Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Denver and Utah earned team bids, while West Virginia received individual gymnast selections to the 2026 NC Women’s Gymnastics Championship, which was announced today by the NCAA selection committee.
Seedings and at-large bids were based on NQS average rankings. The top 36 teams in the NQS qualify, with the top 16 teams receiving seeds and the rest of the field are placed by geographical consideration. There are no automatic qualifiers.
Utah earned the No. 12 seed and will compete in the Corvallis Regional. The Red Rocks claimed both the 2026 Big 12 regular season and Championship titles. This year’s appearance is the team’s 50th qualification for the national postseason event. The Utes hold the all-time national championship appearance streak of 50 years, appearing every year since the program’s inaugural season in 1976.
Joining the Utes in the Corvallis Regional, hosted by Oregon State, are the Denver Pioneers. DU finished No. 23 in the NQS rankings after placing second at the Big 12 Gymnastics Championship. This year marks the Pioneers’ 27th consecutive NCAA Championship appearance.
Utah and Denver will compete in a Second Round quad against fifth-seed Alabama and Oregon State on Friday, April 3 at 3 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MDT. The top two teams of this quad will compete in the regional final against the top two teams of the other quad between No. 4 UCLA, No. 13 Minnesota and the winner of the play-in meet between Washington and San Jose State.
The Tempe Regional, hosted by Arizona State, features three Big 12 teams, as Arizona and BYU join the home team as the teams that qualified for the regional.
The GymCats and the Gym Devils will compete in a play-in dual for the final spot in a quad between No. 3 Florida, No. 14 California and Penn State. The First Round dual between the two Big 12 programs will be Wednesday, April 1 at 4 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MST on ESPN+.
Arizona State will make its eighth straight NCAA Regionals appearance, while it marks the seventh consecutive and 37th overall appearance for Arizona. The Sun Devils were ranked No. 32 in the NQS rankings with a 195.590 average and No. 33 Arizona posted a 195.583 average during the 2026 season.
Arizona’s Jessica Janicke (vault), Abigayle Martin (all-around), Emma Strom (floor), Tirzah Wise (beam), along with Arizona State’s Safia El Mammann (vault), Kayla Lee (beam) and Kimberly Smith (all-around) earned selections to compete as individual qualifiers, pending which team doesn’t advance to the Second Round.
The Cougars, who placed third at the Big 12 Gymnastics Championship, earned a selection to a Second Round quad meet after being selected for the First Round play-in dual for the past three seasons. BYU will face No. 6 Georgia, No. 11 Michigan State and Southern Utah on April 2 at 3 p.m. CT/2 p.m. MDT.
West Virginia’s Sophia Rice (vault), Amber Lowe (beam) and Emerson Smith (floor) qualified as individual selections and will compete in the Second Round quads of the Baton Rouge Regionals.
Regional action is scheduled for April 1-5 before the April 16 semifinals and the national championship meet on April 18.
NC Women’s Gymnastics Championships Regionals
Corvallis Regional
Denver
Utah
Tempe Regional
Arizona
Arizona State
BYU
Individuals
Abigayle Martin, Arizona (all-around)
Jessa Janicke, Arizona (vault)
Emma Strom, Arizona (floor)
Tirzah Wise, Arizona (balance beam)
Kimberly Smith, Arizona State (all-around)
Safia El Mammann, Arizona State (vault)
Baton Rouge Regional
Individuals
Amber Lowe, West Virginia (balance beam)
Sophia Rice, West Virginia (vault)
Emerson Smith, West Virginia (floor)