SALT LAKE CITY (Utahutes.com) Per a report from utahutes.com, gymnastics practices Friday prior to Saturday’s NCAA regionals, are open to the public with free admission at the Huntsman Center.
The legendary Utah Red Rocks (who have won 9 national championships all-time, second only to Georgia with 10), will be hosting a regional Saturday consisting of BYU, Southern Utah, Auburn, California, and Stanford.
The Red Rocks will not be practicing Friday but those interested in watching the other schools practice may come at the following times.
1:15 p.m.-3:00 pm, Southern Utah, Stanford, Auburn
4:00-5:45 pm, BYU, California.
At the Salt Lake City regional, the six teams are divided into two subdivisions. The Red Rocks, ranked #4 in the nation, will compete against #9 California and #16 Auburn for the right to advance to the semifinals at St. Louis April 20.
In the lower half of the regional at the Huntsman Center, BYU, Stanford and Southern Utah will compete for the right to go to St. Louis
Four Red Rocks stars have been named to the All-PAC -12 team including MyKayla Skinner, MaKenna Merrell-Giles, Missy Reinstadtler and Kim Tessen.
BYU comes into the regionals ranked #21 in the nation and the Cougars are led by star sophomore Shannon Hortman Evans, the conference all-around champion at the Mountain Rim Gymnastics conference championships last Saturday.
The Flippin’ Birds of Southern Utah University will be looking to make some waves at the regionals, coming in as the #32 team in the land. SUU has made it to the NCAA regionals for six consecutive seasons with the appearance in Saturday’s meet.
