Saturday, March 24th – Arizona competes at 1 p.m. MST
McKale Center – Tucson, Ariz.
Tickets – Single session or all-day tickets available
Parking – Free on-campus parking on weekends
Television – Pac-12 Network
Live Stats
Social Media – Twitter: @ArizonaGymCats; Instagram: @arizonagymnastics;
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TUCSON, Ariz. – This Saturday, March 24 the Arizona GymCats will host the 2018 Pac-12 Championships in McKale Center. Arizona will compete in Session 1 held at 1 p.m. (MST), along with Oregon State, Arizona State and Stanford. Session 2 of the Championships will begin at 6 p.m. (MST) and will include UCLA, Utah, Washington and California.
Session 1: (1 p.m.)
(Seed) Team: Starting Event:
No. 5 Oregon State Vault
No. 6 Arizona State Bars
No. 7 Stanford Beam
No. 8 Arizona Floor
Session 2: (6 p.m.)
(Seed) Team: Starting Event:
No. 1 UCLA Vault
No. 2 Utah Bars
No. 4 California Beam
No. 3 Washington Floor
Pac-12 Championships:
"We're excited to be hosting this year's Pac-12 Championships", said head coach
John Court. "This is the first time in eight year's we've had this honor, and we're looking forward to putting on a first class event for all the teams."
Arizona enters the conference championships ranked No. 37 in the NCAA and with a 4-9 regular season record. The Cats have seen UCLA, Utah, Arizona State, and Stanford in regular season competition, and look forward to competing against Oregon State, Washington, and Cal during the Pac-12 Championships. The last time that Arizona hosted the conference championships was in 2010, where they finished 4
th with a final score of 195.875.
In the 2017 Pac-12 Championships, Arizona traveled to Stanford where they finished 7
th with a final score of 196.275, beating only Arizona State who finished the conference championships with a 195.600.
Last Week:
On Saturday, March 17 Arizona traveled to Baton Rouge to compete against No. 2 LSU. The Cats lost with a final score of 195.525 to LSU's 198.125. Despite the loss, Arizona still managed to earn a 49.125 on the uneven bars, with senior
Madison Cindric leading the way with a 9.875 (tying her season high score). Senior
Kennady Schneider also contributed a 9.850 on floor, making this her 9
th floor score during the 2018 regular season that was a 9.850 or higher.
Coming Up:
After the Pac-12 Championships, Arizona's Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) will be updated, and the Cats will learn if their score is high enough to qualify for a 2018 NCAA Regional Competition. The seeds will be determined on Sunday, March 25, and Arizona gymnastics will announce if they qualify online at arizonawildcats.com.
The top three seeds in each session (in order of ranking) will selected their preferred start event for Saturday's conference championship competition following the Olympic order thereafter.
RQS's are calculated on the teams' six best regular-season meet scores, and three must come from road competitions. The highest score from each team will be eliminated then the remaining five scores are averaged for a total RQS.
Arizona Tentative Lineups:
Vault
Adra Parks
Maddi Leydin
Courtney Cowles
Jenny Leung
Heather Swanson
Madison Cindric
Bars
Haylie Hendrickson
Maddi Leydin
Madison Cindric
Danielle Spencer
Victoria Ortiz
Christina Berg
Beam
Haylie Hendrickson
Maddi Leydin
Kennady Schneider
Courtney Cowles
Victoria Ortiz
Madison Cindric
Floor
Maddi Leydin
Christina Berg
Adra Parks
Madison Cindric
Kennady Schneider
Heather Swanson
