TUCSON, Ariz. – The Arizona GymCats are set to travel to West Valley City, Utah for the Pac-12 Championships. Arizona (No. 8 in Pac-12) will compete in session one and will start the competition on the balance beam. Also in session one are Washington (No. 5), Arizona State (No. 6), and Stanford (No. 7). The competition will begin at 12 p.m. MST and will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks.

"We are looking forward to competing in the first Pac-12 Championships held at a neutral sight and on a podium," said head coach John Court. "It will be an elite level championship meet and we are excited to take last week's momentum and carry it through the weekend."
 
Media Coverage:
Live tweets of the meet will be available on Twitter (@ArizonaGymCats). The meet will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks, with Jim Watson, Amanda Borden, and Samantha Peszek covering both sessions. A live stream will be available here and live stats will be available here once the meet starts.
 
Last Week:
The GymCats hosted LSU for the final meet of the regular season. Arizona posted a season high home score of 196.225 and a season high score of 49.300 on the uneven bars. Christina Berg earned a 9.975 on the uneven bars for the second time this season, the first time a GymCat has earned a 9.975 in program history. Courtney Cowles, Haylie Hendrickson, and Maddi Leydin also earned season and career highs during the meet.
 
New Season Highs:
Christina Berg: UB – 9.975 (tied); FX – 9.900 (tied)
Courtney Cowles: FX – 9.850 (tied)
Haylie Hendrickson: UB – 9.850; BB – 9.875
Maddi Leydin: FX – 9.925
 
New Career Highs:
Christina Berg: UB – 9.975 (tied); FX – 9.900 (tied)
Courtney Cowles: FX – 9.850 (tied)
Haylie Hendrickson: BB – 9.875 (tied)
Maddi Leydin: FX – 9.925
 
Coming Up:
After the Pac-12 Championships, Arizona's Regional Qualifying Score (RQS) will be updated and the GymCats will learn if their score is high enough to qualify for a 2019 NCAA Regional Competition. The seeds will be determined on Monday, 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.

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