships after placing second in the all-around.
With a score of 195.125 for third place, the 1998 team earned its first ever invitation to the NCAA Championships. The Pack would go on to finish 11th.
Wolfpack in the Rankings NC State is ranked No. 29 in the www.troester.com/gym poll this week, with a RQS of 194.135. NC State is currently ranked in the top-25 nationally on three of the four events; 23rd on vault (48.805), 24th on bars (48.680) and 25th on floor (48.830). The Pack is also ranked 26th on beam (48.440). NC State ranks second in the EAGL on vault, bars and beam, and is third on floor.
NC State Finishes Second at EAGL Championships The NC State gymnastics team finished in second place at the 11th annual EAGL Championships with a team score of 195.075 at Rutgers on MArch 25. The Wolfpack (23-8) notched its highest team scores of the season on both vault and bars, and in the process recorded its second-highest road team score of the season. NC State finished in the top-three at the conference meet a league record eight times in 11 tries overall now.
Sophomore Leigha Hancock became the first NC State gymnast to win the vault title at the EAGL Championships, with her personal-best 9.9. Freshman Elyse Adams and Amanda Jones each tied for second place on bars with scores of 9.85. Hancock was also successful on beam (2nd place - 9.875) and on floor (4th place - 9.85). In the all-around, both Kylah Bachman (39.125) and Heather Zolton (39.075) placed in the top-five.
