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Women's Gymnastics Earns Post-Season Bid
March 26, 2012
CHICAGO - The 32nd-ranked UIC women's gymnastics team is one of only 36 teams to earn a post-season bid, the team will make its ninth post-season appearance, and compete in the six-team Illinois Regional inside Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill., on April 7. It was announced by the NCAA Monday afternoon. "We are really excited to go to a regional that is close by, so our fans that have helped us along throughout the season have a chance to come and see us compete," co-head coach Peter Jansson said. "We are excited to be competing against some of the super powers of collegiate women's gymnastics in Oklahoma and Stanford, but to also measure up against teams, such as Denver, Kentucky and Illinois. This team has worked extremely hard to reach this level, and it is really a celebration and reward of that kind of work that we will bring to the table."
There are six host schools for the NCAA women's gymnastics regionals, including Auburn, Illinois, Arkansas, North Carolina State, Utah and Washington. In addition to the six host schools, there are five more teams in the regional, as well as five all-around competitors and one specialist for each event. Joining UIC inside Assembly Hall are No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 11 Stanford, No. 14 Denver, No. 22 Illinois and No. 24 Kentucky. Four of the five all-around competitors represent the Midwest Independent Conference, and include Kim Genereux (Illinois State), Rashonda Cannie (Texas Women's), Samantha King (Illinois State) and Megan Fosnow (Southeast Missouri State) and Kim Goutlund (Northern Illinois) representing the MAC Conference. The four specialists set to compete are, on vault, Kayla Jones (Texas Women's), Courtney Cochefski (Texas Women's) on uneven bars, Taylor Westrick (SEMO) on the balance beam and Tanya Rachan (NIU) on the floor exercise. The team last qualified for NCAA Regionals during the 2006-07 season.
Regional Sites Auburn University, Auburn, Ala. No. 6, Georgia No. 7, Oregon State No. 18, Auburn No. 21, Michigan No. 27, West Virginia No. 32, Michigan State University of Illinois, Champaign, Ill. No. 2, Oklahoma No. 11, Stanford No. 14, Denver No. 22, Illinois No. 24, Kentucky No. 32, UIC University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. No. 3, UCLA No. 10, Arkansas No. 15, Boise State No. 19, Missouri No. 29, New Hampshire No. 24, Maryland North Carolina State, Raleigh, N.C. No. 1, Florida No. 12, Ohio State No. 20, North Carolina State No. 13, Penn State No. 26, Kent State No. 31, North Carolina University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah No. 5, Nebraska No. 8, Utah No. 17, Minnesota No. 24, Iowa State No. 28, Arizona State No. 35, San Jose State University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. No. 4, Alabama No. 9, LSU No. 16, Arizona No. 23, Washington No. 30, Iowa No. 36 Central Michigan |
