No. 8 Tigers Ready for NCAA Championships

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The No. 8 University of Missouri gymnastics embarks for Fort Worth, Texas, to compete in the 2022 NCAA Championships on Thursday, April 14 at 5 p.m. CT. The Tigers will compete in the evening session against Auburn, Florida and Michigan. The meet will be broadcast live on ESPN2.

The afternoon session will host Alabama, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Utah. The top two teams from each session will advance to Saturday’s final, set for 12 p.m. CT.

The 2022 NCAA Championships marks Mizzou first appearance since 2010 and second overall championships appearance.

SECOND ROUND ROTATIONS

Missouri will start the meet on bars. From there, the Tigers go to beam in the second rotation, move to floor, and conclude the meet on vault. Mizzou will host individuals on vault, bars and floor. Jordan Chiles from UCLA will be apart of the Tigers bar and floor rotation, while Lexy Edwards from Ohio State will join us on vault.

LAST TIME OUT

• thanks to a top-two finish at the Raleigh Regional on Saturday, No. 11 University of Missouri gymnastics punched a ticket to the NCAA Championships for just the second time in program history. 
• Mizzou scored a 197.425 at NC State, its highest ever at an NCAA Regional Championships.
• Opening on vault, Sydney Schaffer scored a 9.75 in the leadoff position. Hannah McCrary notched a 9.825, while Schreiber notched a 9.80. Amari Celestine notched a team-high tallied a 9.875. Jocelyn Moore notched 9.85 in the anchor position. Mizzou tallied a team total of 49.125 on vault.
• The Tigers set a new NCAA Regional program-high on bars with a 49.375. The sophomore leadoff Amaya Marshall set the tone notching a 9.825, Celestine and Hollyn Patrick followed up with a 9.875. To close out the bar rotation both senior Alisa Sheremeta and junior Helen Hu tallied a 9.9.
• On beam, in the lead off position Marshall notched a solid 9.825, McCrary notched a 9.800 and Schaffer tallied a 9.850. In the second half of the lineup Sheremeta earned a 9.900 and Hu notched and 9.825. Schreiber closed out the beam lineup scoring a team-high of 9.95. The Tigers notched a time high of 49.350 on beam.
• Mizzou started the floor rotation .0425 behind Michigan and UCLA. The freshman duo of Moore and Celestine pushed the Tigers past UCLA. Moore scored a regional program-high of 9.950 on floor. Celestine scored a 9.925 to push the Tigers .025 of a point over the Bruins.

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