Utah State Gymnastics Hosts WAC Championships Saturday

Utah State Hosts

WAC Championships

Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270)

Logan, Utah

Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 6 p.m. (MT)

WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS ON TAP — For the first time since 2006, Utah State [University] gymnastics (5-12, 1-2 WAC) is hosting the Western Athletic Conference Gymnastics Championships. The five-team conference championship meet gets underway Saturday, March 24, at 6 p.m. (MT) at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum (10,270). Live results and live streaming links will be available through UtahStateAggies.com.

USU'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP HOSTING HISTORY — Saturday marks the first time since 2006, USU's first year in the conference, that the Aggies will host the WAC Championships. Overall, it will be the seventh time that Utah State has hosted its conference meet. USU previously hosted the WAC Championships in 2006, the Western Gymnastics Conference Championships in 2002, the Big West Conference Championships in 1992, 1996 and 2000, as well as the High Country Athletic Conference Championships in 1988.

FAB FIVE — After six teams competing in the previous six conference championships, there will only be five teams involved in Saturday's meet. Boise State departed for the Mountain West, which does not sponsor gymnastics, so the Broncos were independent this season, and Cal State Fullerton discontinued gymnastics. Those two teams were replaced by Denver, who joins the conference in all sports for the 2013 season.

LIVE RESULTS — Live results for Saturday's quad meet are available by clicking on the "Live Results" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official website of USU Athletics. *Note, the link will only work after the meet starts.

LIVE VIDEO — Fans can watch the meet on Saturday live online by clicking on the "Watch Live" link at www.UtahStateAggies.com, the official website of USU Athletics. Fans will need to pay a small fee to watch the meet.

TICKET INFO — Adult tickets are $10, youth (under 12 years old) are $5. All students with valid ID from WAC schools, and seniors over 65 years, are able to purchase tickets through the Utah State Athletics Ticket Office in-person only. Student and senior tickets are $5 each. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day at www.UtahStateAggies.com and clicking on the "buy/renew tickets" under the "tickets" drop down menu. For more information, contact the Athletics Ticket Office at 1-888-USTATE1, or visit the USU Ticket Office at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum during business hours.

ROTATION — The five-team rotation opens with USU on bars, then moving to beam for rotation two. The Aggies will be on floor for the third rotation before closing action on vault for rotation four and having a bye for rotation five.

TWITTER / FACEBOOK — Fans can also get live updates from the meets as well as other team information through the USU Twitter and Facebook pages.

UP NEXT — The top 36 teams in the country are selected to the NCAA Regional Championships  Saturday, April 7. The NCAA North Central Regionals are at Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted by the University of Utah. Utah State, currently ranked No. 46, will need to climb into the top 36 to qualify as a team, but the Aggies could send individuals, like they have done in the last four years.

IN THE RANKINGS — The five WAC schools are ranked as high as Denver at No. 18 and as low as Utah State at No. 46 in this week's Troester/GymInfo Women's Gymnastics National Rankings (as of March 19), by Regional Qualifying Scores (RQS).  Denver has an RQS of 195.865, good for No. 18, while San Jose State is No. 33 with a 194.690 RQS, Sacramento State at No. 41 with a 194.160 RQS, Southern Utah at No. 44 with a 193.870 RQS and USU at No. 46 with a 193.745 RQS.

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