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Pitt’s West Set for National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships
4/4/2019 10:00:00 AM | Women's Gymnastics
Senior to Compete as Individual Specialist on Balance Beam
PITTSBURGH – Selected as one of the nation's top 16 event specialists based on national qualifying scores (NQS), senior Brittany West will represent the University of Pittsburgh gymnastics team as an individual specialist on balance beam at the 2019 National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships.
West was placed at the Athens, Ga., regional site and will compete Friday at 7 p.m. inside Stegeman Coliseum. She will participate in the first rotation alongside No. 16 California on beam.
HOW TO FOLLOW
HOW IT WORKS
WHAT'S ON THE LINE
ALL SIGNS POINT WEST
PITT AT THE NCAA REGIONAL
LAST TIME OUT
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West was placed at the Athens, Ga., regional site and will compete Friday at 7 p.m. inside Stegeman Coliseum. She will participate in the first rotation alongside No. 16 California on beam.
HOW TO FOLLOW
- The meet will be televised on SEC Network + with a live stream available on WatchESPN.
- Live scoring will be available via GeorgiaDogs.com.
- More information, including tickets and competition rotations, can be found at the Championship Central.
- Fans can follow along with live updates on Twitter and Instagram @Pitt_GYM.
HOW IT WORKS
- The 2019 National Collegiate Women's Gymnastics Championships regional selections were announced by the NCAA Monday, March 25.
- The top 36 teams based on national qualifying score (NQS) were selected for regional competition. The committee named the top 16 teams and seeded them in the bracket. Seeding determined at the time of selections will be maintained through the championship. Teams 17-36 were placed geographically at one of the four regional sites. Nine teams will compete at each of the four regional sites.
- The committee also selected the top 12 all-around competitors and top 16 event specialists based on national qualifying scores and placed them geographically into one of the four regional sites, keeping individuals from the same team together.
WHAT'S ON THE LINE
- The top event specialist at each of the four regional sites who is not part of an advancing team or all-around competitor will advance to the national championships in that event only.
- The national championships will take place April 19-20 in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Fort Worth Convention Center Arena.
ALL SIGNS POINT WEST
- West will compete at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Championships for the first time in her career, after having to sit out the Panthers' appearance at the meet in 2018 due to injury.
- A Clermont, Fla., native, West holds a team-best NQS on beam of 9.845. She earned season-best scores of 9.875 twice, and earned two individual titles during the 2019 regular season. West was named to the All-East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) First Team for beam for the first time her career prior to the Saturday's EAGL Championship meet.
PITT AT THE NCAA REGIONAL
- The Panthers will be represented at the NCAA Regional for the 15th consecutive year, and for the 24th time in the last 25 seasons (missing only the 2004 season).
- West is the first individual qualifier for Pitt since Taylor Laymon (bars) and Tracey Pearson (vault) competed at the 2017 NCAA Regional in Morgantown, W.Va.
- West is the first to qualify on beam since Lindsay Offutt competed in the all-around in 2016, eventually reaching the NCAA National Championship.
LAST TIME OUT
- Pitt placed fourth at the 2019 East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) Championship, hosted by the University of New Hampshire at Whittemore Center (March 23).
- The No. 4 placement was the Panthers' highest at the meet since winning the competition in 2016.
- Pitt earned a team score of 194.900, placing ahead of North Carolina (193.950) and Towson (193.450). The host Wildcats earned the team victory at 195.950, followed by George Washington (195.825) and NC State (195.275). Pitt's overall score was its third-highest of the 2019 season.
- Pitt garnered 13 All-Tournament honors among seven gymnasts, including Haley Brechwald (First Team: Floor, All-Around; Second Team: Bars), Sophie Bochenek (Second Team: Floor), Jordan Ceccarini (Second Team: Beam, Floor), Deven Herbine (Second Team: Beam), Olivia Miller (First Team: All-Around, Second Team: Bars, Floor), Alecia Petrikis (First Team: Vault) and Charli Spivey (Second Team: Vault, Floor).
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